Winnipeg

367 readers

2 users here now

Welcome to the Winnipeg Community here on Lemmy.ca!

founded 3 years ago

MODERATORS

troyunrau@lemmy.ca

Arlington Bridge: A long history of promise and disappointment (www.cbc.ca)

submitted 1 year ago by ValueSubtracted@startrek.website to c/winnipeg@lemmy.ca

6 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] troyunrau@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

We must have the same taste in local stories. Just came over to post the same one haha. :)

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ha, I strongly believe that this sort of extremely-local story is critical for any extremely-local community!

Also, this damn bridge has got to be a metaphor for just about everything about this city...

[–] troyunrau@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In particular the NIMBYism that prevented it from being connected to Harrow back then. That would have changed the navigation of the city quite a lot. Times change, but people don't.

[–] S_204@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sorry wut? How was Arlington going to connect to Harrow?

[–] troyunrau@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Part of the original design plan for Arlington was that it would continue across the river with a bridge there as well, creating a north south corridor there.

[–] S_204@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

I've never heard that before. Thanks.