Edmonton’s Dearly Departed Funeral Parlours
Funeral homes and crematoriums can be found scattered around Edmonton today, but through most of the 20th century, downtown was…
Stories tagged: Built Heritage
Edmonton’s Merchant Prince: James Ramsey
Echoes of one of Edmonton’s earliest successful retail enterprises can be found in the new Kelly Ramsey Tower now being…
Apartment Living – Then and Now
Imagine reading in a local newspaper the following description of a building to be built in Edmonton: A driveway will…
McDougall United Church
Named for Reverend George McDougall, who arrived in the Edmonton area in 1862, the orange-red brick church at the top…
Buena Vista Building
Streetcars trundled down Jasper Avenue and turned northward to travel along newly-laid tracks on 124th Street. It was a vibrant…
Crawford Block
Over its 102 years, the main floor of the building has served as a tent and awning store and was…
Edmonton’s 1957 City Hall
Edmonton’s second City Hall was a news-making building right from the beginning. Completed in 1957 as one of Canada’s first…
The High Level Bridge at 100
It wasn’t fancy, but it was strong and structural, with 17.2 million pounds of steel held together with 1.4 million…
Curiosities Bus Tour
The second Curiosities Bus Tour visited the Prince of Wales Armouries, The City Centre Airport on the day it ceased…