tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2559260500579382213.post1706382536979225130..comments2024-03-23T13:18:17.693-05:00Comments on Anybody Want A Peanut?: Winnipeg's Golf Courses: Action Items Part Icherenkovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15355986781478585611noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2559260500579382213.post-74439218567857390722012-02-19T00:21:58.222-06:002012-02-19T00:21:58.222-06:00Count me as someone sentimental about Windsor Park...Count me as someone sentimental about Windsor Park, where I learned the game in the 1970s. But even then it was a joke. I think Tuxedo could go too. It would be incredibly valuable, with high-end apartments along Roblin across from Assiniboine Park, a new urbanism neighborhood backing on Grant and Shaftesbury. City could make a bundle. I will miss the driving range though.Xtovalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09881148347459072588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2559260500579382213.post-3467964216134840302012-02-16T22:03:50.803-06:002012-02-16T22:03:50.803-06:00I was thinking more of an SCTV "blowed up rea...I was thinking more of an SCTV "blowed up real good."cherenkovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15355986781478585611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2559260500579382213.post-64378439169040849392012-02-16T20:31:36.115-06:002012-02-16T20:31:36.115-06:00Some very good ideas here. I'm quite sure they...Some very good ideas here. I'm quite sure they'll fall on deaf ears.<br />When you say, "Blow up", are you thinking Bill Murray in Caddyshack vs. the Gopher?RMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15871453117861450287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2559260500579382213.post-78590774706380951482012-02-14T12:47:10.619-06:002012-02-14T12:47:10.619-06:00Kildonan Park is my favourite park by far and maki...Kildonan Park is my favourite park by far and making is larger is a great idea. More riverbank for the masses.<br /><br />There have been several odor control projects carried out at the North End Treatment Plant and with every one the odor has been reduced. I'm around there all the time, there is very little if any odor.Rivermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11930082027137529600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2559260500579382213.post-69182896516856450632012-02-13T14:38:03.387-06:002012-02-13T14:38:03.387-06:00The rail bridge is also privately owned. The owner...The rail bridge is also privately owned. The owner would like to do something with it eventually but the city is also interested in screwing the owner.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2559260500579382213.post-23884847389447239912012-02-13T12:27:13.600-06:002012-02-13T12:27:13.600-06:00It that treament plant is going to be a problem, t...It that treament plant is going to be a problem, then I suppose the plans would have to be changed. I am not 100% convinced though. The houses in the Riverbend area directly to the north, not 200 yards from the plant, are newer style houses that must surely have been built long after the plant. The houses in River Park South reach down to about 700m from the south plant, but I think that separation has more to do with the Perimeter Highway than the water treatment plant.cherenkovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15355986781478585611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2559260500579382213.post-19355334829656490092012-02-13T10:23:10.670-06:002012-02-13T10:23:10.670-06:00The Bergman Cut-Off bridge at Kildonan Park was ab...The Bergman Cut-Off bridge at Kildonan Park was abandoned right after WW1. It was originally built for shipping ammunition north of the city (just in case something went boom I guess) but with the end of WW1 it was declared surplus. There was an underpass on Henderson Hwy at the railline until the early 80's and the houses on the south side of Sringfield Rd were build when they took the elevated railbed down. <br /><br />I don't think you could put residential at Kildonan Park because of the sewage treament plant, as another poster has said. I would imagine the existing houses in the area were grandfathered in but there is a reason there is 1km of separation between houses and the south end plant off the Perimeter Hwy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2559260500579382213.post-48706945812513754052012-02-13T01:08:40.061-06:002012-02-13T01:08:40.061-06:00@ reed, that bridge has been abandoned since 1953....@ reed, that bridge has been abandoned since 1953. There is no profit in removing it otherwise it wouldn't be there.Rivermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11930082027137529600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2559260500579382213.post-69432730931392005882012-02-12T23:44:49.263-06:002012-02-12T23:44:49.263-06:00cherenkov, still doesn't change the fact that ...cherenkov, still doesn't change the fact that the Stinky Shit Factory is right across the street. Plus that old rail line.. with that old bridge. I wonder if something could be done with that. It's kind of sad the way it just sits unused. I wonder if there's any profit in taking it down and recycling the steel? In any case, theres tons of space for residential in North Winnipeg still untapped.reedsolomon.matr1x at gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17833240911634788354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2559260500579382213.post-74682114621053864822012-02-12T22:59:47.105-06:002012-02-12T22:59:47.105-06:00"Are they forced to pay property tax to the c..."Are they forced to pay property tax to the city?"<br /><br />The semi private courses that we lease out do pay property taxes, but only $1/year for their lease.cherenkovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15355986781478585611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2559260500579382213.post-2768865169095677612012-02-12T22:58:07.630-06:002012-02-12T22:58:07.630-06:00@Reed: More houses are going to be built. We have ...@Reed: More houses are going to be built. We have a choice of building outwards or inwards. I vote for inwards because infrastructure is already in place and it increases density. It is more sustainable. However, I do have public courses in my plan ... stay tuned for part II (or maybe Part III?)<br /><br />@Ekim: Thanks. I'm afraid the mushroom plant is out of scope tho.cherenkovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15355986781478585611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2559260500579382213.post-26495770298452743182012-02-12T22:45:45.962-06:002012-02-12T22:45:45.962-06:00well done. i personally have a twisted soft spot i...well done. i personally have a twisted soft spot in my heart for windsor park golf course. however, i would still vote to blow it up. <br /><br />can you blow up the mushroom factory too while you're out that end of town?ekimsharpehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15100571778278590106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2559260500579382213.post-21902639385812913152012-02-12T22:36:09.922-06:002012-02-12T22:36:09.922-06:00Why do we need to compromise with the Kildonan Par...Why do we need to compromise with the Kildonan Park Golf Course? We own the damn thing, we don't need to make money off of it, just need to stop losing money. Make the whole golf course part of Kildonan Park. The area doesn't particularly need more residential lots. Besides, does anyone really want to live across the street from the SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT? Plant some more trees, make some trails, and leave it at that.<br /><br />I'm surprised that all of the golf courses are losing money. How do they even cost that much in a year? Are they forced to pay property tax to the city? I suppose water and maintenance is a cost.. but such a big one?<br /><br />Still, it wouldn't kill the city to leave one of the public golf courses open. With the other ones closed, the city could focus on one that's reasonably convenient and well maintained. The lack of choice will mean it would do reasonable business.reedsolomon.matr1x at gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17833240911634788354noreply@blogger.com