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Originally Posted by Phil McAvity
Also, it would be nice if someone would update Kelowna's tallest buildings list on wikipedia @ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...ngs_in_Kelowna On that page it would be cool if someone could come up with a timeline of Kelowna's tallest buildings too since Victoria and Vancouver both have them, I would do it myself but I have no idea what Kelowna's tallest buildings were before 1976. |
Before the Kiwanis building was constructed in 1976, the tallest building was either the Capri Hotel (built 1962) or Roth Apartments on Pandosy Street (built 1969). They are both mid rises, though I'm not sure which one is taller. Before that, the tallest was probably the Memorial Arena. There were not very many, if any, 3+ storey buildings in Kelowna prior to the early 1960's
Interesting to note, the 5 storey Imperial building on Lakeshore Road was built in 1962. That area was the middle of nowhere at that time. I thought it was built in the 1990s.