[CT (Chinese_T)]

Sculpture designed by Micah Lexier for The Guardian/Arriva Courtyard in 2008.

https://web.archive.org/web/20210421065630/https://canadianart.ca/news/micah-lexier/

 

[The Familia]

lol glad we dodged that mess.

 

[FriendlyDrunks]

I kinda like it, maybe add a few big wooden beads...

 

[darwink]

Think these are two haven't seen before:

Unveiling of Eau Claire project, Calgary, Alberta.
Published in the Calgary Herald, January 9, 1974. Proposal for 3rd Street terraced Hotel is showcased by architect James Murray. Donald C. White, the president of Eau Claire Estates Ltd. looks on to right.

Alternate view of Canadian Pacific's proposed downtown redevelopment plan, Calgary, Alberta.​

​Published in the Calgary Herald, December 4, 1963. The proposed plans included two high-rise office buildings, a department store, mall, plaza, and a motel addition to the Palliser Hotel.

Proposed Canadian Pacific redevelopment plan, Calgary, Alberta.​

​Published in the Calgary Herald, December 4, 1963. The proposed plan occupied 9th Avenue SW, between 2nd Street and Centre Street SW. It included a new department store, mall, plaza and two high-rise office buildings.

 

[darwink]

Where First Assembly Church is on Elbow Drive in Bel-Aire, ~1967

 

[darwink]

Civic Centre on the Bow, 1910s, Mawson, but haven't seen this one before.

City Hall, Fountain, two flanker buildings.

 

[AtlanticAvenue]

Civic Centre on the Bow, 1910s, Mawson, but haven't seen this one before.

City Hall, Fountain, two flanker buildings.
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My god that’s beautiful

 

[Roaring Flames]

I've always found those "Paris on the prairies" proposals from the early 1900s really fascinating

 

[Surrealplaces]

This building would've been hella cool.

 

[Dārayavauš]

I've always found those "Paris on the prairies" proposals from the early 1900s really fascinating

Would be a great alternative history to see a century of designs like this come to fruition in Calgary