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Brent Bellamy
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Historic church vital part of city’s past, should remain in its future
June 23, 2024
On what was described as a “calm and beautiful afternoon” in mid-August of 1883, the people of Winnipeg stopped to celebrate the laying of a cornerstone for a building that was to be unlike anything ever seen in the Canadian west. The event was so important that a full transcript of the ceremony was published in the next day’s newspaper.
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Architecture’s role in empowering LGBTTQ+ community
May 27, 2024
By Brent Bellamy, Associate + Creative Director Earlier this month, an emotional groundbreaking ceremony was held in Ottawa for Thunderhead, a LGBTTQ+ national monument set to rise in the shadow of Canada’s Parliament buildings. The prominent new monument will recognize the courage and strength of those who were harmed by the LGBT Purge, a 40-year […]
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City should scramble to transform important Village intersection
April 29, 2024
The corner of River and Osborne is the gateway to Osborne Village, Winnipeg’s highest-density neighbourhood and a rare walkable, complete community in the city. In our collective imagination, the Village strip is a street with bustling sidewalks and vibrant public spaces, set around a series of eclectic shops and restaurants.
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Housing is a puzzle with many pieces
April 8, 2024
Last week, a proposed mixed-use development on Sherbrook Street in Winnipeg’s West Broadway neighbourhood was made public as the project moved through the city’s approval processes.
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Imagining what the ‘Windy Corner’ could one day be
March 11, 2024
By Brent Bellamy, Associate + Creative Director Originally published in the Winnipeg Free Press Open Portage and Main. Four simple words. Elections have been fought over them. Friends have become temporary enemies because of them. Family dinners have been ruined by them. A Winnipeg debate that has stirred local emotions and bewildered outsiders for more than […]
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Housing fund just one piece of the puzzle
November 21, 2023
The amount of ink being spilled over Canada's housing crisis is enough to make the global climate crisis feel neglected and envious.
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Nine ideas for the province and Winnipeg
November 21, 2023
Nine city-building ideas that Manitoba's new provincial government might consider to make Winnipeg a more livable and prosperous city.
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Portage Place and a second chance
November 21, 2023
From Rosser Avenue in Brandon to Yonge Street in Toronto, Canadian cities of every shape and size built a downtown indoor shopping mall in the 1980s. These developments were a last desperate salvo in the battle between traditional main street retail and the new suburban shopping mall...
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Building housing—quickly
November 20, 2023
The federal government is trying to tackle Canada’s housing crisis by working directly with cities through a $4-billion program called the Housing Accelerator Fund (HAF). The initiative is designed to help cities rapidly increase the number of homes being built to level market demand and in turn stabilize housing costs and increase affordability.