This three-storey brick block on River Avenue in Winnipeg was built in 1928 by the Moxam Construction Company at a cost of about $70,000. The 111 foot by 58 foot building contained 22 apartments in its original configuration, each with three or four rooms.
Bronx Apartments (November 2020)
Source: George PennerSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.88018, W97.14389
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Manitoba Business: Moxam Construction Company
City of Winnipeg Building Permit 954/1928, City of Winnipeg Archives.
“$620,000 to be spent on four new blocks here,” Winnipeg Tribune, 29 February 1928, page 1.
Find a Postal Code, Canada Post.
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, and George Penner.
Page revised: 23 May 2024
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