Bawlf Block

• Incentive programs
• Designation of districts or areas
• Changes to regulations
• Clear design standards
• Principled design review processes
• Improving the suitability of heritage buildings for occupancy by City services and departments
• Public awareness and education strategies

Empire Hotel

• Historical development patterns have left Winnipeg with an extensive stock of older commercial, industrial, residential, and institutional structures. Many of these structures are located in the city.
• These structures represent a significant physical and cultural resource that can continue to provide a base for economic development, affordable housing, and heritage conservation. However, the stock is large, it is aging at a relatively uniform pace, and it is subject to market conditions that could readily marginalize its value in the absence of appropriate support and management. 
• Over the last twenty years, both the public and private-sectors have worked to preserve heritage structures within and outside the city's historic area, the Exchange District.
• Like other major urban municipalities in Canada, the City must make a strong commitment to heritage conservation to maximize the benefits and to avoid blight and abandonment of these older structures.

All archival material is courtesy of the Provincial Archives of Manitoba (PAM)
Last updated: January 9, 2002
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