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If you look hard, you can sort of see some letters under the yellow paint. Unfortunately, the graffiti artists will get to it, or the building will burn down, by the time it sees the light of day.
February 16, 2026 at 3:29 PM
If you look hard, you can sort of see some letters under the yellow paint. Unfortunately, the graffiti artists will get to it, or the building will burn down, by the time it sees the light of day.
Hewburn Greenidge made MB history 3 times: in 1913 when he was the first Black student to enroll at the MB Medical College, in 1920 when he became the first Black graduate of any of the U of M's colleges, and became MB's first Black doctor!
Read more: westenddumplings.blogspot.com/2026/02/h-n-...
Read more: westenddumplings.blogspot.com/2026/02/h-n-...
H. N. Greenidge: Manitoba's first Black doctor
© 2026, Christian Cassidy. Please respect my research. May 20, 1920, Winnipeg Tribune Hewburn Nathaniel "Hubert" Greenidge made Manitoba h...
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February 16, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Hewburn Greenidge made MB history 3 times: in 1913 when he was the first Black student to enroll at the MB Medical College, in 1920 when he became the first Black graduate of any of the U of M's colleges, and became MB's first Black doctor!
Read more: westenddumplings.blogspot.com/2026/02/h-n-...
Read more: westenddumplings.blogspot.com/2026/02/h-n-...
CTV Winnipeg aired a neat piece about "lonely houses" in Winnipeg and elsewhere. You can check out the video or written version at their website: www.ctvnews.ca/winnipeg/art...
Survival of the stubborn: The little-known histories of Winnipeg’s holdout homes
We all know Darwin’s theory of survival of the fittest, often misquoted by stale memes and bad motivational posters and a certain hack reporter - those who last are those who adapt.
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February 15, 2026 at 7:57 AM
CTV Winnipeg aired a neat piece about "lonely houses" in Winnipeg and elsewhere. You can check out the video or written version at their website: www.ctvnews.ca/winnipeg/art...
1/2 1/2 Early Valentine’s Day items from local papers.
You can find St. Valentine's Day mentions right back to the 1870s. Early events were things like dress up parties or skating nights, often including children and youth, not so much geared at gifts, singles and matchmaking...
You can find St. Valentine's Day mentions right back to the 1870s. Early events were things like dress up parties or skating nights, often including children and youth, not so much geared at gifts, singles and matchmaking...
February 14, 2026 at 10:58 PM
1/2 1/2 Early Valentine’s Day items from local papers.
You can find St. Valentine's Day mentions right back to the 1870s. Early events were things like dress up parties or skating nights, often including children and youth, not so much geared at gifts, singles and matchmaking...
You can find St. Valentine's Day mentions right back to the 1870s. Early events were things like dress up parties or skating nights, often including children and youth, not so much geared at gifts, singles and matchmaking...
If you missed my Black History Month presentation, you can read it today! I’ve updated my Celebrating Manitoba Black History page. The two entries at the top, Hewburn Greenidge and Sarah and Norman Lewsey, are the people I presented on last night! westenddumplings.blogspot.com/2026/02/cele...
Celebrating Manitoba Black History
Over the years, I have written about many prominent people and places that celebrate the history of Manitoba's Black community. Here are the...
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February 14, 2026 at 3:54 AM
If you missed my Black History Month presentation, you can read it today! I’ve updated my Celebrating Manitoba Black History page. The two entries at the top, Hewburn Greenidge and Sarah and Norman Lewsey, are the people I presented on last night! westenddumplings.blogspot.com/2026/02/cele...
Join me tonight at 6pm for an online presentation about some of Winnipeg's early Black citizens and how they helped to build our city.
It starts at 6 pm, Thursday, February 12th. Register at bmbcc.ca/events/ to get the Zoom link. All are welcome!
It starts at 6 pm, Thursday, February 12th. Register at bmbcc.ca/events/ to get the Zoom link. All are welcome!
February 12, 2026 at 11:18 PM
Join me tonight at 6pm for an online presentation about some of Winnipeg's early Black citizens and how they helped to build our city.
It starts at 6 pm, Thursday, February 12th. Register at bmbcc.ca/events/ to get the Zoom link. All are welcome!
It starts at 6 pm, Thursday, February 12th. Register at bmbcc.ca/events/ to get the Zoom link. All are welcome!
My Winnipeg Free Press Community Review column this week is about Winnipeg’s Orpheum Theatre, which closed its Fort Street doors 80 years ago this week. The Orpheum bought many future superstars to town. Read about its history and its acts here:
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Orpheum Theatre brought future stars to town
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February 5, 2026 at 5:43 PM
My Winnipeg Free Press Community Review column this week is about Winnipeg’s Orpheum Theatre, which closed its Fort Street doors 80 years ago this week. The Orpheum bought many future superstars to town. Read about its history and its acts here:
www.winnipegfreepress.com/our-communit...
www.winnipegfreepress.com/our-communit...
I'm making an online presentation to the Black Manitobans Chamber of Commerce about interesting people and places from the history of Winnipeg's Black community.
It is on Thursday, February 12, 2026, at 6 pm. Register here bmbcc.ca/events/ to get the Zoom link. All are welcome!
It is on Thursday, February 12, 2026, at 6 pm. Register here bmbcc.ca/events/ to get the Zoom link. All are welcome!
February 5, 2026 at 4:52 PM
I'm making an online presentation to the Black Manitobans Chamber of Commerce about interesting people and places from the history of Winnipeg's Black community.
It is on Thursday, February 12, 2026, at 6 pm. Register here bmbcc.ca/events/ to get the Zoom link. All are welcome!
It is on Thursday, February 12, 2026, at 6 pm. Register here bmbcc.ca/events/ to get the Zoom link. All are welcome!
Some good news on the shard front after the fiasco of Air Canada Park last year. The terra cotta panels on the part of Portage Place being demo'd were removed to be reused in the new project. More about the shards and the building they came from:
westenddumplings.blogspot.com/2026/02/some...
westenddumplings.blogspot.com/2026/02/some...
February 4, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Some good news on the shard front after the fiasco of Air Canada Park last year. The terra cotta panels on the part of Portage Place being demo'd were removed to be reused in the new project. More about the shards and the building they came from:
westenddumplings.blogspot.com/2026/02/some...
westenddumplings.blogspot.com/2026/02/some...
I love writing about tiny houses. At at 529 sq ft, 412 Salter St. is one of the smallest. Built in 1893, it was part John Newby's dairy farm.
Sadly, it is now abandoned, so here's a look back at its history before it is gone: winnipegdowntownplaces.blogspot.com/2026/01/412-...
Sadly, it is now abandoned, so here's a look back at its history before it is gone: winnipegdowntownplaces.blogspot.com/2026/01/412-...
January 26, 2026 at 5:48 PM
I love writing about tiny houses. At at 529 sq ft, 412 Salter St. is one of the smallest. Built in 1893, it was part John Newby's dairy farm.
Sadly, it is now abandoned, so here's a look back at its history before it is gone: winnipegdowntownplaces.blogspot.com/2026/01/412-...
Sadly, it is now abandoned, so here's a look back at its history before it is gone: winnipegdowntownplaces.blogspot.com/2026/01/412-...
The Adanac Apts at 737–743 Sargent Ave has again been reno'd and sports an ominous black and grey paint job to match its recent past. It wasn’t always that way.
A look back at its 112-year history and some of the people who have called it home: winnipegdowntownplaces.blogspot.com/2026/01/737-...
A look back at its 112-year history and some of the people who have called it home: winnipegdowntownplaces.blogspot.com/2026/01/737-...
January 24, 2026 at 5:23 AM
The Adanac Apts at 737–743 Sargent Ave has again been reno'd and sports an ominous black and grey paint job to match its recent past. It wasn’t always that way.
A look back at its 112-year history and some of the people who have called it home: winnipegdowntownplaces.blogspot.com/2026/01/737-...
A look back at its 112-year history and some of the people who have called it home: winnipegdowntownplaces.blogspot.com/2026/01/737-...
Ah, back in the day when we made Winnipeg firefighters build their own trucks! (December 9, 1927 Winnipeg Tribune.)
January 19, 2026 at 10:52 PM
Ah, back in the day when we made Winnipeg firefighters build their own trucks! (December 9, 1927 Winnipeg Tribune.)
My latest Free Press Community Review column looks back at the history of Eatons catalogue. It was 50 years ago this month that the company announced it would do away with the iconic publication.
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January 9, 2026 at 5:26 PM
My latest Free Press Community Review column looks back at the history of Eatons catalogue. It was 50 years ago this month that the company announced it would do away with the iconic publication.
www.winnipegfreepress.com/our-communit...
www.winnipegfreepress.com/our-communit...
Chan's grew from humble beginnings as a family-owned Chinese restaurant that opened on Main Street in 1941 to a three-storey cultural hub topped off by the iconic Moon Room supper club.
Here is its back story: westenddumplings.blogspot.com/2026/01/reme...
Here is its back story: westenddumplings.blogspot.com/2026/01/reme...
January 8, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Chan's grew from humble beginnings as a family-owned Chinese restaurant that opened on Main Street in 1941 to a three-storey cultural hub topped off by the iconic Moon Room supper club.
Here is its back story: westenddumplings.blogspot.com/2026/01/reme...
Here is its back story: westenddumplings.blogspot.com/2026/01/reme...
It has been 65 years since a 19-year-old Barbra Streisand appeared at Winnipeg's The Towers nightclub on Kennedy Street in July 1961. From here, she headed to New York where her burgeoning career took off. More about the visit and The Towers: westenddumplings.blogspot.com/2011/07/stre...
Streisand 'wows' the 'Peg
© 2011, Christian Cassidy J uly 1, 1961, Winnipeg Tribune July 5, 1961. Winnipeg Free Pres s On Monday, July 3, 1961, a 19-year-old singer ...
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January 4, 2026 at 11:34 PM
It has been 65 years since a 19-year-old Barbra Streisand appeared at Winnipeg's The Towers nightclub on Kennedy Street in July 1961. From here, she headed to New York where her burgeoning career took off. More about the visit and The Towers: westenddumplings.blogspot.com/2011/07/stre...
West End Dumplings turns 18! I started blogging back in 2008 and now have 2,261 posts.
It’s incredible how much info is now available online. It used to be microfiche and copying photos from old books/reports for content. Now, 99% of my blog and column work is done from home.
It’s incredible how much info is now available online. It used to be microfiche and copying photos from old books/reports for content. Now, 99% of my blog and column work is done from home.
January 3, 2026 at 3:09 AM
West End Dumplings turns 18! I started blogging back in 2008 and now have 2,261 posts.
It’s incredible how much info is now available online. It used to be microfiche and copying photos from old books/reports for content. Now, 99% of my blog and column work is done from home.
It’s incredible how much info is now available online. It used to be microfiche and copying photos from old books/reports for content. Now, 99% of my blog and column work is done from home.
Ever wonder about that gap on Main Street near Logan? It was the Stanley Block / Main Apartments that burned down in Aug. 1969. It's unclear why four columns and a couple of beams, presumably from the original building, were erected at the site.
More: westenddumplings.blogspot.com/2020/06/that...
More: westenddumplings.blogspot.com/2020/06/that...
January 1, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Ever wonder about that gap on Main Street near Logan? It was the Stanley Block / Main Apartments that burned down in Aug. 1969. It's unclear why four columns and a couple of beams, presumably from the original building, were erected at the site.
More: westenddumplings.blogspot.com/2020/06/that...
More: westenddumplings.blogspot.com/2020/06/that...
Sad to see the former Old Bank Groceteria on Logan burned and boarded up. It was built in 1906 as one of the Cdn Bank of Commerce's "kit" banks duplicated in dozens of communities across the prairies.
For more about the building and its history: winnipegdowntownplaces.blogspot.com/2025/12/1521...
For more about the building and its history: winnipegdowntownplaces.blogspot.com/2025/12/1521...
December 28, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Sad to see the former Old Bank Groceteria on Logan burned and boarded up. It was built in 1906 as one of the Cdn Bank of Commerce's "kit" banks duplicated in dozens of communities across the prairies.
For more about the building and its history: winnipegdowntownplaces.blogspot.com/2025/12/1521...
For more about the building and its history: winnipegdowntownplaces.blogspot.com/2025/12/1521...
The Chesway Apartments at Chestnut St and Honeyman Ave in Wolseley went from a fire damaged block that sat empty and without heat for 3 years into a neat little block of reasonably-priced rental suites. For more about its history and renos: winnipegdowntownplaces.blogspot.com/2020/04/240-...
December 27, 2025 at 7:18 AM
The Chesway Apartments at Chestnut St and Honeyman Ave in Wolseley went from a fire damaged block that sat empty and without heat for 3 years into a neat little block of reasonably-priced rental suites. For more about its history and renos: winnipegdowntownplaces.blogspot.com/2020/04/240-...
Christmas Eve on Portage by "Gib", Winnipeg Tribune, December 24, 1925.
December 24, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Christmas Eve on Portage by "Gib", Winnipeg Tribune, December 24, 1925.
Nice to see that the Adanac Apartments on Sargent Avenue got a dark, foreboding paint job to match its troubled past. I wish the new owners good luck!
December 19, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Nice to see that the Adanac Apartments on Sargent Avenue got a dark, foreboding paint job to match its troubled past. I wish the new owners good luck!
Still looking for a gift for the local history buff in your life? Here's the 2025 Christmas gift guide!
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December 11, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Still looking for a gift for the local history buff in your life? Here's the 2025 Christmas gift guide!
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This 50-year-old building at 366 Henry Avenue will likely be home to the city's first supervised drug consumption site. Here's a look back t its history: winnipegdowntownplaces.blogspot.com/2025/12/366-...
December 8, 2025 at 12:58 PM
This 50-year-old building at 366 Henry Avenue will likely be home to the city's first supervised drug consumption site. Here's a look back t its history: winnipegdowntownplaces.blogspot.com/2025/12/366-...
A little later than I would have liked, but here's my 16th annual Christmas Gift Guide for the local history buff in your life: westenddumplings.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-...
December 4, 2025 at 5:07 PM
A little later than I would have liked, but here's my 16th annual Christmas Gift Guide for the local history buff in your life: westenddumplings.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-...
My latest column:
OTD in 1921, Deanna Durbin was born in Winnipeg’s Weston neighbourhood. She spent just a couple of years here, and by the time she was a teenager was Hollywood’s highest paid star thanks to a string of hit movies and records.
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OTD in 1921, Deanna Durbin was born in Winnipeg’s Weston neighbourhood. She spent just a couple of years here, and by the time she was a teenager was Hollywood’s highest paid star thanks to a string of hit movies and records.
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‘Winnipeg’s Sweetheart’ captivated audiences
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December 4, 2025 at 8:15 AM
My latest column:
OTD in 1921, Deanna Durbin was born in Winnipeg’s Weston neighbourhood. She spent just a couple of years here, and by the time she was a teenager was Hollywood’s highest paid star thanks to a string of hit movies and records.
www.winnipegfreepress.com/our-communit...
OTD in 1921, Deanna Durbin was born in Winnipeg’s Weston neighbourhood. She spent just a couple of years here, and by the time she was a teenager was Hollywood’s highest paid star thanks to a string of hit movies and records.
www.winnipegfreepress.com/our-communit...