Centre of Town

This may not be the exact geographical centre of Edmonton but it has been the main intersection in the city since its earliest times. Jasper Avenue and 101 Street has seen businesses here dating as far back as 1897 When a couple of general stores and fur trading businesses opened up. Later the Dominion Cigar company ran its business here and on July 2, 1929 the Canadian Bank of Commerce opened for business and is still going strong to this day.
It cost $500,000 to build and an extension was added in 1964. In 1984 a modern addition was added on to the west side of the building and renovations were done on the inside

[Brian Baptie]

Has an interesting history. Great shot and I see you got a blue sky day!!

[Sheila]

Love the historic facade to this building.

[Debbi M]

What an interesting history. Nice architecture shot.

[Kimmi]

Beautiful composition

[Anne ❀]

lovely building, great shot and info, that's quite a cost given the time that it was built

[bkb in the city]

@sunnygreenwood It would seem that banks have always had a lot of money

[Carolyn White]

It's a beautiful building! I love the blues in this pic, too.

[bkb in the city]

@kimmistephens Thanks Kimmi

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Beautiful building and lovely composition.

[bkb in the city]

@cjwhite Glad you enjoyed it

[bkb in the city]

@mittens Thank you Marilyn

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@debbim Thanks Debbi

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@swguevin That is my favorite thing about it too

[bkb in the city]

@bdb3471 Thanks Brian. The weather is getting nicer

[Allison Williams]

Opening in July of '29 meant they were taking baby steps when the Big Crash occurred. That makes it even more remarkable that they have endured.

[Vicki Kell]

wow very city, thanks for sharing

[summerfield]

the lighting here is gorgeous, brian. and how cool is it that the sky is so blue as well as the buildings as your backdrop! great shot.

[Cindy Rez]

Nice shot of this old building!

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Nice shot- I can picture it in its early days as easily as seeing it in the here and now. I like the light you captured on this shot. Another fine shot of your lovely city.

[LHitch]

What a beautiful building and contrasts nicely with the very modern sky scrapers behind. And such a lovely day (I must add) for taking photos!

[bkb in the city]

@mumuktu It does make a nice contrast. It was nice and sunny but a little windy

[bkb in the city]

@olivetreeann Thanks Ann

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@cindyrez Thanks Cindy

[bkb in the city]

@summerfield Thank you so much

[bkb in the city]

@missvicki You are welcome

[bkb in the city]

@allie912 That is so very true

[bkb in the city]

@mittens Thanks Glad you liked it

[karenann]

This is such a beautiful photo with great lighting. I love the architecture of this, Brian. It's just a beauty!!

[Paula]

Imagine a building costing $500,000 to build? Those were the days!

[bkb in the city]

@pwallis Of course that would have been a huge amount of money back then

[bkb in the city]

@karenann Thank you. Glad you like it

[Kerri]

Beautiful

[Diane]

I love this--the contrast between the old building and the new skyscrapers is great!

[Shanne]

interesting contrasts in styles, nice capture and details

[Shirley Chetwynd]

lovely building, there are so many buildings here in Perth that are all that same colour blue

[Carole Imes]

I like the contrast in building designs from the old to the new. Interesting history here. Nice angle shot!

[Susie]

Lovely image...I love the contrast between old and new buildings and the history is very interesting :D

[John]

Great shot, I love the glass building behind it too.

[Mark Buehl]

Neat shot and lighting. I like the shadows and contrast of old and new.

[Debbie Orlando]

Cool shot! I like the sunlight on the one side.

[Howard Steele]

cool street scene

[Shirley Banford]

Lovely old building.

[bruni]

Yes when I first looked at this picture I thought it must be a bank building and reading your lines I was right..well established bank too..our bank.

[Agnes Zonnestraaltje]

cool

[Juliette Packham]

love the contrast beterrn old and new - superb

[Janet Shaffer]

Great shot of a lovely building. Thanks for the history, too.

[bkb in the city]

@janets Your welcome

[bkb in the city]

@zonnestraaltje Glad you like it

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@sparkle Glad you enjoyed it

[bkb in the city]

@bruni Wow you must be an architectural expert

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@sabanford Glad you liked it

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@steeler Thanks Howard

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@debsphotos Thanks Debbie

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@markbuehl Glad you liked it Mark

[bkb in the city]

@johnnyfrs The difference is quite neat between old and new

[bkb in the city]

@susieb Glad you enjoyed it

[bkb in the city]

@cimes1 Thanks Carole

[bkb in the city]

@http365proj That colour does make for a nice looking building

[bkb in the city]

@shanne Thank you

[bkb in the city]

@eudora The contrast is very interesting indeed

[bkb in the city]

@kerristephens Glad you liked it

[Peter de Graaff]

terrific contrast between old and new

[bkb in the city]

@peterdegraaff We have a few spots like this in Edmonton

[Dave Schofield]

old and new always makes a good photo together

[bkb in the city]

@chewyteeth Yes they certainly do

[alexis]

i love city scape.. :) nice shot!

[bkb in the city]

@alexissevilla Thank you

[Claire]

The building looks small in comparison to the larger ones around, ironic that a 5 storey building should look so small, great pov

[bkb in the city]

@claireuk That is the neat thing about the old and new comparisons

[Isabella Thunder]

great composition and i love the contrast between that old building and those new buildings

[bkb in the city]

@izythunder The old and new are always interesting to lok at