tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-284066677721121509.post8690898660073623730..comments2019-01-09T00:44:48.397-06:00Comments on Winnipeg Dreams: WINNIPEG NEEDS DREAMERSUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-284066677721121509.post-64083504936556658952009-12-07T12:05:55.602-06:002009-12-07T12:05:55.602-06:00It's been over 30 years since I lived in Winni...It's been over 30 years since I lived in Winnipeg, and I've always remember the good times of growing up in the north end. After watching these videos I felt very sad and tears ran down my cheeks. My memories faded and my past was now a horrific site. What happened?<br /><br />Watch these videos here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZqfB6DdZPswilliam garbaczhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02335777464725942623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-284066677721121509.post-10153632601159168012008-01-20T21:38:00.000-06:002008-01-20T21:38:00.000-06:00Winnipeg has an urban think tank, www.truwinnipeg....Winnipeg has an urban think tank, www.truwinnipeg.org<BR/><BR/>If you're looking to dream, think of the Wilson Subway plan. Earl Levin basically destroyed the neighbourhood between Portage and Broadway when the city built the hideous Convention Centre and Lakeview Square, tore out the trees, one-wayed the streets, and allowed for the wholesale demolition of small residential buildings.<BR/><BR/>As for a newspaper column by urban dreamers, Dallas Hansen and Robert Galston, not to mention Val Werier, have been writing for years. The ideas are out there; they're just being ignored.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-284066677721121509.post-55596979227598701962008-01-20T21:20:00.000-06:002008-01-20T21:20:00.000-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.Lil Zebrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10022930534145293089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-284066677721121509.post-82890582313820229472008-01-20T21:07:00.000-06:002008-01-20T21:07:00.000-06:00George, a couple of years ago I transcribed Metro'...George, a couple of years ago I transcribed Metro's Downtown Winnipeg Plan from 1969... You can find it at:<BR/><BR/>http://www.mts.net/~jjaworsk/metro/<BR/><BR/>And near the bottom of the list, find Downtown Winnipeg.<BR/><BR/>This year I plan on putting more effort into publishing more Metro documents like this.<BR/><BR/>I agree with that we need more dreamers in Winnipeg... We do have some. It is a matter of the politicians and planners following-up on good plans.Lil Zebrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10022930534145293089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-284066677721121509.post-236728167790475432008-01-20T21:04:00.000-06:002008-01-20T21:04:00.000-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.Lil Zebrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10022930534145293089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-284066677721121509.post-83000666962459636132007-01-21T10:14:00.000-06:002007-01-21T10:14:00.000-06:00Yes, Winnipeg needs dreamers. It also needs citiz...Yes, Winnipeg needs dreamers. It also needs citizens to believe in those dreams. Our local media, for the most part, would rather concentrate on the controversy those dreams might generate.<br /><br />City officials are more concerned about limiting the allotment of green space in various parts of the city just in case a few potential tax dollars might be foregone that new green space is not likely to happen.<br /><br />Winnipeg is too small and too big at the same time. It is caught in the middle and doesn't know what it wants to be and only a few seem able to take their vision and try to move one way or the other.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com