tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5854734498362657333.post710435691189809136..comments2024-03-18T14:23:35.602-05:00Comments on Observations, Reservations, Conversations: APTN BuildingsJohn Dobbinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16469872007840292315noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5854734498362657333.post-51546358691077190872011-01-17T11:50:29.510-06:002011-01-17T11:50:29.510-06:00Further to Mr.C's post, APTN could stand to im...Further to Mr.C's post, APTN could stand to improve their presence on Portage a bit when they move into the old CIBC Building. At first they have a APTN sign (which didn't even light up) on the original building, and then replaced it with a jumbotron that doesn't actually say APTN anywhere on it. I think they're missing an opportunity to establish a real presence.<br /><br />At any rate, it's great to see APTN expanding in downtown Winnipeg. They are perhaps the last man standing from Winnipeg's heady days of the early 2000s when Nick Hirst was describing us as an upcoming "media city" in WFP editorials.One Man Committeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10586227505412268204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5854734498362657333.post-83453848749804097972011-01-13T12:54:34.391-06:002011-01-13T12:54:34.391-06:00There is no entrance in the front. Like the Air Ca...There is no entrance in the front. Like the Air Canada Centre, the building opens onto the park in front of the building.<br /><br />The APTN building was originally to have been bought by Air Canada but the owner there fought it or at least thought he would get more money so it never happened. It is all probably in Free Press archives from the 1980s.<br /><br />The expansion into the old CIBC building (which was also the Avenue nightclub and RBC building) will triple the studio and office space for APTN.John Dobbinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16469872007840292315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5854734498362657333.post-67966814886615723162011-01-12T23:40:40.094-06:002011-01-12T23:40:40.094-06:00Good luck on the show. Maybe I could drop in and t...Good luck on the show. Maybe I could drop in and take pictures of the proceedings..?<br />I was interviewed there once by DJ/friend/all round good guy Michael Elves for an exhibition I had back in 2009. Much fun.Colinhttp://www.reservedatalltimes.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5854734498362657333.post-38949277640627375672011-01-12T22:40:47.215-06:002011-01-12T22:40:47.215-06:00I didn't know that. Yes, it is good for that s...I didn't know that. Yes, it is good for that stretch and for the station.<br /><br />With the aboriginal population in Winnipeg APTN should be one of THE community stations here. I have to admit, I wouldn't even know how to get into the building that they're currently in. It looks like a concrete parking bollard !Christian Cassidyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17691310860448400887noreply@blogger.com