Caption (on file): "Shivering on the corner of Portage and Main on a cold, windy day waiting for traffic lights to change will now be just a memory with the opening of a climate controlled underground pedestrian concourse linking the four corners of Winnipeg's famous intersection."
Photograph shows aerial view of intersection at Portage Avenue and Main Street (after barriers closing intersection to pedestrian concourse). Also shows Bank of Nova Scotia (Trizec Building) under construction. Photograph likely taken from the top of the Richardson Building.
Caption (on file): "Residents of Winnipeg who for a hundred years have fought the wintry winds at the corner of Portage and Main will now cross in summertime comfort with the provision of an environmentally controlled pedestrian concourse beneath Canada's most famous corner."
Photographs of buildings on Portage Avenue including the Bank of Montreal, Zeller's, the Power Building, Winnipeg Electric Co. and the Royal Bank Building.
Photograph shows signs for multiple businesses, including Club Morocco, Riviera Restaurant, Princeton Café Fish and Chips, Portage Credit Jewellers. Date of photograph is uncertain, [196-?].
Photograph shows signs for multiple businesses, including Picardy Lunches, Scientific Hairdressing, Credit Bureau. Date of photograph is uncertain, [196-?].
Photograph shows old St. James Bridge approach, looking North up present Kintrye Street. Viscount Gort site centre right/Hydro sub-station - St. James Street and Portage Avenue far left. Date of photograph is uncertain [after 1932].
Photograph of "The Cove" Restaurant at 355 Portage Avenue, at Carlton Street. The photograph was taken from a building on Carlton Street looking southeast towards the Eaton's Building, Mitchell-Copp, Zeller's, and the Carlton Building.
Postcard shows a view of Main Street from Portage Avenue looking north. Published by Valentine & Sons' Publishing Co., Ltd. Montreal and Toronto. Printed in Great Britain. Date of postcard is uncertain.
Postcard shows Main Street looking north from Portage Avenue to Union Bank Building. Published by Valentine & Sons' Publishing Co., Ltd. Montreal and Toronto. Printed in Great Britain. Date of postcard is uncertain.
Postcard shows view from Portage Avenue and Hargrave Street. The T. Eaton Co. Ltd. department store is shown at right; Clarendon Hotel is shown at left. Date of postcard is uncertain, [before 1949].
Item consists of a postcard in printed format that shows an aerial view of downtown Winnipeg, looking north up Main Street from Portage Avenue. Date of postcard is unknown.
Item consists of a postcard in printed format that shows the HBC Department Store "the Bay" at Portage Avenue and Memorial Boulevard. The Power Building appears at left-side of postcard. Published by Valentine Edy Company, Limited, Winnipeg, Manitoba. Printed in Great Britain. Date of postcard is unknown.
Photograph shows people waiting to board electric trolley bus (Winnipeg Electric Company), southbound Garry Street at Portage Avenue. Destination sign reads, No. 73 Sargent, Valour Road. Lindsay Building in background.
Postcard shows Portage Avenue, from Main Street looking west. Published by Valentine & Sons' Publishing Co., Ltd. Montreal and Toronto. Printed in Great Britain. Date of postcarcd is uncertain.