09-21-2006, 10:38 PM
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One of the Nine
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: 福岡市
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Amazing pic of Calgary circa 1968
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09-21-2006, 10:45 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Calgary
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Wow. How huge is this city now? I thought the tower was younger than that though.
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09-21-2006, 10:47 PM
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Wow, somebody should take a shot from the same angle and compare the two. What a difference.
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09-21-2006, 10:48 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: in your blind spot.
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The tower officially opened June 30, 1968, according to the Calgary tower website.
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09-21-2006, 10:55 PM
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The new goggles also do nothing.
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Calgary
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Wow.
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09-21-2006, 10:55 PM
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Wow... just... WOW!!! Though it is not hard to believe how much the city has change over the past 38 years... but it is hard to believe how fast we've grown over the past couple... but wow... BIG Difference between 68 and 06... definitely
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09-21-2006, 11:09 PM
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One of the Nine
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: 福岡市
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It also appears that the Palliser Hotel is the second highest building in the city at that time
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09-22-2006, 03:25 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Calgary in 1885:
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09-22-2006, 03:30 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Satellite photo:
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09-22-2006, 08:10 AM
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Playboy Mansion Poolboy
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Close enough to make a beer run during a TV timeout
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Wow, and even that satellite photo is a couple of years old from what I can tell. There's a small cloud almost in the way, but I am unable to see my house.
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09-22-2006, 08:34 AM
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Scoring Winger
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Regina SK
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Any clue (or estimate) what the population of Calgary was back in 1968???
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09-22-2006, 08:39 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Log
Any clue (or estimate) what the population of Calgary was back in 1968???
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About 385,000.
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09-22-2006, 09:50 AM
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That Satellite Photo has got to be more than 8 years old... The current Panorama Hills Doesn't exist there....
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09-22-2006, 10:38 AM
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Sleazy Banker
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Cold Lake Alberta Canada
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Originally Posted by Scrambler
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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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09-22-2006, 10:45 AM
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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.
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09-22-2006, 10:57 AM
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Atomic Nerd
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Calgary
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FATA!!!!
Because I posted this months ago, I'll go find the thread.
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09-22-2006, 10:58 AM
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Scoring Winger
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Regina SK
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Freeway
About 385,000.
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It won't be too long until your city has tripled in population from 1968.
The growth the downtown/whole city has experienced is nuts!!!
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