We'll kick this off with an old on of 17th ave (near 45th ave)
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Old photos of Calgary
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Social Justice
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I love this thread already!
A couple from the Glenbow Archives https://www.glenbow.org/
Generally Calgary has changed for the better, but I really like that strip of old warehouse buildings along the CPR tracks.
Generally Calgary has changed for the better, but I really like that strip of old warehouse buildings along the CPR tracks.
Cool pic of DT Calgary. Contstruiction site in the foreground is where the Hudson's Bay stands today. Interesting to see how bare Crescent Hill was back then.
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Here are a couple of non-Glenbow Archive shots
Tuxedo Park 1953
Tuxedo Park 1946
Tuxedo Park 1953
Tuxedo Park 1946
Bridgeland 1912 (Not sure where, as I can't find an address with the #308)
BKha
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Holy crap, that's Tuxedo? I lived there not long ago, I don't recognize it at all.
Silence&Motion
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Wow! Those images of Tuxedo Park and Bridgeland really drive home how young this city is. Hard to image that town of dirt roads and sparsely-populated, rolling hills would grow to become a major metropolis with over 1,000,000 residents and a skyline that rivals Philadelphia in just over 50 years.
AJX
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Chinook Arch
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I love that old pic of Centre Street Bridge. That's awesome.
One thing that stands out so much to me, is how few trees there were in Calgary back then.
One thing that stands out so much to me, is how few trees there were in Calgary back then.
The Familia
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Agree! I don't know what it is, but no matter the economic class a person was in, everyone just seemed more classy and presentable, especially in public. Men were always in suits and fedoras whether they were attending a sporting event or running errands. Even the working class construction workers are wearing collared button up shirts. Now you go into a Walmart and people are walking around in their pajamas with nacho cheese stains and it looks like they haven't showered in days.