{"id":136211,"date":"2015-11-03T12:41:18","date_gmt":"2015-11-03T17:41:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/?p=136211"},"modified":"2015-11-03T12:41:18","modified_gmt":"2015-11-03T17:41:18","slug":"photos-calgary-1970s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/news\/photos-calgary-1970s","title":{"rendered":"Dig these 19 far out photos of Calgary in the 1970s"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The 1970s were a time of unprecedented growth in Calgary. As oil prices soared so too did the city’s population and skyline, as evidenced here in our photographic look back at the decade.<\/p>\n

Ca. year unknown<\/h2>\n

\"Calgary<\/a>Photo:\u00a0Calgary Public Library<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

In 1970, Calgary’s population was\u00a0389,000 residents. Over the next 10\u00a0years it would swell by\u00a046 per cent, hitting 568,000 by 1980.<\/p>\n

Ca. year unknown<\/h2>\n

\"Calgary<\/a>Photo:\u00a0Calgary Public Library<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

The official description on the back of this postcard reads: \u201cCalgary, Alberta, Canada. The 1970\u2019s are bringing an unprecedented explosion in the industrial growth of Calgary; Canada\u2019s fastest growing city. The skyline of downtown Calgary is a spectacular panorama of ever growing skyscrapers.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ca. year unknown<\/h2>\n

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

Ca. 1970<\/h2>\n

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

The Calgary Tower was the tallest structure\u00a0in the city during the 1970s. It was surpassed in the early 1980s by the\u00a0Suncor Energy Centre.<\/p>\n

Ca. 1971<\/h2>\n

\"Calgary<\/a>Photo:\u00a0lindsaybridge\/Flickr<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

The original Eaton’s Centre as it was in 1971. In 1988, the\u00a0building was\u00a0demolished and redeveloped. However,\u00a0he original facade was stripped, labelled and stored so it could go back up once the upgrade was complete.<\/p>\n

Ca. 1971<\/h2>\n

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

Like its\u00a0population, Calgary’s economy grew tremendously in the 1970s\u00a0as\u00a0oil prices soared\u00a0during the\u00a0Arab Oil Embargo<\/a>. In 1973 the price of oil was trading at\u00a0$3 (USD)\u00a0a barrel, and it climbed to $15 almost overnight. By the end of the decade, the price was almost $40 a barrel.<\/p>\n

Ca. 1971<\/h2>\n

\"Calgary<\/a>Photo:\u00a0Clive Ball\/Flickr<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Ca. 1972<\/h2>\n

\"Calgary<\/a>Photo:\u00a0history.alberta<\/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. 1972<\/h2>\n

\"Calgary<\/a>Photo:\u00a0David Ross\/Flickr<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Ca. 1972<\/h2>\n

\"Calgary<\/a>Photo:\u00a0David Ross\/Flickr<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Construction of the\u00a0Plus 15 pedestrian network, linking major office buildings in the Central Business District, began at the beginning of the 1970s.<\/p>\n

Ca. 1973<\/h2>\n

\"Calgary<\/a>Photo:\u00a0zemistor\/Flickr<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Ca. 1973<\/h2>\n

\"Calgary<\/a>Photo:\u00a0James Tworow\/Flickr<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Queen Elizabeth’s\u00a0motorcade. This picture was taken from the intersection of 16th Avenue and Centre Street\u00a0N during the Royal\u00a0visit of\u00a0June 1973.<\/p>\n

Ca. 1974<\/h2>\n

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

Ca. 1974<\/h2>\n

\"Calgary<\/a>Photo:\u00a0srv007\/Flickr<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Ca. 1975<\/h2>\n

\"Calgary<\/a>Photo: imgur<\/a> via Reddit<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Ca. 1975<\/h2>\n

\"Calgary<\/a>Photo:\u00a0photos by Bob V\/Flickr<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Ca. 1975<\/h2>\n

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

Ca. 1979<\/h2>\n

\"Calgary<\/a>Photo:\u00a0Gord McKenna\/Flickr<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Ca. 1979<\/h2>\n

\"calgary<\/a>Photo:\u00a0Calgary Public Library<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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