Urban renewal or landmark desecration?(demolition of Eaton's store in Winnipeg)

• Published in: Maclean's (Toronto) Vol. 114; no. 33; p. 20
• Main Author: BERGMAN, BRIAN
• Format: Magazine Article
• Language: English
• Published: Toronto Rogers Media 13.08.2001; St. Joseph Communications
• Subjects: Architecture; Conservation and restoration; Consortia; Councils; Site planning; Stadiums; Stadiums & arenas; Urban renewal; Canada; Winnipeg Manitoba Canada

Opened in 1905, the Eaton's store on Winnipeg's Portage Avenue was a monument to the prosperity of the era. Winnipeg was then a bustling city of 75,000, and the commercial and transportation hub for Western Canada. The red-brick Eaton's building, which quickly grew to encompass eight...