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Originally Posted by mooky
Now that's cool. 104 year old concrete still holding up well to the harsh Calgary elements, sand, salt, etc. That has to be some of the first non-wood sidewalks in the downtown area eh? I remember my mom talking about wood sidewalks in some areas as a kid growing up in Edmonton back in the late 1950's and stepping thruough one and getting a nail in the knee, so I can't imagine Calgary would be much different to have only started pouring concrete sidewalks back around the turn of the century in the central core, no?
What the heck did they do back 104 years ago that we aren't doing today with our concrete work that some of the original sidewalks of Calgary are still hanging on.
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I know around 2-4th st and maybe... 14-12 ave, or thereabouts were the first sidewalks in the city.. or maybe I'm thinking of paved roads.. either way it was a rich area (think Lougheed house, demolished Burns mansion, etc) so they got that infrastructure way earlier than the rest of the city.