Preserving The Past

Located on Rice Howard Way is what once was the James Ramsey Department Store. The facade on the right is the Kelly Building. The facade on the left is the Ramsey buiilding.
When fire destroyed the interior the buildings were torn down. The bricks from the facades were saved and put back in place when the Enbridge Tower was built.
James Ramsey hired John Kelly to construct a building for his store in 1914. With business booming Ramsey built the extention in 1926.
Eventually he sold his store to the Timothy Eaton Company.
Of an interesting note James Ramsey was the first retailer in Edmonton to start to use pennies in his daily business

[moni kozi]

I like this type of inclusion of old architecture into new one

[Diana]

What a great shot of the old and new.

[Lesley]

How great that they could reuse the bricks and incorporate them into the new buildings.

[Margaret Snell]

Interesting shot, it is good when historic buildings are restored. Too many beautiful buildings are destroyed in the name of progress. They have been here in Nottingham but now many of them are being renovated.

[cityhillsandsea]

I really like the angle on this, and - as always - love hearing these local knowledge type stories. Thanks for sharing!

[Mags]

Nice POV! Glad to see something old preserved.

[Carole Sandford]

Nice to have old incorporated with the new!

[Lou Ann]

Such a wonderful building!

[KV]

Nice angle.

[Harry J Benson]

Nice pov

[gloria jones]

Great pov and leading line

[Korcsog Károly]

Nice shot! I love these solutions

[Nina Ganci]

great pov
well done
fav

[william wooderson]

I feel giddy :-D
Jolly good!

[Bill]

Good picture.

[Ryan]

Great perspective

[wendy frost]

Great capture and POV. and great to see the bricks being re-used.

[haskar]

Great pov. A great combination of different styles in architecture .

[Paula C]

Great perspective

[Judith Johnson]

Great shot shot and story. Presume that was the start of the Eatons department store?

[PhotoCrazy]

Wonderful capture!

[Pyrrhula]

Impressing architecture.

[Peter Dulis]

Nice POV

[Diane]

So interesting how they included the facades of the older buildings. Fav.

[LManning (Laura)]

Great pov. Interesting history!

[Kathy]

The two vintage building facades contrast with the sleek modern architecture.

[Fr1da]

wonderful viewpoint!

[bkb in the city]

@photographycrazy Thanks Bill

[bkb in the city]

@pyrrhula Ferry glad you like this one

[bkb in the city]

@pdulis Thanks Peter

[bkb in the city]

@eudora Thanks Diane for the comment and the fav

[bkb in the city]

@ljmanning Laura glad to share this with you

[bkb in the city]

@randystreat Kathy it is a very nice contrast

[bkb in the city]

@fr1da Glad you enjoyed this one

[bkb in the city]

@monikozi Glad you like this one

[bkb in the city]

@ludwigsdiana Thanks Diana

[bkb in the city]

@tinley23 Lesley it is better than losing the whole building

[bkb in the city]

@oldjosh Margaret that is good to hear

[bkb in the city]

@cityhillsandsea You're welcome

[bkb in the city]

@marlboromaam Mags glad to share this with you

[bkb in the city]

@carole_sandford Yes Carole it is very nice

[bkb in the city]

@louannwarren Yes Lou Ann it really is

[bkb in the city]

@kvphoto Glad you like it

[bkb in the city]

@hjbenson Thanks Harry

[bkb in the city]

@seattlite Thanks Gloria

[bkb in the city]

@kork Glad you enjoyed this one

[bkb in the city]

@ninaganci Thanks Nina for the comment and the fav

[bkb in the city]

@will_wooderson William glad you enjoyed this one

[bkb in the city]

@bill_gk Thanks Bill

[bkb in the city]

@ryan161 Ryan glad you enjoyed this one

[bkb in the city]

@wendyfrost Wendy glad you enjoyed this one

[bkb in the city]

@haskar Yes Haskar it certainly is

[bkb in the city]

@pea Glad you like this one

[bkb in the city]

@busylady Yes Judith it was the beginning of it here in Edmonton

[Jacqueline]

Wonderful capture of the old and the new!

[bkb in the city]

@jacqbb Thanks Jacqueline

[4rky]

Great pov and wide angle perspective - interesting mix of old and new

[bkb in the city]

@4rky l trust you enjoyed this one

[jennifer]

old and new sit well together