Mohkínstsis — 1.6 million people at the Foothills of the Rocky Mountains, 400 high-rises, a 300-metre SE to NW climb, over 1000 kilometres of pathways, with 20% of the urban area as parkland.
Mohkínstsis — 1.6 million people at the Foothills of the Rocky Mountains, 400 high-rises, a 300-metre SE to NW climb, over 1000 kilometres of pathways, with 20% of the urban area as parkland.
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Mohkínstsis — 1.6 million people at the Foothills of the Rocky Mountains, 400 high-rises, a 300-metre SE to NW climb, over 1000 kilometres of pathways, with 20% of the urban area as parkland.
I was alive and living in Charlottetown when that picture was taken. In fact, my house would have been two blocks from here.........
The streetscape is essentially unchanged (except that the old Bank of Commerce building on the corner of Queen and Grafton has been torn down and replaced. I remember that building well, I used to perch on the window ledges of the bank to watch the Gold Cup and Saucer Parade every August). I had completely forgotten about the old Dominion store. We used to shop for groceries there. The storefronts on Queen Street are all changed. The Moore & McLeod, Metropolitan and Woolworth department stores all disappeared in the 1980's.
A few more shots from Memorial University of the unveiling of the National War Memorial (between Water and Duckworth Streets) on Memorial Day (July 1), 1924.
And a few older shots of Water Street:
And one post-Confederation photo of the old Newfoundland Hotel still standing and the new Newfoundland Hotel under construction.
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I love old photos of Vancouver. The grit. The heavy industry. Yaletown and Granville Island, in particular. Who could have predicted the Vancouver of today. More, please.
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That's awesome to see.
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