Preserving Our Past

This is Hanger 11. It was built in 1942 by the American Airforce as part of the Northwest Staging Route.
Edmonton literally saw thousands of American and Allied Forces planes pass through Edmonton during World War ll.
The city was looking for a way to preserve the hanger and thankfully a developer has come forward that is designed a building project that will incorporate the hanger into its new structure that they will build

[Kim Capson]

That's amazing!

[Doris J]

That is good news. What I remember about our trip to Toronto is how they preserved so much of their brickwork, even when they put a big new building behind it. Nice that Edmonton is preserving some of its history.

[Diana]

Lovely shot and interesting info.

[Kat]

That's great to hear it is being preserved.

[tony gig]

Great shot.

[Lois]

It’s wonderful that the building will be preserved!

[Dione Giorgio]

Beautiful shot. Well done for preserving this historic building.

[Wylie]

Good to preserve a bit of history

[Mags]

Marvelous slice of history and capture!

[Peter Dulis]

lovely capture ...

[Pat]

So great to hear that this will be saved, great shot and history.

[Ingrid]

That sounds good!

[Brooke Lindsay]

Neat! I love it when they are able to find née uses while still preserving the old buildings!

[Anne ❀]

great photo to show off this building, great that it will live on.

[Lou Ann]

It’s a classic hangar. Glad it will be saved.

[mittens (Marilyn)]

So interesting.

[Yoland]

Love it, those huge hanger doors have amazing spinning wheels to open them inside, hopefully they keep the door functioning.

[gloria jones]

Neat historical hanger...Great capture

[Fisher Family]

A lovely shot of this super historical building. It's so pleasing that a developer has found a way to incorporate this in his development.

Ian

[BeckyJo]

So interesting and a great shot!

[Margaret Brown]

Interesting and so worthy of preserving

[Bill]

Memories that it is important to preserve.

[Jacqueline]

Great capture!

[haskar]

Nice capture and beautiful blue sky.

[Susan]

Great shot

[Kathie]

I didn't know that, Brian. I know Canada was the training centre for the RCAF and Commonwealth nations during WWII

[Laura]

Great photo.

[Islandgirl]

Great news!

[Lin]

Nicely capture - glad to hear it will be saved

[Wendy]

Hubby recognized this as soon as he saw it. He was a pilot flying out of Comox and then Cold Lake in the 80s so he was familiar with this one.

[Kathy]

Huge building. My dad was in the Canadian Air Force during WWII, but he was stationed in Newfoundland.

[Harry J Benson]

Repurposing buildings is always good. Nicely presented

[Fr1da]

Amazing story and image !

[Paula-Christine]

Nice to learn a bit of history.

[Nina Ganci]

wonderful that the hanger is being preserved
great capture

[bkb in the city]

@pattyblue Thanks Pat. Glad to share this with you

[bkb in the city]

@ingrid01 Ingrid it was very good news

[bkb in the city]

@blackmutts Brooke it is so important to preserve history

[bkb in the city]

@sunnygreenwood Thanks Anne it was very good news when the story broke here about the hanger

[bkb in the city]

@louannwarren Lou Ann l am too

[bkb in the city]

@mittens Marilyn l trust you enjoyed this one

[bkb in the city]

@yoland Yoland that would be nice

[bkb in the city]

@seattlite Thanks Gloria glad you like this one

[bkb in the city]

@fishers Ian glad you enjoyed this

[bkb in the city]

@beckyk365 Thanks Becky Jo. Glad you like this one

[bkb in the city]

@craftymeg Yes Margaret it certainly is worth saving

[bkb in the city]

@bill_gk Yes Bill it is very important

[bkb in the city]

@jacqbb Thanks Jacqueline

[bkb in the city]

@haskar Thanks Haskar

[bkb in the city]

@susan727 Thanks Susan

[bkb in the city]

@kathiecb Kathie glad to share this with you

[bkb in the city]

@la_photographic Thanks Laura

[bkb in the city]

@radiogirl Yes Kathy it certainly was

[bkb in the city]

@linnypinny Lin I was very happy to hear the news

[bkb in the city]

@farmreporter Wendy that is very interesting

[bkb in the city]

@randystreat Kathy that is very interesting

[bkb in the city]

@fr1da Glad you enjoyed this one

[bkb in the city]

@paulachristine Glad to share this with you

[bkb in the city]

@ninaganci Yes Nina it certainly is

[bkb in the city]

@kimmer50 Kim glad you enjoyed this one

[bkb in the city]

@dorisj Doris it is so important to preserve our history

[bkb in the city]

@ludwigsdiana Diana glad you enjoyed this one

[bkb in the city]

@katford Kathie it really was great news

[bkb in the city]

@tonygig Thanks Tony

[bkb in the city]

@loweygrace Yes Lois it certainly is

[bkb in the city]

@sangwann Dione I am glad it is being preserved

[bkb in the city]

@pusspup Yes Wylie it certainly is

[bkb in the city]

@marlboromaam Mags glad you enjoyed this one

[bkb in the city]

@pdulis Peter glad you enjoyed this one

[Maxine Lathbury]

Good to learn the story behind the photo, and glad this little piece of history is being preserved

[bkb in the city]

@365projectmaxine Maxine glad to share this with you

[Ann H. LeFevre]

That's great- the U of A should talk to this developer about that row of houses!

[bkb in the city]

@olivetreeann Maybe they should