On a very lovely beautiful day in late October 2006, I took these photos, mostly of a few of Calgary's older buildings but some other stuff as well. These pictures have been kicking around my hard drive for a while, collecting dust, so now they are resurrected.
Hope you enjoy
I started my little walk right downtown at 9th Avenue:
These buildings in the next 2 pictures will likely give way for development soon:
Next 3 shots: Penny Lane Mall, slated for demolition if all goes according to plan
This is the only building on the block that is supposed to stay:
The sketchy area of 7th Ave:
Moving east:
The "legendary" Cecil Hotel:
And now, we're in Chinatown:
Centre Street Bridge:
Eau Claire Market: this area will see a huge redevelopment hopefully sooner than later:
This corner has now been demolished and construction of a highrise is underway:
These towers are now nearing completion:
Moving to 4th Ave:
Hidden downtown house:
Rare downtown house:
Not a very loved building:
Another rare downtown home:
Some west-end condos in the background:
In the foreground is reminder of how this area used to look when it was lined with houses, probably over 30 years ago. Now only a few remain:
Nice. I remember playing pool a few times at Sunset Billiards when visting friends.
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