A while ago in this thread I posted some photos my Grandfather took of Calgary years ago. He was an avid photographer and did a wonderful job capturing the changes Calgary underwent over the years.
Here's some more photos, see what you can recognize. Apologies if I already posted some, too lazy to cross-reference.
I also found a couple folders of old Vancouver/BC photos if anyone is interested in seeing those.
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Spent the weekend in Calgary. The city is looking terrific. Hit all my spots; Lina's, Jimmy's A&A, Peters and Glamorgan Bakery to name a few. Absolutely loved the new library.
Anyways I miss Calgary all the time, and it was really nice to spend time in my hometown for a few days.
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I previously posted a few photos of the erection of the Calgary Tower. But here is the full set of photos he took.
I don't know what photos 4 & 5 are. Doesn't look like the CT, but it's in his CT folder.
very cool, but the erected the Husky Tower and later changed it to the Calgary Tower. yes, I'm being "that guy".
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A while ago in this thread I posted some photos my Grandfather took of Calgary years ago. He was an avid photographer and did a wonderful job capturing the changes Calgary underwent over the years.
Here's some more photos, see what you can recognize. Apologies if I already posted some, too lazy to cross-reference.
I also found a couple folders of old Vancouver/BC photos if anyone is interested in seeing those.
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Love that last picture, I remember when the skies were full of hot air balloons on the weekends!!
very cool, but the erected the Husky Tower and later changed it to the Calgary Tower. yes, I'm being "that guy".
You are correct, but only if you call it the Calgary Tower now. So many geriatric, resistant to change Calgarians are like "I still call it the Husky Tower. I can't bring myself to call it the Calgary Tower."
It was the Husky Tower for only 3 years of its life, grandpa. And it has NOT been the Husky Tower for 49 years since.
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I would love to be able to visit pre-boom and pre-me Calgary in the 1970s. While I genuinely love Calgary in the present day, Calgary of the early to mid-seventies would have been a fascinating place in hindsight. Dusty old frontier town with a lot of its old buildings intact, right on the cusp of the first oil boom. The decade between say 1974 to 1984 would've been wild to witness first hand, although admittedly kind of depressing because I think we lost some great buildings.
These photos are great, Huntingwhale. I am guessing that many were taken on slides because they've really got a crispness and vividness to them. Thanks for posting them.
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I would love to be able to visit pre-boom and pre-me Calgary in the 1970s. While I genuinely love Calgary in the present day, Calgary of the early to mid-seventies would have been a fascinating place in hindsight. Dusty old frontier town with a lot of its old buildings intact, right on the cusp of the first oil boom. The decade between say 1974 to 1984 would've been wild to witness first hand, although admittedly kind of depressing because I think we lost some great buildings.
These photos are great, Huntingwhale. I am guessing that many were taken on slides because they've really got a crispness and vividness to them. Thanks for posting them.
Good eye. They actually originally were all on slides. After he passed away my uncle had a company convert them all to digital format.
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I don't know what photos 4 & 5 are. Doesn't look like the CT, but it's in his CT folder.
The brick smoke stack, the adjacent 9-10 storey high elevator shaft, and the partially demolished old sandstone buildings at the base have me wondering if this was the major renovation/reconstruction of the General Hospital in Bridgeland. It would have been around 1950 - does that fit with the era he took these photos?
I previously posted a few photos of the erection of the Calgary Tower. But here is the full set of photos he took.
Thanks for the pictures, my dad always used to tell stories about the Husky () Tower erection. According to him, it was a continuous pour with the slip form being jacked up and narrowed as they went. He said there was a huge line up of concrete trucks lined up on 9th for days.
I don't know what photos 4 & 5 are. Doesn't look like the CT, but it's in his CT folder.
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The brick smoke stack, the adjacent 9-10 storey high elevator shaft, and the partially demolished old sandstone buildings at the base have me wondering if this was the major renovation/reconstruction of the General Hospital in Bridgeland. It would have been around 1950 - does that fit with the era he took these photos?
I don't think so. I think it's the smokestack you can see to the east of the Tower in photo 3, behind what is now the Mustard Seed. If you zoom in on the 4th photo, you can see the sign on top of the Stop sign says "10 AV".
I believe the elevator shaft is part of the Palliser Square Parkade. In fact, I'm pretty sure you can see the elevator shaft in the final photo, but it has the parkade built around it, so it doesn't stand out as much.
This photo shows the smokestack still in place with the Tower nearly complete. It's right where the parkade is now.
I'd guess the workers are taking the smokestack down, one brick at a time.
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I don't think so. I think it's the smokestack you can see to the east of the Tower in photo 3, behind what is now the Mustard Seed. If you zoom in on the 4th photo, you can see the sign on top of the Stop sign says "10 AV".
I believe the elevator shaft is part of the Palliser Square Parkade. In fact, I'm pretty sure you can see the elevator shaft in the final photo, but it has the parkade built around it, so it doesn't stand out as much.
This photo shows the smokestack still in place with the Tower nearly complete. It's right where the parkade is now.
I'd guess the workers are taking the smokestack down, one brick at a time.
I think that's exactly it. Never noticed the smoke stack in photo 3 but that seems to be it.
You are correct, but only if you call it the Calgary Tower now. So many geriatric, resistant to change Calgarians are like "I still call it the Husky Tower. I can't bring myself to call it the Calgary Tower."
It was the Husky Tower for only 3 years of its life, grandpa. And it has NOT been the Husky Tower for 49 years since.
I guess I should have used green text.
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Currently house hunting and I was annoyed at not being able to see some newer houses on Google maps because the satellite imagery is too old. That site has a full satellite map of Calgary from 2019 and almost all years back to the 90's. It even has aerial maps from the 70's, 40's, and 20's. Ended up wasting a good hour just playing with the layers seeing how the city has changed
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yes, I'm being "that guy".
) Tower erection. According to him, it was a continuous pour with the slip form being jacked up and narrowed as they went. He said there was a huge line up of concrete trucks lined up on 9th for days.
