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The Carnegie Library

In the words of Todd Babiak, our old central library “is one of the icons of a lost Edmonton, a phantom Edmonton, a victim of the boom-and-bust psychology that has defined the city since its earliest days.”

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The Humanities Centre

Humanities Centre, in all its concrete glory, represents one of Edmonton’s best examples of the Brutalist style.

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The Edmonton Indian Residential School

If you drive out to the site today, you’d be hard pressed to find the signs of cultural genocide. Where it happened doesn’t look special; it could be ‘Anywhere, Alberta.’ But long ago it was once home to the Edmonton Indian Residential School.

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Jasper Place High School

This high school, once the biggest between Vancouver and the Great Lakes, brought recognition to a struggling town. While it’d help spur its downfall, it looked good doing it…

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Our Lady of Mount Carmel School

This Catholic school stands as the last of four similarly styled buildings erected by the Separate System during the “Roaring ‘20s.”

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The Henry Marshall Tory Building

Poor, poor President Tory. One would think a building named after the founder of Alberta’s largest university would inspire its students — instead, all this building inspires is an overwhelming sense of dread and heightened anxiety.

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The Ring Houses

In a penny wise, pound foolish move, the University of Alberta demolishes its last tangible link to the campus’ humble beginnings.

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The Hudson’s Bay Co. Store

The story of modern-day Edmonton is intrinsically linked with ‘the Bay’. Their former downtown store serves as a monument to their role in building the city.

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