1927 – Former Hudson’s Bay Department Store, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Architect: Barott & Blackader
Founded in 1670, the Hudson’s Bay Company’s (HBC) chief interests for its first two centuries were the fur trade,
1930 – Manitoba Telephones Building, Portage Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Architect: Alexander Melville
Built for the provincial telephone company who still own it today,
1953 – Silver Heights Shopping Centre, Portage Ave., Winnipeg
Architect: A.B. Stovel
Modern strip mall very much designed as a neighbourhood hub –
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,
1964 – Rice Centre, 491 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg
Architect: Moody Moore & Partners
Short office tower sited on a long pavilion with retail and commercial spaces,
1966 – Manitoba Teachers Society, 191 Harcourt Street, Winnipeg
Architect: Libling Michener & Associates
Constructed in two stages,
1967 – Royal Bank Building, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Architect: Smith Carter Searle Associates
Large office building above a podium storey.
1970 – Newport Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Architect: T. Sherman
Seventeen storey office building close to the midpoint of the downtown section of Portage Avenue.
1970s – Unbuilt Tower, Portage & Main, Winnipeg
A design for the corner of southeast corner of Portage and Main alongside the Royal Bank building of 1967.
1971 – 161 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Architect: Smith Carter Parkin
Part of the Lombard complex of buildings that includes the Richardson tower,
