1964 – City Hall, Winnipeg, Manitoba
After the previous City Hall developed structural problems neccessitating the removal of parts of the building,
After the previous City Hall developed structural problems neccessitating the removal of parts of the building,
One of quite a few stores to a similar design in Winnipeg, this Safeway store finally closed in December 2008. This standard design had some variations,
Optimistic modernism for a multistorey carpark nestled in behind older buildings. This is a boldly extravagent statement for a relatively mundane structure type.
One of quite a few stores to a similar design still in use in Winnipeg, this Safeway store also has fine roadside signage from the same period.
Located across the street from the Civic Centre from the same period,
Part of the Civic Centre develeopment project which included a new City Hall, and police headquarters.
On December 21 1964, Winnipeg City Council awarded a contract for the construction of the new Public Safety Building and Civic Parkade on land directly west of the City Hall at a cost of $4.8 million.
Constructed in two stages, the original McMaster House (to the west) and Bradley Square,
The present St. Nicholas Church was designed in the early nineteen sixties by the architectural firm of Green Blankstein Russell Associates.
The Manitoba Centennial Centre was a project begun in the 1960s aimed at reinvigorating the downtown.