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Some old photos of Winnipeg

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Some old photos of Winnipeg - Lemmy.ca

### Grace Hospital (circa 1907) Postcard: Colour lithograph of the Grace Hospital (at former Preston Ave. location) in Winnipeg, Manitoba (brick building with covered front porch). Mailed May 13, 1907 from Lonnie L. C. to Miss Louise M. Gray. Part of Rob McInnes Postcard Collection (Winnipeg Public Libraries). Unknown author, from Wikimedia Commons [https://lemmy.ca/pictrs/image/751fbe4f-9c25-4331-880f-de848cc2b28e.jpeg] ### Osborne Street (1909) The apartment building in this image (“The Roslyn”) still stands today. Postcard of Osborne St. (Winnipeg, Manitoba) with streetcar c. 1909 Postcard from the Rob McInnes Postcard Collection at the Winnipeg Public Libraries. Originally published by Lyall Commercial Photo Co., Ltd. Anonomous, from Wikimedia Commins [https://lemmy.ca/pictrs/image/117377e2-20e5-4e8c-9ec2-1b2c0ed53a39.jpeg] ### Wellington Crescent (circa 1998) Clearly none of the fancy town houses or apartment buildings along Wellington Crescent had been developed yet when this picture was taken Postcard of Wellington Crescent (Winnipeg, Manitoba) c. 1908 Postcard from the Martin Berman Postcard Collection at the Winnipeg Public Libraries, anonymous, from Wikimedia Commons [https://lemmy.ca/pictrs/image/2370b865-bb31-44c5-97a3-2592fea63482.jpeg] ### Market Square (1912) Market Square in Winnipeg, Manitoba c. 1912. Old City Hall (rear), the Union Bank Tower and the Leland Hotel in background You can also see the Confederation Building (under construction, above centre). Postcard from the Martin Berman Postcard Collection at the Winnipeg Public Libraries. Originally published by Lyall Commercial Photo Co., Limited. Anonymous, from Wikimedia Commons [https://lemmy.ca/pictrs/image/4cf0beb9-b374-4a21-9379-9276d7942b3e.jpeg] ### St Mary’s School and Church (circa 1910) 353 St Mary’s Avenue, to be specific St. Mary's School & Church in Winnipeg, Manitoba (353 St Mary Ave.) c. 1910 Postcard from the Martin Berman Postcard Collection at the Winnipeg Public Libraries. Originally published by The Western Commission Co. [https://lemmy.ca/pictrs/image/06f23cdc-a645-4449-88e2-11ba0053c446.jpeg] ### Sherbrooke Street (1912) Postcard of Sherbrooke Street in Winnipeg, Manitoba (c.1912). Photograph likely taken from atop the Casa Loma Building. On the left, the Manitoba Deaf and Dumb Institute and St. Stephen's Anglican Church (behind, under construction) Originally published by Meyers Photo. Postcard from the Rob McInnes Postcard Collection at the Winnipeg Public Libraries. Anonymous, from Wikimedia Commons [https://lemmy.ca/pictrs/image/6b79a98e-ff17-45e5-9c8b-a3e4033be0b1.jpeg] ### The Assiniboine River, near the Cornish Library (1915) The building in the image is a public bath house Public Bath House on the Assiniboine River in Winnipeg, Manitoba near the Cornish branch of the Winnipeg Public Library in 1915. Unknown author, from Wikimedia Commons [https://lemmy.ca/pictrs/image/3b46b346-b600-4cb4-a0df-348d77829e52.jpeg]

Apr 5 at 1:31amWeb
Show threadValue Subtracted19h ago
I truly wish I could have seen the old City Hall in person.
Show threada_gee_dizzle10h ago
What was up with the old City Hall? I’m out of the loop
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I just think it’s neat!

(And to be clear, I mean the second, 1886 City Hall, not the original, which looks rather boring.)

My instance’s image uploads don’t appear to be working, but feast your eyes on the postcard featured here.

Edit:

A history of Winnipeg’s three City Halls | City of Winnipeg

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Show threada_gee_dizzle21m ago
Wow. It does look very cool. Old buildings in general just have so much more character than a lot of the newer stuff being built
Show threadassaultpotato9h ago

Super cool post.

I wish we hadn’t paved over our streetcar lines. 120 years later and Winnipeg feels less like a city and more like a village.

Show threada_gee_dizzle9h ago
Yeah I agree. Another thing going on here, I think, is that we introduced all these new restrictive zoning laws, so new developments could largely only contain single family houses. And then all the new business districts have to contend with all these mandatory parking requirements the city imposed on them. It encourages people to sprawl out, live in a thinly populated suburban neighbourhoods, and drive everywhere they need to go. After ~80 years of this development pattern, our is now thoroughly car centric. This completely changes the feel of the city for the worst imo. It also massively increases infrastructure costs (more sprawl means more roads and pipes to maintain). So paving over the streetcar tracks was a bad move both literally and symbolically. It represented the city’s decision to go all in on the automobile.
Show threadassaultpotato8h ago
Oh I agree. When the tracks on Osborne by the Leg poke out I find it very symbolic.
Show threada_gee_dizzle3h ago
I didn’t realize you could see them poking out over there. I’ll have to take a look next time I’m there