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  • McDougall United Church

    Lawrence Herzog

    Named for Reverend George McDougall, who arrived in the Edmonton area in 1862, the orange-red brick church at the top…

  • Edmonton’s Town Crier

    Lawrence Herzog

    Note: at the time depicted in this story as well as when it was written, Edmonton’s CFL team was known…

  • The Father of Edmonton’s Traffic Circles

    Lawrence Herzog

    He established the practice of “neighbourhood unit” planning. And, borrowing a popular urban design feature from his native land, he…

  • Alex Decoteau’s Inspiring Run at Life

    Lawrence Herzog

    Decoteau was born on November 19, 1887 on the Red Pheasant Reserve just south of Battleford in present day Saskatchewan….

  • Buena Vista Building

    Lawrence Herzog

    Streetcars trundled down Jasper Avenue and turned northward to travel along newly-laid tracks on 124th Street. It was a vibrant…

  • Tracks into the Past

    Lawrence Herzog

    The Canadian Northern Railway (CNoR) arrived in Edmonton in 1905 and laid tracks into downtown just north of 104th Avenue…

  • Crawford Block

    Lawrence Herzog

    Over its 102 years, the main floor of the building has served as a tent and awning store and was…

  • Portraits of a Time

    Lawrence Herzog

    They were in the right place at the right time, and these pioneer photographers left behind a remarkable visual record…

  • Edmonton’s Lost Banks

    Lawrence Herzog

    Jasper Avenue has a long tradition as Edmonton’s centre of commerce and financial enterprise. At one point in the early…

  • Edmonton’s Pioneer Photographers

    Lawrence Herzog

    Just as importantly, the earliest archivists and some government leaders understood the enormous value of this visual history, and had…

  • Edmonton's Old City Hall

    Edmonton’s 1957 City Hall

    Lawrence Herzog

    Edmonton’s second City Hall was a news-making building right from the beginning. Completed in 1957 as one of Canada’s first…

  • 100 Years of Calder

    Lawrence Herzog

    Calder’s story began in the early years of the 20th century when GTPR decided to locate its roundhouse, repair shop…

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