Wildwood Park | |
|---|---|
Neighbourhood | |
  Wildwood Park | |
| Coordinates: 49°50′49″N 97°07′48″W / 49.847°N 97.13°W | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Manitoba |
| Region | Winnipeg Metro Region |
| City ward | Fort Rouge–East Fort Garry |
| Established | 1946–47 |
| Government | |
| • MP | Ben Carr |
| • MLA | Mark Wasyliw |
| • Councillor | Sherri Rollins |
| Area | |
| • Neighbourhood | 1.3 km2 (0.5 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 5,306.79 km2 (2,048.96 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 232 m (761 ft) |
| Population (2016)[1] | |
| • Neighbourhood | 1,130 |
| • Density | 870/km2 (2,300/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 778,489 |
| Forward Sortation Area | R3T |
| Area code(s) | Area codes 204 and 431 |
Wildwood Park (also spelled Wildewood) is a suburban, planned community in Winnipeg that has a central green space and no front roads (only back alleys), with communal walkways, playgrounds, and parks.
Nearly all of the original houses are based on five variations of three basic designs, pre-fabricated in one section of the site. The site plan concept is based on the Radburn community design of architects Henry Wright and Clarence Stein who advocated the idea of designing neighbourhoods for the "motor age". It varies from the original in the introduction of crescents (or loops) as the local access roads. It was developed in 1946–47 by Hubert Bird and designed by Green, Blankstein, Russell (GBR). It is well known as an early example of the Radburn pattern, which has found extensive application in the second half of the 20th century. It presages the emergence of the fused grid that uses the same principle of filtered permeability.