Tuesday, October 21, 2025

Winnipeg

 https://streets.mn/2017/12/01/twenty-urbanist-observations-from-a-trip-to-winnipeg 

If you are from narrow-minded Vancouver, you might be amazed as to how wide some of the streets are in Downtown_Winnipeg

https://www.tourismwinnipeg.com/plan-your-trip/neighbourhoods/display,neighbourhood/5/downtown

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/300_Main_(Winnipeg) "Standing at 141.7 metres and 42 storeys, it is the tallest building in Winnipeg as well as in Manitoba."

https://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=108830 466 feet.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Winnipeg%2C_Canada.jpg/960px-Winnipeg%2C_Canada.jpg

https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?cityID=58&status=15 

It took several decades for Winnipeg to finally have a building taller than the Foshay_Tower in Minneapolis

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foshay_Tower  "It has 32 floors and stands 447 feet (136 m) high..."

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Foshay_Tower_Highsmith.jpg/500px-Foshay_Tower_Highsmith.jpg While the Foshay Tower would be like the 2nd tallest building in Winnipeg, it's become a stump in Minneapolis. 

https://versus.com/en/minneapolis-vs-winnipeg Greater M might have 4 million people before Greater W has even 1 million people.

https://worldmeasure.com/cities/minneapolis-usa/compare/winnipeg-can 

https://www.calgary.com/blog/calgary-vs-winnipeg/