Calgary feat. in National Geographic March 1984

[Redlyne_mr2]

Found this article pretty interesting, there are some pages with no pictures that I did not include the older Beyond members will remember Calgary in 1984, Ralph Klein was mayor back then

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[Redlyne_mr2]

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[gwkwan]

yo man its so hard to see the txt

[pookie]

I really relate because I was born in March 1984. In Calgary. And my parents named me National Geographic

[t3rry]

oh, how things have changed :rofl:

[^SkylinE^]

haha great post man! That funny shit!

[SinisterProbeGt]

WoW I was 4 When that articial came out:thumbsup:

[JAYMEZ]

Yo thats crazy , lol looks so wierd

[izzoblitzo]

WoW! Look at how clean Stephen Avenue Mall is!!! right by The Bay.. w/those two statue things... Today, there is grafiti, and in place of those two old guys sitting there is two three squeegee kids pan handling.:D

[rc2002]

Good Stuff! :thumbsup:

The downtown landscape has totally changed since then... I didn't know Fifth Avenue Place was that old!

[bigboom]

Originally posted by richardchan2002
Good Stuff! :thumbsup:

The downtown landscape has totally changed since then... I didn't know Fifth Avenue Place was that old!

back then it was esso plaza ;)

[rage2]

Redlyne_mr2 sent me better quality pics, they're now hosted so you guys can read the text :).

[t3rry]

Originally posted by izzoblitzo
WoW! Look at how clean Stephen Avenue Mall is!!! right by The Bay.. w/those two statue things... Today, there is grafiti, and in place of those two old guys sitting there is two three squeegee kids pan handling.:D

no no, the squeegee kids are on the other bench, thats the drug dealing bench :rofl: :rofl:

[gwkwan]

Originally posted by rage2
Redlyne_mr2 sent me better quality pics, they're now hosted so you guys can read the text :).

oh fank u for that
now i could actually read:thumbsup:

[Redlyne_mr2]

haha I just realised that's Ralph Klein with the plaid shirt on in front of all that audio equipment, he's doing a radio show

[benyl]

Originally posted by bigboom


back then it was esso plaza ;)

And it had a Cineplex Odeon theater and an arcade!

Damn I was 8 years old...

[rage2]

hehe the article talks about how we don't like the East, and the Liberals. How much has changed in 20 years lol.

We should try to take pictures from the same locations, to see how much has changed in 20 years.

[DUBBED]

http://www.virgeweb.com/rage2/calgary/284C0402.jpg

LOL I remember when I first saw this article and was so excited cus this picture was taken like 3 blocks from where I live, I used to play golf in that field behind the Tippee houses, hahaha childhood was great!!

[cycosis]

wanst born for another 2. kinda cool to see that. thx redline

[ninspeed]

hey ryan... great post. My father actually has this copy (well every copy since the 70's i think)..... great read

[Redlyne_mr2]

Originally posted by ninspeed
hey ryan... great post. My father actually has this copy (well every copy since the 70's i think)..... great read
Awesome, haha where does he store them all? It's a shame Canada doesn't make the pages of National geographic more often. Iv'e got the sports illustrated from the 88 olympics back in red deer, ill have to post that article too when I get back home

[sexualbanana]

Originally posted by bigboom


back then it was esso plaza ;)



Originally posted by benyl


And it had a Cineplex Odeon theater and an arcade!

Damn I was 8 years old...


<sigh> Those were the days. . .

[SwitchBlade]

Damn what an old thread.... ;) jk. Man Ralph Klein looks like a bum

[hyperwhite]

Calgary looks, um...interesting. WTF is with the purple houses! man the 80's were crazy.

[bigboom]

Originally posted by sexualbanana






&lt;sigh&gt; Those were the days. . .

anyone remember the cheap theatre that they used to have in there? that was wicked...$1.50 haha

[EK 2.0]

Originally posted by hyperwhite
Calgary looks, um...interesting. WTF is with the purple houses! man the 80's were crazy.


Those were the homes along Memorial Drive...a lot of them are still around in those color schemes...

[lam-boy]

its neat on how the article ends on 403..haha.

[nismodrifter]

haha didn't notice that until you pointed it out :D

I wasn't even born then.....what has changed though, Ralph sure hasn't changed....he still looks like/is a drunk ahha

[jsn]

Yea a few of those multicoloured houses are still around on memorial. I remember seeing those teepee houses but can't remember where exactly. Anyone remember where those used to be?

Edit: Oops...just realized I bumped a 5 year old thread. Someone posted it on the "What was the previous name of _________" thread...

[eglove]

those houses are awesome looking. are they still up?

[badatusrnames]

Some interesting parallels with the most recent boom...

[/////AMG]

Good bump! Very interesting. :thumbsup:

[JAYMEZ]

I was gunna put :repost: until I saw that I had posted in it yearssss ago lol.

[adam c]

i was born july 84, the downtown core doesn't look much different

[msommers]

I'm glad someone bumped this! Very cool:)

Also, I remember going to the theatre at esso plaza as well haha uhh god I was so young then!

[Redlyne_mr2]

Originally posted by adam c
i was born july 84, the downtown core doesn't look much different
I think the biggest difference is the west end of the core, if you notice there arent any of those modern condo high rises. :thumbsup:

good bump for sure haha

[bwling]

^ Yeah, plus the only building taller than the Calgary Tower at the time was the Petro-Canada Tower.

Cool to see the changes that have taken place in 25 years.

[Kona9]

Excellent Bump! I was 8 as well then.

Pretty cool how there were Horses in fields that close to the downtown core back then. (other than Stampede grounds of course)