anything would've been better, even leaving it as it was, rather than building that mall. portage place is now nothing more than a hangout for gangbangers and drug dealers.
Norrie destroyed the city of Winnipeg during his tenure. (Unbridled spending for nothing, ignoring ALL of the urban crime problems letting us degenerate into the murder capital of Canada, etc.) This project was even more stupid overspending on his part.
I remember Portage Ave. and the surrounding area before Portage Place. I dug the edginess of the strip. Naughty, sort-of. So it was a little run-down. Nothing they couldn't have fixed up, like Osborne Village. The PP experiment failed. Pull it down!
@funkybunny9966 Too true, the place was a california mall, meaning no heating. The water pipes would freeze during the winter and the air conditioning would leak into the building in the summer. The problems are still there today
Many interesting buildings & businesses bit the dust when they decided to gut all those downtown city blocks. The result, uninteresting, homogeneous, "looks like any other faceless city", dull, ugly-arsed mall strip.
I guess the construction businesses made some coinage but Winnipeg lost at the end of the day. Let's hope they can keep their paws off of the old Market Square District!
lol I live right behind there in the housing development, I do community policing in my area and I think its funny to see the place before...particularly cause its like 4 am and theres always a group of drunken native guys yelling and fighting all night outfront of the beer vender outside my window lol oh brave new world lol the future sure is looking bright
Ironically, the project did the opposite of what it was supposed to. It was the beginning of the end for downtown. Now we're trying to repair the damage it did - namely taking pedestrians off Portage Avenue, contributing to the decay of the blocks between the mall and Main Street. And the design is ugly taboot!
anything would've been better, even leaving it as it was, rather than building that mall. portage place is now nothing more than a hangout for gangbangers and drug dealers.
entropy44 1 week ago
the truck at 1:17 is still in use lol
and i forget how many people have been stabbed in drug related instances right behind her at the end there
justwatchthedamvideo 2 years ago
not all natives, just the bums downtown..which you cannot deny are mostly native LMAO
kellyashtonjr 2 years ago
wow old skool peg city
BrandonN1313 2 years ago
Norrie destroyed the city of Winnipeg during his tenure. (Unbridled spending for nothing, ignoring ALL of the urban crime problems letting us degenerate into the murder capital of Canada, etc.) This project was even more stupid overspending on his part.
CampBreezyBeach 2 years ago
I remember Portage Ave. and the surrounding area before Portage Place. I dug the edginess of the strip. Naughty, sort-of. So it was a little run-down. Nothing they couldn't have fixed up, like Osborne Village. The PP experiment failed. Pull it down!
ctomarctus 3 years ago 3
PP had potential, but never exceeded what they thought..... Just like everything else in this city, it's always built for the moment, not the future.
funkybunny9966 3 years ago 6
@funkybunny9966 Too true, the place was a california mall, meaning no heating. The water pipes would freeze during the winter and the air conditioning would leak into the building in the summer. The problems are still there today
edferren 1 year ago
this was the dumbest thing that winnipeg ever did ...but thats the communist politicians in winnipeg,,,,they KNOW ...apparently
SHMUJEW 3 years ago
Wow...just look at Portage Place now. Wow. This is weird. I've grown up with Portage Place always there and spend too much time at Oriental Gifts. XD
dedicatedrr 4 years ago
I'm afraid some of the strategy of the original intentions has backfired.
The shopping mall has become a loitering spot for panhandlers and Aboriginals. They do nothing but annoy shoppers or people passing through.
These people must be eradicated from the area before people can feel safe downtown.
FischerFan 4 years ago
shut up
JoshSigurdsonMusic 3 years ago
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Bus7777 2 years ago
no i didnt like the aboriginal part, im native and that offends me.
JoshSigurdsonMusic 2 years ago
Many interesting buildings & businesses bit the dust when they decided to gut all those downtown city blocks. The result, uninteresting, homogeneous, "looks like any other faceless city", dull, ugly-arsed mall strip.
I guess the construction businesses made some coinage but Winnipeg lost at the end of the day. Let's hope they can keep their paws off of the old Market Square District!
meadowqueen 4 years ago
I remember the Colony theater - I used to go watch movies there in high school. I went to Gordon Bell High School.
olgamarie888 4 years ago
Ahh... I didn't bother to check the description, heh.
I was born in 1988, so it wasn't too distant.
johnsprogram 4 years ago
What year was this taken place?
johnsprogram 4 years ago
September 1987. It's always listed in the description.
jaworskij 4 years ago
lol I live right behind there in the housing development, I do community policing in my area and I think its funny to see the place before...particularly cause its like 4 am and theres always a group of drunken native guys yelling and fighting all night outfront of the beer vender outside my window lol oh brave new world lol the future sure is looking bright
seanpwlittle 4 years ago
Ironically, the project did the opposite of what it was supposed to. It was the beginning of the end for downtown. Now we're trying to repair the damage it did - namely taking pedestrians off Portage Avenue, contributing to the decay of the blocks between the mall and Main Street. And the design is ugly taboot!
rcraigger 5 years ago
I agree.
olgamarie888 4 years ago
I remember her Sandra lewis... I met her and she had a hot bod
copcarguy 5 years ago