Calgary Map 1969 and Now

[Tik-Tok]

While stripping the interior out of my wife's '72 GTO a couple of years back, I found a map from 1969 buried under the seats, it's pretty interesting to see the differences. Here's the map scanned, the basic residential areas overlayed on a 2010 map, and the scanned map file if you want to peruse the map (just right click saving the JPG doesn't keep the street names very clear)

Population 1969: 370,000
Population 2010: 988,000



http://www.mediafire.com/file/yrm1iz... 1969 copy.jpg

[stealth1313]

[masoncgy]

I've always found it interesting that the first full interchange in Calgary at 16 Ave & Barlow Tr NE was a properly built clover leaf... and yet, how many interchanges have been built since that are total clusterfucks?

lol... cool find!

[bspot]

Originally posted by masoncgy
I've always found it interesting that the first full interchange in Calgary was at 16 Ave & Barlow Tr NE was a properly built clover leaf... and yet, how many interchanges have been built since that are total clusterfucks?

lol... cool find!

Clover leafs suck. One of the most inefficient traffic interchange designs. They are almost never used anymore for this reason.

[JfuckinC]

Originally posted by stealth1313

Fuck you. You're post's are shit.

That's pretty cool comparison though. I wish there was just a ton of archived shit to see what the old Calgary was like.

[Tik-Tok]

Originally posted by JfuckinC


That's pretty cool comparison though. I wish there was just a ton of archived shit to see what the old Calgary was like.

Yeah, it's neat to see old photo's too. One of my wife's co-workers was a kid when my neighborhood was built, and has some photo's of the area before anything was even put up, and during the neighborhood development. Pretty cool stuff to see.

[Gibson]

lol @ 14th street suddenly ending.

[civicmang]

whats with the brown stain in the middle of the map?

[Tik-Tok]

Originally posted by civicmang
whats with the brown stain in the middle of the map?

Waterstain... it had been sitting under the seat for 38 years. Not going to be immaculate.

[TomcoPDR]

Anyone know what the shooting statistics were in the NE during that era?

[masoncgy]

^^^ It's been tucked inside of a car's interior for almost 40 years... lol...

[civicmang]

Originally posted by masoncgy
^^^ It's been tucked inside of a car's interior for almost 40 years... lol...

makes sence.

[e31]

Proof that all Calgary city planners since the 60's have been sitting idle collecting a paycheck.

[civicmang]

btw since when was bowness in the sw?????? did they move the community?

[masoncgy]

^ lol... it's just an insert on the map...

[Cos]

Originally posted by civicmang
btw since when was bowness in the sw?????? did they move the community?

[Kloubek]

That's pretty cool; back when Forest Lawn was probably a sought-after new community! lol

[spikerS]

Originally posted by civicmang
btw since when was bowness in the sw?????? did they move the community?

I hope you have a GPS unit with you at all times and never have to manually read a map.

[civicmang]

my wife showfers me around. i dont drive.

[spikerS]

Originally posted by civicmang
my wife showfers me around. i dont drive.

How did that hooked on phonics work out for you btw?