1953 – Silver Heights Shopping Centre, Portage Ave., Winnipeg
Architect: A.B. Stovel
Modern strip mall very much designed as a neighbourhood hub –
1954 – Grotto of our Lady of Lourdes, Cook’s Creek, Manitoba
Architect: Fr. Philip Ruh
Begun in 1954 by Father Philip Ruh,
1955 – Canada Life Assurance, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Architect: Moody & Moore / Marani & Morris
Designed as a corporate headquarters for Great West Life Assurance after they outgrew their Lombard Avenue premises,
1955 – Dayton Building, Portage Avenue, Winnipeg
Architect: Green Blankstein Russell Associates
Built after its predecessor store burned down in the enormous Time Building fire of June 1954,
1956 – Our Lady of Victory, Osborne Street, Winnipeg
Architect: Roy Sellors
Established as a parish in 1946 following the Second World War,
1957 – 385 St Mary Ave., Winnipeg, Manitoba
Architect: Waisman Ross
Interesting and compact two storey office building in a Miesian idiom,
1957 – Foster Marks Building, 280 Smith Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Architect: Moody & Moore
Constructed as the Western Savings and Loan in 1950,
1957 – Sovereign Life Assurance, 287 Broadway, Winnipeg
Architect: Moody & Moore
Now unrecognizable after the addition of two floors and recladding in two renovations since the late 1960s.
1958 – Chapel, St. John’s College, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg
Architect: Moody & Moore
One of the founding colleges of the University of Manitoba,
1958 – Competition design for City Hall, Memorial Boulevard, Winnipeg
Architect: Gerald Robinson
One of the finalists selected by the jury in the 1958 competition.
