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Inglewood: The Oldest Calgary Neighbourhood is Still Going Strong
Wednesday, December 1st, 2010 at 12:10pm. 602 Views, 0 Comments.
Inglewood, Calgary has been reinventing itself for over a century – as the future site of the Canadian Pacific Railway, as an urban neighbourhood for working class and the wealthy alike, as a location of upscale furniture stores, as a go-to area for fine dining and unique shops and, today, as one of the most desirable neighbourhoods of Calgary. No matter what setbacks it has suffered, Inglewood seems to rise above them to be considered one of the top Calgary districts to live in.
Back in the 1870s, just before the CPR came to Calgary, Inglewood (known then as Brewery Flats or East Calgary) was the centre of town. Situated between the Bow and Elbow rivers, Inglewood was ideally located from major transportation routes – road, water and, it…
Calgary Holiday Events & Festivals
Tuesday, November 9th, 2010 at 10:14am. 1232 Views, 0 Comments.
Halloween is over and peoples’ thoughts are turning to Christmas. It’s a good time to prepare for the holiday, because the Christmas festivals and events are just starting to show up in Calgary! For a huge list of Christmas Markets and Sales, head over to FamilyFunCalgary for an exhaustive list. Here, we’re just listing the best of the best!
Spruce Meadows International Christmas Market
November 12-14, November 19-21
Spruce Meadows (18011 Spruce Meadows Way SW)
This annual market features 200+ merchants selling a huge variety of goods from all over the world. Enjoy shopping for your friends and family in this celebratory environment. There’s more than just vendors at this market – Spruce Meadows features pony rides, a…
November Calgary Festivals & Events
Monday, November 8th, 2010 at 10:20am. 423 Views, 0 Comments.
With things heating up for the Christmas season, there are also a lot of holiday-themed festivals in November. In fact, there are so many that we’re featuring them in another blog post. Enjoy these select festivals and events in November:
Fizztival
November 17-18, 6-8 PM
Metrovino (722 11 Ave SW)
Join Metrovino and explore the wonderful world of champagne! Participants get 10-15% off select vintages. Enjoy the “sale with treats” from 6-8 PM.
Art Market Art & Craft Sale
November 18-21
Calgary Telus Convention Centre (136 – 8th Ave. S.E.)
This is the 24th Annual Art Market Art and Craft Sale. It features 200+ artisans and their creations, perfect for collectors and Christmas shopping. Tickets are $9 for adults and…
How Do You Calculate the Walkability of a Calgary Home?
Friday, October 8th, 2010 at 2:55pm. 715 Views, 1 Comments.
For many people, walkability is an important part of choosing a Calgary home. However, if you’re home hunting in an unfamiliar neighbourhood, you don’t always have the time to drive there, get out and walk in all directions. So, what’s a Calgary home hunter to do?
Fortunately, the Internet has provided a number of tools that you can use to narrow down home possibilities based on observation and calculation. While none of them are perfect, they are good starting points to finding the right walkable Calgary home for you.
We’re using our featured listing, 6408 Larkspur Way SW, as an example of determining walkability in your Calgary neighbourhood.
WalkScore.com
Walkscore.com is an interesting website that calculates the "walkability"…
October Calgary Festivals 2010
Friday, October 1st, 2010 at 3:13pm. 370 Views, 0 Comments.
It’s October! Fall is definitely in full swing now and so are Calgary fall festivals!
The Calgary International Improv Festival is going on RIGHT NOW! From September 27 to October 3rd, enjoy improve at a variety of places in the city. There will be a guest appearance by Colin Mochrie. Events are being held at the following venues (see the Festival website for more details):
- The Comedy Cave Address: 9206 MacLeod Trail SE Calgary AB CAN T2J 0P5
- Jack Singer Concert Hall Address: 205 - 8th Ave SE Calgary AB Canada T2G 0K9
- Engineered Air Theatre Address: 205 8th Avenue S.E. Calgary AB Canada T2G 0K9
Campus Fair
Unfortunately, the Campus Fair is postponed until 2011.
Wordfest: International Writers…
The C.P.R.'s Influence on Calgary Neighbourhoods
Wednesday, September 15th, 2010 at 10:48am. 1311 Views, 3 Comments.
The latest page up on our site is about Cliff Bungalow real estate. Like many Calgary neighbourhoods, Cliff Bungalow was built on land annexed directly from the Canadian Pacific Railway.
The CPR heavily influenced the development of Calgary, being a driving force in the city’s growth, economy and layout. It also had a significant influence on the development of Calgary neighbourhoods, establishing boundaries and layouts that linger on, even today.
Canadian Pacific Railway in Calgary: The Beginning
In August 1883, the banks of the Elbow River were lined with merchants and businessmen who had come to take advantage of the completion of the Canadian Pacific Railway. The CPR was to open Calgary up to the East and provide a corridor for…
Yahoo! and Zoocasa Join Forces Today
Monday, August 30th, 2010 at 12:57pm. 381 Views, 0 Comments.
Today, Yahoo! and Zoocasa rolled out an application that puts Zoocasa’s online real estate search at the fingertips of Yahoo! members. Zoocasa, owned nearly entirely by Rogers Communications Inc., is said to be “Canada’s fastest growing real estate search”. With 17 million Yahoo! users, Zoocasa stands to grow even faster now that this application brings Canadian real estate even closer to Canadian Internet users.
Zoocasa.com uses advanced mapping technology and many search options, including:
- Region
- City
- Price Range
- Property type
- Number of bedrooms
- Number of bathrooms
This application joins many others that Yahoo! offers to its users, including Flickr, Monster (one of Canada’s major job-search sites),…
Calgary September Festivals 2010
Friday, August 27th, 2010 at 1:35pm. 781 Views, 1 Comments.
September is drawing near, so it's time to mark these festivals on your calendar! Unfortunately, there are also some festivals that are not happening this year, apparently. If you have information about a forgotten festival or further information about a listed festival, please comment!
Barbecue on the Bow Festival
Labour Day Weekend
Eau Claire Festival Market
This is Canada’s oldest barbecue festival and the annual “Alberta Championship” where Canadian and American chef teams vie for prizes and trophies and the title of “Alberta Champion”. There are a number of events and activities as well as the competition. There is a craft tent for kids, stage entertainment, talent search, vendors, BBQ demos, BBQ foods and The General Store,…
Mid-August Calgary Festivals
Wednesday, August 18th, 2010 at 10:08am. 330 Views, 0 Comments.
Back-to-school sales are looming over hapless children and people are starting to plan their fall activities. However, that doesn’t mean that Calgary outdoor events aren’t thriving. Take a look at some of the mid-August events happening right now and coming our way:
Calgary International Reggae Festival
August 21
Shaw Millenium Park – 1220-9 Avenue SW
11am-11pm
This annual festival is on its 8th year in 2010. If you’re not a Reggae fan, come out anyway, because this is a great family event featuring arts & crafts, food, kids play area and a beer garden for the adults! For more information, check out the link above.
Global Fest
August 20-28
Elliston Park (17th St SE and 60 St SE)
6pm-11:15pm
This is an…
The Odd History of Calgary's City Streets
Monday, July 5th, 2010 at 8:40am. 2660 Views, 0 Comments.
**NOTE** This is a repost! The former post has been lost in the ether.
If you’re entertaining visitors in Calgary and leave them to their own devices one day, it is not unlikely that you will come home to a complaint about all the weird street numbers and what idiot arranged Calgary into quadrants that are numbered individually so that they can’t find anything? As you commiserate with your friends about the insane numbering system, you may wonder why Calgary is laid out like this. We just can't have nice things.
It wasn’t always this way. Until 1904, Calgary had names for all its streets. An example are the maps here of the Downtown and Downtown East Village districts. In the maps, you can see that Atlantic Avenue (bottom left, horizontal)…
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