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Architecture only happens when there’s building, building only happens when there’s money, and money only appears when there’s optimism about the future.

And that’s why many Winnipeg architects feel the city is on the verge of something bigger.

But one former mayor warns the big projects today are a result of visionaries and policies of at least a decade earlier and suggests the building cranes dotting the skyline will slowly disappear.

Melissa Tait / Winnipeg Free Press
Is Winnipeg on the verge of something bigger?
Melissa Tait / Winnipeg Free Press Is Winnipeg on the verge of something bigger?

City Beautiful: How architecture shaped Winnipeg’s DNA

Part 3: Our renaissance

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