Are You Being Served

For some of you those words may remind you of a English Comedy, which by the way I find absolutely hilarious. However they also remind me of an experience that I recently had at a department store. Unfortunately good service was the last thing I received when I was there.
That brings me to my photo today which is the Kelly Building located in the heart of downtown. When it was built it was home to the James Ramsay Department Store which was one of the earliest department stores in Edmonton. I am sure that good customer service was found there on a daily basis. Business was so good that they expanded the business and built the building right next to it which is the Ramsay Building. It was built as an annex to the ddepartment store. When James Ramsay retired he sold his business to the T Eaton Co. which used this building for several years.
Today both building sit vacant but some developers have decided to fix both of them up and build on to the Kelly Building. If you view this picture enlarged you can see a sign on the building that gives an artists concept as to what the finished project will look like.
I am glad that they are keeping these as they are a couple of the last buildings still standing from that time period in this part of the city.

[Deb B]

I'm glad that they are keeping the old building the same.

[karenann]

Wonderful photo and happy to hear about the new development. Good news for the city and the neighborhood.

[Brian Baptie]

Redevelopment is the way to go espicially with those glassed highrises that surrounds it.

[Ellen E]

very nice shot!

[Shirley Banford]

Nice story. Thanks.

[Carolyn White]

Beautiful composition and very interesting information! I hope you are feeling better today, Brian.

[Kerri]

Cool shot

[Anne ❀]

great pic and story to go with it, thanks for sharing

[bkb in the city]

@sunnygreenwood Your welcome

[bkb in the city]

@kerristephens Thanks Kerri

[bkb in the city]

@cjwhite Thanks Carolyn. I am feeling better. Not 100 % but getting there

[bkb in the city]

@sabanford Your welcome

[bkb in the city]

@ellen Thank you

[bkb in the city]

@bdb3471 I still like the look of the older buildings

[bkb in the city]

@karenann Thanks. They have torn down to many of these buildings already

[Shirley Chetwynd]

It looks to be an impressive building compared to those high rise monsters that dwarf it.

[Peter de Graaff]

Love the angles

[Jennifer C]

cool, look forward to seeing it when it's been renovated!
I love those old english comedies as well

[John]

Good job on keeping the old buildings and great shot.

[Dora Prokosh]

Love how the new buildings are lurking behind the old buildings. Great they are restoring them and blending old with new.

[Howard Steele]

interesting pic

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Very pretty shot.

[Ruth Moucharafieh]

Like this...especially all those tiny lights in the highrises.

[summerfield]

nice set up, brian. the two buildings at the back with their little lights really highlight the age of this building. great shot.

[Courtney]

Gorgeous building and your commentary is perfect! Interesting to know that good service seems to dropping off everywhere

[Claire]

Lovely building, deserves to be kept; don't get me started on Customer Service, I used to be a Customer Service Manager and woe betide anyone in my team who did not display excellent CS skills, no excuses for not doing! Whoops sorry off my soap box now!

[Agnes Zonnestraaltje]

wonderfull building I like how they build the modern buildings around this one whitout disturbing the building.

[Mrs. Smith]

Wonderful building and history to go along with it. It's so good that they are keeping it.

[bkb in the city]

@mrssmith Thanks for the comment

[bkb in the city]

@zonnestraaltje They have done a nice job mixing the two together

[bkb in the city]

@claireuk I worked in the retail industry for almost 12 years in a men's clothing store so I do know all about it and to me it is lacking so much in todays stores

[bkb in the city]

@cfitzgerald Yes which is not a good thing

[bkb in the city]

@summerfield Thank you

[bkb in the city]

@ruthmouch Glad you liked it

[bkb in the city]

@mittens Glad you enjoyed it

[bkb in the city]

@steeler Thank you

[bkb in the city]

@dora It does make the downtown core look very interesitng

[bkb in the city]

@johnnyfrs Thanks John

[bkb in the city]

@jenrobcarr I am not sure when they plan on starting so it might be awhile

[bkb in the city]

@peterdegraaff Thanks. Glad you liked it

[bkb in the city]

@http365proj I really love this building

[Ann H. LeFevre]

That's great- I love it when history is preserved and buildings are restored or renovated to be used in a new way. You'll have to revisit it when the remodeling is done for a before and after picture.

[bkb in the city]

@olivetreeann I will do that for sure

[Shanne]

department stores everywhere are struggling - I got a shot of the windows above some shops that showed it was once a department store on Sunday in Camden, London - nice record of the building - sorry, mad catch up here

[bkb in the city]

@shanne That is okay