Push for West Kildonan Library heritage study
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This article was published 15/06/2022 (1223 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
After supporters successfully rallied to prevent its closure last month, a new effort aims to declare the West Kildonan Library a heritage building.
Coun. Ross Eadie hopes to have the City of Winnipeg planning, property and development director study whether the structure at 365 Jefferson Ave. should be added to the list of historical resources, which would prevent it from being demolished.
In May, council rejected a proposal to shut down the library and relocate its services to a leased space within the Garden City Shopping Centre. Many residents opposed the relocation, arguing the mall would offer a darker, enclosed site, much further from homes and schools, urging the city to save the existing building instead.
Eadie’s motion deems the library, which was built in 1967, an excellent example of modernist architecture, that features “local Tyndall stone and iconic windows with projecting mullions.”
The Lord Selkirk-West Kildonan community committee will consider the motion June 21, which would require the approval of council’s property and development committee.
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Updated on Wednesday, June 15, 2022 4:19 PM CDT: Updates photo and caption.