1914 – Kensington Building, Portage Avenue, Winnipeg
Demolished and replaced with a taller building of less architectural merit, but similarly named.
Demolished and replaced with a taller building of less architectural merit, but similarly named.
Originally built as a Ford Assembly Plant, this fine building is now used as offices. The building’s clean lines and vast windows would have been very contemporary in 1915 when completed.
Developed by City Comptroller Duncan Steele Curry (1852-1925) on the site of a previous property owned by himself.
A stunning building on Portage Avenue, the Paris building is dramatically floodlit at night to accentuate its metal decoration.
In Winnipeg the main banks had been clustered on Main Street. As Portage Avenue developed into a shopping area,
Fine little classical bank building nestled into a block of Portage Avenue. Now the offices of the Downtown Biz association,
Founded in 1670, the Hudson’s Bay Company’s (HBC) chief interests for its first two centuries were the fur trade,
Large office building above a podium storey. The rectangular grid of the prefabricated cladding is pleasing to the viewer,
Seventeen storey office building close to the midpoint of the downtown section of Portage Avenue. With its curtain walling and chamfered corners,
Part of the Lombard complex of buildings that includes the Richardson tower, and the Fairmont Hotel, this small office block is linked directly into Winnipeg’s underground walkway system.