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Calgary Buildings Lost to History

Not really about buildings but the City's website with historical air photos has added a ton of new layers:

1953, 1957, 1962, 1966, 1969, 1972, and 1975

Before there was a big gap with 1948 and then 1979, skipping all of the phases of the oil boom demolitions.

 
JoeUrban said:
Not really about buildings but the City's website with historical air photos has added a ton of new layers:

1953, 1957, 1962, 1966, 1969, 1972, and 1975

Before there was a big gap with 1948 and then 1979, skipping all of the phases of the oil boom demolitions.

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Thanks for posting. For a Calgary without parking lots, check out 1957. The last aerial before they became ubiquitous everywhere in the core.

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2020 - ~6 booms later and we still got some work to do.
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CBBarnett said:
Thanks for posting. For a Calgary without parking lots, check out 1957. The last aerial before they became ubiquitous everywhere in the core.
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It would have been so much better if we had a smaller commercial core, and then a Beltline type neighbour hood where the single family houses once stood. It's such a shame.
 
Disraeli said:
It would have been so much better if we had a smaller commercial core, and then a Beltline type neighbour hood where the single family houses once stood. It's such a shame.
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Would have been cool to have retained some of the blocks of houses and had a Yorkville-like shopping street

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Silence&Motion said:
We should see how many houses we can find remaining downtown. Here are a couple peaked roofs you can see along Centre Street in Chinatown. There's also a handful remaining in the West Village. Some were demolished within the last few years.

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Those looked pretty cool originally

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JoeUrban said:
Not really about buildings but the City's website with historical air photos has added a ton of new layers:

1953, 1957, 1962, 1966, 1969, 1972, and 1975

Before there was a big gap with 1948 and then 1979, skipping all of the phases of the oil boom demolitions.

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Not quite in the same vein of this thread, but looking at the late 60s/early 70s, was that a drive in cinema where the Anderson train garage is now? It's probably clearest in the 1969 imagery.
 
Nemesis said:
Not quite in the same vein of this thread, but looking at the late 60s/early 70s, was that a drive in cinema where the Anderson train garage is now? It's probably clearest in the 1969 imagery.
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There was a drive in movie theatre in that area in the 70's. I don't remember the exact location, but Anderson LRT sounds about right.
 
Nemesis said:
Not quite in the same vein of this thread, but looking at the late 60s/early 70s, was that a drive in cinema where the Anderson train garage is now? It's probably clearest in the 1969 imagery.
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Great catch! Looks like it was demolished in the late-70s to make way for the garage.

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