Jeffrey Thorsteinson
@jthorsteinson.bsky.social
Really sad to hear this. A huge loss for the Canadian history community.
Very sorry to hear of the passing of Tim Cook.
One of Canada's best historians, his books were fantastic. He was nice enough to give me a tour of the Canadian War Museum where he was the chief historian.
A truly great Canadian.
One of Canada's best historians, his books were fantastic. He was nice enough to give me a tour of the Canadian War Museum where he was the chief historian.
A truly great Canadian.
October 27, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Really sad to hear this. A huge loss for the Canadian history community.
Portage Place should never’ve been built, but when I worked there in the 2000s it honestly had some charms & so I was glad to read this piece of personal recollection: “Portage Place of old an oasis for music-loving rez girl“ www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...
Opinion: Portage Place of old an oasis for music-loving rez girl
As the structure surrounding the iconic clocktower at Portage Place came down on Wednesday as part of True North’s plans to redevelop the property, I saw a flurry of social media posts from Indigenous...
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October 21, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Portage Place should never’ve been built, but when I worked there in the 2000s it honestly had some charms & so I was glad to read this piece of personal recollection: “Portage Place of old an oasis for music-loving rez girl“ www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...
This is tragic. Beyond the culpability of the drunk driver, it’s also awful & very risky that this stretch of Kenaston has no sidewalk, forcing folks to walk on the shoulder of a road where ppl drive at highway speeds.
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Family mourns couple struck on side of the road in Winnipeg, man charged with impaired driving
A man with a prior conviction for drunk driving is accused of being impaired while behind the wheel in a high-speed collision that killed two people on Kenaston Boulevard Saturday night. Winnipeg Poli...
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September 16, 2025 at 4:24 PM
This is tragic. Beyond the culpability of the drunk driver, it’s also awful & very risky that this stretch of Kenaston has no sidewalk, forcing folks to walk on the shoulder of a road where ppl drive at highway speeds.
www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
Arsonists demand fewer fires.
July 9, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Arsonists demand fewer fires.
Nice to see Manitoba Tyndall limestone featured in the furnishings of the G7 Summit in Kananaskis, designed by Thom Fougere working w
Winnipeg’s 1x1architecture. www.dezeen.com/2025/06/18/g...
Winnipeg’s 1x1architecture. www.dezeen.com/2025/06/18/g...
June 18, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Nice to see Manitoba Tyndall limestone featured in the furnishings of the G7 Summit in Kananaskis, designed by Thom Fougere working w
Winnipeg’s 1x1architecture. www.dezeen.com/2025/06/18/g...
Winnipeg’s 1x1architecture. www.dezeen.com/2025/06/18/g...
Have long had a fondness for the late modern renovation of (and addition to) 93 Lombard, an early example of the heritage reuse in the #ExchangeDistrict. Designer was apparently Laszlo Schevelik, a Hungarian refugee (came to Winnipeg afterwards the events of 1956).
June 13, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Have long had a fondness for the late modern renovation of (and addition to) 93 Lombard, an early example of the heritage reuse in the #ExchangeDistrict. Designer was apparently Laszlo Schevelik, a Hungarian refugee (came to Winnipeg afterwards the events of 1956).
Late 1950s sketches of the fraternity houses associated with the University of Manitoba by landscape architect Cameron Man. (Most were downtown or West Broadway/Wolseley)
June 3, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Late 1950s sketches of the fraternity houses associated with the University of Manitoba by landscape architect Cameron Man. (Most were downtown or West Broadway/Wolseley)
Unfortunately I’ll be out of town for the launch (31 May at McNally) but am excited to read Michael Durand-Wood’s new book on cities & urban quality of life. www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...
Civic perks weren’t always considered frivolous
While this might seem outright luxurious to us today, there was a time in Winnipeg
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May 28, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Unfortunately I’ll be out of town for the launch (31 May at McNally) but am excited to read Michael Durand-Wood’s new book on cities & urban quality of life. www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...
Came across some great late 1960s/early '70s Canadian book covers yesterday. #graphicdesign
April 17, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Came across some great late 1960s/early '70s Canadian book covers yesterday. #graphicdesign
I enjoy the supergraphic quality of Wpg's Wellington School, remodelled in the 70s by IKOY. Time for a return to architecture with colour.
April 16, 2025 at 6:23 PM
I enjoy the supergraphic quality of Wpg's Wellington School, remodelled in the 70s by IKOY. Time for a return to architecture with colour.
A couple of afternoons w sun & no snow & suddenly this feels in grasp:
Silver Heights, as painted by L.L. FitzGerald ca. 1931. (Painting from the Art Gallery of Ontario)
Silver Heights, as painted by L.L. FitzGerald ca. 1931. (Painting from the Art Gallery of Ontario)
April 15, 2025 at 9:18 PM
A couple of afternoons w sun & no snow & suddenly this feels in grasp:
Silver Heights, as painted by L.L. FitzGerald ca. 1931. (Painting from the Art Gallery of Ontario)
Silver Heights, as painted by L.L. FitzGerald ca. 1931. (Painting from the Art Gallery of Ontario)
It is unfortunate that the brand new streetlights in the #ExchangeDistrict (left) appear to be in worse shape within a couple weeks than the ones that have been there for about 45 years & that are being removed (right).
April 14, 2025 at 5:45 PM
It is unfortunate that the brand new streetlights in the #ExchangeDistrict (left) appear to be in worse shape within a couple weeks than the ones that have been there for about 45 years & that are being removed (right).
Always fun to visit a historic building and see some of the historic objects inside.
April 13, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Always fun to visit a historic building and see some of the historic objects inside.
Renovation of the Keewayden Building (138 Portage Ave. East) offering a rare public glimpse of the arched structure inside. (It’s being converted to housing)
April 12, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Renovation of the Keewayden Building (138 Portage Ave. East) offering a rare public glimpse of the arched structure inside. (It’s being converted to housing)
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Not pretty for Manitoba either...
This summer is looking like another terrible wildfire season.
August/September looks particularly bad in BC.
#ClimateCrisis #BCwildfire #cdnpoli #bcpoli #vanpoli #abpoli #saskpoli #mbpoli
August/September looks particularly bad in BC.
#ClimateCrisis #BCwildfire #cdnpoli #bcpoli #vanpoli #abpoli #saskpoli #mbpoli
April 11, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Not pretty for Manitoba either...
Interesting new piece about Portage & Main, its history & future by Jacques Marcoux. Happy to have chatted with Jacques on this subject. manitoba-inc.ca/onwards-and-...
Onwards and upwards: Portage and Main reopening no silver bullet, but supports downtown’s long game – Manitoba Inc.
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April 11, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Interesting new piece about Portage & Main, its history & future by Jacques Marcoux. Happy to have chatted with Jacques on this subject. manitoba-inc.ca/onwards-and-...
Really enjoyed seeing The Hall documentary @wpgarch.bsky.social’s Architecture+Design film fest today, feat. the story of the Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde, Denmark — a bldg I had the pleasure of visiting last summer. A thoughtful meditation on architecture’s purpose, heritage & climate change.
April 11, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Really enjoyed seeing The Hall documentary @wpgarch.bsky.social’s Architecture+Design film fest today, feat. the story of the Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde, Denmark — a bldg I had the pleasure of visiting last summer. A thoughtful meditation on architecture’s purpose, heritage & climate change.
The lost art of fun signage.
April 11, 2025 at 4:10 AM
The lost art of fun signage.
Reposted by Jeffrey Thorsteinson
The uniquely styled globe-shaped street lights that have been a hallmark of the Exchange District are fading to black.
Time marches on in Exchange; old-style lighting replaced with economical version
The uniquely styled globe-shaped street lights that have been a hallmark of the Exchange District are fading to black.
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April 8, 2025 at 11:52 PM
The uniquely styled globe-shaped street lights that have been a hallmark of the Exchange District are fading to black.
Watercolour by former Manitoba provincial architect Gilbert Parfitt of the now-demolished flour mill that used to be on Archibald in St. Boniface (undated).
April 4, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Watercolour by former Manitoba provincial architect Gilbert Parfitt of the now-demolished flour mill that used to be on Archibald in St. Boniface (undated).
Reposted by Jeffrey Thorsteinson
Lake Winnipeg
Lionel LeMoine FitzGerald
n.d.
Lionel LeMoine FitzGerald
n.d.
March 29, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Lake Winnipeg
Lionel LeMoine FitzGerald
n.d.
Lionel LeMoine FitzGerald
n.d.
Anyone know of a Gmail like service based in Canada?
March 29, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Anyone know of a Gmail like service based in Canada?
Sad to see this former fountain at 263 York Avenue (at Garry), Winnipeg Hydro Substation No. 2, was demolished today. The fountain hadn't worked for some time but it was an interesting detail. Designed by Verne Reimer with Green Blankstein Russell ca. 1990-91.
March 27, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Sad to see this former fountain at 263 York Avenue (at Garry), Winnipeg Hydro Substation No. 2, was demolished today. The fountain hadn't worked for some time but it was an interesting detail. Designed by Verne Reimer with Green Blankstein Russell ca. 1990-91.
I always like a good perspective section, like this drawing of ARCOP’s absolute unit, Place Bonaventure, in Montreal. Even better if they are inhabited, Waldo or other kid’s book style.
March 21, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I always like a good perspective section, like this drawing of ARCOP’s absolute unit, Place Bonaventure, in Montreal. Even better if they are inhabited, Waldo or other kid’s book style.
Trying to shop local & do this. But it’s amazing how hard it is to do something as basic as buy men’s pants from a Canadian store at a mall. Seems like the only options are Bootlegger, RW&Co., Oak+Fort? Going to look at other local places or Spier & Mackay.
If every Canadian household redirected $25 a week from foreign products to Canadian ones, and cut international travel by 10 per cent and spent that money domestically, the combined effect would raise GDP by 1.7 per cent and create 134,000 jobs. -BankofCanada
www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/pe...
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Buy Canadian movement starts to take a sizable bite into U.S. business
U.S. tour operators and American distilleries hit hard by surge in patriotism among Canadian shoppers
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March 21, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Trying to shop local & do this. But it’s amazing how hard it is to do something as basic as buy men’s pants from a Canadian store at a mall. Seems like the only options are Bootlegger, RW&Co., Oak+Fort? Going to look at other local places or Spier & Mackay.