December 15, 1979, Winnipeg Free Press
Sad news that Nathan Detroit's Sandwich Pad has closed. It opened in Lombard Place in 1979 and was one of very few 1970s-era retailers to still call downtown home.
The Yamron family, who have owned it since the beginning, have established the Nathan Detroit's Sandwich Pad Legacy Fund to carry on the eateries name and good works.
November 22, 1980, Winnipeg Free Press
Lombard Place was Winnipeg's first downtown shopping mall and was built underneath the parkade serving the Richardson Building / Winnipeg Inn / Bank of Canada development at
Portage and Main.
It originally contained fifteen stores that opened between October and December 1970. Some of the original tenants included Jade Gift Shop, Boutique de Fleurs, then Strain's Camera Shop, Cafe Lombard, Super Save Drug Mart – ATO Box Office, Laura Secord, United Cigar Store, Classic Book Shop, and various hair salons and upscale clothing boutiques. Photographer Paul Charach opened his studio there in 1973.
What was downtown's second shopping mall?
That credit goes to the Merchandise Mart (later rechristened the Alabama Block) at Ellice and Hargrave. It was developed by Alex Mitchell in 1974 and contained about twelve units measuring 600 square feet. They each had an entrance to the street but were also connected via a central heated always accessed through a common entrance on Ellice.
The site is now home to the Glass House condos.
For more about eh Alabama Block, you can read my post about it here.
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