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June 10, 2015
Free and Open to All: A History of Winnipeg’s Libraries
Libraries are a free public service that many now take for granted – they are the homes of a wealth of knowledge and education that is available to anyone who wishes to read it. However, this was not always the case and it was a long journey to the system we are now familiar with….
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October 29, 2014
100 Years Young: The Marlborough Hotel
A brief history of the Marlborough Hotel at 331 Smith Street 1913 – Designs for the new three storey hotel are drawn up by James Chrisholm and Son in 1913. More often used on churches than hotels, the architecture is in the late Gothic Revival style with an exterior covered with flower motifs, carved stonework,…