New Assiniboine Park plan

rosencrentz wrote:AGEsAces- You cannot get dairy cattle in your basement!
My grandfather built his house with the dairy cattle on the main floor and his living quarters upstairs, so the cattle's body heat would keep him warm upstairs!
My grandmother wouldn't move in. This was in West Kildonan.

Spoiler:

Assiniboine Park plans shared

By ROSS ROMANIUK, Winnipeg Sun

Assiniboine Park will "re-write the book" on its potential as a Winnipeg gathering place with a first, $10-million chapter to be completed this winter.

That's the way Hartley Richardson, chairman of the Assiniboine Park Conservancy, described the Heart of the Park construction project on Friday when the ambitious redevelopment of the massive green space's playground and duck pond was announced at the site.

With a ceremonial sod-turning with sand and children's shovels to represent the development's appeal to kids and families, the overhaul was set to begin immediately toward a completion of the Nature and Adventure Playground late this summer.

An expansion of the pond -- to approximately double its size -- is slated to be finished this winter.

About $6.2 million -- $3.6 million from the city, $1 million from the federal government and $1.6 million in private donations -- has been provided, with about $4 million yet to be raised.

The Nature and Adventure Playground will include "tree tunnels," a kids' garden depicting the board game "snakes and ladders," a play area of sand and water and a series of small hills, as well as several other features.

The duck pond will have interactive, educational aspects and a recreation area with islands and stepping stones.

A "family centre" building is also part of the $10-million price tag.

The Heart of the Park project is the first of several stages of redevelopment planned for Assiniboine, under a vision laid out by the Conservancy more than a year ago.