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<\/a>Photo: University of Manitoba<\/a><\/em><\/p>\nAt the dawn of the \u201880s, Winnipeg Square was still shiny and new, celebrating its one-year birthday. The underground mall still has the distinction of being the largest retail destination of its kind in the city.<\/p>\n
Royal Trust Building, ca. 1981<\/h2>\n
With its angular mirrored-glass facade, the Royal Trust Builder signalled the style of a new decade when it rose at 330 St. Mary Avenue in 1981.<\/p>\n Skywalk expansion was spurred by the revitalization of three blocks of downtown Winnipeg, which wrapped up in 1987, yielding Portage Place mall, seen here the year it opened.<\/p>\n The shopping centre preserves something of the street\u2019s past. Terra-cotta tiles from the buildings that once lined this strip of Portage Avenue were used as ornamental touches.<\/p>\n The Childs building, which was the tallest building in Winnipeg when it was completed in 1909, shortly before it was demolished.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Construction on 201 Portage, currently the tallest building in Winnipeg, began in 1988 at the northwest corner of Portage and Main as the Childs Building met the wrecking ball.<\/p>\n This cubist office building is still standing off Stradbrook. The wood-paneled station wagon likely isn\u2019t.<\/p>\n Conspicuously absent is the nearby 344-foot-tall Manitoba Hydro Place, which builders finished in 2009 and is currently the fourth tallest tower in Winnipeg.<\/p>\n Prior to being overtaken by the 420-foot-tall 201 Portage tower in 1990, the Richardson building (407 feet tall) and 360 Main (384 feet tall) dominated the Winnipeg skyline.<\/p>\n Portage and Main has been dubbed the windiest intersection in Canada. While this remains unproven, judging by the cluster of high-rises here, a serious wind-tunnel effect is understandable.<\/p>\n From skywalk expansion to the completion of Portage Place mall, check out this collection of photos from a transformative decade in the city\u2019s history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":150063,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11108],"tags":[11105,11131,6486],"coauthors":[8692],"apple_news_notices":[],"yoast_head":"\n<\/a>Photo: University of Manitoba<\/a><\/em><\/p>\nOsborne Street North, ca. 1983<\/h2>\n
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\nIn the late \u201850s, the Great-West Life Assurance Company had its head office completed at 80 Osborne Street North. In the early-\u201880s, it build a monolithic concrete structure next door.<\/p>\nLaw Courts buildings, ca. 1985<\/h2>\n
<\/a>Photo: University of Manitoba
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\nThe historic Winnipeg Law Courts at 391 Broadway not only lived through the \u201880s, but also received a new addition in the form of the adjacent provincial courts, which opened in 1985, off Kennedy Street.<\/p>\nPortage Avenue Overpass, ca. 1987<\/h2>\n
<\/a>Photo: Peter Tittenberger\/Flickr
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\nPortage Avenue in the city\u2019s downtown was altered considerably in the decade. One obvious change was the way in which Winnipeg\u2019s network of pedestrian skywalks spilled across the wide avenue.<\/p>\nPortage Avenue ca. 1987<\/h2>\n
<\/a>Photo: University of Manitoba<\/a><\/em><\/p>\nPortage Place, ca. 1987<\/h2>\n
<\/a>Photo: University of Manitoba<\/a><\/em><\/p>\nThe Childs building, ca. March 1988<\/h2>\n
<\/a>Photo: Peter Tittenberger\/Flickr<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n201 Portage construction, ca. 1988<\/h2>\n
<\/a>Photo: Peter Tittenberger\/Flickr<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n280 Stradbrook, ca. 1988<\/h2>\n
<\/a>Photo: University of Manitoba<\/a><\/em><\/p>\nPower Building, ca. 1988<\/h2>\n
<\/a>Photo: Peter Tittenberger\/Flickr<\/a><\/em><\/p>\nWinnipeg skyline, ca. 1988<\/h2>\n
<\/a>Photo: Peter Tittenberger\/Flickr<\/a><\/em><\/p>\nPortage Avenue and Main Street aerial, ca. 1990<\/h2>\n
<\/a>Photo: winnipeg.ca<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n