From the Border Cities Star – June 14, 1924:
From the Border Cities Star – December 31, 1924:
After 85 years, the Bartlet annex, is still looking pretty good. The original Bartlet Building, built in 1921 and designed by J.C. Pennington, is the stone building to the east that houses Milk and Marathon.
A near old postcard from around 1929 showing the hustle and bustle of University Avenue West.
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I really do like both buildings. That stretch of University Ave is one of the best streetscapes in the city.
The only problem I have with this one, are the replacement windows on the 2nd floor. At one point they were different colour and I think they use to be bay windows.
Hey, where was the outrage at the demolition of the old house? No drive to preserve it, but a rush to progress? Just playing devil's advocate here. I wonder what the old house looked like.
The old house probably wasn't very old in 1924. That's the trick with good historic preservation, knowing when some things can go to make way for the new, and what should stay.
Today, this 'old house' would have been replaced with a parking lot.
A "fast" elevator service... LOL- that made me chuckle.
I had always assumed the stone (marble?)cladding on the first two floors was a later renovation,perhaps for the Windsor Club which resided there before going to the CIBC building.Wrong again
My father was an employee of the engineering firm C.G. Russell Armstrong that had it's offices in the Bartlet Building. I recall accompanying him to his office a handful of times during the mid to late 60's when I was just a child. I recall brightly polished brass hardware on the doors in the lobby (and being told that they were polished on a daily basis) and looked forward to the ride in the elevator. Unless I am mistaking this elevator with another one that I was in as a youngster, I'm pretty sure it still had a uniformed elevator operator. I wonder if there is anyone who could confirm this?
Anything on the building that houses Villains, , to the North of the Bartlet Annex?