Then and Now.....The Facade

Today we look at what is left of once a great building.
The Canadian Pacific Railway Building opened in 1913. Amongst other things it housed the Passenger Ticket Office, Freight Office and Telegraph Office.
When it opened it was one of the tallest buildings in Edmonton.
The top portion of the building was clad in brick and the facade was constructed out of limestone from Bedford, Indiana.
The building was faced in 1993 and torn down. All that was saved was the original facade.

[Ingrid]

At least they saved some of it!

[Diana]

It looks fabulous, good that they saved some.

[Lesley]

I like what they’ve done there.

[Ian George]

Nice to see some of it has been preserved.

[Mags]

Beautiful buildings! Wish they could've left the whole columns.

[Harry J Benson]

Nice

[mittens (Marilyn)]

So interesting.

[LManning (Laura)]

Fortunate that they saved that much, at least.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

At least they were able to save the limestone. I guess the rest of the building was too far gone. Good contrast comparison collage.

[Patrick Fitzgerald]

Interesting to see the march of time.

[Nina Ganci]

Love your tour through history
well done

[Chris Cook]

Another nice one Brian. I like how they incorporated the old facade into the new building

[Bill]

Interesting building.

[Lin]

Glad to see they saved at least a small portion - well captured

[Granny7(Denise)]

Great historical photo

[Margaret Brown]

Love the stonework and it’s history

[Pat Knowles]

I think this building has adapted very nicely to modern day living!

[Judith Johnson]

Good job they saved the facade. We love to search out old railways buildings

[Kathy]

The facade is simply ornate (I know a bit of an oxymoron) but what I mean is that it's not over-the-top embellishment.

[Pyrrhula]

Great shots of this nice building

[Jane Pittenger]

Great new and old. So glad they kept the facade

[Peter Dulis]

Nice they kept the facade

[Ryan]

Lovely facade, it's important to retain the original character of our places.

[Roger Waterhouse]

Oh, I love these kind of before and after pics.

[Donna]

It's interesting to find the old building in the new. Great shot.

[Kathie]

Only kept a small portion of the facade. I think they must be skirting some laws.

[Fisher Family]

Nice to see that the original facade was saved and reused.

Ian

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@cdcook48 Chris glad you liked this one

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@bill_gk Bill l trust you enjoyed this one

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@linnypinny Thanks Lin

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@denful Denise glad you liked this one

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@craftymeg Margaret glad you enjoyed this one

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@happypat Yes Pat it certainly has

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@busylady Judith glad to share this with you

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@randystreat Yes Kathy it certainly is

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@pyrrhula Thanks Ferry

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@jgpittenger Jane it is nice they saved part of the building

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@pdulis Yes Peter for sure

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@ryan161 Yes Ryan it is very important

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@rwaterhouse Roger glad you enjoyed this one

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@djclow Thanks Donna

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@fishers Ian glad you like this one

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@ingrid01 Yes Ingrid they did that

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@ludwigsdiana Diana glad you enjoyed this one

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@tinley23 Lesley glad you liked this one

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@nodrognai Ian glad to share this with you

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@marlboromaam Mags that would have been nice

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@hjbenson Thanks Harry

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@mittens Marilyn l trust you enjoyed this one

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@ljmanning Yes Laura very nice

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@olivetreeann Ann that may have been the case

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@pdxpatfitz Patrick l trust you enjoyed this one

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@ninaganci Nina glad you enjoyed this one