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 1ajs
     
Location: winnipeg
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 320 on 9/12/2007 3:53 AM >
|  | | | 2 heritage buildings get federal boost of at least $1M
Tuesday, September 11, 2007 | 10:58 AM CT CBC News
The multimillion-dollar restoration and rehabilitation of two historic buildings in Winnipeg will be aided by federal government funding.
The former Union Bank building on the corner of Main Street and William Avenue — Western Canada's first skyscraper, constructed in 1903 — is in line for $1 million to assist in its ongoing renovation.
It's the maximum amount available under the Commercial Heritage Properties Incentive Fund, the federal program providing the money. The building's owners will have to put up $5 million to receive the federal funding.
"It says this building is extremely important. Winnipeg is important," says City Tugwell, spokeswoman for Heritage Winnipeg. "It's about who we are as Winnipeggers, and who we think we are and where we think we're going."
The 93-year-old Scott Fruit Company Warehouse, on Elgin Street near Red River College's downtown campus, is also receiving money from the program....
For the rest of the story http://www.cbc.ca/...age-buildings.html
The heritage report on the Scott building:
http://www.winnipe.../Elgin319-long.pdf
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1ajs
Location: winnipeg
Gender: Male
| | | | | Re: Winnipeg UE
<Reply # 321 on 9/12/2007 3:54 AM >
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aww yea thats the strip mall between the st charls and the royal albert has a taler and a restraunt thats got some real character with good food... check it out...
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Tyralus
  
Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Gender: Male
| | Re: Winnipeg UE
<Reply # 322 on 9/12/2007 1:43 PM >
| | | | Posted by T-mac
I'm liking the sounds of that.
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Me too. Are there still bowling balls?
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T-mac
Location: Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Gender: Male
| | | Re: Winnipeg UE
<Reply # 323 on 9/12/2007 2:41 PM >
| | | | From the looks of that article, the founding has been put on hold. No wonder the royal bank tower is taking so long to renovate.
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WpgEd
Location: Somewhere in MB
Gender: Male
They're watching.
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<Reply # 324 on 9/12/2007 5:11 PM >
| | | | In todays Free Press, RRC is considering to utilizing the tower as a further campus for more programming.
Ed
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1ajs
Location: winnipeg
Gender: Male
| | | | | Re: Winnipeg UE
<Reply # 325 on 9/12/2007 11:01 PM >
| | | | interesting...
College eyes move into heritage building- Union Bank Tower eligible for $1M in federal funds
Wed Sep 12 2007 - By Bartley Kives
RED River College is considering expanding into the long-vacant Union Bank Tower, an Exchange District heritage building eligible for up to $1 million in federal preservation funds.
Desiring space to house training programs for desperately needed skilled workers, the community college is exploring the feasibility of converting the 103-year-old skyscraper into an extension of its downtown campus.
"It's a very interesting building. It's been preserved very well," said Margaret Braid, vice-president of business development for Red River College.
One of western Canada's first skyscrapers, the 10-storey Union Bank Tower has stood empty at the corner of William Avenue and Main Street since 1992, when the Royal Bank of Canada moved its offices to Portage and Main.
Construction companies Pace-Greentree Builders and Man-Shield Construction bought the building in 2001 for $232,000 and immediately spent $122,000 repairing its dilapidated roof.
Then in 2006, Pace-Greentree president Guy Hobman secured $1 million of federal funding to begin more extensive renovations.
Now, downtown development agency CentreVenture is crunching numbers and drawing up plans for a rehabilitation custom-tailored to Red River College.
"It's been pitched to us and we're exploring our options," said Robert Olson, vice-president in charge of facilities for the college. "Since we started up the downtown campus, a lot of people see us as an economic driver, and a lot of people make pitches to us."
Hobman declined to comment on the possibility of Red River College moving into the building, noting discussions have just begun.
It remains to be seen whether the college actually requires all the space offered by the 70,000-square-foot office building. The high cost of rehabilitation also remains a considerable stumbling block, as renovations could easily exceed $10 million.
The federal government is prepared to contribute $1 million to the project, provided no less than $5 million is spent before October 2008, the minister responsible for Parks Canada confirmed Tuesday.
"They don't build buildings of this quality anymore. We have soulless glass towers," said John Baird, who held a press conference to reconfirm the Conservative commitment to fund both the Union Bank Tower and the Scott Fruit Co. Warehouse, a smaller heritage structure at the corner of Elgin Avenue and Princess Street.
Provincial assistance for a Red River College expansion remains a possibility, while CentreVenture could contribute funds from its $12-million development kitty. The City of Winnipeg could also help out by continuing existing heritage tax credits.
Point Douglas Coun. Mike Pagtakhan, whose ward includes the Exchange District, said the Union Bank Tower would complement Red River College's existing downtown campus, which has won design and environmental awards. "If it brings Main Street some of the magic they brought to Princess Street, it would be real dynamite," Pagtakhan said.
The federal funds for the Union Bank Tower would flow through the Commercial Heritage Properties Incentive Fund, a program begun by the former Liberal government and extended by the Conservatives.
The program is no longer open to new applications and the Conservatives have not committed to reviving it in the 2008 federal budget. Baird said he has yet to review a report into the issue.
The Scott Fruit Co. Warehouse, meanwhile, is eligible to receive up to $404,000 from the fund. Building owner Meredith Penner, a dentist, has almost completed a $2-million restoration that has seen a single-parents' organization, a day care, two residential suites and a dental clinic move into the 93-year-old building.
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T-mac
Location: Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Gender: Male
| | | Re: Winnipeg UE
<Reply # 326 on 9/14/2007 2:25 PM >
| | | | Haha they put so much money into renovating this building and it is to easy to get into! If anyone has NOT been in there, i would go before its to late. This building is really cool.
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biocom
| | Re: Winnipeg UE
<Reply # 327 on 9/14/2007 10:28 PM >
|  | | | Last time i went to the old Union Bank Tower someone had put a large section of chain link fence against the fire escape.
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1ajs
Location: winnipeg
Gender: Male
| | | | | Re: Winnipeg UE
<Reply # 328 on 9/15/2007 1:38 AM >
| | | | meet at ut tomarrow night??
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T-mac
Location: Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Gender: Male
| | | Re: Winnipeg UE
<Reply # 329 on 9/16/2007 8:38 AM >
| | | | tmr me and zeddy are going to check out the top of some silos and a drain. Let you know how it goes.
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hanker
| | Re: Winnipeg UE
<Reply # 330 on 9/16/2007 7:15 PM >
| | | | Wondering if there is a meet tonight.
I've never been to one but really want to get out to one soon, seeing as today is such a beautiful day I thought this might be the perfect opportunity.
Let me know.
[last edit 9/16/2007 7:15 PM by hanker - edited 1 times]
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1ajs
Location: winnipeg
Gender: Male
| | | | | Re: Winnipeg UE
<Reply # 331 on 9/16/2007 10:05 PM >
| | | | sure........ old market square stage since mondo dragon is closed sundays
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Tyralus
Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Gender: Male
| | Re: Winnipeg UE
<Reply # 332 on 9/17/2007 3:02 AM >
| | | | Posted by biocom
Last time i went to the old Union Bank Tower someone had put a large section of chain link fence against the fire escape.
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Yeah, it was there when I last went too, as well as a few times before.
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T-mac
Location: Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Gender: Male
| | | Re: Winnipeg UE
<Reply # 333 on 9/17/2007 2:09 PM >
| | | | The drain was sweet, we went pretty far in and we got tired because the drain was pretty small. After that we headed over to the cement factory and climbed the silos. The silos were amazing. It was quite a rush being up that high!
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hanker
| | Re: Winnipeg UE
<Reply # 334 on 9/17/2007 9:39 PM >
| | | | Posted by T-mac
The drain was sweet, we went pretty far in and we got tired because the drain was pretty small. After that we headed over to the cement factory and climbed the silos. The silos were amazing. It was quite a rush being up that high!
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Was this part of a meet, or was this just by yourself.
None of my friends are really into UE but I really want to start getting out there.
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T-mac
Location: Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Gender: Male
| | | Re: Winnipeg UE
<Reply # 335 on 9/18/2007 12:07 AM >
| | | | we went on our own, i didn't even know there was a meet yesterday.
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hanker
| | Re: Winnipeg UE
<Reply # 336 on 9/18/2007 1:13 AM >
| | | | I dont think there was, I was just saying that I wish there was and if there was that I'd have like to gone along.
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1ajs
Location: winnipeg
Gender: Male
| | | | | Re: Winnipeg UE
<Reply # 337 on 9/18/2007 1:55 AM >
| | | | in the events section theres a weekly and monthly meeting thing no one goes but we could always go and get it going again...
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Alestrial
Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Gender: Male
<Arc_Tangent> I crown you prince of pears!
| | Re: Winnipeg UE
<Reply # 338 on 9/19/2007 3:08 AM >
| | | | Yeah we used to go to all of them... But we all go our own ways in Summer...
Curious goes to work, I go work at a camp 3 hours away... So really it should start soon... maybe just the month one
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1ajs
Location: winnipeg
Gender: Male
| | | | | Re: Winnipeg UE
<Reply # 339 on 9/19/2007 11:43 PM >
| | | | hmm well atm i'm working over time at the shell terminal geting this ethinal plant going lol
i'm an aprentice electrician btw
nothing like going ontop of the tanks what a view....
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