Two Buildings in Inglewood

Two Buildings in Inglewood: one photographed solely because of its a gaudy pink colour (doing Barbie proud) and the second recalled from childhood memories. These were captured while walking about one of Calgary’s older areas and the former’s a church and the other a home, but in the past also a corner store. This is the lesser known and quieter section of Inglewood, sort of secreted away down there by the railyards.

The church is Calgary Christian Assembly but in the past was Temple Of Praise Outreach and earlier still the Church of Peace. By Inglewood standards the structure is relativity new and dates from the mid-1950s. Aerial photos from before show an empty field here.

The second building is just down the street and being from the early 1910s more age-typical for the neighbourhood. The front section once functioned as a neighbourhood grocery store, from the 1910s to the early 1990s. In it’s last incarnation, it operated as Chinook Grocery, a mom and pop store in business from the 1940s on. In all cases, the owners presumably lived in the back, which was both a common setup of the time and terribly convenient.

Chinook Grocery was a snack stop on the many train watching expeditions this author did back in the late ’70s. The CPR’s busy marshalling yard is only a couple blocks away and while it was a long bus ride to get here, the action was good. It’s no different today.

It still looks the part of the archetypal corner store (okay, middle of the block store in this case), even if it actually closed about thirty years ago. These stores were everywhere as a kid, but have died off in recent times and are missed.

From the same card dump…1959 Calgary Stampede Dream Home, Jessie’s – Royal Cafe – Golden Crown and Foran Grade.

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Date of adventure: May, 2022.
Location: Calgary, Alberta.

Calgary Christian Assembly, aka the pinkest building in Inglewood.

This former Corner Store is recalled from childhood memories.