Closing Portage and Main

Jul 4

For over 40 years, the intersection of Portage and Main has been closed to pedestrians. The story of how this happened is one of desperation, bad planning, and even worse ideas on how our cities should be designed.

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Sources

Walker, David. The Great Winnipeg Dream. 1979.

Toews, Owen. Stolen City: Racial Captialism and the Making of Winnipeg. 2018.

Turner, Randy. “City Beautiful. Part 2” Winnipeg Free Press.

Cassidy, Christian. “Parkades and Charades”. West End Dumplings.

Cassidy, Christian. “Seven Stories about Portage and Main”. West End Dumplings.

Winnipeg Free Press.

Winnipeg Tribune.

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