Architects dream up ways to breathe life into downtown spaces

Winnipeg Free Press - PRINT EDITION

By: Dan Lett

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Supplied photo Architect Brian Pearson has suggested rerouting the Assiniboine River to create an oxbow lake with a beach (in artist's conception above) and making Armstrong's Point an island.

The Re-imagining Winnipeg project, a collaboration between StorefrontMB and the Winnipeg Free Press, has certainly created food for thought about what this city is and what it could be.

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Supplied photo Calnitsky Associates Architects suggest mixed uses for alleys off Bannatyne Avenue East.

We've envisioned lush green parks at Portage and Main, rail lines relocated to create a dynamic new public space and even new ways of planning parking to move traffic and attract more people downtown. In short, it has done just what it was designed to do: get us talking about what could be.

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Architects dream up ways to breathe life into downtown spaces