I'm so glad you're posting on here again Michael! It's funny how much we've haunted the same geographies in Winnipeg but never crossed paths until this year. I found out earlier today that last month was the first snow-free November in Edmonton since 1928! It got up to 13 while I was in Winnipeg and it's supposed to get up to 7 on Tuesday. But even in Winnipeg it was weird -- not as extreme but not like a normal Prairie November nonetheless. It's funny you mention imagining light rail for Winnipeg in the last photo - all I was thinking about when looking at some of these photos was how much Winnipeg looks like a real city, but doesn't really act like one. It has the bones, the vibe, the aesthetic in a way that Edmonton mostly doesn't. Edmonton is like when they try to upgrade a '70s suburb to a transit oriented development. It's Burnaby in the '90s on the Prairie. But at least it's trying, I suppose. Also your oma sounds like a badass!
Oh wow! That is crazy about Edmontons weather! Despite our very strange weather Winnipeg still had a couple of snow dumps, it's just they all melted haha. Gives me Calgary vibes with the chinooks?
Hahah the comparison of Edmonton being a 70's suburb being turned into a transit oriented development. Yes, at least Edmonton is trying. Meanwhile Winnipeg, just does nothing, including shitting the bed for like 50+ years on not upgrading a city bridge and now they have to close it. It's so bad it can't even be used as a pedestrian bridge!
Yeah the Winnipeg November was interesting. It didn’t seem that odd, though, because in Edmonton I’m used to November being a transitional month. Sometimes it’s full snow, but sometimes it comes and goes. I only have the past few falls to reference for Winnipeg, but I know people have said, like I say with Edmonton, it’s gotten notably milder.
The Arlington Bridge is so annoying. Winnipeg is beautiful and has so much potential but the urban planning decisions feel a generation behind Edmonton’s without much pointing to change. Which is depressing.
I'm so glad you're posting on here again Michael! It's funny how much we've haunted the same geographies in Winnipeg but never crossed paths until this year. I found out earlier today that last month was the first snow-free November in Edmonton since 1928! It got up to 13 while I was in Winnipeg and it's supposed to get up to 7 on Tuesday. But even in Winnipeg it was weird -- not as extreme but not like a normal Prairie November nonetheless. It's funny you mention imagining light rail for Winnipeg in the last photo - all I was thinking about when looking at some of these photos was how much Winnipeg looks like a real city, but doesn't really act like one. It has the bones, the vibe, the aesthetic in a way that Edmonton mostly doesn't. Edmonton is like when they try to upgrade a '70s suburb to a transit oriented development. It's Burnaby in the '90s on the Prairie. But at least it's trying, I suppose. Also your oma sounds like a badass!
Oh wow! That is crazy about Edmontons weather! Despite our very strange weather Winnipeg still had a couple of snow dumps, it's just they all melted haha. Gives me Calgary vibes with the chinooks?
Hahah the comparison of Edmonton being a 70's suburb being turned into a transit oriented development. Yes, at least Edmonton is trying. Meanwhile Winnipeg, just does nothing, including shitting the bed for like 50+ years on not upgrading a city bridge and now they have to close it. It's so bad it can't even be used as a pedestrian bridge!
Yeah the Winnipeg November was interesting. It didn’t seem that odd, though, because in Edmonton I’m used to November being a transitional month. Sometimes it’s full snow, but sometimes it comes and goes. I only have the past few falls to reference for Winnipeg, but I know people have said, like I say with Edmonton, it’s gotten notably milder.
The Arlington Bridge is so annoying. Winnipeg is beautiful and has so much potential but the urban planning decisions feel a generation behind Edmonton’s without much pointing to change. Which is depressing.