Fame Nightclub

Designed by local architect Boyle F. Schaeffer for the Army, Navy & Air Force Veterans in Canada, 275 – 279 Garry Street was constructed between 1972 and 1973. The dramatic one-storey brick building encompasses an earlier 1909 structure, designed by W. W. Blair for Henderson Directories Ltd. The ANAF Veterans Fort Garry Unit # 60 used the original building for a period of time, before deciding to build a new operation. The imposing red brick façade offers only two entrances to the interior, both semi-circular cutouts, breaking up what is otherwise a uniform windowless brick wall. Each entrance is punctuated with concentric semi-circles of brick detailing, employed both to increase the drama of the small, discrete entrances as well as adding visual interest to an otherwise simple façade.

As a new tenant moved into the South of the building alterations were made to part of the buildings façade. New white panelling now covers the previous brick work. A new entrance was also installed to the building, but the original South entrance o the building maintains its semi circle shape. Also unchanged to the building is a mural.

On the buildings South elevation is a mural honouring the past owners, the ANAF Veterans Fort Garry Unit #60. The mural depicts men and women who served in the army, navy, and air force.