The Alberta Hotel

Continuing from yesterday's post. This is the Alberta Hotel that was built in 1903. In its day it was a fine establishment. So much so that Prime Minister St. Laurent stayed here in 1905 when Alberta became a province in 1905.
The hotel closed in 1984 and was painstakingly taken apart to make room for Canada Place and the pieces preserved.
In 2010 Architect Gene Dub decided to rebuild the hotel and today it is home to CKUA Radio station and a lovely little bistro

[Richard Hickey]

Awesome picture.

[Steve and Pam Winfield]

Interesting good photo:)

[Lou Ann]

It is a beautiful building.

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Nice shot and a great looking building.

[Harry J Benson]

like the contrast between the architectures

[bruni]

I prefer to old to the new. interesting history of this old refurbished hotel.

[Allison Williams]

What an interesting bit of history. I can't imagine "deciding to rebuild" a hotel and actually having all the pieces to do so.

[Linda]

Excellent shot of this beautiful building.

[Diana]

Such a lovely building with an interesting history.

[Dione Giorgio]

Thanks to the architect for tebuilding this gem. Lovely story.I wish that buildings like this are put to good use and not just demolished to make way for the ugly appartment blocks they build today.

[Babs]

Beautiful building

[tony gig]

Wonderful building.

[Chris H]

What a lovely building.

[arthur clark]

a lovely way to recreate history.

[Tunia McClure]

Love the contrast in architectural styles.

[Jane Morley]

Beautiful turret on an impressive building.

[Pat Knowles]

Fantastic iconic hotel....wonderful very modern upper layer with more traditional ground floor.

[Jean]

Wonderful old architecture. Interesting juxtaposition with the modern one behind it.

[gloria jones]

Great capture of this historic hotel

[Pyrrhula]

Great shot of this beautiful building.

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Great shot

[Rick Schies]

Quite a nice mix of architecture

[wendy frost]

Great capture and combination of architecture .

[sarah]

Love the old vs new

[Ivan]

Grand buildings...

[Nina Ganci]

wonderful that they re-built it. Did they do it the same or did they do "improvements"

[haskar]

Great shot

[Steve and Pam Winfield]

Its held up very well through the year withTLS great shot fav:)

[Ann H. LeFevre]

I'm glad it found new life with the radio station and bistro- a building that lovely deserves to be seen!

[bkb in the city]

@agedrunner Thanks Richard

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@stevepam Thank you

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@louannwarren Yes Lou Ann it certainly is

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@mittens Thanks Marilyn glad you like it

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@hjbenson Harry glad you like it

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@bruni Bruni glad to share this with you

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@allie912 Allison the architect involved in this has played a huge part in preserving Edmonton's past

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@grannysue Thanks Linda

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@ludwigsdiana Diana glad you enjoyed this one

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@sangwann Dione l totally agree with you

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@onewing Babs it certainly is

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@tonygig Tony it certainly is

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@chrisiow Chris glad you enjoyed this one

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@arthurclark Yes Arthur it certainly is

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@tunia Tunia glad you enjoyed this one

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@chimfa Jane l love that part of the building

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@happypat Pat glad you like it

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@jernst1779 Jean glad you enjoyed this one

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@seattlite Thanks Gloria

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@pyrrhula Thanks Ferry

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@elisasaeter Thanks Elisabeth

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@digitalrn Yes Rick it certainly is

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@wendyfrost Thanks Wendy glad you enjoyed this one

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@samae Sarah glad you enjoyed this one

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@ivan Ivan glad you like them

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@ninaganci Nina the outside is the same the interior was new and improved

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@haskar Thanks Haskar

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@stevepam Steve they made sure they preserved it well

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@olivetreeann Yes Ann it certainly does