New City Hall - Edmonton Alberta - Postcard SP24

Scene Details:

• Aerial view of the New City Hall and City Hall Park in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
• Modernist eight-storey office tower with glass curtain wall facade, horizontal white concrete bands, and recessed top floor with rooftop mechanical equipment
• Low single-storey council chamber wing extending to the right, clad in green glass panels and concrete
• Sunken reflecting pool/fountain feature in the landscaped plaza at front of building
• City Hall Park grounds with manicured green lawns, paved pathways, conical evergreen trees, and a circular flagpole base flying a Canadian Red Ensign flag
• Period vehicles visible: orange-and-cream city bus and early 1960s automobiles on adjacent streets and parking lots
• Residential and commercial neighbourhood visible in the background extending to the horizon
• Tinted colour photograph typical of the early 1960s era
• Caption on back: "THE NEW CITY HALL, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada — Showing City Hall Park"

Back Details:

• Divided back postcard — unused, no message or address
• Publisher: Provincial News Agency, Ltd., Edmonton, Alberta
• Printed by: Plastichrome by Colourpicture Publishers, Inc., Boston 15, Mass., U.S.A.
• Card No. P22351

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