Then and Now---Banking on Jasper Avenue

For those of you who have been following me you have most likely discovered my interest in local history and architecture. So I have decided to do a short series entitled Then and Now
Since the early 1900's there has been a bank on the southeast corner of Jasper Avenue and 101 Street. The early photo is from 1914 and shows the Bank of North America. This was taken over by the Bank of Montreal which was housed in the newer building. It has been vacant for sometime and as you can now see has been demolished.
Developers are planning on a new retail/office complex on this spot and this corner will be home to the parkade for that facility

[Carole Imes]

Great idea .... cool comparison. Love it!!!

[Kerri]

Cool collage

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Great comparison. It's so cool to see things then and now.

[Diane]

This is so interesting! Really good idea for a series--looking forward to it.

[Leila]

Terrific comparison shots!

[bkb in the city]

@leilaboyd Thanks Leila

[Allison Williams]

Love your series idea. I look forward to following it. Where did you get this great old photo?

[bkb in the city]

@eudora Glad you like it

[bkb in the city]

@allie912 I have gone down to our City Archives where they will make copies of photos they on file

[bkb in the city]

@mittens Glad you like it

[bkb in the city]

@kerristephens Thanks Kerri

[bkb in the city]

@cimes1 Glad to hear that

[Pam Hawkes]

Good idea. I love the old buildings. They have character.

[Nikki]

Great idea

[Kimmi]

Very nice

[Anne ❀]

cool idea, nice to be able to compare

[Brian Baptie]

Great comparison. Progress is not always what it is cracked up to be!!

[Vicki Dixon]

so many changes!

[Dana Palermo]

Awesome collage! I like the changes to the bank!

[Cindy Rez]

Nice one I love the old buildings!!

[bkb in the city]

@cindyrez Older buildings are so much nice than the newer ones in my opinion

[bkb in the city]

@pixiefsu50 Thanks except now ther is nothing there

[bkb in the city]

@vickisfotos And they are changes that I really do not like

[bkb in the city]

@bdb3471 This is very true

[Harry J Benson]

nice creative historical photo

[bkb in the city]

@sunnygreenwood Glad you like it

[bkb in the city]

@hjbenson Thanks Harry

[bkb in the city]

@kimmistephens Thank you Kimmi

[bkb in the city]

@nikkic Glad you like it

[bkb in the city]

@pamfromcalgary They really do and unfortunately we have torn down way to many of them

[Ramesh Chand]

very well done city shot......

[bkb in the city]

@pawar_ramesh Thanks Ramesh

[Teri]

Thanks for sharing your passion! I know things now I didn't know before!

[Shirley Chetwynd]

wow what a difference.

[John]

Cool shots

[Ann H. LeFevre]

I like this kind of "modern" history. Nice collage and story.

[mervyn hobbs]

very nice and I love the History

[Shirley Banford]

Nice collage.

[Zuzana]

Really great, I like any type of before and after (then and now) pictures :-)

[Ian Fisher]

Nice to see the changes over time. A great collage!

[Pyrrhula]

Great and creative idea. Love the collage of it ,
and thanks for the interesting story

[Michael Elliott]

great idea to show it like this!

[Laurie Higgins]

This is a very cool series to take on! I love it!

[bkb in the city]

@lauriehiggins Glad you like it

[bkb in the city]

@michaelelliott Thanks Michael

[bkb in the city]

@pyrrhula You're welcome

[bkb in the city]

@if1 Thanks Ian

[bkb in the city]

@zuzana Glad you like it

[bkb in the city]

@sabanford Thaks Shirley

[bkb in the city]

@carwyn3 Glad you like it

[bkb in the city]

@olivetreeann Glad you enjoyed it

[bkb in the city]

@johnnyfrs Thanks John

[bkb in the city]

@http365proj That is why I love things like this

[bkb in the city]

@iimage Glad to share it with everyone

[Juliette Packham]

great shots and information - cool series

[tony j sisti]

I am enjoying your great series of then and now, and find them of great interest.... Please keep them coming, nicely don and Thank You!

[naladka]

I like your idea a lot! I even have Then and Now book of architecture for New York :)

[bkb in the city]

@naladka That would be something to see. 'What is the actual title of that book?

[bkb in the city]

@tonyjsisti You're welcome

[bkb in the city]

@sparkle Glad you like it

[Linda]

Very interesting. I like the old buiding the best.

[bkb in the city]

@grannysue The older the better I say

[Darlene]

Fantastic old and new but do they really have to do this so much. I am sad to see the old be demolished so much of the time to build something new that has no character, but modern wins out and I guess has to.

[bkb in the city]

@darsphotos Well in this case I think the old one was better and would have served their purposes

[Darlene]

@bkbinthecity That is too bad to hear. To see so much in photo that is no longer here is sad. My husband and I drove in an area that we grew up in and moved away from and all the character has gone away and been replaced with new and not such attractive places. Also the trees that lined that particular drive got diseased after so many years and had to be taken down. Sad to see.

[Carolyn White]

I love your Then and Now series!

[bkb in the city]

@cjwhite Glad you like it