Grant Park, Winnipeg
Encyclopedia
Grant Park is a neighbourhood in Winnipeg's south end. Its general boundaries are Pembina Hwy. to the east. Corydon Ave. to the north. Taylor Ave. to the south, and Cambridge St. to the west.
owned railway track adjacent to Woodward Ave. When the ground sank, the builders had to refix it with cement, rocks and gravel. This was between Pembina Hwy. and Cambridge St. This track was later declared surplus and sold to the City. The tracks were removed, the ground was redone, the street expanded to include a service road and renamed Grant Ave.
In the late 1960s, the Grant Park Shopping Centre complex was built. It originally featured a Woolco
, Gambles, Safeway
, and Dominion
stores.
Pan Am Pool was built so that Winnipeg could host the 1967 Pan American Games
. Until 2006 it was home to the Canadian Aquatic Hall of Fame.
Around the same time the shopping centre, and PanAm Pool were being constructed, various mid-rise and hi-rise apartment buildings were being built.
had their administration and headend offices located at 651 & 657 Stafford St.
History
Prior to the mid-1950s the Canadian National RailwayCanadian National Railway
The Canadian National Railway Company is a Canadian Class I railway headquartered in Montreal, Quebec. CN's slogan is "North America's Railroad"....
owned railway track adjacent to Woodward Ave. When the ground sank, the builders had to refix it with cement, rocks and gravel. This was between Pembina Hwy. and Cambridge St. This track was later declared surplus and sold to the City. The tracks were removed, the ground was redone, the street expanded to include a service road and renamed Grant Ave.
In the late 1960s, the Grant Park Shopping Centre complex was built. It originally featured a Woolco
Woolco
Woolco was an American-based discount retail chain. It was founded in 1962 in the city of Columbus, Ohio, by the F.W. Woolworth Company. It was a full-line discount department store unlike the five-and-dime Woolworth stores which operated at the time. At its peak, Woolco had hundreds of stores in...
, Gambles, Safeway
Safeway Inc.
Safeway Inc. , a Fortune 500 company, is North America's second largest supermarket chain after The Kroger Co., with, as of December 2010, 1,694 stores located throughout the western and central United States and western Canada. It also operates some stores in the Mid-Atlantic region of the Eastern...
, and Dominion
Dominion Stores (Ontario)
Dominion Stores was once a national chain of supermarkets in Canada, which was still known as the Dominion of Canada at the time of the company's founding. The chain was founded in 1919 in Ontario and was later acquired by Conrad Black's Argus Corporation...
stores.
Pan Am Pool was built so that Winnipeg could host the 1967 Pan American Games
1967 Pan American Games
The 5th Pan American Games were held in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, from July 23 to August 6, 1967.Winnipeg was chosen as host of the Pan American Games on its second try. It first bid for the fourth Pan American Games at the 1959 PASO meeting in Chicago. It lost to São Paulo, Brazil...
. Until 2006 it was home to the Canadian Aquatic Hall of Fame.
Around the same time the shopping centre, and PanAm Pool were being constructed, various mid-rise and hi-rise apartment buildings were being built.
Points of interest
- Pan Am PoolPan Am PoolThe Pan Am Pool is an indoor swimming facility in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada built for the 1967 Pan American Games. It is located in southwest Winnipeg and consists of three pools, two of them used for competitive swimming, and one is a children's "kiddie pool". The main tank is 25 yards wide. The...
- Grant Park Shopping CentreGrant Park Shopping CentreGrant Park Mall is a shopping center in southwest Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The mall opened in 1962. Some of the original tenants were Woolco, Canada Safeway and McDonald's.-History:...
- Grant Park High SchoolGrant Park High SchoolGrant Park High School is a high school located in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada founded in 1959.It is part of the Winnipeg School Division in Manitoba with students in Grades 7 to 12.Administrators * Yale Chochinov - Principal...
- Manitoba Electrical MuseumManitoba Electrical Museumis a museum in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada dedicated to the electrical history of Manitoba. It is a volunteer organization run by retired members of Manitoba Hydro.-Collection:...
- Manitoba HydroManitoba HydroManitoba Hydro is the electric power and natural gas utility in the province of Manitoba, Canada. Founded in 1961, it is a provincial Crown Corporation, governed by the Manitoba Hydro-Electric Board and the Manitoba Hydro Act. Today the company operates 15 interconnected generating stations. It has...
, 820 Taylor Ave. - CN Mainline
Trivia
Between 1976 and the mid-1990s, Winnipeg VideonVideon Cablesystems
Videon Cablesystems was a Cable television service in Manitoba, Alberta, and for a short period northwest Ontario, Canada. The origins of Videon date back to October 1959 when original General Manager Claude Boucher applied to the Lakehead Public Utilities Board in Port Arthur, Ontario to provide...
had their administration and headend offices located at 651 & 657 Stafford St.