This three-storey brick building on Brandon Avenue (formerly Weatherdon Avenue) in Winnipeg, measuring 74 feet by 110 feet, was designed by architect Max Zev Blankstein. It was built in 1912 by contractor and owner Frank Moses at a cost of about $100,000. In its original configuration, the building contained 29 apartments.
In 1913, an additional three-storey brick block, measuring 90 feet by 46.6 feet, was built beside the original one. Also designed by Blankstein, it was built by contractor James Vickery at a cost of about $35,000 for owner Charles Lewis. The block contained 21 more apartments. Alterations in 1916 were completed by contractor Arthur John Bonnett at a cost of about $10,000 and, in 1925, further work was completed at a cost of about $25,000.
Known originally as Brandon Court, the building was renamed Riverbank Plaza in the mid-1960s.
Aerial view of Brandon Court (1923) by Royal Canadian Air Force photographer
Source: Archives of Manitoba, Surveys Branch Aerial Photos (A0262), GR11610, FA23-57
Riverbank Plaza (November 2020)
Source: George Penner
Riverbank Plaza (December 2022)
Source: Jordan Makichuk
Riverbank Plaza (July 2024)
Source: Jordan MakichukSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.86894, W97.13400
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Memorable Manitobans: Max Zev Blankstein (1874-1931)
Memorable Manitobans: Frank Moses (1874-?)
Memorable Manitobans: Arthur John Bonnett (1874-1942)
City of Winnipeg Building Permit 3235/1912, City of Winnipeg Archives.
“Big apartment for Weatherdon,” Winnipeg Tribune, 23 August 1912, page 1.
City of Winnipeg Building Permit 1695/1913, City of Winnipeg Archives.
“Thirty new apartment blocks being built,” Manitoba Free Press, 2 August 1913, page 10.
City of Winnipeg Building Permit 1047/1916, City of Winnipeg Archives.
“Much building in Winnipeg,” Manitoba Free Press, 23 November 1916, page 5.
City of Winnipeg Building Permit 3576/1925, City of Winnipeg Archives.
Henderson’s Winnipeg and Brandon Directories, Henderson Directories Limited, Peel’s Prairie Provinces, University of Alberta Libraries.
Apartment House Architecture in Winnipeg to 1915 by David Spector, December 1980.
Max Blankstein: Architect by Murray Peterson, Winnipeg Architecture Foundation, 2022.
Preparation of this page was supported, in part, by the Gail Parvin Hammerquist Fund of the City of Winnipeg.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer, Gordon Goldsborough, Jordan Makichuk, and George Penner.
Page revised: 27 September 2025
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