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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 25, 2015, Winnipeg, Manitoba C M Y K PAGE B5 winnipegfreepress. com SPORTS WINNIPEG FREE PRESS, SUNDAY, JANUARY 25, 2015 B 5 CITY BEAUTIFUL HOW ARCHITECTURE SHAPED WINNIPEG'S DNA The Winnipeg Free Press series City Beautiful - an exploration of Winnipeg's rich history of brick, stone, pride and progress - IS NOW A BOOK A WARD- WINNING writer Randy Turner interviewed architects, historians and authors to tell the story of Winnipeg through its buildings - some still standing, some not - over the last century; from the wild expectations of the early 1900s, through the search for identity of the 1960s, to today, where many believe the city is going through an architectural renaissance. $ 29.95 plus GST and shipping where applicable C I T Y B E A U T I F U L .. C H A P T E R 3 HUTS, CUBES AND TOWERS OF HOPE 83 A NTOINE Predock kept craning his head skyward. " Look up," he implored. " Look up." Predock was perched on the white translucent alabaster ramps that criss- cross up the Hall of Hope, his signature artistic brush strokes of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights. When lit, the ramps illuminate - a metaphor for the museum itself - and lead visitors up the spiral staircase to the observation deck overlooking the skyline in the historic heart of Winnipeg. It's a journey to the Tower of Hope that begins in an entranceway slightly beneath ground level; from earth to sky. Or, in the description of Predock, " a cloud wrapping a mountain." OUR RENAISSANCE ANTOINE PREDOCK The translucent alabaster ramps that criss- cross up the Hall of Hope are among the signature designs by CMHR architect Antoine Predock. COMING OF AGE FUNCTION, FACADES AND FADING FAIRY TALES 39 T HEY called it the Gingerbread City Hall. Actually, they called it a lot of things: ugly; amusing; majestic; a monstrosity; a " Victorian fantasy." Winnipeg's second city hall, a storybook structure erected in 1886, was the pride of a fledgling Prairie metropolis wannabe. Designed by brothers Charles A. and Earl W. Barber, the building design culminated with a central clock tower that rose above four surrounding turrets, with an outer coating of red brick with cream stone and terracotta trim. The eclectic nature of the building, according to descriptions, was Romanesque, slightly Islamic, with a flavour of Eastern European. " It was built at a time when artistic taste all over the world reached an unbelievable low." - British architectural historian Alec Clifton- Taylor Reviews were mixed - Winnipeg's Gingerbread City Hall was either a ' Victorian fantasy' or a monstrosity. By the 1950s, most agreed it was a tottering eyesore that needed to be demolished. GREAT EXPECTATIOONNSS W INNIPEG, April 1911: Michael Hrushka had $ 42 in his pocket when the train pulled into the Canadian Pacific Railroad Station on Higgins Avenue. He was 16 years old, with no waiting friends, no family and no concept of the English language. A 16,000- kilometre journey from his home in a Ukrainian village had left Hrushka at the dusty doorstep of a place called Winnipeg. Along with his teenage friend, Wasyl, they departed the station and stepped into a new world, near the corner of Higgins and Main Street, with full hearts and empty bellies. Confused. Scared. Wondering if he should have heeded his mother's pleas to postpone leaving home until he was older, Hrushka sat down on a street corner to get his bearings. Famished from a four- day train ride from northern Ontario, they shared their meagre fare: stale bread, kovbasa and the last hunk of " budz," a cheese made from sheep's milk. C I T Y B E A U T I F U L .. C H A P T E R 1 BRICK, STEEL, HEART AND SOUL AVAILABLE AT - MCNALLY ROBINSON BOOKSELLERS, CHAPTERS, COLES, INDIGO AND THE WINNIPEG FREE PRESS To order your copy sent to you: winnipegfreepress. com/ order OR CALL LINDA AT 204- 697- 7510 MANITOBA ASSOCIATION OF ARCHITECTS Celebrating 100 years 144- page hard cover coffee table book LA QUINTA, Calif. - Matt Kuchar's ball crashed into the rocks at the foot of the Santa Rosa Mountains and shot sideways into the All- American Canal. More rocks and water gobbled up another ball - and with it, his thirdround lead on Saturday in the Humana Challenge. " It's too bad, but it's what happened," Kuchar said. " I still got one more day left to try to make some birdies and still pull this thing out." Two strokes ahead after a birdie on the par- 5 14th, Kuchar bogeyed three of the final four holes for a 1- under 71 on PGA West's Arnold Palmer Private Course. That left him a shot behind two- time heart transplant recipient Erik Compton, Bill Haas, Justin Thomas and Michael Putnam. The highest- ranked player in the field at No. 11, Kuchar lost a shot on the par- 3 15th when he drove to the right, sent his second to the back edge and missed a 14- footer. " Just nearly an impossible up- anddown if you miss the green right," Kuchar said. He bogeyed the par- 3 17th after his tee shot went right, bounced off the mountain rocks and raced across the green into the canal. " With a pitching wedge, you're looking to hit a good shot," Kuchar said. " Unfortunately, I let it hang too much and it caught a rock and went in the water." The seven- time tour winner closed with another rocky bogey, ending his birdie- eagle string on the par 5s. On the first 12 pars 5 of the week, he had an eagle and 11 birdies. On 18, his 235- yard approach sailed long and left into the rocks and water. After his ball rolled away on a penalty drop, he placed it deep in the dormant grass, blasted out to 8 feet and twoputted. " I hit a great drive and was in between a 3- and 4- hybrid," Kuchar said. " I went with a 3- hybrid, trying to get it back to the hole and hit a solid shot that just didn't fade." Compton shot a 67 on the Jack Nicklaus Private Course to join Haas, Thomas and Putnam at 17- under 199. Haas, the 2010 winner, had a 69 on the Nicklaus layout. Thomas shot 68 on the Palmer course, and Putnam had a 69 at La Quinta Country Club. Compton birdied three of his last five holes in breezy, warm conditions. " I had a couple shots that were loose on the drives, but I salvaged the round," Compton said. " Tomorrow's a new day." Ryan Palmer, Scott Pinckney and Steve Wheatcroft were a stroke back along with Kuchar. Phil Mickelson was 11 under in his first start since the Ryder Cup. - The Associated Press W INKLER - Kerri Einarson did not win a bye to the Manitoba Scotties final on Saturday night, but she did what no other skip this week has done. For a few ends in the 1 vs. 1 Page playoff game, Einarson made Jennifer Jones look beatable. In this Scotties, that's no easy feat. True, the reigning Olympic champions won the game 9- 6, clamping down in front of a pleased crowd at Winkler Arena. But Einarson and her East. St Paul team scored more against Jones than any of seven other opponents managed in the round robin; and unlike most of those, they played right on into the 10th end. ( Well, the teams had to go that deep since the game was on TV, but the score would have warranted it alone.) " It was a little bit back and forth, but we felt like we had control of the game," Jones said, before striding off to sign autographs for a line of wideeyed kids. " We were happy with three up coming home against a really good team. We're really happy with that result." It was a frothy sort of game, wobbling between gutsy hits and groaner misses. In the fourth end, Jones missed on both of her shots; the second one, a planned takeout, flashed straight through the house. The sold- out crowd moaned, while Einarson pounced on the miss ( and a heroic brushing effort from second Liz Fyfe and lead Kristin MacCuish) to draw for a deuce, and cut Jones' lead to 5- 4 after four. But Jones, third Kaitlyn Lawes, second Jill Officer and lead Dawn McEwen never really lost control. In the fifth, the St. Vital Curling Club foursome set up a crafty end and snagged two; in the sixth, Einarson's attempted blank backfired when her hammer bounced into the house. She would grab a another single in eight - a Jones miss gave her a chance for more, but Einarson couldn't clinch them - and it was just too late to close the gap further. The teams shook in 10 after Jones ran Einarson out of rocks. " We just got down, and it's hard to defend against that," Einarson said, though she did have some ideas for a rematch. " We just gotta be sharper. We have to control that front, because they were controlling that. We were having a hard time getting in there." She may get the chance to give that plan a whirl. While Jones will be waiting in today's 4 p. m. final, Einarson will face Assiniboine Memorial's Barb Spencer in the 11: 30 a. m. Sunday semi. Both games will be televised live on Sportsnet, and Einarson is hungry for another shot at Jones. " I want it bad," she said, with a grin. Spencer, meanwhile, advanced to the semi after a thrilling 2 vs. 2 Page playoff against Granite's Kristy McDonald. Spencer had allowed Mc- Donald to steal one in the ninth end, giving the Granite skip a 7- 6 lead but handing Spencer the hammer coming home. She could only find a single there to force the extra end. There, Spencer choked up the routes to the button, and McDonald's hammer shot wrecked to hand Spencer a steal, and an 8- 7 win just before 11: 30 p. m. This much is certain: Whether Einarson or Spencer advances to face Jones in the final, they will have a heck of a time trying to topple the golden four. Two hours before the 1 vs. 1 game, members of the media gathered in a booth above the arena floor to choose the Scotties' all- star team. There was really no debate, and the votes were unanimous: McEwen, Officer, Lawes, Jones. It was the first time at provincials that a whole team was anointed together. That's no shade on any of the other competitors. It's just that through the week, the Jones team were not just great, but flat- out dominant. Even more, they made it look easy, rarely missing a shot and leaving competitors little to work with. On Friday night, in a top- billing match against Barb Spencer, Jones opened the game with a deuce, then made steals the next three ends in a row: She'd finish that game having stolen six of her 10 points. Spencer only scored one in the whole game. Indeed, of the 65 points Jones scored in seven round robin games on the week, 36 of them - well over half - were stolen. She stole at least one end in every game she played in, and against the top challengers in her group she stole at least three: Three against Michelle Montford, four against Spencer, four against Darcy Robertson ( who never found a single point against her, and shook at a 9- 0 disadvantage after five ends). Now, Jones will roll right on to the brink of her seventh Manitoba championship. Just one win away. " It was our goal at the beginning of the week to be in the final, so it's all we can ask for," the skip said. " We just want to come out, and be as sharp as we can be, and hopefully we have a great 10 ends." melissa. martin@ freepress. mb. ca Rocky finish to Kuchar's round RUTH BONNEVILLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILES Jennifer Jones and her teammates swept the Scotties all- star selections Saturday night. Finally... a sign of weakness Jones roars into Scotties final, but Einarson gives her a scare By Melissa Martin B_ 05_ Jan- 25- 15_ FP_ 01. indd B5 1/ 24/ 15 11: 48: 51 PM ;