Plans to build an LRT station and parking lots where the iconic Eamon’s Bungalow Camp stands along Crowchild Trail has struck a chord with heritage lovers, and also 1980s heartthrob Hart, who filmed a music video on the spot.
How it looks today:
Wow, I never noticed how Calgary/Southern Albertan this video was:
Now to find the sewing sweatshop in Calgary with the hot windswept brunettes! Beside the Regent Gas? Where is that?
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I live right by there, and I've often thought it'd be a cool building for a cool old school diner.
Of course that would mean someone would have to buck up and take the risk on it, and considering it's cut off from Crowchild, I'm sure it would be a miserable failure.
Oh well, too bad.
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Huh? Where is Rosedale Cleaners in Never Surrender? Looks like it was filmed in Toronto.
It was filmed in Toronto.
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As seen below, the sign will be creatively saved and adapted. It would be cool to see the garage incorporated somehow, maybe as a substation?
Source: The Calgary Herald
Source: The Calgary Herald
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Actually I'm a fan of any old, potentially dirty gas stations being taken down (not that I have any idea that this one would be).
Does anyone remember the old Turbo on 19th St and Northmount Dr NW? It's since disappeared, but I know way too many people that have had cancer and lived in that area. A little bit of conspiracy here I know.. apparently Bowness has a station in a similar state right now.
Actually I'm a fan of any old, potentially dirty gas stations being taken down (not that I have any idea that this one would be).
Does anyone remember the old Turbo on 19th St and Northmount Dr NW? It's since disappeared, but I know way too many people that have had cancer and lived in that area. A little bit of conspiracy here I know.. apparently Bowness has a station in a similar state right now.
It's not really the gas stations that are dirty, but rather the ground that the gas stations were on.
And pretty much every one has contaminated the soil.
As someone who has travelled portions of historic Route 66, it saddens me that this city once again shows very little interest in preserving our past. Perhaps I'm just a nostalgic old fart, but I wish we as a society would preserve a few more of these unique structures. Just grabbing the sign and sticking it on an LRT station doesn't do much for me, and the history of where it came from will be lost on most people within 10 years.
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As someone who has travelled portions of historic Route 66, it saddens me that this city once again shows very little interest in preserving our past. Perhaps I'm just a nostalgic old fart, but I wish we as a society would preserve a few more of these unique structures. Just grabbing the sign and sticking it on an LRT station doesn't do much for me, and the history of where it came from will be lost on most people within 10 years.
If they go through with the plan as shown above I think they're doing a phenomenal job of preserving the past. Keeping the entire structure is simply impractical, utilizing the most redeeming portion of it in a functional manner is an incredibly smart and progressive way to both preserve the past and make needed progress.
I'm not sure what else you would have them do, put yellow tape around it and let the structure continue to decay?
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Corey Hart urges city to save historic gas station
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