{"id":129822,"date":"2015-07-28T13:12:57","date_gmt":"2015-07-28T17:12:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/?p=129822"},"modified":"2015-08-11T16:30:39","modified_gmt":"2015-08-11T20:30:39","slug":"calgary-skyline-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/news\/calgary-skyline-history","title":{"rendered":"20 photos that show how drastically Calgary has changed over the past 105 years"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A collection of images of the downtown skyline taken from the north side of the Bow River between 1910 and 2013. Stated time periods\u00a0for\u00a0each photo come from the indicated source, but in some cases are approximate and may be off by a year or two. If you have the sleuthing skills and are able to pin\u00a0down a\u00a0more accurate year, feel free to leave a note in the comment section below. We will update the post if the internet (that’s you!) can come to a consensus on any revised timeframes.<\/p>\n

Ca. 1912<\/h2>\n

\"Calgary<\/a>Photo: University of Alberta
\n<\/a><\/em>
\nThe first Bow River crossing at Centre Street was Fogg’s Ferry in 1882.\u00a0Crescent Heights developer A.J. McArthur and a group of private investors built the first bridge, named after McArthur\u00a0himself, in 1907 for $17,000.<\/p>\n

Ca. 1912<\/h2>\n

\"Calgary<\/a>Photo: University of Alberta<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Ca.\u00a01914<\/h2>\n

\"Calgary<\/a>Photo: University of Alberta<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Ca.\u00a01920<\/h2>\n

\"calgary<\/a>Photo: University of Alberta<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Centre Street Bridge was built by the City of Calgary in 1916 for $375,000. It replaced the aforementioned\u00a0MacArthur Bridge which was destroyed by a flood in 1915.<\/p>\n

After\u00a01920<\/h2>\n

\"Calgary<\/a>Photo: University of Alberta<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Ca. 1930<\/h2>\n

\"Calgary<\/a>Photo: University of Alberta<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Year unknown<\/h2>\n

\"Calgary<\/a>Photo: Calgary Public Library<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

No year is given for this photo, but based on the buildings in the background and vehicles on the bridge, we put in the late 1930s. Agree?<\/p>\n

Ca. 1939<\/h2>\n

\"Calgary<\/a>Photo: University of Alberta<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

After\u00a01940<\/h2>\n

\"Calgary<\/a>Photo: University of Alberta<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Ca. 1943<\/h2>\n

\"Calgary<\/a>Photo:\u00a0Kingsdude\/Dave\/Flickr<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Ca. 1948<\/h2>\n

\"Calgary<\/a>Photo: University of Alberta<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Sometime between\u00a01948 and 1956<\/h2>\n

\"Calgary<\/a>Photo:\u00a0Calgary Heritage Initiative Society<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

1957<\/h2>\n

\"Calgary<\/a>Photo: Calgary Public Library<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

The most prominent building in the 10 previous images is of course the 12-storey Palliser Hotel, the city’s tallest structure from 1914\u00a0to\u00a01958 when it was dethroned by the 20-storey\u00a0Elveden Centre.<\/p>\n

Ca. 1965<\/h2>\n

\"Calgary<\/a>Photo: Striderv\/Flickr<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

At the time this photo was taken, the\u00a0Elveden Centre was still the city’s tallest development — but its days at the top were numbered.\u00a0Construction on the Husky Tower would start in 1967 and wrap up in 1968. It would remain the\u00a0city’s tallest structure until\u00a01983.<\/p>\n

Ca. 1974<\/h2>\n

\"Calgary<\/a>Photo:\u00a0Bernie\/Flickr<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

At the height of the Alberta oil boom in the 1970s, Calgary issued more than $1 billion worth of construction permits annually, more than Chicago or New York, according to CBC<\/a>. Apartment vacancy rates during this period approached zero as Ontarians and Maritimers arrived daily in search of high-paying jobs.<\/p>\n

Ca. 1975<\/h2>\n

\"Calgary<\/a>Photo: history.alberta.ca<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Ca. 1987<\/h2>\n

\"Calgary<\/a>Photo:\u00a0Howard Kilgour\/Flickr<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

In October 1987, four months before Calgary would host the world during the 1988 Winter Olympics, a helicopter installed the world\u2019s largest Olympic torch on top of the Husky Tower. The $525,000 project was a gift from Olympic sponsor Canadian Western Natural Gas.<\/p>\n

Ca.\u00a01999<\/h2>\n

\"Calgary<\/a>Photo: Calgary Public Library<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

In 1992, the city officially designated Centre Street Bridge\u00a0a municipal heritage resource. Seven years later, the bridge was closed for the third major structural upgrade in its history. It reopened in September 2000 after a $13-million repair that included removal and replacement of the original concrete lions.<\/p>\n

Ca. 2007<\/h2>\n

\"Calgary<\/a>Photo: Calgary Public Library<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

How quickly\u00a0things change. Prior to construction of Western Canada’s tallest tower, the Bow, you could still see the city’s\u00a0most iconic structure, the Calgary Tower, from this lookout in\u00a0Crescent Heights.<\/p>\n

Ca. 2013<\/h2>\n

\"Calgary<\/a>Photo:\u00a0davebloggs007\/Flickr<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

In 1910, Calgary’s population had just surpassed 40,000.\u00a0By 2014 it was nearly 30 times that with 1,195,194 residents.<\/p>\n

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