Winnipeg Construction

[h0twired]

Originally Posted by headhorse

yeah, I think so. the whole thing needs some work, especially the front facade. brutal.

Agreed. Hopefully that thing never gets built.

[viperred88]

Here is a video of how winnipeg especially downtown can cope and celebrate the winter season. Most of the doc is good but if you want to get to the point of how downtown can embrace the winter spirit click at about the 30 minute mark. It can surely make downtown alive and bring in money...

Maybe planning putting stricter height restrictions would make living more inviting with less wind tunnels in this prairie landscape and let in more sunshine. Implementing in ground floor heating and radiant heat outdoors would encourage more outdoors shopping especially in the boutique shops in the west exchange and restauranteurs would have patios, in our hardy winters.


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DOC ZONE-CBC Television | Season 2012 | Dec 27, 2012 | 45:12
Life Below Zero
Just how important is winter in making us Canadians Canadian? How does our frozen temperatures affect our lives, our psyches and our national values? What will happen to once-wintry Canadians with global warming? Will climate change... change us? Winter - should we love it or leave it?

http://www.cbc.ca/player/Shows/Shows/Doc+Zone/ID/2321381977/

[Mininari]

Originally Posted by viperred88

Here is a video of how winnipeg especially downtown can cope and celebrate the winter season. Most of the doc is good but if you want to get to the point of how downtown can embrace the winter spirit click at about the 30 minute mark. It can surely make downtown alive and bring in money...

Maybe planning putting stricter height restrictions would make living more inviting with less wind tunnels in this prairie landscape and let in more sunshine. Implementing in ground floor heating and radiant heat outdoors would encourage more outdoors shopping especially in the boutique shops in the west exchange and restauranteurs would have patios, in our hardy winters.


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DOC ZONE-CBC Television | Season 2012 | Dec 27, 2012 | 45:12
Life Below Zero
Just how important is winter in making us Canadians Canadian? How does our frozen temperatures affect our lives, our psyches and our national values? What will happen to once-wintry Canadians with global warming? Will climate change... change us? Winter - should we love it or leave it?

http://www.cbc.ca/player/Shows/Shows/Doc+Zone/ID/2321381977/

Wow, excellent, just excellent. I definitely thing a lot could be done to mitigate the wind effect with properly planned and laid out buildings. The real culprit on a cold day is windchill; give me a windless sunny -25C day, a good coat, and I'm plenty happy to go outside for a while.

[JamieDavid Exchange]

Hope everyone has a happy and safe new year!
Winnipeg had a great 2012 with many positive and grand announcements. Lets hope 2013 brings just as many which will keep the momentum rolling!

[BlueChop]

Hey folks...long time lurker, first time poster. Here are some pictures I took of some of the ongoing projects in the West End/Central part of the city.

These first three are taken at the site of the future Women's Hospital across from HSC. This project is really backed up, but I think foundation work is suppose to be done by March.








These three are from the site of the future Diagnostic Centre directly across from the Women's Hospital. It's suppose to be a 7 storey building with a helipad on the roof.







Canad Inns at the HSC. Exterior work is almost done. Can anyone explain why they would use aluminum siding on only the corners of the building?











The Hilton being built on Ellice near Empress

[BlueChop]

Well, that worked out excellently!!!


Let me try that again!!

Here's the Women's Hospital photos








Diagnostic Centre









Canad Inns













This is one of the progress of the Hilton being built on Ellice near Empress

[vid]

I've been meaning to draw that for, like a year and a half now, so thanks for the photos.

[marlo]

http://h5a.tumblr.com/image/36546436003

[DavefromSt.Vital]

Just to clarify, the new hotel on Ellice near Empress is actually a Homewood Suites by Hilton:

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/business/hotel-construction-booming-169022176.html

While the chain is marketed as extended-stay, I find it works well for families since most rooms have a separate bedroom and there is a free hot breakfast.

[armorand93]

Linden Woods apartment/condo/whatever it is (south of the McGillivary Keg Steakhouse&Bar) is on the 5th floor of construction!

[rrskylar]

Originally Posted by armorand93

Linden Woods apartment/condo/whatever it is (south of the McGillivary Keg Steakhouse&Bar) is on the 5th floor of construction!

Also being built by the owner of the Keg's in Winnipeg.

[Darren Tate]

Originally Posted by headhorse

here's a better rendering of that Mistecture project at 373 Stradbrook


from: http://www.facebook.com/MISTECTURE

Good grief. This is a NEW building? Unless the year is 1975, I think not.

[armorand93]

Originally Posted by rrskylar

Also being built by the owner of the Keg's in Winnipeg.

Interesting, I never knew that!

[Biff]

Originally Posted by armorand93

Interesting, I never knew that!

I believe the development is called Kegsland.

[cheswick]

Originally Posted by Biff

I believe the development is called Kegsland.

Really? I'm surprised they didn't go with steakhousing

[1ajs]

the flood way needs one of these


source: http://rcruzniemiec.tumblr.com/post/39164294575/oktokki-space-center-incheon-south-korea

[Biff]

^^^ check Number Ten's website. They have something like that slated for construction this year.....ok, not exactly like that, but an observation tower none the less.

[1ajs]

o really?

interesting

[vid]

I think I remember seeing that actually. Wasn't it made with Cor-Ten steel?

[armorand93]

Originally Posted by cheswick

Really? I'm surprised they didn't go with steakhousing

I work at the Keg, so maybe I can move up to landlord