Regina, Saskatchewan

===Modern history (1945–present)===
[[File:Regina Met and Army & Navy 1965.jpg|thumb|A [[trolleybus]] on Broad Street in 1965. The movie theatre and department store were later demolished. Regina saw a number of buildings demolished from 1945 to the 1970s.]]
The disappearance of the [[Simpson's]], [[Eaton's]] and [[Army & Navy Stores (Canada)|Army & Navy]] retail department stores in or near the central business district<ref>latterly deemed "Market Square," and not to be confused with the historic Market Square, the site of the [[Regina Riot]] on what is now the location of the Regina City Police Station). [http://esask.uregina.ca/entry/on-to-ottawa_trek_and_the_regina_riot.html Bill Waiser, "On-to-Ottawa Trek and the Regina Riot," ''Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan''.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170927110738/http://esask.uregina.ca/entry/on-to-ottawa_trek_and_the_regina_riot.html |date=27 September 2017 }}. Retrieved 11 December 2007.</ref> and [[Simpsons-Sears]] to the north on Broad Street, left only the [[Hudson's Bay Company]] as a large department store in Regina-centre. This, with the proliferation of shopping malls beginning in the 1960s and "[[big box store]]s" in the 1990s on the periphery, together with a corresponding drift of entertainment venues (and all but one downtown cinema) to the city outskirts, had depleted the city centre. The former [[Hudson's Bay (retailer)|Hudson's Bay Company]] department store (previously the site of the Regina Theatre though long vacant after that burned to the ground) has been converted into offices; [[Globe Theatre, Regina|Globe Theatre]], located in the [[Prince Edward Building (Regina)|old Post Office]] building at 11th Avenue and Scarth Street, [[Casino Regina]] and its show lounge in the former CPR train station, the [[Cornwall Centre (Regina, Saskatchewan)|Cornwall Centre]] and downtown restaurants now draw people downtown again.

Many buildings of significance and value were lost during the period from 1945 through approximately 1970: Knox [[United Church of Canada|United Church]] was demolished in 1951; the [[Romanesque Revival architecture|Romanesque Revival]] city hall in 1964 (the failed shopping mall which replaced it is now office space for the [[Government of Canada]]<ref>[http://www.pwgsc.gc.ca/db/text/archives/2002/fall2002/article006-e.html Public Works and Government Services Canada, "Revitalizing Downtown Regina" (Fall 2002).] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050419021507/http://www.pwgsc.gc.ca/db/text/archives/2002/fall2002/article006-e.html |date=19 April 2005 }}</ref>) and the 1894 [[Supreme Court of Saskatchewan|Supreme Court of the North-West Territories]] building at Hamilton Street and Victoria Avenue in 1965. 
[[File:Wascana Lake from the Legislative building in the 70s.jpg|thumb|left|[[Wascana Centre]] in 1970, eight years after it was established]]
In 1962 [[Wascana Centre|Wascana Centre Authority]] was established to govern the sprawling 50-year-old, {{cvt|2300|acre|order=flip}} [[Urban parks in Canada|urban park]] and legislative grounds. A 100-year plan was developed by World Trade Centre Architect [[Minoru Yamasaki]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nyc-architecture.com/GON/GON001G.htm|title=The Work of Minoru Yamasaki|last=Fletcher|first=Tom|date=1 December 2018|website=New York Architecture|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070317103511/http://www.nyc-architecture.com/GON/GON001G.htm|archive-date=17 March 2007|url-status=live}}</ref> and landscape architect [[Thomas Church (landscape architect)|Thomas Church]], as part of developing a new University of Saskatchewan campus in the southeast end of the park. The master plan has been subsequently revised every five to seven years since, most recently in 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://wascana.ca/about-us/wc-master-plan|title=Wascana Centre Master Plan|date=1 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181201183342/http://wascana.ca/about-us/wc-master-plan|archive-date=1 December 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Wascana Centre]] has made Regina as enjoyable and fulfilling for residents as it had long been the "[[metropole]]" for farmers and residents of small neighbouring towns. Despite the setting, improbable though it always was compared with other more likely sites for the capitol, the efforts' results were favourable.{{citation needed|date=March 2018}}

The long-imperilled [[Government House (Saskatchewan)|Government House]] was saved in 1981 after decades of neglect and returned to viceregal use,<ref>[http://esask.uregina.ca/entry/government_house.html Michael Jackson, "Government House," ''Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan''.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080112182744/http://esask.uregina.ca/entry/government_house.html |date=12 January 2008 }}. Retrieved 11 December 2007.</ref> the former Anglican diocesan property at Broad Street and College Avenue is being redeveloped with strict covenants to maintain the integrity of the diocesan buildings and St Chad's School<ref>[http://esask.uregina.ca/entry/anglican_church_of_canada.html Trevor Powell, "Anglican Church of Canada," in ''Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan''.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161109215547/http://esask.uregina.ca/entry/anglican_church_of_canada.html |date=9 November 2016 }}. Retrieved 18 October 2007.</ref> and the former Sacred Heart Academy building<ref>Recalled though not explicitly named by [[Erika Ritter]] in her humorous memoir ''Ritter in Residence''.</ref> immediately adjacent to the [[Holy Rosary Cathedral (Regina)|Roman Catholic Cathedral]] has been converted into townhouses.

Recently older buildings have been put to new uses, including the old Normal School on the Regina College campus of the University of Regina (now the [[Canada Saskatchewan Production Studios]]) and the old Post Office on the Scarth Street Mall. [[Regina's historic buildings and precincts#The warehouse district|The Warehouse District]], immediately adjacent to the central business district to the north of the CPR line, has become a desirable commercial and residential precinct as historic warehouses have been converted to retail, nightclubs and residential use.