Time to revive this thread. I have been looking around in the back issues of the Winnipeg Free Press, looking for historical bits of interest. Here are some:
Opening of the first Broadway Bridge announced, April 15, 1882:
Collapse of the Bricklayers' Union Bldg., July 15, 1905 (corner James & Louise, now James & Lily):
Very interesting item showing that people were quite conscious of the changes that Eaton's, then under construction, was bringing to downtown (July 9, 1904). Donald St. would be the "New McDermot" (today, a century later, McDermot is the new Donald St.):
Part of Eaton's advertisement for its very first day, which was just to go and look -- no sales would take place (July 15, 1905):
April 9, 1910 -- the Kenmore Apartments (now known as the Princeton) has opened, with very substantial rents of $40-70 per month:
July 9, 1904: sketch of the new Allman Block on Main Street (across from the Disraeli Freeway),.designed by J.H.G. Russell:
