![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() His 1906 warehouse, Neo-Classical in its proportions with some Romanesque Revival details and the tallest wholesale block in its area at the time of construction, typifies the persistent westward migration of downtown commercial facilities due in part to the success of early wholesalers like Ryan. From the mid-1870s to 1928, Ryan turned a modest shoemaking shop into a wholesale-retail empire that marketed goods across the West. The Ryan Block is the last in a series of major physical investments made in Winnipeg's downtown warehouse district by pioneer entrepreneur and civic leader Thomas Ryan to accommodate his ever-expanding shoe business. The City of Winnipeg designation applies to the building on its footprint. The Ryan Block, built in 1906-07, is a seven-storey warehouse-office facility of brick and heavy timber construction in Winnipeg's Exchange District. ![]()
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