Let the Sandstone tour begin…..

“The Trees”, to help reduce the wind gusts between the tall buildings. Also, you will see our “Plus 15” bridge in the background. “The public access through private buildings enables pedestrians to travel in weather-protected walkways, approximately 15 feet above the street level.”
Some history, compliments of the City of Calgary: “The years that followed World War II, many North American downtowns experienced a decline in pedestrian activity. This was a result of lack of investment in the inner city infrastructure during the war, improvements and innovation in transport – including a significant increase in car ownership and the loss of retail stores to suburbs.
Although this impact was less pronounced in Canadian cities, it did provide the impetus for skywalks and the underground walkways which provided a convenient and secure pedestrian environment.” Today, “The Plus 15 or +15 Skyway network in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, is the world’s second most extensive pedestrian skywalk system, with a total length of 16 kilometers (9.9 miles) and 59 bridges.”

Hudson Bay Company

The old and new…

Conversation…

More sandstone…

The Pedestrian Walkway…

Teatro Restaurant – Theatre District, with City Hall in the background

Theatre District – Epcor Centre

“The Famous Five”: or “The Valiant Five were five Canadian women who asked the Supreme Court of Canada to answer the question, “Does the word ‘Persons’ in Section 24 of the British North America Act, 1867, include female persons?” in the case Edwards v. Canada (Attorney General). The petition was filed on August 27, 1927and on 24 April 1928, Canada’s Supreme Court summarized its unanimous decision that women are not such “persons’.

Olympic Plaza, created as a meeting place for the 1988 Calgary Olympics.

Old City Hall, Calgary:
“Calgary City Hall is of historical significance largely due to Calgary’s pre-eminent position in southern Alberta. As the leading urban centre in this region, Calgary both benefited from and demonstrated the economic, political and social development of that area of the province. The civic booster movement was popular in many western North American towns and cities during the early years of the twentieth century and the construction of such a solid and imposing a building as City Hall served as a dramatic statement about the dynamic future of Calgary and Alberta. Built in order to keep pace with growing municipal services, the building originally housed the mayor and aldermen, city government offices, the police department, law courts and the municipal telephone system. However, by 1913, the building was already too small to house these civic services. City Hall also represents the continuous presence of local government since 1885. Prior to the construction of the current building, a wood-frame civic building occupied the same location. Officially opened by federal leader of the opposition, and future Prime Minister of Canada, Robert L. Borden, Calgary City Hall is the oldest extant city hall in Alberta.” compliments of Historic Places.

Our Rapid Transit system – known to us as the C-Train

Burns Building

City Hall

The BOW project in downtown Calgary is, at 58 storeys, the largest office space in Calgary and the tallest building in Canada outside of Toronto at a cost of $1.4 billion.

Historical beauty…