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Originally Posted by RyLucky
Cool map. Is Brickburn where Edworthy park is now? What do the coloured routes mean? Major roads? Streetcars?
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The area marked Brickburn is essentially where Sarcee Trail heads down the hill towards Bowness.
It looks like the red routes are primary highways and the orange ones are secondary highways.
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Originally Posted by RyLucky
I find it interesting how even in 1926 Calgary was a very centralized city. All the major routes lead downtown, convergence of all the railways, the rivers, the irrigation Canal (just east of Inglewood)... The relief contours really give a sense of the bowl shape of the inner city too.
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It's easy to see why the Calgary Tower was located where it was. 9th and Centre really was the centre of the City in so many way
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