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Disclaimer: The author of this article is Coop's son, Jack Coop. However, apart from the heading "Formative Years", which is based on an interview and the author's personal knowledge, the remainder of the article is fully and carefully referenced and based on published and publicly available sources of information.
In case you are unable to access the Free Press archives, here is the text of the article which comprises footnote 1:
Architect changed the face of Winnipeg, By Kevin Rollason
A prominent architect who
designed the Winnipeg Convention
Centre and several buildings
at the University of Manitoba, as well as
being the first president of the North
Portage Development Corp., has died.
Isadore (Issie) Coop was 77. He died
Nov. 29.
Yesterday, friends and colleagues said
Coop was an architect who will be
remembered by the buildings he
designed and the projects he helped
usher in.
“He changed the urban landscape of
this city,” said lawyer Jack London, a
friend of Coop’s for years.
“He was a premier architect of Winnipeg
and he was a Winnipegger — a
devout and confirmed Winnipegger. He
always believed this was the best place
in the world to live.”
Morley Blankstein, Coop’s longtime
business partner at the Number 10
Architectural Group, said his architectural
resume is a long one.
Blankstein said Coop designed many
buildings including the University of
Manitoba’s Fletcher Argue building,
Max Bell Centre, Student Union building
and Faculty of Pharmacy building.
As well, he designed the new provincial
Law Courts Building, the Canadian
Embassy in Pakistan, the Driver and
Vehicle Licensing building on Portage
Avenue and had a hand in the final
design of the Winnipeg Art Gallery.
As president and chief executive officer
of the North Portage Development
Corp. from 1984 to 1990 he oversaw the
project from the expropriation of land
to the opening of its doors.
Local architect Steve Cohlmeyer said
Coop “was an important person in the
world of architecture in the city.”
Coop is survived by his wife Cynthia,
one daughter and two sons.
A legacy trust has been established at
the University of Manitoba in Coop's
memory for donations.
➲ kevin.rollason@freepress.mb.ca
Jack Coop (talk) 00:52, 8 February 2017 (UTC)Reply
