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Condo complex quashed
Residents unimpressed with design
By ROSS ROMANIUK, CITY HALL REPORTER
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Owners of several of Winnipeg's oldest homes have joined forces to toss a proposed Fort Rouge condominium complex out of their historic district -- or at least one floor of it.
Architect Ernie Walter will go back to the drawing board after the homeowners on and around Gertrude Avenue and Daly Street -- who claim to live in one of the city's most treasured heritage neighbourhoods -- convinced a city hall committee yesterday to deny the "Italian Piazza" complex from going up on their British-style block.
'TRYING TO TERRORIZE'
Homeowner Peter St. John -- the ninth Earl of Orkney, under Scottish tradition, whose wife is a countess -- told council's appeal committee that city officials and developers must see "the beauty of an old area that can't simply be replaced" if Walter and project proponent Craig Kitching were to construct their three-storey, six-suite structure at the corner of Gertrude and Daly.
"He's trying to terrorize our neighbourhood," quipped St. John, a semi-retired terrorism expert at the University of Manitoba, about Walter's condo design which neighbours say is far too large to be built beside their century-old dwellings.
St. John and other residents -- including Edna Stefaniuk, who has a nearby community centre named after her -- have argued that increased traffic, garbage and the structure's style would make the building inappropriate for their district.
THIRD LEVEL HAS TO GO
Susan Prentice said the "monster" complex with its Italian glassed-in piazza would be "shockingly out of place in the neighbourhood."
Coun. Bill Clement (Charleswood-Tuxedo) and other appeal group members decided that the project can proceed with four suites on two floors, though the proposed third level has to go.
"That might make it more onerous on them financially," Clement said, "but I guess it depends how badly they want to do it."
An empty 2.5-storey house would be demolished to make way for the condo complex, which Walter said would have provided a foyer "like walking in the main staircase of the art gallery" downtown.
He and Kitching will re-evaluate their plans before deciding whether to come back with a smaller building concept.
Condo complex quashed
Residents unimpressed with design
By ROSS ROMANIUK, CITY HALL REPORTER
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1993 DKNY SOFTBALL BASEBALL ALL STARS SWEATER! SIZE M
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Owners of several of Winnipeg's oldest homes have joined forces to toss a proposed Fort Rouge condominium complex out of their historic district -- or at least one floor of it.
Architect Ernie Walter will go back to the drawing board after the homeowners on and around Gertrude Avenue and Daly Street -- who claim to live in one of the city's most treasured heritage neighbourhoods -- convinced a city hall committee yesterday to deny the "Italian Piazza" complex from going up on their British-style block.
'TRYING TO TERRORIZE'
Homeowner Peter St. John -- the ninth Earl of Orkney, under Scottish tradition, whose wife is a countess -- told council's appeal committee that city officials and developers must see "the beauty of an old area that can't simply be replaced" if Walter and project proponent Craig Kitching were to construct their three-storey, six-suite structure at the corner of Gertrude and Daly.
"He's trying to terrorize our neighbourhood," quipped St. John, a semi-retired terrorism expert at the University of Manitoba, about Walter's condo design which neighbours say is far too large to be built beside their century-old dwellings.
St. John and other residents -- including Edna Stefaniuk, who has a nearby community centre named after her -- have argued that increased traffic, garbage and the structure's style would make the building inappropriate for their district.
THIRD LEVEL HAS TO GO
Susan Prentice said the "monster" complex with its Italian glassed-in piazza would be "shockingly out of place in the neighbourhood."
Coun. Bill Clement (Charleswood-Tuxedo) and other appeal group members decided that the project can proceed with four suites on two floors, though the proposed third level has to go.
"That might make it more onerous on them financially," Clement said, "but I guess it depends how badly they want to do it."
An empty 2.5-storey house would be demolished to make way for the condo complex, which Walter said would have provided a foyer "like walking in the main staircase of the art gallery" downtown.
He and Kitching will re-evaluate their plans before deciding whether to come back with a smaller building concept.