built the standard story and a half Wartime Housing Models. They were about 45 to 48 feet wide and 108 to 120 in length. McCutcheon trod through the grassy field on the north bank of the Bow River" in Parkdale and blocked out lots. Īccording to Parkdale resident and author Robert M. One of the earliest Parkdale houses which was built in 1910, was a farm house that is still occupied by the original intergenerational family on 35th street NW. : 6Īccording to Parkdale's resident historian, Marcel Hebert, by 1912, there were approximately 12 houses/farms located in Parkdale as farmers began to homestead there. McKay and his partners also built five upscale, larger brick homes on 37th Street N.W., some of which are also heritage homes. Between 19 they built six houses along the north side of Parkdale Boulevard including the Craftsman style Betz and Withrow residences : 77 - heritage houses with character that contribute to the historic residential streetscape. They envisioned a subdivision for Calgary's professional class on the streetcar lines. McKay with Parkdale's pioneer real-estate developers, Scott and Hartronft, created a subdivision known at the time as Parkdale Addition, in the area between 29th Street N.W. The Bowness streetcar line went from Centre Street through Parkdale to Bowness and the Grand Trunk line, and the Parkdale-Hillhurst cars had its terminal at the Parkdale loop on 34th Street N.W. : 77 By 1911 two streetcar lines provided access to the sparsely populated Parkdale community. In 1910, when Calgary was in a period of growth, Parkdale was annexed. 1.1 Parkdale Community Heritage Inventory.It is represented in the Calgary City Council by the Ward 7 councillor, Druh Farrell who has served for five consecutive terms since 2001. : 85 By 2014 Parkdale, like other inner city communities in Calgary, was experiencing gradual gentrification with small cottage-style bungalows being replaced by spacious flat roofed, Prairie School Frank Lloyd Wright inspired infills attracting young families with children away from the long commute suburbs to inner city ease of access to downtown, transit and work. Following World War II in the 1950s the dominant housing type that characterized Parkdale, was the bungalow. Parkdale was annexed to the City of Calgary in 1910 when Calgary began to experience a "major economic and building boom." : 77 The boom ended in 1913 and further development of the Parkdale Addition as it was called, was halted because of World War I. Memorial Drive provides access to downtown Calgary and to Highway 1 which leads to the Rocky Mountains. Parkdale is in close proximity to both the Foothills Medical Centre and the Alberta Children's Hospital constructed in 2006, as well as the University of Calgary. It is bounded on the south by the Bow River, 28 St NW to the east, Shaganappi Trail NW to the west and on the north by 16th Avenue. Two handguns were seized along with a small amount of marijuana.Parkdale is a mature, inner city neighbourhood in the city of Calgary, Alberta along the north bank of the Bow River between the communities of West Hillhurst and Point McKay. Most were curfew violations, minor in possession of alcohol, public intoxication, and traffic warrants. Police had been getting reports from neighbors that people - mainly teenagers - were hanging out in the parking lot late into the night, drinking, fighting and generally being a nuisance.Ībout 50 officers with the city police along with the Nueces County Sheriff’s Office, the Texas Department of Transportation and the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission ended up arresting 24 juveniles and 28 adults for mainly minor offenses. One set of articles I read on Parkdale Plaza concerned Corpus Christi police arresting 52 people in the parking lot one late Saturday night in July 1991. Other exhibitions I found included the more routine boat shows and art shows, but also a traveling space exhibit complete with a simulated lunar space ship in 1962 a display of vehicles from the Horseless Carriage Club of Corpus Christi in 1968 and an American Heritage display in 1969 showcasing women’s fashion through the years, the history of silver-making, antique cameras and photos plus a full scale display of an old-fashion general store.
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