CNHS - Stephen Avenue - Calgary, Alberta
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wildwoodke
N 51° 02.736 W 114° 03.859
11U E 705774 N 5658996
This CNHS is for Stephen Avenue an early and important retail street that was the centre of the early development of Calgary, Alberta.
Waymark Code: WM289D
Location: Alberta, Canada
Date Posted: 09/21/2007
Views: 50
The CNHS website lists this location as:Buildings along section of street illustrating prairie urban development
The text from the plaque reads:
Stephen Avenue
Stephen Avenue is a superb illustration of the central role that retail streets have played and continue to play in the Canadian urban experience. As a well-preserved commerical street the avenue bears eluquent witness to the emergence of the modern retail sector in Canada from 1880 to 1930. With the coming of the railway, Prairie cities grew at an unprecedented rate, and their gridiron urban plans reflected a new functional pattern: financial and commercial sectors located near the train station, surrounded by residential areas while factories were further away. Elegant illustrations of Calgary's sandstone era, the buildings of Stephen Avenue are handsome representatives of the architecture of their time, featuring Victorian, Art Deco and Beau-Arts elements.
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