Memorable Manitobans: Max Zev Blankstein (1874-1931)

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Max Zev Blankstein
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Architect.

Born at Odessa, Russia in January 1874, son of Mayer Zizy “Meir” Blankstein (1845-1929) and Vera Dorfman (1852-?), he received architectural training at Odessa. He emigrated to Canada in 1904 and was the first Jewish architect to register and practise in Manitoba.

He was married twice, first to Esther Goldin (1881-1906) with whom he had two children: Verna “Vera” Blankstein (1902-1920) and Isaac Wolfe Blankstein (1904-1990). In 1907, he married her sister Laika “Lena” Goldin (1890-1959) and they had five more children: Cecil Blankstein, Eva Rebecca Blankstein, Evelyn Blankstein, Frederick “Ingy” Blankstein (1921-2018), and Morley Blankstein, three of whom became architects.

He died at his Winnipeg home, 131 Machray Avenue, on 31 December 1931 and was buried in the Shaarey Zedek Cemetery. The holdings of the Jewish Heritage Centre of Western Canada include drawings by Blankstein of one of Winnipeg’s most iconic buildings, the Uptown Theatre.

Some of his architectural works in Manitoba:

Building

Location

Year

Status

Adas Yeshurun Synagogue

217 McGregor Street, Winnipeg

1907

Demolished (?)

Aikins Court

167 Aikins Street, Winnipeg

1907

 

Bereskin Block

169 Gomez Street North, Winnipeg

1907

Demolished (?)

Bereskin Block (stable)

169 Gomez Street North, Winnipeg

1907

Demolished (?)

Calof House [Maier Calof]

291 Machray Avenue, Winnipeg

1907

Demolished (?)

Diamond Terrace

174-180 Aikins Street, Winnipeg

1907

Demolished (?)

Cantor Duplex

101-103 Robinson Street, Winnipeg

1907

Demolished (after 1956)

Kasler Duplex

309 Flora Avenue, Winnipeg

1907

Demolished (1972)

Genik Block 

116 Grove Street, Winnipeg

1907

Demolished (?)

Lapedes Duplex

295-297 Atlantic Avenue, Winnipeg

1907

 

Queen’s Theatre (renovation)

239 Selkirk Avenue, Winnipeg

1908-1909

 

Abrahamson Duplex

337-339 Dufferin Avenue, Winnipeg

1909

Demolished (?)

Adilman Block

234-240 Jarvis Avenue, Winnipeg

1909

 

Blankstein House [Max Zev Blankstein]

450 Dufferin Avenue, Winnipeg

1909

Demolished (?)

Brooks House and Grocery (addition)

97 Barber Street, Winnipeg

1909

Demolished (1954)

Chechik, Gold and Kernham Cold Storage Warehouse

422 Jarvis Avenue, Winnipeg

1909

 

Hirsh Duplex

69-71 Aikins Street, Winnipeg

1909

Demolished (?)

Hirsh House [Harry Hirsh]

67 Aikins Street, Winnipeg

1909

Demolished (?)

Hirsh House (shed)

67 Aikins Street, Winnipeg

1909

Demolished (?)

Hirsh House A

143 Polson Avenue, Winnipeg

1909

 

Hirsh House B

145 Polson Avenue, Winnipeg

1909

 

Markorvitch House [Benjamin Markorvitch]

446 Dufferin Avenue, Winnipeg

1909

Demolished (?)

Minuk Block

254-260 Dufferin Avenue, Winnipeg

1909

Demolished (1967)

Restivo Block

490 Hargave Street / 343-345 McDermot Avenue, Winnipeg

1909

Demolished (?)

Cohen Block

450 King Street, Winnipeg

1909-1910

Demolished (?)

Bermack Warehouse

243-245 Jarvis Avenue, Winnipeg

1910

Demolished (?)

Crabtree House

60 Polson Avenue, Winnipeg

1910

 

Galsky Block

656 Aberdeen Avenue, Winnipeg

1910

 

Glesby Stables

468 Aberdeen Avenue, Winnipeg

1910

 

Goldfind House

346 Chalmers Avenue, Winnipeg

1910

 

Portigal Warehouse (repairs and addition)

38 Maple Street, Winnipeg 

1910

Demolished (?)

Riewitz Grocery

335 Union Avenue West, Winnipeg

1910

 

Ripstein Block (addition)

706 Main Street, Winnipeg

1910

Demolished (?)

Ripstein Duplex (repairs)

30-32 Lily Street, Winnipeg

1910

Demolished (?)

Weidman Warehouse

244-246 Jarvis Avenue, Winnipeg

1910

Destroyed by fire (27 February 2024)

Winnipeg Cold Storage Building (addition)

422 Jarvis Avenue, Winnipeg

1910

 

Northern Block

88-92 McGregor Street, Winnipeg

1910-1911

Demolished (?)

American Soda Water Factory

350-360 Flora Avenue, Winnipeg

1911

 

Blankstein House

673 Alfred Avenue, Winnipeg

1911

 

Budnik Block

594-602 Selkirk Avenue / 145 McGregor Street

1911

 

Calof Warehouse

121-125 Salter Street, Winnipeg

1911

 

Cherniak Block

876 Main Street, Winnipeg

1911

Demolished (?)

Continental Block

794-796 Main Street, Winnipeg

1911

 

Diner Block 

174-186 Henry Avenue / 80 Martha Street, Winnipeg

1911

Demolished (?)

Dubinsky House (basement and repairs)

273 McGregor Street, Winnipeg

1911

Demolished (?)

Folb House

780 Redwood Avenue, Winnipeg

1911

Demolished (2015)

Girshfeild Block

379-381 Selkirk Avenue, Winnipeg

1911 

Demolished (?)

Glesby Stable

536 King Street, Winnipeg

1911

Demolished (after 1956)

Hirsh Fourplex A

430 Redwood Avenue, Winnipeg

1911

 

Hirsh Fourplex B

432 Redwood Avenue, Winnipeg

1911

 

Krendle Block

139-141 Euclid Avenue / 141 Hallet Street, Winnipeg

1911

 

Lechly Duplex A

516-518 Magnus Avenue, Winnipeg

1911

Demolished (?)

Lechly Duplex B

520-522 Magnus Avenue, Winnipeg

1911

Demolished (?)

Leanoff Grocery

340-344 McGregor Street, Winnipeg

1911

Demolished (?)

Mirkovsky House [Hyman C. Mirkovsky]

506 Magnus Avenue, Winnipeg

1911

Demolished (?)

Mirkovsky House (stable)

506 Magnus Avenue, Winnipeg

1911

Demolished (?)

Nugget Hotel (addition)

711 Main Street, Winnipeg

1911

Demolished (1998)

Oretzki Block (addition)

489-493 Selkirk Avenue, Winnipeg

1911

Demolished (?)

Ripstein Duplex (outhouse)

29-31 Lily Street, Winnipeg

1911

Demolished (?)

Ripstein Duplex (outhouse)

30-32 Martha Street, Winnipeg

1911

Demolished (?)

Shore House [Isaac Shore]

795 Redwood Avenue, Winnipeg

1911

Demolished (?)

Silver House

675 Alfred Avenue, Winnipeg

1911

 

Wasserman Block

581-583 Selkirk Avenue, Winnipeg

1911

 

Winnipeg Cold Storage Building (addition)

422 Jarvis Avenue, Winnipeg

1911

 

Anderson House [Olaf T. Anderson]

602 Mountain Avenue, Winnipeg

1912

Demolished (c1964)

Brandon Court

377 Brandon Avenue, Winnipeg

1912

 

Douglas House [Joseph S. Douglas]

390 Church Avenue, Winnipeg

1912

 

Dunn House

397 Morley Avenue, Winnipeg

1912

Demolished (2016)

Gordon House

399 Morley Avenue, Winnipeg

1912

 

McMartin House

283 Kingsway, Winnipeg

1912

 

McMartin House (stable)

283 Kingsway, Winnipeg

1912

 

Mindell House

292 Austin Street North, Winnipeg

1912

Destroyed by fire (19 January 2025)

Palace Theatre

501 Selkirk Avenue, Winnipeg

1912

 

Pinx Furs Store [Abraham Pinx]

494 Selkirk Avenue, Winnipeg

1912

Demolished (?)

Portigal Block (alterations)

693 Main Street, Winnipeg

1912

Demolished (1946)

Pscheide House [George Pscheide]

614 Mountain Avenue, Winnipeg

1912

Demolished (c1964)

Regar House [George Regar]

616 Mountain Avenue, Winnipeg

1912

Demolished (c1964)

Shink House [Nicholas Shink]

604 Mountain Avenue, Winnipeg

1912

Demolished (c1964)

Sures-Nozick Warehouse

75 Martha Street, Winnipeg

1912

Demolished (?)

Townsley House [Walter H. Townsley]

388 Church Avenue, Winnipeg

1912

 

Winnipeg Hebrew Free School (Talmud Torah)

121 Charles Street, Winnipeg

1912

 

Schnider Stable

272 Stella Avenue, Winnipeg

1912-1913

Demolished (?)

Alekno Block

374-376 Selkirk Avenue, Winnipeg

1913

 

Chechik House

853 Boyd Avenue, Winnipeg

1913

 

Chechik House (stable)

853 Boyd Avenue, Winnipeg

1913

Demolished (?)

Gottlieb House [Argoff Gottlieb]

598 Mountain Avenue, Winnipeg

1913

Demolished (c1964)

Highgate House [Charles M. Highgate]

600 Mountain Avenue, Winnipeg

1913

Demolished (c1964)

Jankovski House

884 Alfred Avenue, Winnipeg

1913

 

Palace Theatre (addition)

501 Selkirk Avenue, Winnipeg

1913

 

Roberts House [Numon Roberts]

596 Mountain Avenue, Winnipeg

1913

Demolished (c1964)

Steiman Block

541 Selkirk Avenue, Winnipeg

1913

 

Talbot Block

250 Talbot Avenue, Winnipeg

1913

 

Zimmerman Block

669 Main Street, Winnipeg

1913

 

Alekno Block (addition and renovations and Stable)

374-376 Selkirk Avenue, Winnipeg

1914

 

Cohen Block

426-428 Manitoba Avenue, Winnipeg

1914

Demolished (?)

Cohen House [Samual Cohen]

424 Manitoba Avenue, Winnipeg

1914

Demolished (?)

Diner Block

174-186 Henry Avenue / 80 Martha Street, Winnipeg

1914

Not built (1914)

European Block

588 Manitoba Avenue, Winnipeg

1914

 

Kaufman Grocery

82 Luxton Avenue, Winnipeg

1914

 

Shriberg Block

1059 Selkirk Avenue, Winnipeg

1914

Demolished (8 May 2023)

Stevens Block

408 Boyd Avenue / 301-303 Salter Street, Winnipeg

1914

 

Winnipeg Cold Storage Building (addition)

422 Jarvis Avenue, Winnipeg

1914

 

Jessie Block

626 Jessie Avenue, Winnipeg

1914-1917

 

Kepman Apartments

640 Selkirk Avenue, Winnipeg

1914

 

North Panama Apartments

229 Machray Avenue, Winnipeg

1914

 

Rubin Block

270 Morley Avenue, Winnipeg

1914

 

Segal Bakery Building

610 Dufferin Avenue, Winnipeg

1915

Demolished (?)

Winnipeg Cold Storage Building (addition)

422 Jarvis Avenue, Winnipeg

1915

 

Barish Garage

167 Logan Avenue / 51-53 Martha Street, Winnipeg

1916

 

Weidman Warehouse Stable

244-246 Jarvis Avenue, Winnipeg

1916

Destroyed by fire (27 February 2024)

Wiseman & Yudluvitz Warehouse

441 King Street, Winnipeg

1916

Demolished (?)

Winnipeg Cold Storage Building (addition)

422 Jarvis Avenue, Winnipeg

1916

 

North End Mennonite Brethren Church

533 Burrows Avenue, Winnipeg

1917

 

Weselake Block

503-505 Selkirk Avenue, Winnipeg

1917

 

Globe Bedding Warehouse

268-274 Jarvis Avenue, Winnipeg

1918

Destroyed by fire (22 July 2019)

Slobinsky Warehouse

24-28 Derby Street, Winnipeg

1918

 

Bass Garage

46-48 Derby Street, Winnipeg

1919

Demolished (?)

Chmelnitsky Building

243-247 Dufferin Avenue / 63-67 Derby Street, Winnipeg

1919

Demolished (?)

Chmelnitsky Warehouse (addition)

248-250 Dufferin Avenue, Winnipeg

1919

Demolished (?)

Jewish Old Folks Home (alterations)

426-428 Manitoba Avenue, Winnipeg

1919

Demolished (?)

Kluner Block

246 Dufferin Avenue / 458-460 King Street, Winnipeg

1919

Demolished (?)

Malkin Block

230 Dufferin Avenue / 459 King Street, Winnipeg

1919

Demolished (?)

Rosenblat Block

482 King Street, Winnipeg

1919

Demolished (after 1956)

Weidman Warehouse (addition)

244-246 Jarvis Avenue, Winnipeg

1919

Destroyed by fire (27 February 2024)

Bermack and Chess Garage

908 Main Street, Winnipeg

1920

Demolished (?)

Budnik Block (addition)

594-602 Selkirk Avenue / 145 McGregor Street

1920

 

Starikoff Building

287-291 Jarvis Avenue, Winnipeg

1920

Demolished (?)

Zuken Grocery (alterations)

595 Alfred Avenue, Winnipeg

1921

Demolished (?)

New Hargrave Building

361-365 Hargrave Street, Winnipeg

1922

 

Blankstein House

131 Machray Avenue, Winnipeg

1922

 

Hebrew Free School

220 Andrews Street, Winnipeg

1922-1923

 

Finkelman Block 

691 Main Street, Winnipeg

1923

Demolished (1998)

Nick House

55 Derby Street, Winnipeg

1923

Demolished (?)

Parkview Theatre

1823 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg

1923

Destroyed by fire (1924)

Quality Clothing Block

687 Main Street, Winnipeg

1923

Demolished (?)

Sacks House

339 Bartlet Avenue, Winnipeg

1923

 

Bermack Warehouse (addition)

243-245 Jarvis Avenue, Winnipeg

1924

Demolished (?)

Budnik Block (addition)

594-602 Selkirk Avenue / 145 McGregor Street

1924

 

Winnipeg Cold Storage Building (addition)

422 Jarvis Avenue, Winnipeg

1924

 

Berman Block

605 Main Street, Winnipeg

1925

 

Crosstown Garage and Service Station

64 Salter Street, Winnipeg

1925

 

Halparin House (alterations)

381 Dufferin Avenue, Winnipeg

1925

Demolished (?)

Mindell Block

607-609 Main Street, Winnipeg

1925

 

Standard Knitting Warehouse 

387 Dufferin Avenue, Winnipeg, Winnipeg

1925

Demolished (1983)

Alekno Block (renovations)

374-376 Selkirk Avenue, Winnipeg

1926

 

Bermack Warehouse (repairs)

243-245 Jarvis Avenue, Winnipeg

1926

Demolished (?)

Globe Bedding Warehouse (addition)

268-274 Jarvis Avenue, Winnipeg

1926

Destroyed by fire (22 July 2019)

Rose Theatre

799-801 Sargent Avenue, Winnipeg

1926

 

Plaza Theatre

104-106 Marion Street, Winnipeg

1926

Demolished (?)

Weselake Block (addition and alterations)

503-505 Selkirk Avenue, Winnipeg

1926

 

Derby Block (alterations)

102 Derby Street, Winnipeg

1927

Demolished (?)

Girshfeild Block (alterations)

379-381 Selkirk Avenue, Winnipeg

1927

Demolished (?)

Jewish Old Folks Home (alterations)

426-428 Manitoba Avenue, Winnipeg

1927

Demolished (?)

Kim House

256 Garfield Street South, Winnipeg

1927

 

Norell House

82 Smithfield Avenue, Winnipeg

1927

 

Oretzki Block (addition)

489-493 Selkirk Avenue, Winnipeg

1927

Demolished (?)

Palace Theatre (addition and alterations)

501 Selkirk Avenue, Winnipeg

1927

 

Tivoli Theatre

115 Maryland Street, Winnipeg

1927

 

Brick Store (addition)

494 Selkirk Avenue, Winnipeg

1927-1928

Demolished (?)

Bermack Warehouse (repairs)

243-245 Jarvis Avenue, Winnipeg

1926

Demolished (?)

Bermack Warehouse (repairs)

243-245 Jarvis Avenue, Winnipeg

1928

Demolished (?)

General Motors Building

155 Fort Street, Winnipeg

1928

 

Manitoba Upholstery Warehouse (alterations)

281-283 Selkirk Avenue, Winnipeg

1928

Demolished (2011)

Weselake Building

417 Selkirk Avenue, Winnipeg

1928

 

Mount Carmel Clinic

120 Selkirk Avenue, Winnipeg

1928-1929

Demolished (?)

Budnik Block (addition)

594-602 Selkirk Avenue / 145 McGregor Street

1929

 

Lido Theatre

220 Edwards Avenue, The Pas

1929

Destroyed by fire (8 April 2024)

Roxy Theatre

385 Henderson Highway, Winnipeg

1929

 

Chesed Shel Emes Chapel (renovation)

1023 Main Street, Winnipeg

1930

Demolished (2020)

Chmelnitsky Building (addition and alterations) 

243-247 Dufferin Avenue / 63-67 Derby Street, Winnipeg

1930

Demolished (?)

Miles House

241 Cathedral Avenue, Winnipeg

1930

 

Uptown Theatre

394 Academy Road, Winnipeg

1930-1931

 

Morton House

155 Waverley Street, Winnipeg

1931

 

Peters House

860 Selkirk Avenue, Winnipeg

1931

 

Popeski House

277 Burrows Avenue, Winnipeg

1931

 

Smith House

133 Machray Avenue, Winnipeg

1931

 

See also:

Max Blankstein: Architect by Murray Peterson, Winnipeg Architecture Foundation, 2022.

Sources:

City of Winnipeg Building Permit 1442/1907 [Bereskin Block], City of Winnipeg Archives.

City of Winnipeg Building Permit 1443/1907 [Bereskin Block Stable], City of Winnipeg Archives.

City of Winnipeg Building Permit 1530/1907 [Calof House], City of Winnipeg Archives.

City of Winnipeg Building Permit 2077/1907 [Genik Block], City of Winnipeg Archives.

City of Winnipeg Building Permit 2342/1907 [Diamond Terrace], City of Winnipeg Archives.

City of Winnipeg Building Permit 50/1909 [Restivo Block], City of Winnipeg Archives.

City of Winnipeg Building Permit 748/1909 [Brooks House and Grocery Addition], City of Winnipeg Archives.

City of Winnipeg Building Permit 1326/1909 [Hirsh House], City of Winnipeg Archives.

City of Winnipeg Building Permit 1327/1909 [Hirsh House Shed], City of Winnipeg Archives.

City of Winnipeg Building Permit 1385/1909 [Blankstein House], City of Winnipeg Archives.

City of Winnipeg Building Permit 1442/1909 [Hirsh Duplex], City of Winnipeg Archives.

City of Winnipeg Building Permit 1596/1909, [Markorvitch House], City of Winnipeg Archives.

City of Winnipeg Building Permit 2487/1909 [Cohen Block], City of Winnipeg Archives.

City of Winnipeg Building Permit 96/1910 [Bermack Warehouse], City of Winnipeg Archives.

City of Winnipeg Building Permit 169/1910 [Glesby Stable], City of Winnipeg Archives.

City of Winnipeg Building Permit 513/1910 [Ripstein Duplex Repairs], City of Winnipeg Archives.

City of Winnipeg Building Permit 514/1910 [Portigal Warehouse Repairs and Addition], City of Winnipeg Archives.

City of Winnipeg Building Permit 733/1910 [Ripstein Block Addition], City of Winnipeg Archives.

1911 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.

City of Winnipeg Building Permit 1006/1911 [Folb House], City of Winnipeg Archives.

Source: City of Winnipeg Building Permit 1836/1911, [Dubinsky House Basement & Repairs], City of Winnipeg Archives.

City of Winnipeg Building Permit 1948/1911 [Ripstein Duplex Outhouses], City of Winnipeg Archives.

City of Winnipeg Building Permit 2091/1911 [Lechly Duplex A & B], City of Winnipeg Archives.

City of Winnipeg Building Permit 2159/1911 [Cherniak Block], City of Winnipeg Archives.

City of Winnipeg Building Permit 2223/1911 [Mirkovsky House], City of Winnipeg Archives.

City of Winnipeg Building Permit 2224/1911 [Mirkovsky House Stable], City of Winnipeg Archives.

City of Winnipeg Building Permit 2261/1911 [Shore House], City of Winnipeg Archives.

City of Winnipeg Building Permit 2167/1911 [Nugget Hotel Addition], City of Winnipeg Archives.

City of Winnipeg Building Permit 3153/1911 [Oretzki Block Addition], City of Winnipeg Archives.

City of Winnipeg Building Permit 3331/1911 [Girshfeild Block], City of Winnipeg Archives.

City of Winnipeg Building Permit 51/1912 [Portigal Block Alterations], City of Winnipeg Archives.

City of Winnipeg Building Permit 214/1912 [Dunn House], City of Winnipeg Archives.

City of Winnipeg Building Permit 260/1912 [Douglas House, Townsley House], City of Winnipeg Archives.

City of Winnipeg Building Permit 704/1912 [Shink House], City of Winnipeg Archives.

City of Winnipeg Building Permit 2699/1912 [Anderson House], City of Winnipeg Archives.

City of Winnipeg Building Permit 2971/1912 [Regar House], City of Winnipeg Archives.

City of Winnipeg Building Permit 3149/1912 [Pscheide House], City of Winnipeg Archives.

City of Winnipeg Building Permit 4077/1912 [Sures-Nozick Warehouse], City of Winnipeg Archives.

City of Winnipeg Building Permit 4421/1912 [Schnider Stable], City of Winnipeg Archives.

City of Winnipeg Building Permit 1253/1913 [Gottlieb House, Highgate House, Roberts House], City of Winnipeg Archives.

City of Winnipeg Building Permit 246/1914, [Cohen House], City of Winnipeg Archives.

City of Winnipeg Building Permit 16/1916 [Bermack Warehouse Addition and Alterations], City of Winnipeg Archives.

City of Winnipeg Building Permit 875/1916 [Wiseman & Yudluvitz Warehouse], City of Winnipeg Archives.

City of Winnipeg Building Permit 160/1919 [Malkin Block], City of Winnipeg Archives.

City of Winnipeg Building Permit 693/1919 [Rosenblat Block], City of Winnipeg Archives.

City of Winnipeg Building Permit 944/1919 [Kluner Block], City of Winnipeg Archives.

City of Winnipeg Building Permit 1129/1919 [Bass Garage], City of Winnipeg Archives.

City of Winnipeg Building Permit 1619/1919 [Chmelnitsky Building], City of Winnipeg Archives.

Death registration [Vera Blankstein], Manitoba Vital Statistics.

City of Winnipeg Building Permit 1724/1919 [Chmelnitsky Warehouse], City of Winnipeg Archives.

City of Winnipeg Building Permit 1708/1920 [Starikoff Building], City of Winnipeg Archives.

City of Winnipeg Building Permit 2430/1920 [Bermack and Chess Garage], City of Winnipeg Archives.

1921 Canada census, Ancestry.

City of Winnipeg Building Permit 2412/1921 [Zuken Grocery Alterations], City of Winnipeg Archives.

City of Winnipeg Building Permit 166/1923 [Finkelman Block], City of Winnipeg Archives.

City of Winnipeg Building Permit 2114/1925 [Standard Knitting Warehouse], City of Winnipeg Archives.

City of Winnipeg Building Permit 2634/1925 [Halparin House alterations], City of Winnipeg Archives.

City of Winnipeg Building Permit 79/1926 [Bermack Warehouse Repairs], City of Winnipeg Archives.

“Residential permits show big increase,” Winnipeg Tribune, 20 April 1926, page 9.

City of Winnipeg Building Permit 4349/1927 [Oretzki Block Addition], City of Winnipeg Archives.

City of Winnipeg Building Permit 5031/1927 [Girshfeild Block Alterations], City of Winnipeg Archives.

“Brick store on Selkirk,” Manitoba Free Press, 12 November 1927, page 19.

Death registration [Meyer Blankstein], Manitoba Vital Statistics.

City of Winnipeg Building Permit 3982/1928 [Bermack Warehouse Repairs], City of Winnipeg Archives.

City of Winnipeg Building Permit 3982/1928 [Bermack Warehouse Repairs], City of Winnipeg Archives.

City of Winnipeg Building Permit 4208/1928 [Mount Carmel Clinic], City of Winnipeg Archives.

City of Winnipeg Building Permit 4452/1930, [Chmelnitsky Building Addition and Alterations], City of Winnipeg Archives.

“Winnipeg’s new Uptown Theatre will open this evening,” Winnipeg Free Press, 24 December 1931, page 16.

“M. Z. Blankstein, architect, dies early this morning,” Winnipeg Free Press, 31 December 1931, page 1.

Winnipeg fire insurance map, #290 May 1956, City of Winnipeg Archives.

Winnipeg fire insurance map, #316 and #319 January 1957, City of Winnipeg Archives.

Obituary [Lena Blankstein], Winnipeg Free Press, 16 April 1959, page 47.

Death registration [Bertha Chechik], British Columbia Vital Statistics.

Obituary [Isaac Wolfe Blankstein], Winnipeg Free Press, 24 December 1990, page 62.

The Year Past 2002, Annual Report of the City of Winnipeg Historical Buildings Committee, page 14.

Obituary [Ida Blankstein], Winnipeg Free Press, 13 August 2003, page 47.

Obituary [Morley Blankstein], Winnipeg Free Press, 20 June 2015, page A30.

Obituary [Fred Blankstein], Winnipeg Free Press, 21 July 2018.

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Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada, 1800-1950 by Robert G. Hill, Toronto.

Palace Theatre saved from wrecking ball,” CTV News, 7 June 2022.

Winnipeg Building Index (University of Manitoba).

870 Redwood Avenue, Winnipeg.ca (UD): Assessment & Taxation: Property Details

We thank August Rivalin and Murray Peterson for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Jordan Makichuk and Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 20 February 2025

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