A couple of weeks ago I was standing in the recently opened Norm & Nates deli, which is just down the street from the school. I couldn’t stop staring at this huge 16x20 photograph they had up on the wall. It was a photo taken from up in the “Paris Building”:http://www.archiseek.com/guides/canada/manitoba/winnipeg/downtown/paris_building.html looking East down Notre Dame street in 1936. Surprisingly, because of the local heritage commission, and the rather well-preserved “Exchange District”:http://www.archiseek.com/guides/canada/manitoba/winnipeg/exchange/, the view was quite similar to what is there now. I’m totally head over heels with this stuff: “Vertigo Then and Now”:http://www.basichip.com/vertigo/main.htm I love seeing how cities change over time. I think I’m going to do a similar project for Winnipeg (minus the famous movie, that is) - first I’m going to need some old pictures of Winnipeg, though.