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The Michelin Green Guide for Canada awards the city of Winnipeg a three star rating. It is therefore a distinguished place which is “worth the journey.” While I cannot comment on the whole gamut of Winnipeg’s attractions, I will agree that it has much to offer the tourist, and after a visit in the summer […]
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Our Market Square neighbourhood is rich with stories. 104 King, directly across from Artspace, was designed and built in 1895 to house one of Winnipeg’s largest shoe retailers – Thomas Ryan Boots and Shoes. The owner became one of the most successful shoe retailers in 19th century Canada (known far and wide as “The […]
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Artspace is now 30 years old. Happy Birthday to us! By contrast, the building that houses Artspace – The Gault Building – is 116 years old. The fact that it is still a vital part of downtown life is really quite remarkable. The original tenant, Gault Brothers Wholesalers, passed into history in the nineteen seventies […]
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Every spring Winnipeg’s Exchange District experiences a transformation from cool-weather commercial/residential district to warm-weather central gathering district. The energy level grows as the landscape gets greener and the clothing gets lighter. At the heart of that energy is the Old Market Square, which has been waiting, by this time, for six or seven months to […]
