Comments on: Urban Trek: Bridgeland-Crescent Heights-Renfrew

By: Chris Doering

Chris Doering — Mon, 19 Apr 2021 20:06:55 +0000

In reply to Jason Paul Sailer. Thanks for taking the time.

By: Chris Doering

Chris Doering — Mon, 19 Apr 2021 20:06:29 +0000

In reply to Jackie Boros. We passed a few nice ones along the way.

By: Chris Doering

Chris Doering — Mon, 19 Apr 2021 20:06:02 +0000

In reply to Connie Biggart. Always a good day with you.

By: Chris Doering

Chris Doering — Mon, 19 Apr 2021 20:05:50 +0000

In reply to Vicki Armitage Duiven. Thank you for the update. This trip happened a year or so back, so this must be a new happening. It looked used then. Here's hoping the incorporate it into a complex and not tear it down.

By: Chris Doering

Chris Doering — Mon, 19 Apr 2021 20:04:35 +0000

In reply to Amber Misner. Thanks, it was a fun historic tour.

By: Jason Paul Sailer

Jason Paul Sailer — Sun, 18 Apr 2021 03:58:03 +0000

Interesting!

By: Jackie Boros

Jackie Boros — Sun, 18 Apr 2021 02:22:33 +0000

Nice looking churches.

By: Connie Biggart

Connie Biggart — Sun, 18 Apr 2021 02:00:07 +0000

I remember that day well!

By: Vicki Armitage Duiven

Vicki Armitage Duiven — Sat, 17 Apr 2021 22:40:23 +0000

(Bridgeland School ) It’s for sale currently and the property has been re zoned for development.

By: Amber Misner

Amber Misner — Sat, 17 Apr 2021 15:09:27 +0000

Beautiful!!

By: Chris Doering

Chris Doering — Mon, 28 Dec 2020 17:38:11 +0000

In reply to Gwen. Never lost a mirror on that bridge but had many close calls. Thanks for sharing these awesome memories!

By: Gwen

Gwen — Wed, 23 Dec 2020 16:53:24 +0000

In reply to Chris Doering. Shouldice Bridge was the worst. The sides of the road were hilariously sparkly with all the bits of busted mirrors. Never hit that one myself, but I once ran right into a dumpster at the RCMP post garage and was applauded by a bunch of Mounties. It was amazingly hard to get fired for wrecking company trucks back in the day. It was also ridiculously easy to get hired just for being a warm body with a valid license, and they didn't even always check for that either. Boom town days in Calgary were just crazy.

By: Chris Doering

Chris Doering — Wed, 23 Dec 2020 16:33:58 +0000

In reply to Gwen. I (Chris) always used it a short cut too when I was a delivery driver in the 1990s. Hauled out of an Alyth Lumber Yard (small stuff). That bridge was a tight squeeze for sure! Thanks for commenting!

By: Gwen

Gwen — Mon, 21 Dec 2020 23:46:07 +0000

In the early 80s I worked for Eastside Dodge delivering parts to body shops and mechanics all over town. On hot summer afternoons coming back north from Manchester and Ogden, traffic was always clogged. My co-workers thought I was nuts, but I always got off Blackfoot trail and went thru Inglewood to take the bridge that went through St. Georges Island and the zoo, rather than staying on Blackfoot Trail to get back. I figured if I was going to be stuck in traffic the same amount of time either way, the zoo with its big shade trees and the Bow River was a far more appealing choice than the stinky old stockyards … especially on pig days.