[Zilla]

Historic Calgary Week starts Friday July 27. With the theme "Tents to Towers - Our Booms on the Bow", there are a number of tours and presentations that will be of interest to urbanists and planning geeks in general.

http://www.chinookcountry.org/hcw2007.html

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[Wooster]

Looks like a really great event. I hope to make it out to some of these. :tup:

[Zilla]

This year's theme is "Tents to Towers, Calgary's Booms on the Bow," marking 100 years since the start of Calgary's first big boom in 1907.

Urban historian Max Foran talks about the development of post-WW2 suburbs (July 27). View the unrealized 1914 ‘city beautiful’ plan for Calgary by Thomas Mawson (July 30). Tour the historic Dominion Bridge plant, to be redeveloped as a major mixed use project (July 31). Urban designer Bev Sandalack traces the history of Calgary’s urban form “From Cowtown to McKenzie Towne on (August 1 lunch hour). There are many more tours and talks about some of Calgary’s most interesting communities and landmarks. The full program is available at www.chinookcountry.org

[Zilla]

Friday, July 27, 2007


These are today's Historic Calgary Week 2007 events:

- 1 p.m., Sandstone Church Tour Members from each of the three downtown sandstone churches will be on hand to share their favourite stories about the history of their congregation. Why did R.B. Bennett donate a window in one church and the chimes in another? What congregation did our Citizen of the Century, Colonel Walker, help establish?

Meet: The Cathedral Church of the Redeemer, 218 7th Ave. S.E.

- 2 p.m., Sandstone Church Tour

Meet: Central United Church, 131 7th Ave. S.W.

- 3 p.m. Sandstone Church Tour

Meet: Knox United Church, 506 4th St. S.W.

- 7 p.m., Official Opening Ceremonies

Come to Lougheed House for the opening ceremonies of Historic Calgary Week. Max Foran will present Boomtime's Child: Urban Sprawl in Calgary. It's an examination of how city policies, land developers and the fixation with single-density housing combined after 1950 to impose a relentless pattern of outward suburban expansion in Calgary. The evening's master of ceremonies will be Historic Calgary Week's chairman, Gary Ellis.

Meet: Lougheed House, 707 13th Ave. S.W.

[entheosfog]

Too bad I'm missing these events...I would have liked to have attended!!

[Zilla]

Cemetery tour sheds light on city

Calgary Herald


Saturday, July 28, 2007


These are today's Historic Calgary Week 2007 events. The event, sponsored by the Chinook Country Historical Society, runs until Aug. 5.

10 a.m., Truths to Tales: Our Burials by the Bow

Join Lynda Purdy on a two-hour tour through three of Calgary's less talked about burial sites -- the Jewish, Chinese and St. Mary's pioneer cemeteries.

Come learn the truths and tales that you have been dying to hear about the individuals who worked to create Calgary's boom on the Bow.

10:30 a.m., Old Fashioned Fun

Bring the kids and join this fun interactive family program and try some of the exciting games that children played before television and video games, like skipping, jacks and marbles. Call 221-3942 to register.

Meet: Outdoor Resource Centre, 1111 Memorial Dr. N.W.

1:30 p.m., Petroleum History Walking Tour of Downtown Calgary

Buildings dating from early 1900s to the present have been strongly influenced by the booms that have impacted the petroleum industry. These edifices are used as props in the description of Calgary's petroleum heritage and as links to the corporations that were involved.

Meet: Outside the Calgary Tower, 101 9th Ave. S.W.

1:30 p.m., History of Central Memorial Park

Enjoy a visual presentation about Calgary's oldest remaining park, Central Memorial Park, by Michele Reid from the City of Calgary planning department.

This is an excellent opportunity to check out the planning displays and ask questions about rejuvenation of Calgary's downtown. Call 221-3942 to register.

Meet: Outdoor Resource Centre, 1111 Memorial Dr. N.W.

4 p.m. The House with the Light On

Author Eleanor King Byers offers readings from her book and shares some of her stories of early Calgary. Enjoy hearing a native Calgarian recall her childhood and youth during the 40s and 50s in her beloved city, days of unlocked doors and carefree adventure. Call 221-3942 to register.

Meet: Outdoor Resource Centre, 1111 Memorial Dr. N.W.

7 p.m., Sunnyside Hillhurst Ghost Walking Tour

Starting at the haunted fire hall, Susanah Windrum will take you on a walking tour to the locations of sightings, stories and sounds of ghostly experiences.

Take a look at the neighbourhood and community parks in a whole new way.

Visit a graveyard, look for lingering spirits and find out who walks among the living at Riley Park. Call 221-3942 to register.

Meet: Outdoor Resource Centre, 1111 Memorial Drive N.W.

- For more information, visit www.chinookcountry.org or call 261-4667

[Zilla]

The original Mawson plans for Calgary are on display Monday afternoon 2 pm at the U of C library.

[Wooster]

^ I've seen the Mawson Plans. Queen's has them. They're really worth checking out.

City Beautiful was a very strange planning movement.

[Arriviste]

^ I've seen the Mawson Plans. Queen's has them. They're really worth checking out.

City Beautiful was a very strange planning movement.

Some of the most interesting aspects of Canadian architectural history for sure.
I've seen them before, but I think I will check them out. I'll be down there today anyway.

[Calgarian]

The original Mawson plans for Calgary are on display Monday afternoon 2 pm at the U of C library.

Very interesting plans, would have been a completely different city if they were followed through with.

Edit, you can see some of them on google.

[Zilla]

Dominion Bridge Historic Industrial Site Tour - 7 pm Tuesday July 31
Meet at the site: 805 - 24th Avenue SE

Steel from the historic Dominion Bridge foundry was
used in the booming oil patch, in warships and in
landmarks like Elveden House and the Calgary Tower.
Torode Commercial is redeveloping the Ramsay site
while preserving its heritage. Join heritage architect
Lorne Simpson for a behind the scenes look at
Calgary’s industrial history.

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The Calgary Project: From Cowtown to McKenzie Towne, 12:10 pm, Wednesday August 1, Central United Church, 131 - 7 Ave SW



Why is Calgary the way it is? It was first defined by rivers, rails, streetcars and the prairie town grid. Then the ancient Indian trails became expressways to serve our growing suburbs. UofC urbanist Bev Sandalack tells us about the plans, places and ideas that have shaped Calgary.