Standing Empty

This the Canada Permanent Building which was built as a loan company in 1910 in downtown Edmonton.
After the company closed it became home to different companies. The longest tenant was the Japanese Village restaurant from 1974-2012.
It is on the historical register meaning the building can't be destroyed. Hopefully one day soon a new tenant will be found .
I decided to have some fun with this one by doing a little editing with it

[Beryl Lloyd]

What a shame such a beautiful imposing building is standing empty . A lovely piece of architecture !

[Bep]

I agree with Beryl!

[Margaret Snell]

A lovely building, hope it is soon occupied again as they deteriorate a lot quicker when uncared for and exposed to the weather

[Dione Giorgio]

Beautiful shot and building. Unfortunately today's blocks do not have a character like these 'old' buildings.

[Nick]

Cool shot and editing.

[Lou Ann]

Love your edit. This would be a grand home! It is a beautiful building.

[Jacqueline]

Lovely facade and edit!

[Pigeons Farm]

What a lovely old building. I hope it finds some one to love it soon.

[Tbird]

Beautiful composition

[Shell]

Gorgeous old building

[mittens (Marilyn)]

I love the architecture.

[Lynn]

Lovely capture of an elegant building

[Fisher Family]

A lovely shot of this attractive building - fav!

Ian

[tony gig]

Wonderful building and capture.

[gloria jones]

Great capture of the architectural details

[Margaret Brown]

A wonderful building which reminds me of the film ‘Batteries not included’ with a similar building sandwiched between huge modern buildings.

[Domenico Dodaro]

Very cool edit, and a pity that such a nice building is empty!

[M. Brutus]

Nice photo and story. Nicely processed, too.

[carol white]

Lovely architecture and processing, shame it's derelict

[Caroline]

Wonderful processing. It's so nice and crisp. I love the contrast between the older ornate building and the modern one behind. So nice that the date is presented on top. Fav

[*lynn]

great editing

[Wendy Telford]

Such a beautiful building.

[Dustyloup]

That is an amazing shot bkb! I like how your editing makes it pop

[Nina Ganci]

impressive architecture
fav
so glad this building is saved

[Pat Knowles]

What a shame it stands empty...there is some fine carving on there.

[amyK]

What a beautiful building; nice shot

[Rob Z]

You have shown this wonderful building so very well. :)

[Ann H. LeFevre]

That's too bad it's not in use right now- it's really a beautiful building. Nice processing- it goes with the architecture.

[Linda Godwin]

Nice architecture a law firm or bank would be appropriate

[Kathy]

It is a wonderful old building. Sad to see the boarded up windows. I agree with you, it will be nice if someone comes along to repurpose it.

[KWind]

Cool old building! I love how you've processed this.

[wendy frost]

Great architecture love your capture and processing .

[Karly]

Love your editing and the narrative.

[CC Folk]

A lovely building. :)

[haskar]

Beautiful shot and edit. Great narrative.

[Brooke Lindsay]

Beautiful building! I wish cities would preserve more older buildings like this!

[bkb in the city]

@seattlite Thanks Gloria

[bkb in the city]

@craftymeg Margaret l am not familiar with that film

[bkb in the city]

@domenicododaro Glad you like this one

[bkb in the city]

@mbrutus Glad you enjoyed this one

[bkb in the city]

@carolmw Carol it will definitely need some work on it

[bkb in the city]

@chejja Thanks Caroline for the comment and the fav

[bkb in the city]

@lynnz Lynn glad you like it

[bkb in the city]

@wendytel Wendy glad you like it

[bkb in the city]

@dustyloup Thanks Stephanie glad you like this one

[bkb in the city]

@ninaganci Thanks Nina for the comment and the fav

[bkb in the city]

@happypat Yes Pat there certainly is

[bkb in the city]

@amyk Thanks Amy

[bkb in the city]

@robz Thanks Rob

[bkb in the city]

@olivetreeann Ann glad you enjoyed this one

[bkb in the city]

@rontu Yes Linda it certainly would

[bkb in the city]

@randystreat Yes Kathy it certainly will be

[bkb in the city]

@kwind Kim glad you enjoyed this one

[bkb in the city]

@wendyfrost Wendy glad you enjoyed this one

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@365karly1 Jean glad you enjoyed this one

[bkb in the city]

@gardenfolk Glad you like it

[bkb in the city]

@haskar Haskar glad you enjoyed this one

[bkb in the city]

@blackmutts Brooke you are right about that

[bkb in the city]

@beryl Beryl it is a very nice building

[bkb in the city]

@gijsje Thanks Bep

[bkb in the city]

@oldjosh Margaret that is so true

[bkb in the city]

@sangwann Dione that is so true

[bkb in the city]

@nickspicsnz Thanks Nick glad you like it

[bkb in the city]

@louannwarren Yes Lou it certainly is a very nice building

[bkb in the city]

@jacqbb Jacqueline glad you enjoyed this one

[bkb in the city]

@kgolab Yes I do too

[bkb in the city]

@tracyhouston Thanks Tracy

[bkb in the city]

@motherxmind Shell glad you enjoyed this one

[bkb in the city]

@mittens Marilyn glad you enjoyed this one

[bkb in the city]

@rumpelstiltskin Thanks Lynn

[bkb in the city]

@fishers Thanks Ian for the comment and the fav

[bkb in the city]

@tonygig Thanks Tony

[Brooke Lindsay]

@bkbinthecity We have some little buildings like this in New York sandwiched between the big, new ones, but not nearly enough of the old ones if you ask me!

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Great shot

[bkb in the city]

@elisasaeter Thanks Elisabeth