Green Blankstein Russell Associates

1958 – Former Canada Post Building, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Horrendous building with little or no human scale or charm. What is most upsetting about this building which occupies an entire block,

Built between 1956-58 to to replace an earlier church of 1927, this modern building is constructed of the local Tyndall stone and brick.

St. Paul’s College was a Jesuit college, founded in 1926 by Jesuits and originally based in central Winnipeg.

An elegant piece of late 50’s modernism, the Norquay building has an understated architectural quality.

Architects concept from 1960 of a new airport terminal for Winnipeg. Eventually completed in 1963,

After the previous City Hall developed structural problems neccessitating the removal of parts of the building,

Located across the street from the Civic Centre from the same period,

Part of the Civic Centre develeopment project which included a new City Hall, and police headquarters.

The present St. Nicholas Church was designed in the early nineteen sixties by the architectural firm of Green Blankstein Russell Associates.

Roman Catholic church making use of local materials and the modern idiom built to serve the local Italian Catholic population.