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Originally Posted by Sample00
may 1969 is the year we immigrated to Canada and Calgary. still couldnt believe how wide open the spaces were compared to back home in Germany.
its also amazing as to how the city has grown and changed. truly incredible.
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I came to Calgary in July 69...and yep thats much the way it looked to me...the City grew exponentially huge in the boom of the 70s early 80s....much the same as it is changing now.
64th ave NW on centre steet was the city limits on the north...Midnapore was still a 15 minute drive outside the city to the south...airdrie was a small town that was a good 45 minute drive away...silver springs was just getting started in the NW I think...deerfoot hadnt even been started yet, i used to gopher hunt where it is right now...the NE development was in its infancy, I dont think it was much beyond 32nd ave at that time. Huge differences.