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New Uses for Old Buildings: Organic Renewal in the West Exchange District, 1975-2010
(Institute of Urban Studies, 2014-09-26)
Since 1975, the Exchange District west of Main Street has emerged as downtown Winnipeg’s
most successful and interesting neighbourhoods. Built up as a wholesale warehouse district in
the late 19th and early 20th century, ...
Structural Design and Social Impacts in Winnipeg Central Park Neighbourhood
(Institute of Urban Studies, 2014-10-15)
Th is study analyzes the relationship between structural design and social behavior within an urban public
space, using Winnipeg Central Park as a case study. Th e fi ndings suggest that the structural dimensions
leading ...
Subsidizing Professional Sports Teams and Building New Facilities: Flagship Projects for Urban Renewal or Corporate Welfare?
(Institute of Urban Studies, 2014-10-15)
The issue of taxpayer support of professional sports teams and for building new downtown facilities is a
contentious one. Proponents argue this practice is beneficial to the community in terms of municipal revenue,
economic ...
The True North Arena: Downtown Revitalization and Decision-Making in Winnipeg
In 2001, Winnipeg’s City Council approved the demolition of the 96 year-old Eaton’s building to make way for a new sports arena in the heart of the city’s downtown. In spite of a growing body of research showing that sports ...
Citizen participation in post-"Unicity" Winnipeg
(Institute of Urban Studies, 1991)
Mixed-Income Housing Developments: Separating Myth from Reality
(Institute of Urban Studies, 2016-02-01)
Mixed-income housing has long been promoted as a panacea to the largely-failed social
housing experiments of the mid-twentieth century. However, more often than not, the social mix philosophy leads to more problems than ...
Impeaching the car : an assessment of the potential for sustainable urban transportation
(Institute of Urban Studies, 1995)
An analysis of the transportation modes used by university students in Winnipeg : is the commute to school sustainable?
(Institute of Urban Studies, 1999)
Impact of Discounted University Student Transit Fares on Winnipeg's Public Transit System
In 2000, Winnipeg Transit implemented a discounted monthly transit pass for use by post secondary students. The cost savings from this monthly pass has caused a small number of students to use public transit more often. ...
Ending or Obscuring Homelessness? Applying the White Racial Frame to Homeless Literature in Canada
(Institute of urban Studies, 2019-07-22)
This paper summarizes existing literature on homelessness throughout Canada and then applies the White Racial Frame (WRF) to analyze homeless literature collected as part of two research projects to answer two questions: ...