Winnipeg's Exchange District | East/West | Development

[wags_in_the_peg]

i know people love paving stones and it gives the area some "charm" but the sidewalks are missing them or deteriorated with the salt/sand. I'm able bodies and wear flat shoes, couldn't imagine a female in heels or those mobility challenged.

[BlackDog204]

Originally Posted by wags_in_the_peg

i know people love paving stones and it gives the area some "charm" but the sidewalks are missing them or deteriorated with the salt/sand. I'm able bodies and wear flat shoes, couldn't imagine a female in heels or those mobility challenged.

LOl..there is a road parallel to Selkirk Ave that constructed a road like that a couple of decades ago. Half of the bricks are missing. I'm under the assumption some were used as weapons.

[cllew]

Originally Posted by BlackDog204

LOl..there is a road parallel to Selkirk Ave that constructed a road like that a couple of decades ago. Half of the bricks are missing. I'm under the assumption some were used as weapons.

That is Magnus Ave and it was a 1982 "test" of pavers for residential streets and the city has deemed it unsuccessful in a 2010 Free Press community article, but has not done anything to fix the problems i.e. repave with a different surface.

My suspicion is that the snow removal equipment caught a high spot due to frost heave and removed chunks of the pavers that were never replaced and now get a cold patch like a pothole.

[BlackDog204]

Originally Posted by cllew

That is Magnus Ave and it was a 1982 "test" of pavers for residential streets and the city has deemed it unsuccessful in a 2010 Free Press community article, but has not done anything to fix the problems i.e. repave with a different surface.

My suspicion is that the snow removal equipment caught a high spot due to frost heave and removed chunks of the pavers that were never replaced and now get a cold patch like a pothole.

There are other streets designed the same way (some in the exchange district, that still look great. It's magnus Avenue. Kids, drunks, or even gang banger looking for a weapon (or something to throw through a window), may have pried the bricks from the street.

[FactaNV]

From McDermot.

https://imgur.com/a/NpacOXb

From Lombard and Westbrook.

https://imgur.com/a/M26MpxX

Coming along nicely but man do those massive parking lots leave unfortunate gouges in the Exchange.

Well I can't seem to embed the photos, sorry for just links guys.

[bomberjet]

Try adding the file extension to the link.