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Hi friends,
First time poster on the Edmonton Skyrise Forum.
I came across some interesting articles & photos related to your fine city while researching some Calgary archives.
A lot of this is not "Unbuilt" but some of it is so I decided to post it here.

This first set is from the "Alberta Business Journal" from 1967.

CN Tower:
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Centennial Building:
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Edmonton House & McCauley Plaza (Early Days):
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Chateau Lacombe:
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Now on to "Alberta Business Journal" from 1969.

What they thought Edmonton in 1980 would be like - they predicted a number of things accurately - others, not so much:
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Two 40-storey towers flanking CN:
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University student project for a new High-Level Bridge:
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Capilano Bridge under construction:
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Edmonton House on the right:
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Interesting, we were smaller than Winnipeg then but growing quite fast and full of optimism. Now we are twice the size of it, but feel more like an outpost than a major business center.
 
Ok - lets get into the new decade - These are from the "Alberta Business Journal" from 1970.

The Omniplex Vote:
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Downtown Edmonton circa 1969:
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EDMONTON: action centre of western canada
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AGT Tower Construction:
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