Winnipeg Photos From Years Past

February 9, 2017December 8, 2022 Markozen.com History, Winnipeg

Some interesting photos from decades past of the old Peg.

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Main Street

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Construction of the Union Bank Tower 1904.

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Osborne Field where Great West Life is now.

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Eaton’s building on Portage.

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Old Empire Hotel on the southeast corner of Main and York. Burned down in the early seventies.

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When Citiplace was called Eaton Place. It had movie theaters back then.

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Majestic old apartment building at the corner of Main and Broadway. The building also burned down.

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The building had a pagoda in the courtyard.

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Building the Fort Garry Hotel 1913

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City Hall

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Main Street 1887

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Portage Avenue circa 1950’s.

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Portage and Main 1970’s

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Main Street in the 1800’s

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The old Royal Alexandra Hotel at Main and Higgins

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Main and Logan in the 1950’s

Historical comparisons

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Wesley College at the University of Winnipeg

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Birks Building at the corner of Portage and Smith

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Broadway

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Union Bank Tower and City Hall

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Hargrave at Cumberland

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Osborne Village

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Old CKY TV News Team with the gorgeous Sylvia bottom left.

Winnipeg does have a White House

Portage and Fort

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Portage Avenue. Looking at the cars it must be the 1920’s.

ACME Services Downtown Winnipeg

February 7, 2017 Markozen.com Winnipeg

Forgive me.

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Winnipeg’s Largest Buildings by Floor-space

February 7, 2017 Markozen.com Buildings, Winnipeg

Being the tallest building doesn’t mean the biggest. This list includes the top 6 buildings in Winnipeg in terms of floor space square footage.

Number 6
Cityplace. 9 stories. Floor space -337,000 square feet.

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Number 5
Richardson Building. 32 stories. Floor space-460,000 square feet.

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Number 4

201 Portage. 33 stories. Floor space-502,000 square feet.

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Number 3

360 Main Street. 31 stories. Floor space-600,000 square feet.

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Number 2

The Bay Downtown. 7 stories. Floor space-615,000 square feet.

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Number 1

Manitoba Hydro Tower. 22 stories. Floor space -690,000 square feet.

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By comparison lets take a look at the Willis Tower in Chicago. Formerly known as the Sears Tower.

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4.5 million square feet!

Winnipeg Drone Footage, Great Views

February 5, 2017 Markozen.com Aviation, Winnipeg

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DJI Phantom 3

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Winnipeg Construction Workers Enjoying the Heat Wave

January 30, 2017 Markozen.com Buildings, Offbeat, Winnipeg

Some of the toughest construction workers in the world are in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The temperature ranges stretch from +35 C (90 F) to -35 C (-30 F). These guys keep at it no matter what. Today in Peg City it was a balmy -3 C. These guys looked happy as they worked on the True North Square tower complex.

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What it will look like when mission accomplished.

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Winnipeg Crime Statistics Update

January 29, 2017 Markozen.com Crime, Offbeat, Winnipeg

This is the first crime stats update for 2017. It’s too early to see any significant trends.

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Not sure what the hell is going on there. Where is Mel Gibson and Danny Glover when you need them? Archives photo.

The homicide rate has doubled so far, but that is because this year there has been two, as opposed to one at this time last year. Car thefts are way up, but that is due to a bunch of nincompoops leaving their cars running as they run into Tim’s coffee store for a java. This happens because the weather is cold, and the citizens want to keep the cars warm. Lowlife opportunists pounce on the chance to go for a joy ride. Shootings are down, one less than last year.

We will have to allow more time to give the crime trends time to level out. Two more months should do it.

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Be careful out there. The Assiniboine River Trail below.

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Looks like some Zombie Nazis street gang. Hope our Winnipeg Police Service gang unit is looking into it.

Last year’s statistics minus one homicide.

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Never realized we had a Gary Busey doppelganger detective with the City police.

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A Trip to The Forks in Winnipeg: Skating Trail is back open and a surprise, a Crokicurl Ring!

January 27, 2017January 27, 2017 Markozen.com Offbeat, Winnipeg

Due to the unseasonably warm weather in southern Manitoba the last couple weeks, The Forks skating trail turned into slush and was closed. But with some cold air blowing down from Hudson Bay the trail is back in business.

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Some open water from melt runoff

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The skating trail always has new creative features. This is a huge orange wall made up of plastic orange strips, the sun reflects on it creating what looks like neon lights.

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There is always people learning how to skate. Assisted by chairs with skis.

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Then I came across the Crokicurl Ring.

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Crokicurl combines two iconic Canadian pastimes, crokinole and curling.

Crokinole is a dexterity board game similar in various ways to pitchnut, carrom, marbles, and shove ha’ penny, with elements of shuffleboard and curling reduced to table-top size. Players take turns shooting discs across the circular playing surface, trying to have their discs land in the higher-scoring regions of the board, while also attempting to knock away opposing discs.

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The Forks in Winnipeg

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Winnipeg Forks Skating Trail Superb

January 17, 2017 Markozen.com Offbeat, Sports, Winnipeg

I checked out the skating trail today as the weather was very agreeable. Warmer temps allowed a skate without having to wear astronaut-like clothing. The trail is well groomed and the ice was smooth as glass. For a Tuesday afternoon there was a surprisingly large turnout.

The trail isn’t as long as past years. But it does cover areas of the two rivers, Red and Assiniboine. It has been a few years since the Assiniboine River segment has been open, strong currents and mild weather the cause. There is also a couple hockey rinks right at the Forks harbor.

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Different perspectives of the city from the rivers.

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Blue shows current skate trail.

Get to see graffiti otherwise hidden from the public.

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Some people just can’t read.

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The Stimulating Contrasts Living in the Great White North

January 16, 2017 Markozen.com Nature, Offbeat, Winnipeg

Living in northern climes can be challenging, with the bitter cold and icy northerly winds. But, those of us who live here, get to experience the many variations of Mother Nature. The good and the bad.

Winnipeg is located just above the 49th parallel, almost in the middle of North America, the northern part of the middle. The city gets every conceivable kind of weather possible. Extremely hot and humid summers, a brief spring and fall, and very cold long winters. Even the odd tornado. But as the hedonistic sage once said: variety is the spice of life. Change is interesting.