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13 LEGENDS TALES • Volume 5, 2016 Winnipeg Ideas Story A must for architecture lovers is the "Architecture, Spies, and Hidden Codes" tour, which showcases the unique architectural mix, culminating in the unforgettable Hermetic Code tour. The Forks is a hive of activity for today's hottest architects, who are designing striking warming huts along the Red River Mutual Trail, and the site that holds the city's award-winning pop-up restaurant on the frozen river, RAW:almond. Examples of Renaissance architecture abound at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights, designed by Antoine Predock, or the Esplanade Riel pedestrian bridge. St. Boniface houses the iconic St. Boniface Cathedral that blends the originally built façade with the modernist design of Winnipeg architect Etienne Gaboury, and the St. Boniface Museum, North America's oldest wooden structure. The Exchange District boasts an astounding collection of turn-of-the-20th- century cut-stone and terra-cotta architecture, as well as the modernist buildings of City Hall and Centennial Concert Hall, developing it into a thriving dining, shopping, and arts and culture district. Downtown's architecture ranges from the contemporary platinum LEED-certified Manitoba Hydro Building (Canada's first), MTS Centre and the ALT Hotel to the historic Hudson's Bay Company store to the modernist Winnipeg Art Gallery. Tradition Meets Innovation: Winnipeg's Architectural Icons Warming Huts: Dan Harper Manitoba Hydro Building: Scott Carnegie St. Boniface Cathedral: Kenny Tara Peg-sters Fauxhemian fashionistas flock to Osborne Village to finally finish their full-sleeve tattoo, peruse the latest vinyl, and for retro boutiques like the boho-chic attire at Out of the Blue to on-trend pieces at Hush/Shout to striking jewelry from Silver Lotus. Hipster fuel comes in the form of good coffee, and with an influx of new options like Parlour, Little Sister, Thom Bargen, and Miss Browns (who get their beans straight from the hipster Mecca itself: Portland), they'll never be caught drinking from a chain again. The hipster scene arrived in Winnipeg way before it was cool to have a hipster scene. Winnipeg indie enthusiasts have been listening to the best indie artists for years at the West End Cultural Centre, Pyramid Cabaret and now The Good Will Social Club as well. Winnipeg's captivating architecture is a blend of old and new, with three distinct waves of development: "Chicago-style" influenced architecture – late 1800s to early 1900s; Modernist – late 50s, 60s, and early 70s; and today's Renaissance" – 21st Century architecture. C a n a d ia n M u s e u m for H um an R ig h ts : Aa ron C o h en