Posted Feb 21, 2015, 9:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Boris2k7
Mount Royal (divided into "Upper" and "Lower") is among the oldest communities in Calgary, originally settled around 1906 along the then-southern edge of the city (ie. anywhere South of 17th Avenue SW and West of 4th Street SW, back then "Notre Dame Ave" and "Broadway Street"). It was initially a mansion district oriented around Royal Ave, settled by American business elites, and dubbed "American Hill," until Canadian Pacific registered the Mount Royal District subdivision plan with the city in 1907. If you go up the hill, you can find such streets as Frontenac Ave, Montcalm Crescent, Wolfe Street, Montreal Ave, Carleton Street, Dorchester Ave, Cabot Street, etc.
LMR is now largely covered by apartments and is primarily younger renters and graduates, while UMR is mostly single family homes built and is primarily wealthy middle-age families. They are both covered by a single community association, though it is heavily represented by people from the Upper district.
Note: Mount Royal University is not nearby Mount Royal. Also, Mount Royal here is the name of the community, not the hill that it sits on (I'm actually unaware if the hill has a formal name).
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It's very Canadian to have a super low density old money mansion district next to a high density apartment district for upwardly mobile young professionals. In Vancouver, Shaugnessy slides into South Granville; in Toronto it's Forest Hill next to Yonge and Eglinton; in Montreal, Westmount gives way to Shaugnessy Village; in Edmonton Glenora is next to Oliver, etc., etc.
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