Yet another fantastic film from streetfilms.  This one involves removing cars from a major intersection and the placing of street furniture in the street.  Allowances are made for street cars to travel through at 17th / Castro / Market in San Francisco.
After 17 years of planning, installation occured over a 72 hour period, from cars to pedestrian friendly streetscape.
http://www.streetfilms.org/archives/san-francisco-carves-a-park-from-the-midst-of-its-pavement/
I would be curious to hear about where you think this could occur in Winnipeg, such as Albert / McDermot / Bannatyne area.
This network isn't a discussion based forum, so feel free to e-mail me if you have a suggestion and I'll compile a list and reply back.
David Wieser