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Little Mountain Cemetery

Named for the small hill it sits on, this pioneer cemetery, once located far northeast of Edmonton, is now surrounded by suburban homes.

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The Grace United Church

This masterful slice of spiritual Modernism lays hidden in the Eastend neighbourhood of Fulton Place.

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The Morrison Residence

This humble property, demolished in 2022, represented a more modest class of home and occupant for the once-opulent Highlands neighbourhood.

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The Martel Block

This small building, once home to meatpackers and stockyard labourers, will soon give way to a highway overpass.

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The Second Latta Ravine Bridge

This Depression-era make-work project — Frankensteined together using spare girders and old streetcar rails — is counting the days until it’s replaced.

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Stone’s Meat Market

Before Kind Ice Cream brought fame to this Highlands corner, another business did: Stone’s Meats.

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The Gibbard Block

Built to house luxurious apartments, the Gibbard Block now houses offices and a slew of local eateries.

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The Highlands Scenic Drive

Building a make-work road over the sandy hoodoos of Dawson Park sounded simple enough. Instead it resulted in Council in-fighting, five years of unending construction, and political suicide.

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The Transit Hotel’s Origins

The Transit Hotel speaks to a different time — one where the roads were dirt, horses outnumbered cars, and meatpacking was Edmonton’s big claim to fame.

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Fire Hall No.7

Most’ll know it as a popular Montrose delicatessen, but this sausage house was once a trendsetting piece of municipal infrastructure.

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The West Residence

This threatened heritage home, tucked away off Jasper Avenue, was once home to two of Edmonton’s earliest pioneers.

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