Winnipeg Arena "The Old Barn" 1955 - 2006

Yesterday, the city's love/hate relationship with the former home of the NHL's Winnipeg Jets, "The Old Barn," as many people have come to call it, was blown to smithereens.

On Friday my editor asked me to crawl out of bed before dawn on Sunday and put what little knowledge I have into making a soundslide of the demolition. It took me most of the day to make the darned thing, never mind the fact that it took the demolition crew several hours instead of minutes to destroy the building.

It was a load of fun to be there and hear all the stories from complete strangers and their connections to the arena. Many thanks to all those who let me bug them and get in their way, but special thanks to Ariel who made the whole day worthwhile.

Check out the story link at the Winnipeg Free Press if you have a subscription:

www.winnipegfreepress.com

Or, you can view just the soundslide:

On the Winnipeg Free Press website

Today my Karate soundslide was posted on the Winnipeg Free Press website with the story that was written by Martin Zeilig.

The bad news is that if you are not a subscriber to the paper you cannot read the story. The good news is I just found out that you can still see the soundslide on the site...


It is slightly different than the one I posted earlier, I took out a few images and added a credit image at the end.

I wish I could post the story here, but that's the way the cookie crumbles.

As a side note, it looks like the Neighbours section of the paper is now going to be exclusively on the Free Press website. Maybe they will save enough money to hire me full-time (nudge-nudge).

Cheers!