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Manitoba Business: Waisman Ross and Associates / Blankstein Coop Gillmor and Hanna / Number TEN Architectural Group

In May 1953, the Winnipeg-based architectural firm of Waisman Ross and Associates was established by Allan Harvie Waisman and Jack Mollison Ross. It merged in 1964 with the firm of Blankstein Coop Gillmore and Hanna that had been founded in 1956 by Morley Blankstein and Isadore “Issie” Coop (joined in 1959 by Alan Hanna and R. Douglas Gillmor). The combined name proved cumbersome so it soon became Number TEN Architectural Group, named for the number of its office on Donald Street.

Blankstein Coop Gillmor and Hanna

Building

Location

Year

Status

Mott House (renovation)

139 Middle Gate, Winnipeg

1956

 

Isbister Building

183 Dafoe Road, Winnipeg

1961

 

Pharmacy Building (University of Manitoba)

50 Sifton Road, Winnipeg

1962

 

Peguis Pavilion

Kildonan Park, Winnipeg

1965-1966

 

Waisman Ross and Associates

Building

Location

Year

Status

Crystal City Hospital

Crystal City

?

 

Deloraine Memorial Hospital

Deloraine

1955

 

Glenboro Hospital

Glenboro

?

 

Grandview Hospital

Grandview

?

 

Hunter Memorial Hospital

Teulon

1955

 

INCO Administration Building

Thompson

?

 

St. Pierre Hospital

St-Pierre-Jolys

?

 

Wilson Memorial Hospital

147 Summit Street, Melita

1955

 

New York Life Building

385 St. Mary Avenue, Winnipeg

1957

 

Ecole Tache

744 Langevin Street, Winnipeg

1958

 

St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church

2400 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg

1959

 

International Business Machines Building

373 Broadway, Winnipeg

1960

 

Transcona Collegiate Institute

1305 Winona Street, Winnipeg

1960-1961

 

Baxter Building

360 Broadway, Winnipeg

1962

 

Clark's Department Store (Grant Park Plaza)

Grant Avenue at Nathaniel, Winnipeg

1962

 

Clark's Department Store (Northgate Plaza)

McPhillips Street at Dafoe, Winnipeg

1962

 

International Business Machines Building (expansion)

373 Broadway, Winnipeg

1963

 

Murdoch Mackay Collegiate

260 Redonda Street, Winnipeg

1963

 

Errick F. Willis Pavilion

International Peace Garden

1966-1967

 

Waisman, Ross, Blankstein, Coop, Gillmor and Hanna

Building

Location

Year

Status

Errick F. Willis Pavilion

International Peace Garden

1966-1967

 

Manitoba Theatre Centre

174 Market Avenue, Winnipeg

1969-1970

 

Number TEN Architectural Group

Building

Location

Year

Status

Winnipeg Post Office

266 Graham Avenue, Winnipeg

?

 

Winnipeg Transit Maintenance Complex

Winnipeg

?

 

Lions Manor

320 Sherbrook Street, Winnipeg

?

 

Air Canada Maintenance Hangars

Winnipeg

?

 

Pilot Training Building

Southport, Manitoba

?

 

Nefco Furniture Store

339 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg

?

 

Reh-Fit Centre

1390 Taylor Avenue, Winnipeg

?

 

Glendale Golf and Country Club

400 Augier Avenue, Winnipeg

?

 

Asper Jewish Community Campus

123 Doncaster Street, Winnipeg

1996

 

St. Amant Centre [renovations and additions]

440 River Road, Winnipeg

?

 

Kleysen Transport Building (renovation)

 

2002-2003

 

See also:

Memorable Manitobans: Morley Blankstein (1924-2015)

Memorable Manitobans: Isadore “Issie” Coop (1926-2003)

Memorable Manitobans: R. Douglas “Doug” Gillmor (1930-2019)

Memorable Manitobans: Jack Mollison Ross (1929-2003)

Memorable Manitobans: Allan Harvie Waisman (1928-2017)

Sources:

“Business world [Baxter Building],” Winnipeg Tribune, 22 February 1962, page 94.

“Business world [Clarkes-Gamble stores],” Winnipeg Tribune, 5 May 1962, page 46.

“Cornerstone laid for school [Murdoch Mackay Collegiate],” Winnipeg Tribune, 21 October 1963, page 17.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 1 April 2023

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