Where in Calgary?
 

So some of you Calgary SSP forum members have been here in Calgary for a bit and as such, I'd thought I'd start up this thread that is sort of a hide and seek sort of thread except we're looking to ID the location of certain things/spots in Calgary that have been around for a while and that many of us have probably driven/walked by multiple times without realizing something unique was right before us.

So to start off this thread...

It's a statue, unsullied by wind, snow or rain, and has watched over it's road for over 100 years.

Post up your guesses - once ID'ed, I'll start another thread because I've got a few places/things that will be interesting finds.

The lions on the Centre Street Bridge?

Nope - one key clue, "unsullied by wind, snow or rain" plus the Centre Street Lions are still not 100 years old.

I'm stumped.

Mary at Sacred Heart Covent?

No, but you're so close - I believe she's outside and does experience rain, snow or wind..

When you say road do you mean railroad bed? There is that old rail bridge around there... But don't know of any statues inside something. Other than that Peterlougheed Building is old... Anything inside there?

Jesus at Sacred Heart Convent.

Spot on Calalb - Google Streetview's view of creepy Jesus, link, up on the third floor behind the window and yeah, at night it's pretty creepy looking.

Okay, instead of another thread I'll just add onto this one...

Here's a pic of a large human head sculpture in someone's backyard - the sculpture must be 7-8 feet tall. Post up the address where you think this might be in Calgary.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/5040260/pics/bh2.jpg

All I can think of is the unsullied in Game of Thrones...:haha:

Nice one Speedog! I was also very stumped. This used to be on my bicycle commute home, and I never noticed this statue.

22nd Ave & 8th St SE in Ramsay. Owned by friends of a relative.

844 22 Ave SE to be exact - stumbled upon this while cruising about Ramsay a coiple of years ago. Info on this sculpture...

K, this one might be real easy or not...

Where's the true Queen's Park in Calgary? Proper street address as it does have one.

All that comes to mind is Queen's Park Cemetery.
3219 4 St. N.W.

That's the cemetery - looking for the park.

The corner of 10 st & 32 Ave NW, little hard to pin a specific address as there doesn't seem to be a formal entrance.

Nope, that's the off-leash dog park. Google Maps has it wrong as well.

7528 37 Ave NW in Bowness?

huh, dunno then. There isn't any reference to Queen's Park (ther than the cemetery and off leash park) on the city's website, so it's likely not a city maintained park.

That address is referred to as MacIntosh Park here

Oh, it's very much so a city owned and maintained park - been driving by this park for 18 plus years on an almost daily basis. It's on the city's web site - just hidden away sort of like this park.

Interesting that Google Maps has this one mis-named as well - they call the park at that address Beaupre Park which is actually located about 2 blocks to the west.

Wonder what data source they are using.

Is it larger than a block?

At a standard CoC city block being 100 meters long (10 blocks to a kilometre, 16 to a mile) then I would say it's 2 square city blocks by area.

925 39 Ave. NW

Had to search the Community Parks and Playground's list to find it, luckily it is one of the few that is named.

K, a Calgary lawn decoration and no doubt some of you have driven by this one - post up the address...

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/5040260/pics/wic008.jpg

a 26-27 model T.. No idea where it is but oddly enough i'm building a 1927.

The Model T looks like something one would see on Bow Cr but I'm just guessing, I don't have a specific address.

Nope, probably at least 7 miles away from where this Model T is. Wrong quadrant as well.

No idea :shrug:

SE Calgary, if you've driven to the hatchery then you've driven by this relic.

^ well that makes it easy!

http://i.imgur.com/vob8t6e.png
1609 17a St SE
Source https://www.google.ca/maps/place/1609+17...17ab91295485d:0x68768e34fb208fdb!6m1!1e1


How about this one? Very visible location.

http://i.imgur.com/2cR41Tw.jpg
Credit Google Street View. Sombrero added to hide address.

14th St SW, just south of 26th Ave.

See, now I made it too easy for y'all.

This one shouldn't be too difficult...

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/5040260/pics/IMG_20120625_205938.jpg

^Marda Loop?

Way, way too suburban. Got get closer into the core.

Stampede park?

Wrong area but right quadrant.

My guess is somewhere in Ramsay but I couldn't tell you a location.

I was going to guess Inglewood.

Ramsay it is, just got to narrow it down from there.

http://i.imgur.com/aNJLdSC.png
http://i.imgur.com/nZyEd6c.png
https://www.google.ca/maps/@51.0384582,-...3m4!1e1!3m2!1s-h9TgUMwM6lnPBPn-vZF0w!2e0

Next challenge:
http://i.imgur.com/GsbyDFs.jpg
(source Google Street View)

Been there, will leave for others to guess.

Chinese Cultural Centre. That was an easy one.

Seeing as there are no new challenges, I'll pop one in.

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3277/2551408871_90814f9858_o.jpg
Untitled by Surrealplaces, on Flickr

That's not bud's furniture is it?

Edit: no it's not... hmm 3 story..

Gresham Block in Inglewood

No idea, but it looks like a sad and abandoned area. Inglewood?