2012 Great Outdoors Skating Rink Winter Warming Huts at the Forks and the Riverwalk, Jan 24 2012 Leif Norman 13 years ago A sunny winter day in Winnipeg I find the shadows on the snow interesting. Maybe nobody else does. Anyone? winter snow biking in Winnipeg signs, signs, everywhere are signs stairs leading down to the Assiniboine River The Riverwalk in winter, Winnipeg Some daring people cross the river even though it might be thin ice McFadyen Park has seen better days These nice new wooden benches down by the river have already been ruined with graffiti. Jerks! The squirrels have been jumping around in the snow This is some interesting graffiti. On the bridge. In Winnipeg. In winter. Under the Donald street bridge in Winnipeg Winnipeg's fantastic trees down by the river Danger Thin Ice Keep Off the river It was minus forty last week and the Assiniboine river still has not frozen Procor tanks on the railway The engineer actually waved at me! Winnipeggers love a bargain - and it doesn't get much thriftier than a Frank Gehry structure for $20K. As part of the third annual competition for River Trail warming huts, Gehry has contributed an elegant design of Douglas fir and semi-translucent ice blocks. The participation of the Toronto-born, L.A-based architect, best known for the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, confirms the competition's rapidly rising international profile. Nice patterns of snow on ice. Maybe squirrels? blocks of ice Frank Gehry's ice and wood warming hut in Winnipeg Solid blocks of ice Solid blocks of ice Railway bridge near the Forks, Winnipeg