Places

155 Alexander Avenue

Former Names:
  • Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet Storage
  • Acme Garment Co.
Address:155 Alexander Avenue
Original Use:

Commercial: RWB Workshop and Storage

Constructed:1966
Other Work:

Interior alterations made in 1992, construction of addition in 1999-2000

Architects:
  • H W Levin
Contractors:
  • A Akman & Sons Co. Ltd.
  • Valley Steel Ltd. (Addition)

Photographs

Design Characteristics

Materials:

brick

Height:

2 storeys

Size:

30,000 square feet (9,144 square metres)

  • Plan area: 15,000 sq. ft. (1,393.5 sq. m.)
  • Gross floor area: 30,000 sq. ft. (2,787 sq. m.)
  • Two storey with no basement. Masonry with a steel frame.

Sources

  • Christopher Dafoe, Dancing Through Time: The First Fifty Years of Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet (Winnipeg: Portage and Main Press, 1990.)

  • Max Wyman, The Royal Winnipeg Ballet: The First Forty Years (Toronto: Doubleday Canada Ltd., 1978).