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Broadway is a street in the city of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It is one of the city's oldest and most historic routes and forms the Trans-Canada Highway route through the city's downtown . The street is located between Main Street and Osborne Street , bookended by the Union Station to the east and the Manitoba Legislative Building to the west.
The Exchange District is a National Historic Site of Canada in the downtown area of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.Just one block north of Portage and Main, the Exchange District comprises twenty city blocks and approximately 150 heritage buildings, [1] and it is known for its intact early 20th century collection of warehouses, financial institutions, and early terracotta-clad skyscrapers.
A winter view of Sherburn Street, one of the many tree-lined streets in the West End. In 2011, the population of the West End was 46,140. [1]Data from the 2011 census shows the West End as 51% Caucasian, 21% Filipino, 15% Aboriginal, 4% Black, and 9% other visible minorities. [1]
The Exchange District's Old Market Square annually hosts the Jazz Winnipeg Festival, the Winnipeg Fringe Theatre Festival, and the Manitoba Electronic Music Exhibition. Renovations to Old Market Square completed in 2012 added "The Cube", a $1.5 million stage, with a skin made up of 20,000 aluminum links. [ 15 ]
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The average household income is $47,106, which is about 89% of the Winnipeg average. 56% of dwellings in the area are owned, while 44% are rented. It is locally famous for the "Wolseley Elm," a prominent neighbourhood tree which was threatened with destruction in 1957 though it was spared due to the efforts of several neighbourhood women until ...
Looking west down Portage Avenue at night. Route 85 begins in the heart of downtown Winnipeg, at the corner of Portage and Main , and runs southwest through the downtown to Broadway. From Broadway to the west Perimeter Highway (PTH 100/101), it runs concurrently with the Trans-Canada Highway (PTH 1).
The area today is composed of the several municipalities that existed prior to the amalgamation of Winnipeg in 1971/1972. It began in 1886 as the Rural Municipality of Assiniboia , parts of which broke off to form the RM of St. James in 1921 and the RM of Brooklands in 1922.