 In Regina the warehouses were commercial depots for the receipt of goods from eastern Canada and the USA.With the eclipse of the railroads by the highways the Warehouse District lost its original "raison d’être" and for a time the warehouses seemed in danger of becoming white elephants.The Warehouse District has become a highly desirable night life precinct and residential address in Regina and appears likely to become a salutary exception to the general trend of commercial and residential development during the postwar years away from the city centre to the periphery.