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Old Tuxedo - Wikipedia

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Old Tuxedo
Neighbourhood
Old Tuxedo
Coordinates: 49°52′18″N 97°12′44″W / 49.87167°N 97.21222°W / 49.87167; -97.21222
Country	Canada
Province	Manitoba
City	Winnipeg
Incorporated	1913
Founded by	F. W. Heubach and the Tuxedo Park Company
Named for	Tuxedo Park, New York
Population
• Total	915
• Density	1,198.1/km² (3,103/sq mi)
Forward Sortation Area	R3P & R3N

Old Tuxedo is an affluent residential suburban neighbourhood in Tuxedo, Winnipeg. It is bounded by the Assiniboine River to the North, Park Boulevard N to the west, Tuxedo Avenue and Roblin Boulevard to the south and Route 90 to the east.

Old Tuxedo is part of the Assiniboine South Neighbourhood Cluster. It is part of the city ward of Charleswood-Tuxedo-Westwood, the provincial electoral district of Tuxedo and the federal electoral district of Winnipeg South Centre.

Etymology

Old Tuxedo gets its name from Tuxedo Park, New York an affluent community in New York State.^[1]

History

Old Tuxedo is one of the only parts of the Olmsted Company's original plan for the Town of Tuxedo.^[1] Homes in the area began construction two years following the incorporation of the Town of Tuxedo in 1913. Conditions for construction stipulated that the homes could not occupy more than 40% of their lots and could not exceed 60 feet in height.^[1] The first house in the town of Tuxedo, Carey House was constructed in Old Tuxedo by the daughter of F.W Heubach and her husband, Architect Raymond Carey.^[1]^[2] They erected a structure at 121 Park Boulevard N in 1915. According to the Winnipeg Architectural society, they constructed "a three-storey residence in a restrained Classically inspired manner which evokes the Georgian and French Classical in its roofline, symmetrically, and decorative elements."^[1] Carey House is still standing in 2023.^[2]

Demographics

The neighbourhood is predominantly white, affluent and anglophone. According to the 2016 Census, the neighbourhood is 85.4% Anglophone.^[3] The neighbourhood is majority white, with the largest non-white ethnic groups being Indigenous or Metis (10.4%) and Filipino (6.6%).^[3]

The average income of the neighbourhood is $186,161, four times higher than the city average of $44,915.^[3]

Amenities

Old Tuxedo is home to the Kenaston Willow Parkette and a walking path along the Assiniboine River. Old Tuxedo is also host to Informal "monkey" bike trails along the bank of the Assiniboine River.^{[citation needed]}

Old Tuxedo is home to the Asper Jewish Community Campus, a 200,000 square foot facility^[4] on the former site of the Agricultural College that hosts the Berney Theatre, the Rady Center, the Gray Academy as well as a number of other philanthropic and educational organizations.

Points of interest

Old Tuxedo contains the original structures for the Manitoba Agricultural College; later used as the School for the Deaf, Fort Osbourne Barracks, and as a juvenile court.^[5] It became a provincially-designated historic site in 1995.^[5]

Old Tuxedo is also home to the Manitoba Youth Centre, a juvenile detention centre.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Winnipeg Architectural Foundation. Tuxedo. http://www.winnipegarchitecture.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Web-Exhibit-Tuxedo-1.pdf. Accessed June 4, 2023
^ ^a ^b Says, Marshall Freed. "This Home Carries a Lot of Significance: Carey House". Heritage Winnipeg. Retrieved 2023-06-05.
^ ^a ^b ^c Winnipeg, City of. "Winnipeg.ca (UD) : 2016 Census". legacy.winnipeg.ca. Retrieved 2023-06-05.
^ "Asper Jewish Community Campus". ajcc.ca. Retrieved 2023-06-05.
^ ^a ^b "Historic Sites of Manitoba: Manitoba Agricultural College / Manitoba School for the Deaf / Fort Osborne Barracks / Asper Jewish Community Campus (123 Doncaster Street, Winnipeg)". www.mhs.mb.ca. Retrieved 2023-06-05.

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