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Place: Former Zuibrycki Shoe Repair
Address: 956 Notre Dame Avenue (Map)
Constructed: 1916, 1930
956 Notre Dame Avenue is actually a trio of buildings. There is a house portion with a retail frontage and an adjacent shoe repair shop located on the west side.
The house portion with its retail frontage appear to have been built together in 1916. The first store listed in the Henderson Directory as operating from there was the grocery of Alfred Anderson who also lived in the house.
In 1918, it was taken over by Henry Harder who also owned stores at 46 Keewatin Street and 666 Sargent Avenue under the name "Bell Stores". By 1921, the store was called the Bee Hive Store owned by William B Myers, who also operated a store in West Kildonan. Later that decade it was run by John Krickloff.
The first mention of a shoe repair shop on the site comes in 1930. John Dubusky lived in the house and ran both Dubusky Confectionery and Dubusky Shoe Repair from this address. The store was up for sale in 1933 - 1934 and then began its 75-year history with the Zuibrycki family.
John Zuibrycki was born in Mohylnycia, Ukraine and came to Canada in 1911 at the age of 30. He and wife Katharine had three children.
Zuibrycki ran just the shoe repair store. In 1937, Harry Bernstein, 30, who had operated a grocery elsewhere on Notre Dame took over he store at 956 Notre Dame and moved into he house with the family. (On the side of the shoe shop there is a sign advertising "Harry's Confectionery".)
The family and Bernstein had a close call in January 1940 when a late night fire damaged the residential portion of the building. Everyone managed to escape.
Bernstein operated the grocery store until 1941 before moving it to a neighbouring building. From that point forward the shoe repair is the only store listed at this address, suggesting that it moved into the larger, more modern retail space.
Zuibryki spent 40 years as a shoemaker. He retired in 1960 and died in February 1964.
John's son, Peter, opened his own enterprise at 956 Notre Dame in the late 1960s.
Peter was well known on the local sports scene as both a cyclist and a speed skater. He opened Cycle Centre Sportif which was not just a retail shop bu also sponsored cycling and skating events and tournaments. The store lasted until the 1980s. Peer died in 2009.
In 2010, an application was made by Nick Zuibrycki to have
the buildings torn down. Because it is on a major route the community
committee rejected the application until there was a plan
of what would go in its place.
In February 2013, the city approved a rezoning and variance application so that a three-storey residential building could be built on the site. It would contain 18 units of about 440 square feet each plus a mezzanine.
It made headlines as the architect initially was going to build it from shipping containers, though that was soon changed to timber frame construction.
No construction took place and the variances were renewed in 2015 and 2018.
The vacant buildings were finally torn down in 2018 and the land is currently for sale for $799,000.
Related:
My Flickr Album of 956 Notre Dame
Address: 956 Notre Dame Avenue (Map)
Constructed: 1916, 1930
956 Notre Dame Avenue is actually a trio of buildings. There is a house portion with a retail frontage and an adjacent shoe repair shop located on the west side.
The house portion with its retail frontage appear to have been built together in 1916. The first store listed in the Henderson Directory as operating from there was the grocery of Alfred Anderson who also lived in the house.
In 1918, it was taken over by Henry Harder who also owned stores at 46 Keewatin Street and 666 Sargent Avenue under the name "Bell Stores". By 1921, the store was called the Bee Hive Store owned by William B Myers, who also operated a store in West Kildonan. Later that decade it was run by John Krickloff.
The first mention of a shoe repair shop on the site comes in 1930. John Dubusky lived in the house and ran both Dubusky Confectionery and Dubusky Shoe Repair from this address. The store was up for sale in 1933 - 1934 and then began its 75-year history with the Zuibrycki family.
January 17, 1940, Winnipeg Tribune
John Zuibrycki was born in Mohylnycia, Ukraine and came to Canada in 1911 at the age of 30. He and wife Katharine had three children.
Zuibrycki ran just the shoe repair store. In 1937, Harry Bernstein, 30, who had operated a grocery elsewhere on Notre Dame took over he store at 956 Notre Dame and moved into he house with the family. (On the side of the shoe shop there is a sign advertising "Harry's Confectionery".)
The family and Bernstein had a close call in January 1940 when a late night fire damaged the residential portion of the building. Everyone managed to escape.
Bernstein operated the grocery store until 1941 before moving it to a neighbouring building. From that point forward the shoe repair is the only store listed at this address, suggesting that it moved into the larger, more modern retail space.
Zuibryki spent 40 years as a shoemaker. He retired in 1960 and died in February 1964.
1979 ad
John's son, Peter, opened his own enterprise at 956 Notre Dame in the late 1960s.
Peter was well known on the local sports scene as both a cyclist and a speed skater. He opened Cycle Centre Sportif which was not just a retail shop bu also sponsored cycling and skating events and tournaments. The store lasted until the 1980s. Peer died in 2009.
In February 2013, the city approved a rezoning and variance application so that a three-storey residential building could be built on the site. It would contain 18 units of about 440 square feet each plus a mezzanine.
It made headlines as the architect initially was going to build it from shipping containers, though that was soon changed to timber frame construction.
No construction took place and the variances were renewed in 2015 and 2018.
In 2008 and 2018
The vacant buildings were finally torn down in 2018 and the land is currently for sale for $799,000.
Related:
My Flickr Album of 956 Notre Dame
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