Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 21, 1993, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free november 1993 preserving Armstrong Point Ltd Degate residents group lobbies City for design controls by Gloria Taylor staff writer it was Home to the cites elite in the late 1880s and Early armstrongs Point is an enclave of historical interest that some residents would like to see the City the Cornish Home of Francis Evans the first mayor of Winnipeg in and the University women club of win at 54 Westgate have been declared historical along with numerous Homes in the there Are at least 75 buildings in the area on the cites historic inventories said Christine president of the armstrongs Point residents but there Are a lot of other build Ings believed to be historically and architecturally take a drive through the Arm Strongs Point ornamental Tyndall Stone Gates built in 1911 that Mark the Entrance to the subdivision at 99 Cornish and enter a world of the old and new in Archi youll see modern houses that Are set up Side by Side Between houses that Are 100 years Singh pointed but its not an Archi mix to who would like to see the City enact some kind of design control to protect the character of the old neigh like the development of Market Square in Winnipeg or Gas town in there Are precedents for design Singh and what better area for the City to take under its Wing than armstrongs Point Don who owns the 1896 Chenh Carrie realty 1 congratulates outstanding office Call Gerry Carriere 9872100 Buffalo Lake of the Manitoba a four season destination 1 luxury Cabins country skin licensed dining lounge Vidi ice fishing r hut rentals snowmobile trails join Canam can 204 4372133 country skiing dining ice fishing Road lotto Well treed cottage lots for lease flood damage give your basement a Cus Tom renovation by Somer Ville design Homes we offer design excellent All workmen covered by liability insurance and workers compensation member Home 8324440 a Taco re Ore am Natii rooms come building of we install a Sargent Jav r Randy Rostecki stands next to rebuilt historic Home built for William James former lieutenant governor of at 145 Middle Gate if there is build ing in this there should be some design Hill mans three Storey Brick House has been divided into apartments for himself and other family Giles heritage plan Ner for the said the neighbor Hood is one of the cites there Are quite a few of the houses that were built before the he some were built in the Bugailiskis said he met with area residents in october to discuss what they would like to see happen in the but so far there has been no request for a design control the City hire a historical researcher to document the neighbourhood and the Trio of Struc Tures that make up the armstrongs Point As a the Centre Gate at the intersection of Cornish was historian Randy Rostecki said the Gates and the surviving houses rep resent the Zenith of the fortunes of Winnipeg affluent the wealth garnered by careers in real the professions and other ventures came together prior to world War i in swell districts such As armstrongs Point or he within their own residents of these areas competed for living in the area known As Best residential refurbished one of three historic Gates that have marked the Entrance to armstrongs Point since has been Given a constructed of Limestone imported from Middlegate has been refurbished exactly to original design through a painstaking pro Cess that focused on each the company marked each of the stones so it went Back in the same place where it was taken said roman civil Engineer with the but not before they took the stones to a shop where they were he noting that Spe Cial processes were used to rein Force and rebuild stones that were chipped or worn with the contractor construction then trucked the More than 200 stones Back to their rebuilt foundation at Middlegate and Cor Nish for it is the Centre Structure in a Trio of ornamental Gates that residents of armstrongs Point built to Mark their the Gates took on historical significance for residents As the Struc Tures Middlegate is bordered by the West at Westgate and and East at Eastgate and the City received about half the Money for the restoration from the province because the Gates have been designated As an historical Structure by both the province and the Christik said the City is hoping to rebuild the East and West Gates next tub surrounds gain popularity by Daw Ross years ago the Walls around a tub were typically covered with a four Inch Ceramic tile and Plain most people Are aware of the prob lems that eventually occurred Mold and mildew crumbling Grout and even tiles falling off the Wall due to moisture Over the manufacturers have introduced Many new products to provide better and More attractive Bath with today silicone Grout and by using larger tiles such As six Inch squares or Sixby a Bath surround of tile will last Many times longer than Ever before if properly installing a tile sur round is not something 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