On April 9, City Council approved Calgary’s first Direct Control Heritage Area for a block of historic properties in Bankview.

Learn more about the exciting pilot project in this guest blog post by The City of Calgary Heritage Planning: heritagecalgary.ca/heritage-calga…

Fort Calgary has officially changed its name to The Confluence Historic Site & Parkland. 

Read the official announcement: theconfluence.ca/articles/renam…

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Meet Josh Traptow, CEO of @heritagecalgary and recipient of the 2023 Heritage Community Achievement Award. The Calgary Awards have been celebrating the outstanding achievements of Calgarians for the past 30 incredible years.

Learn more at: calgary.ca/CalgaryAwards.

On April 9, City Council approved Calgary’s first Direct Control Heritage Area for a block of historic properties in Bankview.

Learn more about the exciting pilot project in this guest blog post by The City of Calgary Heritage Planning: heritagecalgary.ca/heritage-calga…

What’s the history of modern architecture in Calgary residential housing?

Calgary's post-war buildings, shaped by functionalism and the rugged climate, exhibit a unique foothills architectural style, diverging from national trends.

We are a finalist in The Next Great Save!! If you have a few minutes we’d sure appreciate your vote, another big step in our efforts to save these beautiful prairie giants.

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Nanton Grain Elevators (Nanton, AB) @grainnanton is one of the #NextGreatSave finalists. You can learn more about them, as well as the 11 other finalists at buff.ly/49BY1ZY Voting is now open and runs from April 18th-May 6th! Don't forget to vote each day!
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Meet Tess McNaughton, our 2024 #HistorianInResidence ! With expertise in queer and women's history, Tess is dedicated to documenting the experiences of queer women, nonbinary, and transgender individuals. Presented with Heritage Calgary. Learn more: bit.ly/2KJ4Cbd

Meet Tess McNaughton, the 2024 Historian in Residence at Calgary Public Library! With expertise in queer and women's history, Tess aims to create a dedicated queer archive, commemorating overlooked stories of these marginalized communities.

Learn more: heritagecalgary.ca/heritage-calga…

Demystifying Heritage on Saturday, May 11 from 7 - 8:30 pm will provide information about the process of having your property added to the Inventory of Evaluated Historic Resources. Details below!

Please register: eventbrite.com/e/demystifying…

City council recently approved the rezoning of a row of seven heritage houses in the southwest community of Bankview.

The new zoning, called Direct Control Heritage Areas, will help preserve the historic character of the section of 25th Avenue S.W.
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Apply by Friday for our summer student position!

Heritage Calgary is looking for a Summer Student – Program Assistant to help us further our mission and mandate through our online Inventory of Evaluated Historic Resources, our plaque program, and community events.

Apply by April 12!

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Continuing on with National Reading Month, this week’s #TBT is a closer look at Calgary’s oldest cultural centre and the first public library in Alberta – Central Memorial Park Library.

How a Calgary architectural gem went from celebrated to abandoned, graffitied and torched | CBC News

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Calgary sites receive approval for historic designation: the Cross Residence, Lawless Residence, Nimmons Residence, and the Plaza Theatre

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Today’s #TBT we’re looking at a building that is symbolic for commercial development and activity along 1 Street SW as well as being significant to Calgary’s folk music scene and then to 2SLGBTQ+ community – The Club Carousel building.

Bring the total number of municipal historic resources to 135! #yycccc

So thrilled to announce the launch of 🧨WAHVoice.ca🧨. Think of it as online viewing rooms into historical records that are to be preserved in the physical archives.

Apply by Tuesday, February 27 to be the next Historian in Residence at Calgary Public Library!