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Despite the school being constructed with a large, open area in its foundation, there is no evidence that it was ever designed as any sort of bomb shelter. [3] This unused underground space is accessible though a crawlspace near the former basement cafeteria , and a door near the main gym changing rooms.
Designed in the Chicago style of architecture by J. Wilson Gray of Toronto, it was erected in 1912 by the Carter-Halls-Aldinger Company of Winnipeg at a cost of $400,000.… Its style, use, and placement within Winnipeg's commercial core make it an enduring symbol of the city's great economic and spatial growth in the early twentieth century
[2] With the drastic demographic change, throughout the following decades, many of the area's homes were either subdivided into rooming houses or torn down completely. This would lead to the development of Broadway as the predominantly commercial district it is known as today, signaled by a building boom in the late
Standing at 141.7 metres and 42 storeys, it is the tallest building in Winnipeg as well as in Manitoba. [4] [5] Located near the intersection of Portage and Main in downtown Winnipeg, the building is connected to the Winnipeg Walkway System, as well as other buildings owned by Artis REIT, including 330 Main and the Winnipeg Square parkade. [6]
The caissons were drilled through an additional 15 feet (4.6 m) of granite boulder and 10 to 20 feet (3.0 to 6.1 m) of limestone bedrock. The foundation work involved pouring more than 4,800 short tons (4,400 t) of high-strength concrete and 50 short tons (45 t) of steel. [ 7 ]
Centennial Concert Hall is a 2,305-seat performing arts centre located at 555 Main Street in downtown Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, as part of the Manitoba Centennial Centre. The concert hall opened on March 25, 1968. [1] It is the performing home of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra (WSO), the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, as well as the Manitoba Opera.
Begun in 1903 and opened in November 1904, the 10-storey building was Winnipeg's first skyscraper south of City Hall, [4] and was the tallest building in Winnipeg at the time of its construction. [5] The Union Bank Tower is an example of the Chicago Style .
62M is a 41-unit condominium building in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, built by 5468796 Architecture. [1] [2] [3]Named after its street address, 62 MacDonald Avenue, [4] the three-storey, circular structure sits on 12-metre (39 ft) high concrete columns and hovers next to the Disraeli Freeway at the edge of downtown Winnipeg and the Red River.