Retrofutures: Edmonton’s Omniplex – Part 2
Continued from Retrofutures: Edmonton’s Omniplex – Part 1 This moment in Edmonton’s history happened to coincide with one of the…
Stories tagged: Built Heritage
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 Lost Banks
Jasper Avenue has a long tradition as Edmonton’s centre of commerce and financial enterprise. At one point in the early…
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…
Wayne Condo at StreetFest, 1998
The artists and volunteers at StreetFest go out of their way to bring their best to our stage—Sir Winston Churchill…
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…