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June 12, 2019
Lost Winnipeg: The Thomson and Pope Building
Long before Portage Place Shopping Centre dominated the north side of downtown Portage Avenue with its unwelcoming wall of advertising, a far more charming collection of early 20th century buildings stood there. The Thomson and Pope Building was one of these structures, formerly located at 379 – 381 Portage Avenue. It was a commercial building…
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June 7, 2019
The 1919 Winnipeg General Strike: Specials and Strikers Riot
As 2019 marks the 100th anniversary of the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike, Heritage Winnipeg is commemorating the year by looking back at the events during this tumultuous period of history that helped shape our city. This article is part of a series of guest posts reflecting on the some of the places that bore witness…
May 31, 2019
The 1919 Winnipeg General Strike: Veterans Protest With and Against the Strike
As 2019 marks the 100th anniversary of the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike, Heritage Winnipeg is commemorating the year by looking back at the events during this tumultuous period of history that helped shape our city. This article is part of a series of guest posts reflecting on the some of the places that bore witness…
May 15, 2019
The 1919 Winnipeg General Strike: The Strike Shuts Down Winnipeg
As 2019 marks the 100th anniversary of the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike, Heritage Winnipeg is commemorating the year by looking back at the events during this tumultuous period of history that helped shape our city. This article is part of a series of guest posts reflecting on the some of the places that bore witness…
April 24, 2019
The 1919 Winnipeg General Strike: Breaking Point – Contract Negotiations Stall
As 2019 marks the 100th anniversary of the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike, Heritage Winnipeg is commemorating the year by looking back at the events during this tumultuous period of history that helped shape our city. This article is part of a series of guest posts reflecting on the some of the places that bore witness…
April 3, 2019
The 1919 Winnipeg General Strike: The Western Labour Conference in Calgary
As 2019 marks the 100th anniversary of the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike, Heritage Winnipeg is commemorating the year by looking back at the events during this tumultuous period of history that helped shape our city. This article is part of a series of guest posts reflecting on the some of the places that bore witness…
March 6, 2019
The 1919 Winnipeg General Strike: Population Growth and the Canadian Pacific Railway Station
As 2019 marks the 100th anniversary of the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike, Heritage Winnipeg is commemorating the year by looking back at the events during this tumultuous period of history that helped shape our city. This article is part of a series of guest posts reflecting on the some of the places that bore witness…
January 9, 2019
The 1919 Winnipeg General Strike: Walker Theatre Meeting Sets the Stage
As 2019 marks the 100th anniversary of the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike, Heritage Winnipeg is commemorating the year by looking back at the events during this tumultuous period of history that helped shape our city. The 1919 Winnipeg General Strike was the largest general strike in Canadian history, with nearly the entire working population of…
December 12, 2018
Winnipeg’s Original Christmas Headquarters: The Imperial Dry Goods Store
Before Winnipeg had Eaton’s, it had the Imperial Dry Goods Store. Built in 1899 by wholesale merchant Robert Jones Whitla, the Imperial Dry Goods Block was one of many buildings under Whitla’s control. Whitla, Irish-born, arrived in Manitoba in 1878 where he began selling dry goods out of a store on Main Street. Four years…
June 20, 2018
Pantages Playhouse Theatre: “Unequalled Vaudeville”
The Pantages Playhouse Theatre is one of of 75 theatres (today only six remain) built by Alexander Pantages in the early 20th century, and is the last-standing vaudeville theatre in Winnipeg. It is located at 180 Market Avenue in the heart of the East Exchange District. It is a municipally (1981), provincially (2004), and federally…