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Oliver School

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Silk Hat "Open"

The Kiss

Silk Hat - Closed in 2008 after residing on Jasper Avenue for nearly 90 years.

Oliver School is one of Edmonton's oldest public schools. (1910) It was named after prominent Edmontonian Frank Oliver.

Norwood School

Norwood Elementary celebrated its100th birthday in 2008.

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A romantic interlude. This photograph was taken some years ago in a local cafe which is now gone.

Faculty of Education

The Boyle Street cooperative provides educational services to at-risk youth in the Edmonton inner city region. I have a considerable collection of local graffiti.

Boyle Street Co-op

Edmonton Restaurant

"Pharos"

Scotia Place.

Scotia Place.

CPR Station

City of Edmonton

Initially a fort, settlement began outside the fort in 1894. In 1904 Edmonton became a city with a population of 5000.

Street Car 33

Honourable Mention

INTERNATIONAL COLOR Awards 2015

Winner of McBain's 2011 Photography contest

Built in 1978 for the Commonwealth games. This is where the Edmonton Eskimos play. The stadium has since undergone significant changes since this photo was taken.

Commonwealth Stadium

Until a few years ago, this panhandler could often be found at the base of connors hill.

Augustana Vikings win 2011/12 ACAC championship in OT

Winning Goal

This rare image was taken prior to the fire that occurred in 2009. This is now the site of the new Enbridge Tower.

Ramsey Kelly Block

High Level "stretched"

Street Car #33 was purchased from the St. Louis car Company in 1912. It was rebuilt by the Edmonton Radial Railway Society and put into service in 2010.

Last of the old style pawn shops. This was a bakery during the 1960's. Demolished 2015.

Pawn Shop 97 Street

On March 23, 2012 Augustana Vikings beat NAIT to win their first ACAC championship since 1975. If you look closely you can see the puck crossing the goal line. Winning goal 2nd OT.
Please note that this picture is very low-resolution. High quality images are available by contacting me.

Originally a movie theatre built in the 50's, the Avenue once found life as a skateboard park. Abandoned. Photo taken in 2007.

Prior to the construction of the new bridge. Watlterdale Bridge, baseball field and Epcor visible.

This is what the area looked like prior to the construction of the Ice District. Please note this and all images on this page are low-res for the internet.

Rogers' Arena

Epcor

Avenue Theatre

Trees

CPR railway Station built in 1907. This station ceased operations in 1980 and has since served as a night club. An example of classical and renaissance revial architecture. This view has been lost to a condominium.

These trees lined Whyte Avenue for nearly 6 decade until they had to be removed due to disease and stress. What few knew was that these trees were sitting over the old street car tracks.

Pharos closed its doors for the last time in June of 2009. Pharos was named after a lighthouse located on Pharos street in Fleetwood, England. This photograph is in honour of Barry Greenspan's memory who passed away during the summer of 2017.

This photograph was taken prior to the construction of the pedway in 2010. I have a large collection of historic and recent photos of the U of A. Please contact me for details.

Built in 1913, the Shaw building stands as a condominium. It has one of the last few remaining murals left on its south wall in Edmonton. This image taken in 2007 prior to its restoration.

Cobogo Lofts

Shaw buidling

This is what the Ice District looked like in 1987. 5th Street Overpass visible.

CN Tracks

1987

2008

This decades old sign was taken down on May 1, 2017.

Edmonton Brewery District

Aerial View Downtown

July 2007

Edmonton in the evening. I have a large collection of aerial photos of Edmonton from various high rises going back to the early 1960's.

Arena under construction.
Greyhound still operational, but has since been demolished.

Southside Edmonton. These tracks were recently removed.

CP Tracks

Roger's Arena

Opened July 5, 1915 by the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway. This building once dominated the Edmonton skyline

Macdonald Hotel

Image taken in 2010. I have other images of the airport

Oil Derrick Gateway Blvd

Oil Derrick Edmonton

City Centre Airport

This replica oil derrick resided at Gateway Park for many decades. Recently relocated

Daytime image of this oil derrick which sat on this location since the 1960's was recently relocated

Canada Day 2019. I have images of fireworks from other Canada Day celebrations

Fireworks Canada Day

2009

Jewish Community Centre

2008

Faculty of Dentistry

2010

Tory Lecture Hall

Hub mall

Assinaboian Hall

Corbit Hall

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