1ajs
March 14th, 2008, 04:39 PM
For those that don't know where winnipeg is here yea go
http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/5583/herewearetw5.jpg
the path i took starting at higgins and main and ending on Hallet
http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/2047/pathus7.jpg
and so we start at higgins and main the most run down area of downtown north main is seeing a rebirth
looking at the SW corner we see the old dominion bank building geting an addtion (http://www.pointdouglas.com/plugins/p17_image_gallery/images/897.jpg)
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2371/2327346953_e30bffebd8_o.jpg
On the SE corner sits Circle of Life Thunderbird House (http://www.thunderbirdhouse.com/history.htm)
http://img505.imageshack.us/img505/6029/59957972ef3.jpg
http://img377.imageshack.us/img377/472/58430999bq5.jpg
http://www.pointdouglas.com/plugins/p17_image_gallery/images/1043.jpg
The bell hotel closed last summer after the city owned downtown devlopment agency centerventure bought it to redevelop that whole block of run down buildings
http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/2189/48894826mm6.jpg
looking across main st from the bell
http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/18/41520364kk8.jpg
the east side of main st still prity much intact
http://www.pointdouglas.com/plugins/p17_image_gallery/images/1037.jpg
new glass installed in this origonal store front
http://www.pointdouglas.com/plugins/p17_image_gallery/images/1033.jpg
new location of main meats witch is across the street ATM and is being moved by centerventure in order to demolish that building along with the rest of the block for the new development
http://www.pointdouglas.com/plugins/p17_image_gallery/images/1039.jpg
http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/6174/65209775wa7.jpg
looking back you can see main meats on the other side of main
http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/8841/48414943yo8.jpg
as you can see they have compltly guted this building (the one main meats is moving into)
http://www.pointdouglas.com/plugins/p17_image_gallery/images/1030.jpg
where the disreali intersects with main street many buildings were demolished to make way for this even split a neighborhood in half
http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/982/58848826fb1.jpg
looking east on the right is the Ukrainian Museum of Canada
http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/6301/49087000wi8.jpg
http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/4685/10ez7.jpg
As the signs reads also right across from city hall
http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/861/11cr7.jpg
looking in the front window of centerventures
http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/5586/12lu7.jpg
greys auction :( what a mess that is the owner refused to fix it cause he wanted to expand his parking lot but the city would not let him so he just let it rot for over 15 years now the city is in there stablizing it and soon its supost to become part of a parkade
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3281/2328501196_86120016c7_o.jpg
looking down king st we can see the new manitoba hydro building under constrction
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3117/2328272930_ee50a9c1f4_o.jpg
http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/7559/13pg9.jpg
http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/3479/14mt9.jpg
from the otherside
http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/1769/greys2jo0.jpg
looking the other way down the ally towards mcdermot st
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2213/2327442615_06eb0515b2_o.jpg
looking down mcdermot st
http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/5078/16mx1.jpg
back on king steet looking at the rear of the buildings seen from the ally
http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/9016/17ux5.jpg
looking across king
http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/3320/toad2ap9.jpg
http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/715/toadsw7.jpg
looking across notre dame
http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/2002/19vc0.jpg
elice and donald we can see the old masonic temple witch is totaly guted no clue whats going on with it... other than its haunted
http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/5450/20hx4.jpg
http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/3221/21ly8.jpg
portage ave and donald
http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/9425/22el3.jpg
http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/5213/23wj1.jpg
portage ave
http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/166/24bj7.jpg
http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/346/25vb2.jpg
http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/7687/26me4.jpg
http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/7986/27ni8.jpg
http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/907/28xg8.jpg
http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/524/29po6.jpg
looking down carlton towards central park hmm wonders what that crane is up to
http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/8383/30bn3.jpg
out front of portage place shoping center
http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/3821/31me4.jpg
more hydro
http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/4262/32rk6.jpg
http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/1571/33ui3.jpg
http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/2231/35yw8.jpg
http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/7060/36kf4.jpg
http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/5558/37zr4.jpg
http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/5277/38mj2.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2079/2328530676_63c84c8f60_o.jpg
http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/9366/39kh4.jpg
york st
http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/3730/40kq4.jpg
some big curling event going on right now i gues this shuttle is going around picking people up from the various parking lots in the area
http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/8855/41fm0.jpg
built in the 70's as residential later converted to a hotel now is being converted back to residential
http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/9660/42tv5.jpg
oo a big ass pudle bet theres a nasty pot hole under it :P
http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/4945/43az9.jpg
looking back
http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/900/44qm5.jpg
reflections of the puddle of doom!
http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/236/45bn2.jpg
aww yes looking off towards hydro
http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/741/46mg4.jpg
smith st
http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/2128/47wp9.jpg
http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/4111/48ew0.jpg
http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/6785/49jm7.jpg
Garry st
http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/4803/50rg4.jpg
looking down gary st towards fort garry hotel and fortgary place
http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/6269/51ls2.jpg
http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/5350/52yj4.jpg
Fort st named after the old fort witch becomes notre dame at portage ave
http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/7089/53mq0.jpg
every downtown needs a tire shop:P
http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/3451/54ga4.jpg
back on Main st looking at the train station
http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/9634/55ae8.jpg
http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/9440/56yr3.jpg
another shot of fort gary place and fort gary hotel
http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/939/57kg0.jpg
don't this to offten anymore since the city banned it lol the day the city did that they had all these old grannys out in protest squeegeeing lol
http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/343/58ph7.jpg
remnants from festival du voyager
http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/9201/59ww7.jpg
another shot of the train station
http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/955/60ij7.jpg
and every downtown needs a gas station also note the old fort gate in the background
http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/8694/61pq7.jpg
http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/7819/62vt2.jpg
http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/4899/63ll8.jpg
the surface lot thats ontop of the fort witch also goes underneath main st
http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/8269/64uo3.jpg
looking back down main st towards portage and main
http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/2476/65ph8.jpg
random mobile billboard
http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/9843/66zh1.jpg
http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/7150/67gp4.jpg
http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/3315/68vx8.jpg
http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/2996/69ji5.jpg
the river walk
http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/9051/70rp0.jpg
looking back
http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/2443/71zj3.jpg
some random toursist i think?
http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/3193/72du0.jpg
someone riding their bike quite common to see that even in -30 temps
http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/8039/73vj9.jpg
http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/3429/74to1.jpg
Esplanade riel bridge
http://img523.imageshack.us/img523/5388/75qw4.jpg
http://img523.imageshack.us/img523/826/76rf3.jpg
http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/4433/77sb2.jpg
http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/3217/78rk8.jpg
http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/6697/79io4.jpg
http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/1254/80ace9.jpg
hmm dam i been on a long walk... rush hour already
http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/8600/81ta2.jpg
pioneers and waterfront drive
http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/4092/82oo4.jpg
hydro from waterfront drive
http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/7563/83ip2.jpg
waterfront drive
http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/4018/waterfront2ik0.jpg
land clean up is conpltle now to build the condos
http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/2071/waterfront3yj3.jpg
view from waterfront drive
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2188/2328236090_cd72ae0f39_o.jpg
some random graphiti i found on a wall along the river trail
http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/5338/84wa9.jpg
http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/8885/85gt7.jpg
small grouping of homes in the somewhat industrial south pointdouglas where a bunch of local artists live
http://img329.imageshack.us/img329/4703/86cn2.jpg
higgins and anibela the bombed out building had a fire a cuple years back and the fire department did all that damig to it sorta sat as a shell since no clue whats going on with it does have a gard dog watching over it
http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/444/87uq9.jpg
Satan dog no?
http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/5959/88lf7.jpg
pics from the day it burnt http://www.pointdouglas.com/index.php?categoryid=1&p17_sectionid=3
http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/3006/89un4.jpg
north side of the tracks
http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/8687/90xl3.jpg
just off anibela on southerland is this old brick building used as apartments... a cafe is set to open sometime in june in it
http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/6707/91df6.jpg
anyhow back on anibela looking towards the tracks
http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/8378/92pk2.jpg
this house was once a boarded up eye sore has had a new foundation put under it and is being compltly redone inside will be a nice home when complete also this home was part of the redlight distric in the early 1900's witch was anibela street
http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/6677/93ul0.jpg
shot of the houses of anibela across the street is the centra gas main maintenance depo
http://img410.imageshack.us/img410/6546/94hf2.jpg
rover st dike looking towards the disreali
http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/1117/95vm7.jpg
looking threw the centra gas parking lot beisde the disreali towards downtown
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2222/2328222982_10f659f554.jpg?v=0
street sign
http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/6816/96gf1.jpg
grove st witch has the local corner store at the other end :D best dam kubi :D
http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/8680/97cu1.jpg
looking back towards the disreali down rover
http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/5333/98xw0.jpg
norquay comunity center named after the first premire of manitoba who also lived in the area
http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/1312/99ud0.jpg
my street
http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/7297/100zm6.jpg
more home improvements going on
http://www.pointdouglas.com/plugins/p17_image_gallery/images/1036.jpg
well i will leave you with this 1 last pic of my street then i must get home and build this thread cheers
http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/9641/101vz8.jpg
http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/5583/herewearetw5.jpg
the path i took starting at higgins and main and ending on Hallet
http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/2047/pathus7.jpg
and so we start at higgins and main the most run down area of downtown north main is seeing a rebirth
looking at the SW corner we see the old dominion bank building geting an addtion (http://www.pointdouglas.com/plugins/p17_image_gallery/images/897.jpg)
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2371/2327346953_e30bffebd8_o.jpg
On the SE corner sits Circle of Life Thunderbird House (http://www.thunderbirdhouse.com/history.htm)
http://img505.imageshack.us/img505/6029/59957972ef3.jpg
http://img377.imageshack.us/img377/472/58430999bq5.jpg
http://www.pointdouglas.com/plugins/p17_image_gallery/images/1043.jpg
The bell hotel closed last summer after the city owned downtown devlopment agency centerventure bought it to redevelop that whole block of run down buildings
http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/2189/48894826mm6.jpg
looking across main st from the bell
http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/18/41520364kk8.jpg
the east side of main st still prity much intact
http://www.pointdouglas.com/plugins/p17_image_gallery/images/1037.jpg
new glass installed in this origonal store front
http://www.pointdouglas.com/plugins/p17_image_gallery/images/1033.jpg
new location of main meats witch is across the street ATM and is being moved by centerventure in order to demolish that building along with the rest of the block for the new development
http://www.pointdouglas.com/plugins/p17_image_gallery/images/1039.jpg
http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/6174/65209775wa7.jpg
looking back you can see main meats on the other side of main
http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/8841/48414943yo8.jpg
as you can see they have compltly guted this building (the one main meats is moving into)
http://www.pointdouglas.com/plugins/p17_image_gallery/images/1030.jpg
where the disreali intersects with main street many buildings were demolished to make way for this even split a neighborhood in half
http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/982/58848826fb1.jpg
looking east on the right is the Ukrainian Museum of Canada
http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/6301/49087000wi8.jpg
http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/4685/10ez7.jpg
As the signs reads also right across from city hall
http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/861/11cr7.jpg
looking in the front window of centerventures
http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/5586/12lu7.jpg
greys auction :( what a mess that is the owner refused to fix it cause he wanted to expand his parking lot but the city would not let him so he just let it rot for over 15 years now the city is in there stablizing it and soon its supost to become part of a parkade
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3281/2328501196_86120016c7_o.jpg
looking down king st we can see the new manitoba hydro building under constrction
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3117/2328272930_ee50a9c1f4_o.jpg
http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/7559/13pg9.jpg
http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/3479/14mt9.jpg
from the otherside
http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/1769/greys2jo0.jpg
looking the other way down the ally towards mcdermot st
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2213/2327442615_06eb0515b2_o.jpg
looking down mcdermot st
http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/5078/16mx1.jpg
back on king steet looking at the rear of the buildings seen from the ally
http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/9016/17ux5.jpg
looking across king
http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/3320/toad2ap9.jpg
http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/715/toadsw7.jpg
looking across notre dame
http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/2002/19vc0.jpg
elice and donald we can see the old masonic temple witch is totaly guted no clue whats going on with it... other than its haunted
http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/5450/20hx4.jpg
http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/3221/21ly8.jpg
portage ave and donald
http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/9425/22el3.jpg
http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/5213/23wj1.jpg
portage ave
http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/166/24bj7.jpg
http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/346/25vb2.jpg
http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/7687/26me4.jpg
http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/7986/27ni8.jpg
http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/907/28xg8.jpg
http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/524/29po6.jpg
looking down carlton towards central park hmm wonders what that crane is up to
http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/8383/30bn3.jpg
out front of portage place shoping center
http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/3821/31me4.jpg
more hydro
http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/4262/32rk6.jpg
http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/1571/33ui3.jpg
http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/2231/35yw8.jpg
http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/7060/36kf4.jpg
http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/5558/37zr4.jpg
http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/5277/38mj2.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2079/2328530676_63c84c8f60_o.jpg
http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/9366/39kh4.jpg
york st
http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/3730/40kq4.jpg
some big curling event going on right now i gues this shuttle is going around picking people up from the various parking lots in the area
http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/8855/41fm0.jpg
built in the 70's as residential later converted to a hotel now is being converted back to residential
http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/9660/42tv5.jpg
oo a big ass pudle bet theres a nasty pot hole under it :P
http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/4945/43az9.jpg
looking back
http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/900/44qm5.jpg
reflections of the puddle of doom!
http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/236/45bn2.jpg
aww yes looking off towards hydro
http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/741/46mg4.jpg
smith st
http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/2128/47wp9.jpg
http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/4111/48ew0.jpg
http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/6785/49jm7.jpg
Garry st
http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/4803/50rg4.jpg
looking down gary st towards fort garry hotel and fortgary place
http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/6269/51ls2.jpg
http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/5350/52yj4.jpg
Fort st named after the old fort witch becomes notre dame at portage ave
http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/7089/53mq0.jpg
every downtown needs a tire shop:P
http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/3451/54ga4.jpg
back on Main st looking at the train station
http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/9634/55ae8.jpg
http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/9440/56yr3.jpg
another shot of fort gary place and fort gary hotel
http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/939/57kg0.jpg
don't this to offten anymore since the city banned it lol the day the city did that they had all these old grannys out in protest squeegeeing lol
http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/343/58ph7.jpg
remnants from festival du voyager
http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/9201/59ww7.jpg
another shot of the train station
http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/955/60ij7.jpg
and every downtown needs a gas station also note the old fort gate in the background
http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/8694/61pq7.jpg
http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/7819/62vt2.jpg
http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/4899/63ll8.jpg
the surface lot thats ontop of the fort witch also goes underneath main st
http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/8269/64uo3.jpg
looking back down main st towards portage and main
http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/2476/65ph8.jpg
random mobile billboard
http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/9843/66zh1.jpg
http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/7150/67gp4.jpg
http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/3315/68vx8.jpg
http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/2996/69ji5.jpg
the river walk
http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/9051/70rp0.jpg
looking back
http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/2443/71zj3.jpg
some random toursist i think?
http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/3193/72du0.jpg
someone riding their bike quite common to see that even in -30 temps
http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/8039/73vj9.jpg
http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/3429/74to1.jpg
Esplanade riel bridge
http://img523.imageshack.us/img523/5388/75qw4.jpg
http://img523.imageshack.us/img523/826/76rf3.jpg
http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/4433/77sb2.jpg
http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/3217/78rk8.jpg
http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/6697/79io4.jpg
http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/1254/80ace9.jpg
hmm dam i been on a long walk... rush hour already
http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/8600/81ta2.jpg
pioneers and waterfront drive
http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/4092/82oo4.jpg
hydro from waterfront drive
http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/7563/83ip2.jpg
waterfront drive
http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/4018/waterfront2ik0.jpg
land clean up is conpltle now to build the condos
http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/2071/waterfront3yj3.jpg
view from waterfront drive
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2188/2328236090_cd72ae0f39_o.jpg
some random graphiti i found on a wall along the river trail
http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/5338/84wa9.jpg
http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/8885/85gt7.jpg
small grouping of homes in the somewhat industrial south pointdouglas where a bunch of local artists live
http://img329.imageshack.us/img329/4703/86cn2.jpg
higgins and anibela the bombed out building had a fire a cuple years back and the fire department did all that damig to it sorta sat as a shell since no clue whats going on with it does have a gard dog watching over it
http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/444/87uq9.jpg
Satan dog no?
http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/5959/88lf7.jpg
pics from the day it burnt http://www.pointdouglas.com/index.php?categoryid=1&p17_sectionid=3
http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/3006/89un4.jpg
north side of the tracks
http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/8687/90xl3.jpg
just off anibela on southerland is this old brick building used as apartments... a cafe is set to open sometime in june in it
http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/6707/91df6.jpg
anyhow back on anibela looking towards the tracks
http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/8378/92pk2.jpg
this house was once a boarded up eye sore has had a new foundation put under it and is being compltly redone inside will be a nice home when complete also this home was part of the redlight distric in the early 1900's witch was anibela street
http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/6677/93ul0.jpg
shot of the houses of anibela across the street is the centra gas main maintenance depo
http://img410.imageshack.us/img410/6546/94hf2.jpg
rover st dike looking towards the disreali
http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/1117/95vm7.jpg
looking threw the centra gas parking lot beisde the disreali towards downtown
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2222/2328222982_10f659f554.jpg?v=0
street sign
http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/6816/96gf1.jpg
grove st witch has the local corner store at the other end :D best dam kubi :D
http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/8680/97cu1.jpg
looking back towards the disreali down rover
http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/5333/98xw0.jpg
norquay comunity center named after the first premire of manitoba who also lived in the area
http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/1312/99ud0.jpg
my street
http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/7297/100zm6.jpg
more home improvements going on
http://www.pointdouglas.com/plugins/p17_image_gallery/images/1036.jpg
well i will leave you with this 1 last pic of my street then i must get home and build this thread cheers
http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/9641/101vz8.jpg