image for illustration: Corner of Portage Avenue and Main Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba by Photogelatine Engraving Co: Publisher, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Winnipeg history buffs and heritage organizations are shocked and angered to find pieces of the city’s past left in ruins during the demolition of the downtown Air Canada Window Park.
CBC News writes:
Local historian Christian Cassidy… discovered the ruins on Sunday…
When it was first built in 1985, the park incorporated remnants from now-demolished buildings in the city, including two stone columns from the Northern Crown Bank… and stone balustrades from Devon Court Apartments… ‘The most prominent structure in the park was probably the silver cast-iron column from the McIntyre Block, which stood on Main Street from 1899 to 1979…
