Monday, August 19, 2019

Postcards that depict buildings that are no longer owned by the People of Canada.

Smiths Falls, Ontario Dominion Building, 30 Russell Street East.
Gonzales Observatory, 302 Denison Road, Victoria British Columbia. (pic.click.com)
The Fairmont Academy RCMP Building located at 4949 Heather Street, Vancouver, British Columbia is currently on the market.(hippostcards.)
Windsor Ontario Armouries. Sold to the University of Windsor a few years ago.
Prison for Women, 40 Sir John A. Macdonald Boulevard, Kingston, Ontario. I bought this card a few years ago at the  Corrections Canada Museum gift shop on King Street across from the Pen.
Peggy's Cove Lighthouse, Nova Scotia. (A Journey of Postcards.)
Chateau Laurier Hotel, 1 Rideau Street Ottawa. A tunnel connected the hotel to the Grand Trunk railway station across the street. (eBay)
The Dominion Public Building, One Front Street West, Toronto Ontario. (chuckmantorontonostalgia,)

Fort Garry Hotel and Union Station , Winnipeg, Manitoba. A tunnel connected the hotel to the train station.(The Jumping Frog.)

Royal Roads Military College, Victoria British Columbia. Closed by the Chretien government in 1995. (Postcard for sale on eBay.) There were many Classified and Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings on the property.

The New Westminster Federal Penitentiary, British Columbia. (flickr.com)

Ottawa Normal School, 195 Elgin Street. Now part of Ottawa City Hall. (eBay.)

The Trenton, Ontario Post Office during the 1960's. (eBay.)

The Paul Martin Senior Dominion Building, Windsor, Ontario. Recently sold to the City of Windsor for $1 dollar. (eBay,)
A Canada Post Delivery Building, 40 Bay Street Toronto. The former Air Canada Centre, now Scotiabank Place. (urbantoront.ca.)

The Higinbotham Dominion Building, 704 4th Avenue South, Lethbridge, Alberta. The post office with the clock tower is currently for sale. (Peel's Prairie Provinces-University of Alberta.)

Central Canada Exhibition, Lansdowne Park Ottawa. During the 1940's the Government of Canada owned the buildings.(HipPostcard.)
A photograph of my Dad walking by the Aberdeen Pavilion Ottawa during the early 1940's.


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