18 Factoids | Volume 7
STRUCTURALLY
SOUND
In 2012, Winnipeg's Osborne Village was
chosen as Canada's best neighbourhood by
the Canadian Institute of Planners. Located just
south of the downtown, this chic urban district
is an arts, retail, entertainment and social hub
for locals and visitors.
The 17,000 cubic metres of concrete used in the Canadian
Museum for Human Rights has an approximate mass of
35,000 tonnes, equivalent to around 3,000 full-grown male
elephants. This also amounts to an approximate volume of
2,125 loads from a standard 10-yard cement truck.
At the time of construction in 1968,
the Winnipeg Floodway was the
second-largest earth-moving
project in the world after the
Panama Canal. It has saved the
city from flooding many times
since it was constructed by
then-Premier Duff Roblin.
It is affectionately referred
to as "Duff's Ditch."
Winnipeg's Union Station was designed
by the same architects responsible for
Grand Central Station in New York City.
Built in 1904, the Union
Bank Tower—an 11-storey
Chicago-School-style
building at the corner of
Winnipeg's Main Street
and William Avenue was
Western Canada's first
skyscraper. Today, it is
revamped to be the home of
Red River College's culinary
arts students studying at
Paterson GlobalFoods
Institute (PGI).
Photo
courtesy
Dan
Harper
Photography
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