At Chris E.'s suggestion, let's list Calgary businesses that are promoting our built heritage by occupying old buildings. Here's a start:
Palliser Hotel
http://www.fairmont.com/palliser/
Twin Gables Bed and Breakfast - Cliff Bungalow
http://www.twingables.ca/
Elbow River Manor Bed and Breakfast - 5th Street SW
http://www.elbowrivermanor.com/
Mount Royal Bed and Breakfast
http://www.mountroyalbb.com
Westways Bed and Breakfast - Mission
http://www.westways.ab.ca/
River Wynde B&B - Sunnyside
http://www.riverwynde.ca/
Bow River House B&B - Parkdale
http://bowriverhousebb.com/
Foxwood Bed and Breakfast
http://www.thefoxwood.com
11th Street Bed and Breakfast
http://www.11street.com/
Kalamata Groceries - 11th St SW
Galaxie Diner - 11th St SW
http://www.galaxiediner.com
Peaseblossoms - flower shop - 11th St SW
http://www.peaseblossoms.com
Prints Charming - art and framing - 11th St SW
http://www.printscharming.com/
Michelangelo's - lounge on 11th St SW
http://www.coollittlelounge.com/template.php?site=mikes
Original Joes - 4th Street SW location
http://www.originaljoes.ca
Barnhart Apartments - 6th street SW (I'd say this counts as a 'business')
http://www.theatrejunction.com/ - Grand Theatre
Pumphouse Theatre
http://www.pumphousetheatres.ca
American Apparel - Corner of 14th st and 17th ave SW
The Chocolate Bar - "Nimmons Corner" (Louise Block)
Megatunes - 101-932 17 Ave. SW
http://www.megatunes.com/
Hemporium - 17th Ave - Woods-Roberts Block
http://www.hemporium.ca/
"Western Hospital" - rental units
Moxam & Congress Apts - rental units
Lougheed house
www.lougheedhouse.com
Rose & Crown pub - 4th St SW
(all the businesses in the Devenish)
Cohos Evamy (10th and 8th sw)
Brewsters (11th and 8th sw)
http://www.brewstersbrewingco.com
Bumpy's Cafe (11th and 8th SW sw on the lane)
The Keg (11th and 5th Sw)
http://www.kegsteakhouse.com (look for Mt. Royal Keg)
Brew Brothers Restaurant, Brewery and Taproom (11th and 5th St SW)
http://www.brewbrothers.com/
http://www.amsterdamrhino.com
http://www.reddoorbistro.com
Broken City - pub and nightclub (11th and 5th St SW)
http://www.brokencity.ca
Twisted Element - gay nightclub 11th Ave and 9th Street SW
http://www.twistedelement.ca/
Rouge (12th st inglewood)
http://www.rougecalgary.com
Hose & Hound - 9th ave SE inglewood
Hop in Brew Public House
http://hopinbrew.com/
Soda - 12th Ave near 1st SW - Cunningham Block
http://www.thesoda.ca/
Drum & Monkey - 12th and 1st (original enough?)
The Bay - 7th ave 1st st
http://www.hbc.com/hbcheritage/history/ ... algary.asp
Formans Fashion Group - 1st St and 12th Ave SW - old CIBC building
http://www.formans.net/
The Ranche Restaurant - Fish Creek Park
http://www.crmr.com/theranche
Cilantro Restaurant - 17th Avenue near 4th Street
http://www.crmr.com/cilantro
Divino Restaurant - Grain Exchange Building
http://www.crmr.com/divino
Unicorn Pub - Lancaster Building
http://www.theunicorncalgary.com
The Plaza Theatre - Kensington Rd.
http://www.theplaza.ca
The Uptown Stage and Screen - 8th Avenue SW
http://www.theuptown.com
1886 Buffalo Cafe - Eau Claire
Deane House Restaurant - 9th Avenue Inglewood
http://www.fortcalgary.ab.ca/deane.htm
Ribtor Sales - hardware, sporting goods, etc.
http://www.ribtor.com/
Boccocino's Trattoria - in Dafoe Terrace
http://www.boccocinos.com/boccocinos/index.htm
The Embarcadero - 17th Avenue at 1st Street SE
http://www.oysterbar.ca/
Ed's Restaurant - 17th Avenue at 1st Street SE
http://www.edsrestaurant.com/
La Brava restaurant - in the Western (Underwood) Block
1001 - 1 Street SW T2R 0V1 (403) 263-1112
Cafe Mediterranean - in the Western (Underwood) Block
This restaurant offers a traditional Arabic menu that includes hommus, tabbouleh, falafels, vine leaves and pasta in a relaxing atmosphere. The traditional Arabic water pipe, called sheshe, with different tobaccos is available in the evenings.
1009a 1 Street SW T2R 0T8 (403) 263-7662
Critical Mass - web design - in the Pilkington Bros. block, 12th Avenue E
http://www.criticalmass.com
Baker Insurance Brokers Ltd.
302 15 Avenue SW T2R 0P8 (403) 245-1000
www.bakerinsurance.com
Balbi & Company Legal Centre
1501 Macleod Trail SE T2G 2N6 (403) 269-7300
Cantos Music Foundation - Customs warehouse 11th Avenue and 1st SE
http://www.cantos.ca/
Cherry Lounge - Radio Block 1st St and 13th Avenue SW
1219 1 Street SW T2R 0V3 (403) 266-2540
Ginger Group Hair & Esthetics - McCosham warehouse
217A 10 Avenue SW T2R 0A4 (403) 234-8542
Verve Restaurants - in the Burns Building downtown, in Mission and Kensington
http://www.ververestaurants.com/
Calgary Parks Foundation - Haultain School
http://www.parksfdn.com/
JUNE DYSON ANTIQUES - Grant Bros. store
Bsmt 614 17 AVE SW Phone: 228-4666
Fax: 228-4666
NELLIE'S KITCHEN
738 17 AVE SW Phone: 244-4616
Nellie's on 4th
2308 4 Street SW Phone: (403) 228-5626
Twisted Pita
2308A 4th Street Sw Phone: (403) 244-6778
VICTORIA'S - in the Model Milk building
306 17 AVE SW Phone: 244-9991
Towa
2116 4th Street SW Phone: (403) 245-8585
Fax: (403) 245-8248
The Village Cantina - 9th Avenue SE - Inglewood
http://www.villagecantina.ca/
Junktiques - antiques - Inglewood
http://www.junktiques.ca/
THE DEVENISH
A historical three-story building just south of the downtown core, this centre accommodates fashion boutiques, salons, a commercial art gallery and a jewellery shop. 908 - 17 Ave SW
Budget Rent-A-Car downtown - No. 1 Firehall
140 6TH AVENUE SOUTHEAST
CALGARY, AB T2G 0G2
403-226-1550
Sagesse Clothing Co. (Harvey Block)
Mainly a consignment store, but also offers new clothes by local and Canadian designers.
1008 - 12 Ave SW
403-229-0200
Palomino Smokehouse and Social Club (7th Avenue and Centre St SW)
http://www.thepalomino.ca/
Art Central - old Jubilee Block - 7th Avenue and Centre St SW
http://www.artcentral.ca
IlSogno restaurant - Bridgeland
http://www.ilsogno.org
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Shopping Connaught
Jane Harrison
For the Calgary Herald
Sunday, March 26, 2006
Every now and again, when I am zipping from one place to another, I notice shops that I have overlooked in the past. In Connaught, just off the 17th Avenue beaten track, there is a lovely little neighbourhood high street that would make you glad to be a resident there. It also offers a delightful afternoon outing for those who are not.
You can frame a picture, pick up groceries, find hip-hop clothing and fashions from Paris. When your energy flags, stop for a chai latte and then check out these shops.
Steeling Home was originally established in 1993 to show the metal work of five local artisans.
Over the years the shop has evolved into a treasure house of personal accessories and unusual decorative items for the home.
"Our bread and butter is hooks and hardware," says owner Jennifer LeBlond.
They source decorative hooks from more than 40 companies.
Many of them are manufactured in India and modestly priced.
"Jen's got a nice eye for vintage pieces," says Johanna Hayes who has managed the day-to-day operation of the store for the past five years.
She points out a '50s Lucite lamp that resembles a small aquarium; it is wearing a hold tag.
According to Hayes the vintage items are snapped up by customers.
Reproductions of vintage advertising signs for ski hills and campgrounds are also popular, with prices that range from $17 to $143.
Overhead, on the main level, mobiles have authentic models of antique aircraft, like the Bluebird, priced at $77.
Downstairs, mini pond yachts from the same company cruise the shelves with jaunty sails in red and turquoise.
Polished pewter dishes cast with sea shells are fashioned by Newfoundland artisans Delia and Ray Will.
There are reproductions of antique mariner's clocks and hampers filled with jute runners and hooked rugs.
Everywhere you look, from floor to ceiling -- upstairs and down -- there are nifty things to charm the eye.
Peaseblossoms, a neighbourhood fixture for 11 years, has customers from all over the city, but mainly the west side.
"We don't do roses, carnations and baby's breath," says owner Theresa Balak. They favour less conventional flowers arranged with "natural, intuitive design."
She shows me a presentation bouquet for a children's award that is composed of tropical orchids, pincushion protea, kangaroo paw and safari sunset, anchored by a bright Gerbera daisy. It's funky and fun. Set into a contemporary cylinder vase, the price is $42.
Another gorgeous arrangement destined for a banquet at the Hyatt combines creamy tulips, a soft blue hydrangea, freesia, eucalyptus and ribbon grass.
"We do sell an awful lot of houseplants for gifts and the home," she says, showing me a small ficus Retussia with a bonsai look, growing on an exposed root. Price: $16.75.
"Some very creative people come in and put their own bouquets together from the parts."
Kalidoscope Color & Glass gallery is a celebration of space and light.
"We focus on colour and colour energy," says manager Jane Shapka.
Established nine years ago, the shop supports the work of Canadian glass artists.
There are the meticulously crafted brass and glass kaleidoscopes of Darlene Musser from Cochrane and the fluid figures of Susan Gottselig from Canmore.
Blown glass balls from Kitras Art Glass in Fergus, Ont., are customer favourites, especially for gifts.
A calico ball is given as a token of friendship, whereas the helix ball is symbolic of change. See them online: kitras.com
From SAT Glass in Vancouver come unique contemporary wall clocks made of fused glass in vivid primary colours. Priced at $86, they are popular wedding gifts. Check them out online: satglass.com
Shapka loves the alabaster dinnerware from Spain made of recycled glass in luscious colours clouded with creamy swirls.
"People mix and match the colours. Turquoise and banana are the new colours for summer," she says.
The generous plates can be used as chargers and the bowls are particularly pretty with fruit salad. Price: $10 to $38.
There are stained glass fireplace screens as well as Tiffany and Arts-and-Crafts styled lamps. In the summer they stock decorative glass items for the garden.
These days she is seeing more men wander into the shop, attracted by the colour and brightness of the glass.
Like me, many people initially stumble on the shop while passing through the neighbourhood.
But when they return, it's their destination.
Shopping information:
- Kalidoscope Color & Glass gallery, 1407 11th St. S.W. Phone: 228-6665.
- Peaseblossoms, 1417 11th St. S.W. Phone: 245-1287. Online: peaseblossoms.com
- Steeling Home, 1417B 11th St. S.W. Phone: 245-0777.
© The Calgary Herald 2006
Jane Harrison
For the Calgary Herald
Sunday, March 26, 2006
Every now and again, when I am zipping from one place to another, I notice shops that I have overlooked in the past. In Connaught, just off the 17th Avenue beaten track, there is a lovely little neighbourhood high street that would make you glad to be a resident there. It also offers a delightful afternoon outing for those who are not.
You can frame a picture, pick up groceries, find hip-hop clothing and fashions from Paris. When your energy flags, stop for a chai latte and then check out these shops.
Steeling Home was originally established in 1993 to show the metal work of five local artisans.
Over the years the shop has evolved into a treasure house of personal accessories and unusual decorative items for the home.
"Our bread and butter is hooks and hardware," says owner Jennifer LeBlond.
They source decorative hooks from more than 40 companies.
Many of them are manufactured in India and modestly priced.
"Jen's got a nice eye for vintage pieces," says Johanna Hayes who has managed the day-to-day operation of the store for the past five years.
She points out a '50s Lucite lamp that resembles a small aquarium; it is wearing a hold tag.
According to Hayes the vintage items are snapped up by customers.
Reproductions of vintage advertising signs for ski hills and campgrounds are also popular, with prices that range from $17 to $143.
Overhead, on the main level, mobiles have authentic models of antique aircraft, like the Bluebird, priced at $77.
Downstairs, mini pond yachts from the same company cruise the shelves with jaunty sails in red and turquoise.
Polished pewter dishes cast with sea shells are fashioned by Newfoundland artisans Delia and Ray Will.
There are reproductions of antique mariner's clocks and hampers filled with jute runners and hooked rugs.
Everywhere you look, from floor to ceiling -- upstairs and down -- there are nifty things to charm the eye.
Peaseblossoms, a neighbourhood fixture for 11 years, has customers from all over the city, but mainly the west side.
"We don't do roses, carnations and baby's breath," says owner Theresa Balak. They favour less conventional flowers arranged with "natural, intuitive design."
She shows me a presentation bouquet for a children's award that is composed of tropical orchids, pincushion protea, kangaroo paw and safari sunset, anchored by a bright Gerbera daisy. It's funky and fun. Set into a contemporary cylinder vase, the price is $42.
Another gorgeous arrangement destined for a banquet at the Hyatt combines creamy tulips, a soft blue hydrangea, freesia, eucalyptus and ribbon grass.
"We do sell an awful lot of houseplants for gifts and the home," she says, showing me a small ficus Retussia with a bonsai look, growing on an exposed root. Price: $16.75.
"Some very creative people come in and put their own bouquets together from the parts."
Kalidoscope Color & Glass gallery is a celebration of space and light.
"We focus on colour and colour energy," says manager Jane Shapka.
Established nine years ago, the shop supports the work of Canadian glass artists.
There are the meticulously crafted brass and glass kaleidoscopes of Darlene Musser from Cochrane and the fluid figures of Susan Gottselig from Canmore.
Blown glass balls from Kitras Art Glass in Fergus, Ont., are customer favourites, especially for gifts.
A calico ball is given as a token of friendship, whereas the helix ball is symbolic of change. See them online: kitras.com
From SAT Glass in Vancouver come unique contemporary wall clocks made of fused glass in vivid primary colours. Priced at $86, they are popular wedding gifts. Check them out online: satglass.com
Shapka loves the alabaster dinnerware from Spain made of recycled glass in luscious colours clouded with creamy swirls.
"People mix and match the colours. Turquoise and banana are the new colours for summer," she says.
The generous plates can be used as chargers and the bowls are particularly pretty with fruit salad. Price: $10 to $38.
There are stained glass fireplace screens as well as Tiffany and Arts-and-Crafts styled lamps. In the summer they stock decorative glass items for the garden.
These days she is seeing more men wander into the shop, attracted by the colour and brightness of the glass.
Like me, many people initially stumble on the shop while passing through the neighbourhood.
But when they return, it's their destination.
Shopping information:
- Kalidoscope Color & Glass gallery, 1407 11th St. S.W. Phone: 228-6665.
- Peaseblossoms, 1417 11th St. S.W. Phone: 245-1287. Online: peaseblossoms.com
- Steeling Home, 1417B 11th St. S.W. Phone: 245-0777.
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