West End Dumplings: Buildings we lost, saved in 2012

Thursday, 27 December 2012

Buildings we lost, saved in 2012

It doesn't have to end this way for Winnipeg's heritage Buildings

Here is a look back at some of the buildings (and a couple of other built structures) that Winnipeg lost in the past year. They range from the grand scale of the Winnipeg International Airport to the garage-sized Henry Barber Shop.

Regardless of size or the amount of media attention their demise received, each of them told a part of Winnipeg's history. Sometimes it is in the back story of how it got built or who built it. More often it is about the people who lived or worked there - the new immigrant that ran a shop for decades or a family who lost children in the wars.

Once the bricks and mortar disappear, though, they often take their stories with them. At my West End Dumplings and Winnipeg Downtown Places blogs I have tried to capture as many of them as I could.

The Lost

Sir Sam Steele School
Chester Street (1918 - 2012)

Building History - Photo Gallery

Maryland South Building
Misericordia Hospital

Information Video

Albert Einstein Apts / McNamara Hall
Spence Street (1959 - 2012)

Information

Albert Business Block
Albert Street (1877 / 1924 - 2012)

Building History - Photo Gallery

Henry Barber Shop
Mountain Avenue (ca. 1930s - 2012)

Building History

Stuart Manufacturing Building
Main Street (1910 - 2012)

Building History - Photo Gallery

Winnipeg International Airport
(1963 - 2012)

Building History - Photo Gallery

Clarendon Hotel
Portage Avenue (1920 - 2012)

Building History - Photo Gallery - Video

Kennedy Block / Mitchell Copp
Portage Avenue (1906 / 1919 - 2012)

Building History - Photo Gallery

Norlyn Building
Hargrave Street (1903 / 1923 - 2012)

Building History - Photo Gallery -Video

Included: Wagon Wheel Lunch (1951 - 2012)

Donalda Building
Donald Street (1951 - 2012)

Building History - Photo Gallery

Alabama Building
Ellice Avenue (1974 - 2012)

Building History - Photo Gallery

Coronation Block / Shanghai Restaurant demo

Coronation Block
King Street (1882 - 2012)

Building History - Photo Gallery

Grey Goose Garage
Burnell Street (1925 /ca. 1970's - 2012)

Building History - Photo Gallery

M.S. Lord Selkirk II
(1969 - 2012)

Ship History

Disraeli Bridge I
(1960 - 2012)
Bridge History

Other demolitions included ViAnn Restaurant and Movie Village on Osborne Street. North Kildonan said goodbye to Springfield Heights Shopping Centre. The West End lost the former Christadelphian Church on Sherbrook, Miranda Foods on Notre Dame, former Walhalla Apartments on Sherbrook and Acme Blower on Arlington.

The Saved

Not all was lost, though. A wide array of buildings either began or completed significant renovations that will ensure that they live on for many decades to come. I will have histories of all of these buildings in the months to come.