Final chapter in City Beautiful debuts Friday

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This article was published 17/09/2014 (3705 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.

Architecture only happens when there’s building, building only happens when there’s money, and money only appears when there’s optimism about the future.

And that’s why many Winnipeg architects feel the city is on the verge of something bigger.

But one former mayor warns the big projects today are a result of visionaries and policies of at least a decade earlier and suggests the building cranes dotting the skyline will slowly disappear.

City Beautiful: How architecture shaped Winnipeg’s DNA

Part 3: Our renaissance

Online Friday and in Saturday’s Free Press

 

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City Beautiful movement in Winnipeg (Part 1):

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How Winnipeg’s slow growth saved the Exchange District (Part 2):

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