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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.
Kijiji's owner was also a minority shareholder in Craigslist.In April 2008, eBay launched a lawsuit against Craigslist claiming that their executives were attempting to weaken eBay's investment, while in May of the same year, Craigslist filed a counter suit claiming Kijiji had stolen trade secrets and that eBay used misleading tactics to promote the service.
Winnipeg's Business Improvement Zones (BIZ) are business districts established to enhances economic development for businesses in a particular neighbourhood. [12] Each BIZ is governed and administered by a board, and is regulated by related BIZ by-laws passed by City Council. [13]
This building, together with 330 Main and 360 Main, now spans an entire city block. [6] It is the first residential building to be located at the 300 block near Portage and Main. [8] In March 2021, it reached the height of 128 metres (420 ft), passing 201 Portage, which had been Winnipeg's tallest tower since 1990. [9]
This is a list of tallest buildings in Winnipeg, the capital and largest city in Manitoba, Canada. Winnipeg has 8 buildings that stand taller than 100 m (328 ft). [citation needed] As of 2011, Winnipeg had 144 completed high-rise buildings, with 4 more under construction, 3 approved for construction, and 2 proposed. [citation needed]
Winnipeg is named after nearby Lake Winnipeg, 65 km (40 mi) north of the city.English explorer Henry Kelsey may have been the first European to see the lake in 1690. He adopted the Cree and Ojibwe name win-nipi (also transcribed win-nipiy or ouenpig) meaning "murky water" or "muddy water" [12] [13] [14] (modern Cree: wīnipēk, ᐑᓂᐯᐠ).
The Grant Park neighbourhood was one of the last areas in the former City of Winnipeg to develop. [2]: 6 The land around what would become Grant Avenue—now one of Grant Park's most prominent streets—was first developed with the introduction of the Harte Subdivision for the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway (later Canadian National Railway) in 1908.
St. Jean Baptiste is an unincorporated community recognized as a local urban district [2] in Manitoba.It is located in the Rural Municipality of Montcalm along Highway 75, 40 km north of Emerson at the United States border, and 60 km south of Winnipeg.