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Originally Posted by Hack&Lube
In '79 that would have made sense but by '89 the downtown core was pretty much built up to the majority of what you see now with all the skyscrapers and we had parks and big malls, etc. You were getting into that first phase of "prettier" growth (even if that late 80s/early 90s pastel colored buildings look is really dumpy looking in 2014) I don't think this city was very dumpy in 1989 at all.
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I tend to agree. I moved to Calgary in '90 and aside from crazy growth, it's more or less the same level of dumpiness. Though there has been significant beautification of inner city/beltline with all the reclamation projects and infills. Especially Inglewood - having rented there the first 6 months before finding a house, it was downright ghetto in 1990. They really did a good job turning that entire area around.