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The city as the rivers arrange it. Amber marks a neighbourhood I have written about; grey ones are still to come.

Written so far

• Charleswood

  Deep lots, open ditches, and houses from every decade.

• Crescentwood

  Four houses in five built before 1960.

• Downtown

  Buying a home means buying into a building.

• Exchange District

  Homes in buildings that were built for business.

• Fort Garry

  River streets, Pembina towers, and the houses by the university.

• Linden Woods

  Two houses in three built between 1981 and 2000.

• North End

  Three houses in four built before 1960.

• Osborne Village

  Towers from the 1960s and 1970s, and the walk-ups around them.

• River Heights

  Nine houses in ten built before 1960, and what that tells you to look at.

• Sage Creek

  A neighbourhood still on its first set of roofs.

• St. James

  More than half its homes built before 1960.

• St. Norbert

  Houses from every decade, where the La Salle meets the Red.

• St. Vital

  One name, two different building eras.

• The Maples

  Seven houses in ten built between 1961 and 1980.

• Tuxedo

  Three building eras under one name.

• West Kildonan

  Four building eras, neighbourhood by neighbourhood.

• Whyte Ridge

  Three houses in four built between 1981 and 2000.

• Wolseley

  Almost nine houses in ten built before 1960.

Next

Still to come: St. Boniface, Windsor Park, East Kildonan, North Kildonan and Transcona, each read the same way — through its buildings rather than its restaurants: what was built there and when, what you can see from the street, and the questions worth asking before you offer. If you want a particular one sooner, say so.