Several days ago, I was able to see a bit more of Calgary, thanks to my friend Adam showing me around. Here are some of the sights I took pictures of:
Eea Claire Market is a colourful, trendy downtown mall, and the focal point of the Eau Clair area in which it sits. Eau Clair also contains the city’s festival district. The land itself was originally used for industrial purposes starting back in the 1880′s by the Eau Clair Lumber Mill.
This is beautiful Prince’s Island Park near Eua Claire Market and not far from the riverfront. The park takes its name from the founder of the Eau Clair Lumber Mill. The land was donated to the city in 1947 by the Prince family.
Another view of Prince’s Island Park. This bridge sometimes get you wet when you walk on it!
Stephen Avenue, a pedestrian only street during the day! The avenue sits next to the city’s primary indoor shopping complexes. Many historic buildings are concentrated on this street, which itself was declared a Canadian historic site in 1992. Following a major fire in 1886 that damaged much of the city (Saint Johners, sound familiar?), most of the new buildings were constructed using sandstone.
In this shot, you can see the Calgary Tower, skyscrapers, elegant lamp poles and classy buildings all together.
A clock tower rises above the trees, not far from Olympic Plaza.
Here’s something that I had never seen before, coming from Saint John. Look the size of this huge pit in the downtown! A new building is going up, and the construction equipment looks so tiny compared to everything else. The 4 storey building off in the distance, a little large by Saint John standards could fit many times into the hole!
Of course, there is plenty more to see in Calgary, so I will try to keep updating my blog when I have time.
