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Edmonton Journal building. In 1905, The Journal began operating from a building on the corner of a lot on 102nd Avenue and 101st Street. Its present location at 101st Street and 100th Avenue was established in 1921, and Alberta's first radio station, CJCA, began broadcasting from the building a year later. [2]
Edmonton's first true skyscraper, and the tallest building in Western Canada for five years, was the CN Tower, built in 1966. A building boom did not really begin until the oil shocks of 1973 and 1979 , which prompted construction of many of the city's current tall buildings (17 of the top 20, as of 2019).
The tallest building in the province is the 66-storey, 250.8 m (823 ft) tall, Stantec Tower located in Edmonton. Alberta's history of skyscrapers began with the Grain Exchange Building (1910) in Calgary, and the Tegler Building (1911) in Edmonton.
Enbridge Centre is a 28-storey office tower in Edmonton, Alberta. The facade of the building uses the bricks from the historic Kelly Ramsey Building, which previously occupied the site. [2] It is located on 101 St. NW, and is connected to the Pedway network.
At the time, the Princess was considered a showpiece of elegance and modernity. It was the first building west of Winnipeg to be faced with marble. [15] The Edmonton Journal remarked on the quality of the "photoplay house's" finishings, remarking on the solid marble facade, frescoes, brass mirrors and the abundance of gold leaf decoration. [18]
Epcor Tower is an office tower in downtown Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The tower is capped by two spires that are capped with four flagpoles each. When the spires were taken into account, it was the tallest building in Edmonton from 2011 to 2017. [6] Epcor Tower is the first building in the Station Lands project.
The Edmonton Journal wrote that "the country-themed room, located in the old Saveco building between 107th and 108th Streets, was one of the most notorious venues in downtown Edmonton." [15] In 2012, Oil City Roadhouse closed and was replaced by an establishment named Knoxville's Tavern. [15] [16]
Downtown Edmonton is the central business district of Edmonton, Alberta.Located at the geographical centre of the city, the downtown area is bounded by 109 Street to the west, 105 Avenue to the north, 97 Street to the east, 97 Avenue and Rossdale Road to the south, and the North Saskatchewan River to the southeast.