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2009 (Creation)
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1 photograph : tiff
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10230 Jasper Avenue.
The Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) opened the front doors of the third and final phase of the department store on November 14, 1939. The first visitors would have noticed the unique smooth lines of the building, complete with black Quebec granite on the lower storey, and buff Manitoba Tyndall limestone on the upper levels. Unique hand carvings over each entrance depicted scenes from the adventurous history of Canada's most famous trading company. Built by the Bennett and White Construction Company of Calgary for $1 million, the low, three-storey building is one of the few remaining examples of the Moderne style to survive in Edmonton. For the Winnipeg architects, Moody and Moore, the design revealed the new, machine age in architectural technology.
The HBC is the oldest incorporated joint-stock company in the English world and the oldest business institution in North America. The company played a major role in the development of western Canada and the growth of Edmonton. Opening its first fur-trading post in the district in 1795, the HBC built its first store outside the fort on Jasper Avenue and 98th Street in 1890.
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