photographs by Alistair Henning Edited By Paula E. Kirman 20 McCauley Schoolin2013 [email protected] B1, 10826–95Street AB T5H 2E3 Boyle McCauleyNews For additionalinformation, pleasecontact: Centennial andMelior(8/10). This bookwastypesetinBrothers, NeutraDisplay, Fedra, Edited byPaulaE. Kirman credited. Henning exceptwhereotherwise Photographs byAlistair Designed by project. funded bytheCityofEdmonton’sMcCauleyRevitalization Printed inEdmonton, CanadabyMcCallumPrinting. Printingwas ISBN: 978-1-77136-198-9 All rightsreserved. Text GarrisonandSaraCoumantarakis. copyright©2013Gary Vikki Wiercinski •halfdesign.ca Mccauley revitalization/city ofEdmonton mccauley historicalmapping project otherwise credited Alistair Henning Paula E.Kirman photographs by except where Edited By

3 Introduction McCauley, Then and Now Royal Alexandra Hospital features Big 4 Moving & Storage (the old prison building Avenue.It Jasper and St. 82 about fromwest looking 1965, circa neighbourhoods McCauley and StreetBoyle the of view aerial An 4 Introduction McCauley, Then and Now 44 are visibleinthedistance. City of Edmonton Archives EA-33-436 Archives Edmonton of City 8 ) and the old warden’s residence 9 . Some church steeples and the

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Site Map Site Listing Bibliography McCauley StreetNames Before and After 1913 Foreword West McCauley

Church Street East McCauley (Kate QuinnandJohnKolkman) Housemother forHundreds From ChinatotheGoldenMountain Grenier Residence Growing Upkrainian AboriginalRoots McCauley’s ChurchSt.Kinistino Ave: witha Name A HousingandPotholeComplaintfrom1913 McCauley Organizes A SafePlaceforWomenandChildren Always ClosetotheStore Raising SixSons sites sites sites The GreatestLessonIEverTaught Commuting toBrooklyn forWork Rodrigue Residence Horse-drawn MilkW

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7 Introduction McCauley, Then and Now 29 Vietnamese (NhaTho) (Mary Queen ofMartyrs) it on 96 S Why arethereso manychurches FOREWORD and long timeMcCauley resident Chair, McCauleyHistoricalMapping Project Rosalie Gelderman historic community for our childrenandgrandchildren. walks withusandtohelpsustain andenhancethisunique, the timenotonlytoreadthisbook buttowalkMcCauley’s side- Revitalization, we now offer our book to you. We hope you take itor, andgraphicdesigner thankstofundingfromMcCauley Thanks to our volunteers, writers, researchers, photographer, ed- McCauley comealiveforotherstoo. We decided we wanted a book to put all this together and make and Europeanpastries,smelledthepho,eatenpastrami. parties. We hadattendedsomeofthechurches,tasted theAsian vals, culturalevents, shops, neighbourhoodcleanups, and skating ings builtbeforewewereborn.We hadenjoyedthemusicfesti - on ourstreetsandthe beautiful brick,stone,and wooden build- by. We hadexperiencedfirst-handthetoweringelmandashtrees terested intalking about theirmemoriesofMcCauley in yearsgone We knew many long-time residents of McCauley who might be in- monton mapofMcCauley. We agreedwewantedsomethingmore. iver, andDowntown.We hadexperiencewiththeWalkable Ed- and IstudiedtheguidedwalkingtourbookletsforHighlands,Ol- David Prodan,PaulaE.Kirman,GaryGarrison,AlistairHenning, termine what to do. Jenny Malanchuk, Janice Zubin, Alison Sivak, City support,earlyin2012asmallgroupofresidentsmettode- support communityeffortstoanswerquestionslikethese.So,with city’s McCauley Revitalization Strategy was adopted in 2010 to anddiversity long,cultural our enjoy to colourful history? The of us?Whatcanwedotoencouragevisitorsandresidentsalike idents to share some of their precious memories with the rest hundred yearsandmore?Howdoweencouragelongtimeres- the peoplewholivedandworkedinMcCauleyoverlast Why was96StreetoriginallycalledKinistinoAvenue? Whoare If thoseoldbuildingscouldspeak,whatstorieswouldtheytell? Church S treet that manyofuscall treet?

9 Introduction McCauley, Then and Now 10 16 Introduction McCauley, Then and Now The statue ofFrank Spinelli inCaboto Park the sources, including other and photothe from graphs, clippings books to of us variety referring a for and everything do and anything tracking in assistance Edmonton authors The A end upinanissueofthepaperor asecondeditionofthisbook. bmcnews.org) would love tohearfromyou.Your contribution couldwell historic placeorbuildinginMcCauley, theEditor ofBoyleMcCauleyNews( couldn’t includethemall.Ifyouhaveastory totellorinformationaddaboutan McCauley hassomanynoteworthyhistorical places,buildings,andstoriesthatwe inner citywecallhome. Cauley foranhouroralifetimehashelpedshapethecharacterofthispart residents, businesspeople,teachers,politicians,andotherswhosepresenceinMc- ning, PaulaE.Kirman,andSherryMcKibben.We arealso grateful toallMcCauley work ofvolunteers,includingRosalieGelderman,JennyMalanchuk,AlistairHen- This book was made possible by a grant from McCauley Revitalization and the Wayne Haimila,andDorothyThunderprovidedcluesto shedlightonthemystery. Church Street).JeanOkimâsis,ArokWolvengrey, DavidPentland,PeterMcFarlane, searching thepossiblesourceof“KinistinoAve.,” theoriginalnamefor 96 St. (aka, Naomi McIlwraith’s insatiable interestinallthingsCreeplayedamajorrolere- websites associatedwithMcCauleylocationsalsoprovidedusefulinformation. other subjects were invaluable as well; these are noted in the bibliography. Various McCauley News.Anumberofhistoricalbooksaboutchurches,HopeMission,and clippings, andnotesaswellthehistoricalpiecesshe’s publishedinBoyle to beinginterviewed,shesharedwithushercollectionofhistoricalphotographs, Antoinette Grenier’s supportforthisprojectwasuniquelyhelpful,sinceinaddition Malanchuk, SuzannaWong, Sr. RoseLuby, BerniceStor, andAntoinetteGrenier. Bruno, Daisy Gregory, KenPappes, Rina (Quagliarello) Spinelli,Terry Lusty, Jenny for thisbook:BobMcKeon,KateQuinn,JohnKolkman,AliceRodrigue,Orlando like tothankthe14peoplefromcommunitywhoagreedbeinterviewed and many other people we talked to provided assistance as well. We’d especially Board Archives,thearchivesofRomanCatholicArchdioceseEdmonton, we couldnothavegatheredotherwise.ThestaffattheEdmontonPublicSchool the groundworkonmanyofourhistoricbuildingsandprovidedinformation We also thank the City of Edmonton’s Historic Resources office, whose staff did S Gary Garrison and RealEstate Weekly. ara C C Edmonton oumantarakis K NOWL cie fr hi ptec ad expert and patience their for Archives w Bulletin, the ud ie o hn te tf o the of staff the thank to like ould E D ifrain about information wn Edmonton GEME EdmontonJournal, D aily N C apit TS editor@ Al,

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separately orasonelong w three includes visitors. It and residents its to accessible more the neighbourhoods make to of one is historyof purpose book’s This logical startingplacesforthethreeseparatewalksare: stop hisorherwalkatanyofthenumberedsites,butmost walk whileworkingthroughthebook.Apersoncanstartand The mapinthebackfeatures66sitesandsuggestsroutesto flowers, touchthetrees,orstudypilastersandpediments. two hoursifapersonwalksslowlyandtakestimetosmellthe Each section-East,ChurchStreet,andWest -cantakeupto with us or tostayforafew decadesifyou wish. this placeforyourself. You arewelcometo spendthewholeday some AsianorEuropean pastry, orhavea bowl ofphoandtaste shop, andlivein McCauley. Sitdown,sip acappuccino,enjoy whose storiesareinthisbookand withthepeoplewhowork, As youwalk,weencourage tospendtimewiththepeople ed atthebackofbook. text arecross-referencestothenumbered sitesonthemaplocat- are partofthiscommunity. Thenumbersindiamondsthe The texttellsthestoriesofbuildingsandpeoplewhowere 97 &101 S w S 96 S toursalking that done be can t adium S West McCauley East McCauley Church Street ts. from111 Ave. to theTrack t (neeKiistino Ave) Start at Start at Start at t a tion to 95 S dmonton’s oldest Edmonton’s 41 22 1

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t s 13 Introduction McCauley, Then and Now 14 Introduction McCauley, Then and Now shock. Since McCauley is on the north side of the tracks, many lies. Manydidn’t know English andmost sufferedfrom culture Some werehomesteaders, butmostwerelabourers andfami- ada, Europe,and thenfromAsiacametoEdmonton bytrain. entry pointforimmigrants.People fromtheUS,easternCan- That first train established the CNR terminal as the city’s main caution onlevelgroundoratgreat expenseviaunderpasses. and sometimesdeadlyphysical barrier tobecrossedwithgreat world through and into McCauley. They also are an imposing of acenturytheybroughtfreightandpeoplefromalloverthe Thetracksarefarmorethanlinesonamap.Forthebetterpart now knowasMcCauley. those trackshavebeenthesouthernboundaryofareawe Battleford, ,andtheeast.Foroveracentury, Northern Railway’s mainlineconnectedEdmonton toNorth LRT (LightRailTransit). OnNovember 24,1905,theCanadian Northern RailwayandtheGrandTrunk Pacificandnowthe In McCauley, it’s beentherailroadtracks,firstCanadian w and then defined by rivers and other North and other early settlements across trade. Edmontonhunt, to fish,and river the from and to land, goin trade, fur aboriginal people the crisscrossed this during and Before Travelers and Tracks ater w America ays. r md possible made were

Caboto Park Caboto the SyndicateAve. (95St.)maintenancebarnsinpresent-day the trialrunofEdmonton’s firststreetcarbeganinMcCauley, at created the , and on October 30, 1908, centre oftheaction.ThenewlyincorporatedcityEdmonton tury, transportation was critical, and McCauley was near the Edmonton wasboomingduringtheearlyyearsof20thcen- district, youwerefromthewrongsideoftracks.” great dealofpride,“NomatterwhereyoulivedintheMcCauley Mair, whoattendedMcCauleySchoolinthe1930s,saidwitha tial districtwithmanypeoplepassingthroughit.Writer Alex a mixedcommercial/industrialareaandworkingclassresiden- which meantmorejobs.Foroveracentury, McCauleyhas been industrial/residential area. could gobycar. And,McCauleyisstillamixed commercial/ LRT linetotake themtomanypartsofthecity faster thanthey streets, wheretheoldtrolleysused torun.Theyalsohavean residents andvisitorshavebusservice onthemajornorth-south to the city for a new Transit line. Today, McCauley nadian NationalRailways gave upitstracks and rightofway In 1978railtransportationagain enteredthepicturewhenCa- residents, thesethingsneverhappened. 98 Street.Thankstotheorganizedopposition of community urban freeway, andmakingasimilarfreewayoutof97St. lanes, turning107Aand106Aves. intoone-wayroadsandan tion plansfor1973and1981calledwidening95St.tosix Street. To accommodatecommutertraffic, thecity’s transporta- a majorthoroughfare,dead-endingforwestboundtrafficat97 of theareashows107AAve. andStadiumRoad,whichisnow through andthequickerbetter. The1959fireinsurancemap land, andforsuburbanitesMcCauleybecameaplacetopass on McCauley. Thecityhadspreadfarintotheoutlyingfarm- people preferredtousetheirowncars.Thisputotherstresses Edmonton Transit’s ridership was down dramatically. Most By 1951,streetcarswereconsideredobsolete.Intheearly1960s Level Bridge.Thefarewas5cents. McCauley tothesouthsidewithoutloopingdownLow the HighLevelBridgeopened,andapersoncouldridefrom land St.(106Ave.) betweenNamayoandSyndicate.In1913 and SyndicateAve. (95St.)andaneast-westlinealongSuther passing throughit:on1stSt.(101St.),NamayoAve. (97St.), McCauley communityhadthreenorth-southstreetcarlines were closedandtheoperationmovedtoCromdale.In1913 Great Western Garment Company Garment Western markets forbusinessesliketheGreat munity. Therailwayprovidedjobsforlabourersandaccess to of them started here to look for work, housing, food, and com- 16 . By1913,thesebarnsweretoosmall,andsothey 7 - , 15 Introduction McCauley, Then and Now Matthew McCauley inhis PrisonWarden’s uniform. 16 Introduction McCauley, Then and Now (City of Edmonton Archives EA-10-2639.4) Archives Edmonton of (City Norwood School McCauley, oneofhisdaughters, wasamemberofthestaff Matthew and forthecoalseamsbeneathitthattheymined.Clarke 96 acresoffederallandeast92St.thattheprisonersfarmed St. name, buthedidliveintheWarden’s92 residence at 10625 He mayneverhavelived in theneighbourhood that bearshis 12 children. Matilda Bensonand,aftershedied,toAnnieCookson-andhad where hediedfiveyearslater. Hewasmarriedtwice-first to grow apples.In1925hemovedtoahomesteadnearSexsmith, warden. He moved from Edmonton to the Okanagan in 1912 to but resigned after a year to become the Penitentiary represented Vermilion inAlberta’s first LegislativeAssembly 1895 to1902,whenheboughtafarminTofield. In1905he He wasaMemberoftheNorthwestTerritories Assemblyfrom the RielRebellionof1885. with Strathcona.HewasamemberoftheHomeGuardduring their land from squatters and to defend Edmonton in its rivalry Vigilantes back in the dayswhen men joined forces toprotect the EdmontonAgriculturalSociety. HecaptainedtheMcCauley Curling Club, and founder of the Edmonton Board of Trade and ta’s first federalprison, founderand firstpresident oftheRoyal shop and its first public school, was the first warden of Alber tablished Edmonton’s first livery stable, opened its first butcher 1930. HewasthetownofEdmonton’s firstMayor(1892-94),es- 11, 1850,anddiedinthePeaceRivercountryonOctober25, Matthew McCauleywasborninOwenSound,,onJune McCauley the EdmontonCemetery, section0A, block000T, plot0011. ley’s lastrequest wastobeburiedinEdmonton. Hisgraveisin initially calledthe McCauleyStreetSchool.Matthew McCau- system, 107AAve. wasMcCauleyStreet.School was Until 1913,whenEdmontonadopted anewstreetnumbering in Edmonton,wasalsonamedafter him. St. andJasperAve., nearwheretheMcCauleyfamilyfirstsettled Commonwealthstadiums A ManofanyFirsts 9 , justacross the tracks. AsWarden, hewas responsible for 15 whenitopenedin1909.McCauley Plazaat100 2 occupypartofthatlandnow. Margaret 6 and -

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6 Introduction McCauley, Then and Now An Edmonton Eskimofootball gameat Clarke Field,November 18,1958. Provincial Archives of Alberta RP 360.1 RP Alberta of Archives Provincial S McCauley East t adium S * MAPISL from 1913 A HousingandPotholeComplait Bob McKeon McCauley Organizes Kate QuinnandJohnKolkman A SafePlaceforWmenndChildreN Rina Spinelli Alw Daisy Gregory Raising SixSons Orlando Bruno Commuting tBrooklyn for Wrk Alice Rodrigue Rodrigue Residnc Ken Pappes Horse WALKING TOUR sites 1 to to a ys ClosetotheSre -drawn MilkWagons OCA 21 TED A t a tion to 95 S T THEBACK OFTHISBOOK

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19 Introduction McCauley, Then and Now 20 East McCauley McCauley, Then and Now n rira tak,ecp t the to south andwest. tracks, except railroad and brush, trees, but nothin g probablyseen cant structure was 90 Street. It was demolished in 1982. On the other side of the road the only signifi- Storagewarehousea had whatin was atbuilding Ave.main 106A prison’s the and Linen & Uniform Service Uniform & Linen CerealsLtd.,PrairieMaid Ltd., Co. Air Liquid operationsof and riety of industries. A person walking from this spot to 92 St. would pass the offices insurance maps, Stadium Road was here, and between it and the tracks were a va from 1913. Not much was the same except the train persontracks. a According to to unrecognizablethe 1959 been firehave would location this later, years Forty-six St. was residential. and avacuum repair shop. company,manufacturingappliance tinsmith,gas a a Ltd.,Co. Bottling CityCapitol Ltd.,ServicesSafety Alberta Ltd.,Co. Lumber Rendall Ltd., FoundryNorwoodrant, restau- a properties:commercialweremore Blvd. Norwood Along St. 94 Ave.and McDonald Baptist Church at 108 Ave. and 93 St., and Central Lutheran Church at 109A Riverdale, was federal land, the site of the of site the land, federal wasRiverdale, of east River Saskatchewan North the to south and Blvd. Norwood from St., 92 andhere between land of acres Ninety-six farm. prison large a was spot this of fireSouthwest1913 north. insurancefarThe this 92showSt. of eastmaps nothing S cornerof In 1913, a person standing at the northeast 110 Ave. and 90 St. convent: a and churches three included which area idential res- a was Blvd. Norwood to up tracksrailroad the and area industrial the of North industrial buildings,alltheway to thewestern McCauley boundaryat 101 Street. tory the see wouldperson thattracks, AcrossLtd. the tadium 1

rapid transitline, whichopenedonApril 22,1978. It wasoneoffive stationsonEdmonton’s firstmodern Stadium Station sitsonMcCauley’s northeast corner. East McCauley 7 Stadium Roadand112 Ave S , where a large construction project is underway in 2013. Big 4 Moving &Moving 4 Big 2013. in underway is project construction large a where , tadium LRT S tto i no station is LRT 13 Mc , Our Lady of Atonement Convent at 110 Ave. and 92 St. 3 C , a , auley, roughly tation concrete mixing plant mixing concrete 6 . Continuing east along the tracks were more Alberta Penitentiary Alberta Great Western Garment Co. fac Co.WesternGreat Garment w, 5 w , and Coutts MachineryCoutts and , Santa Maria Goretti atGoretti Maria Santa ud have ould here thewhere 8 . West of 92of West . Canadian 14 - - , 2 Stadium Road:CommonwealthStadium. The othersignificantlegacyinMcCauleyisjustacross Edmonton’s hostingthe1978CommonwealthGames. trolley service barns trolleyservice down 95St.afewblocksfromwheretheoldSyndicate Ave. began onSeptember30,1974,at95St.and106Ave., tion at62St.and129Ave. ConstructionontheLRT Central Stationat100St. and Jasperto Belvedere Sta- The linewasthen7.2km(4.5miles)longandranfrom dium. TheStadium seated42,000andcost $21million Commonwealth GamesinthenewCommonwealth Sta- On August3, 1978,QueenElizabethII opened the Penitentiary to 1920thislandwaspartof thegroundsofAlberta er thantheearthmoverswere abletodig:from1906 nonetheless. The site’s history goes considerably deep- problem, butthestadiumwas abletoopenonschedule decades before. It tookabout four weeksto remedy the had been used as a garbage dump and then backfilled water backingupintotheoldbedofRatCreek,which stands wouldbebuilt.Thesecracksweretheresultof the northeastcornerofsite,underwhereeast McCauley history. Wide cracks appeared intheearth at vating forthestadium’s foundation,itranintosome On May21,1976,whileheavyequipmentwasexca- 11100 StadiumRoad C ommonwealth S 8 . 16 were in 1908. The LRT is a legacy of tadium 2 21 East McCauley McCauley, Then and Now 22 East McCauley McCauley, Then and Now Home youngerbrotherHis went the to that started his lifelong interest in electronics. and airplanes, model gas-powered trolled, wealth Stadium - Ken discovered remote-con- In the big field east of 92 St. - before Common- most ofhislife. 1942,December 12, andhasd here live Ken Pa wasppes borninMc man friends, and went on to Victoria High Victoria to on went and friends, man Ger and Jewish, Ukrainian, made schools, McCauley and Norwood both attended Ken and lower wages.” jobs steal to here were they “thought says, Ken who, here people the and 1956 in ton fled Soviet persecution and came to Edmon - conflict between Hungarian immigrants who tional politics. His father’s work involved the interna and immigration about Ken taught meetings union at provocateur agent an as work whose officer RCMP an was father His Milk Wagons Horse 14 daycare on 92 St. and 110 Avenue.110 and daycareSt. 92 on Atonement -drawn - - find them.” to neighbourhood whole the through scramble to had they carts, their to horses their up hook to morning next the came milkmen the when aged to liberate the horses from their stable, and man- kids older “the says, he Halloween,” “One mogenized andwhy.” ho- and pasteurized was it how and milk and cream into separated and in brought was milk the how see to got “We Street. 95 and Ave. 108 of northwest area large a occupiedthat plant Ltd. Dairies Palm the to trip field school a on going remembersKen cream, milk,butter, andcheese.” cream, ice all: and wagon whole the destroy to managed and behind wheels four left and cars, parked poles, telephone against wagon milk his shattering off, took He crazy. went horse The wagon. milk horse-drawn a on ed of his house “a swarm of bees came and land- “A couple of years later,” he says, right in front “was very cautious”afterHe that. hornets. dozen a by stung was and nest” hornets’ a into “ran he time One blocks.” the from of cuttings so we could make toys and things time they would let us into a little wood pile to“fromtime and house streetfromhis the play hide and seek in the lumber yard across would boys other and he says He School. C auley on 4 3 diens intheHeritageClassic. where theEdmontonOilersplayedMontrealCana- an NHL-qualityicesurfacewascreatedonthefield, smith (2009),AC/DCandU2(2011).In2003, Boys (1998),Tim McGraw(2005),Sting(2007),Aero- Rolling Stones(1994),LilithFair(1998),theBackstreet and Waylon Jennings(1984),DavidBowie(1987),The large popularmusicconcerts,including:Willie Nelson on itsplayingfield.Thishasbeenthesiteofmany last majorstadiuminCanadatoinstallartificialturf soccer gamesandtournaments.In2010,thiswasthe wealth Stadiumwasthesiteofnumerousinternational games. Becauseofitsnaturalgrasssurface,Common- Grey CupCanadianFootballLeaguechampionship stadium alsohostedthe1984,1997,2002,and2010 monton EskimosoftheCanadianFootballLeague.The The stadium’s primaryregulartenanthasbeentheEd- the 2001World ChampionshipsinAthletics. ada. Having this stadium also enabled the city to host seats, CommonwealthStadiumwasthelargestinCan- ed 18,000seats,atacostof$11million.With 60,000 Games, followed in1983.For those games the city add- class athletics event. Its second, the World University to build.For10daysEdmontonhosteditsfirstworld- rooms, meeting rooms,runningtracks,and anindoor It includesseveral swimmingpools,agym, weight full-service facility, whichopened inMarch2012. Work beganin2009toexpand thereccentreintoa meeting space. and squashcourts,agymnasium, andamulti-purpose lic. By1990,itincludeda weight room,racquetball games, thatbecamearecreation centreforthepub- athletes atthesouthendofstadium.After cluded atrainingfacilityforCommonwealthGames When thestadiumwasbuiltinlate1970s,it- . company nowoperatesat18differentlocationsacross in 1925andexpandedintoAlbertathe1950s.The Canadian Linen&UniformServicebeganinVancouver 11000 StadiumRoad 8631 StadiumRoad C C ommonwealth Recreation Centre anadian Linen&UniformService

23 East McCauley McCauley, Then and Now 24 East McCauley McCauley, Then and Now 6 5 goals upto40yards. kimo footballpractices,includingpracticeforfield field houselargeenoughtoplayrugbyandholdEs- 1300. an artificialturf playingsurfaceandbleachers thatseat school games and other sporting activities. It features fessional soccerteam,andthe siteofnumeroushigh home toFCEdmonton(The Eddies),Edmonton’s pro- more modernfacilitybuiltto takeitsplace.Nowitis Clarke stadiumwasdemolished in2000andasmaller, August 23,1978. quate. ThefinalEskimogameinClarkeStadiumwason monwealth Games,ClarkeStadiumwassimplynotade- but when the city developed its bid for the 1978 Com- titions, highschoolfootballgames,andotherevents, more seats.Thestadiumhostedtrackandfieldcompe- and in1961,theeastgrandstandwasbuilt,adding5500 grandstand wasbuilt,increasingthecapacityto20,667, first night games took place in 1939. In 1954, a new west the CalgaryBroncs.Floodlightswereinstalled,and 1938, with a game between the Edmonton Eskimos and fans. TheoriginalClarkeStadiumopenedonAugust27, along withdressingroomsforplayersandparking a footballstadiumandbleacherstoseat2040people, 20 and1934-37asMayor. Clarkeledtheefforttobuild served severaltermsoncitycouncil,including1919- Joseph A. Clarke, who led the negotiations for the land, and footballfields,asoccerpitch,cricketpitch. a quarter-mile runningtrack,abaseballdiamond,rugby began in1931asadepressionreliefproject.Itincluded for athleticandparkpurposes.Work onClarkestadium in 1929gavethecity26acresofitona99-yearlease owned 96acresonbothsidesoftheCNRtracks,and til theprisonclosedin1920.Thefederalgovernment This areawaspartoftheprisongroundsfrom1906un- continued hereeversince. this sitein1927,andtheproductionofconcretehas Alberta ConcreteProductsbuiltaconcreteplanton 11000 StadiumRoad. 8635 StadiumRoad Clarke FieldandS C See page18-19foradditionalphoto anada CementLafar ge

tadium Piece by .) tualExhibit/gwg/en/index.html andCatherine Cole’s jobs. (Seehttp://www.royalalbertamuseum.ca/vir March 2004whenthelast 488 employeeslosttheir ing toMexico.TheEdmonton plantfinallyclosedin 77 Edmontonjobswerelost duetoproductionmov- to 600fromthe1600itemployed atitspeak.In1999, Edmonton. By1984theEdmonton workforcedeclined GWG stockandinthe1980s beganmovingjobsoutof In 1961LeviStrauss&Co.purchased75percentof day in1958increasedto13,0001963. force continuedtogrow. Productionof8000unitsa addition wasbuiltin1957asdemandandthework- employed 750peoplein1953.A125,000-square-foot facturing plantonthecontinentattime.The square feet,reputedtobethelargestclothingmanu- was 100,000square feet withasewingroomof70,000 here, onthesouthsideof106AAvenue. Thisbuilding postwar boomledtoconstructionofanewbuilding II enabledGWGtoadd200morepositions.By1953the to 300.Within afewyearsthedemandsofWorld War that timeandby1935increaseditsworkforcebackup versifying: itproduced700individualgarmentlinesat GWG survived the Great Depression of the 1930s by di- Avenue. By1919GWGemployed375. train tracksandin1917toabuildingat97St.103 In 1914,GWGmovedto1043897St.,justsouthofthe significant employerofimmigrants,especiallywomen. over 100people.Throughoutitshistory, GWGwas a ers of America. Beforethe end of1911, GWG employed ployees formedLocal120oftheUnitedGarmentWork- According toCatherineCole,GWG’s firstsevenem- from theMcCauleyneighbourhoodashortwalkaway. es. Throughout its life, GWG drew many of its workers ers for rights,good working conditions, and fairwag- in Edmonton’s economyandinthestruggleofwork- Western GarmentCompany(GWG)wasamajorplayer From 1911untilthefactoryclosedin2004,TheGreat tracks. along StadiumRoadorthemulti-usepathnextto to imaginethefactoryinitsheydaywhilewalking There arenovisibleremnantsofthisbuilding.It’s best 7 10660 85St, southsideofthetracks. Seepage12forphoto. The Great Western Garment C ompany (GWG) - 25 East McCauley McCauley, Then and Now 26 East McCauley McCauley, Then and Now 9 8 from 1924untilitwasdemolished intheearly1980s. Big 4Moving&Storageoccupied themainbuilding with nowindows,andwere allowed novisitors. They reportedlyallhadshaved heads,livedincells formation isavailableaboutwhatelsetheycoulddo. time. Theprisonershadplentyofwork,butlittlein- with anoventhatcouldbake500loavesofbreadata socks andmittens.Theprisonalsooperatedabakery tinsmith, andblacksmithshops.Thewomenknitted They alsoworkedincarpentry, shoemaking,tailoring, rots, cabbage,turnips,andpotatoes,raisingpigs. The prisonersworkedtheland,growingonions,car ine. was theonlyprisonincountrywithitsowncoalm- Prisoners also worked coal seams underground.This of theconstructionwasprobablycompletedby1913. the prisonersmadetheirownconcreteonsite.Most bricks. Theprisonalsohadastone-crushingplant,and river andthenmadetheprisonbuildingsoutofthose The prisonersmadethebrickinbrickyardsnear This building no longerexists.Thethird building on The thirdbuildingwastheWarden’s Residence building werereinforcedconcrete,14by28inches. 18 inches of solidconcrete, and the main beams in the ton Bulletin,thefoundationofmainbuildingwas square andfivestorieshigh.AccordingtotheEdmon- ing had a sectionthree stories high and another 60 feet high. It containedthe prisoners’ cells. The main build- grounds. Onewasabout120by40feetandtwostories At leastthreesignificantbuildingsstoodonthe says 82peoplewereimprisonedherethatyear. from 1906until1911.Anewspaperreport1908 and Saskatchewan.MatthewMcCauleywasthewarden serious crimesinthewest’s newestprovinces,Alberta convicted of murder, horse stealing, assault, and other closed in1920,thisprisonheldthemenandwomen today ofpenitentiarybuildings.From1906untilit Like theGWGfactory, thereisnophysicalevidence 10625 92Street between 90St. and92St, southsideof106A Ave. Warden’s Residence Alberta Penitentiary 9 . - 10 11 the buildinghassincebeendemolished. ernment inspectionofthehome,homewasclosed; allegation ofsexualassaultagainstachildandgov- its policiesonchildrenincare.In1966,followingan In the 1960s the provincial government began to change raising activities. donations, bequests,teas,cardparties,andotherfund- Funding forthehome’s operationcameprimarilyfrom ily becauseofworkouttownorfamilydifficulties. ents paidtoboardtheirchildrenatthehometemporar orphanage, otherrecordsindicateatleastsomepar Although somenewsreportsrefertothehomeasan large enoughtoaccommodate55children. 1954, anewwingwasadded,whichmadethehome education” ofchildrenin“needycircumstances.”In home was“providingforthemaintenance,care(and) ta ProtestantHomeforChildren.Thepurposeofthe the federalgovernmentandturneditintoAlber nevolent Association(LOBA)boughtthebuildingfrom 14 yearsaftertheprisonclosed,LadiesOrangeBe- have livedonthissitefrom1906until1911.In1934, new AlbertaPenitentiary, MatthewMcCauleywould stantial three-storybrickbuilding.Aswardenofthe the prisongroundswasWarden’s residence,asub- bricks nearest the fire got too hot, which made them harder and darker. bricks nearestthefire gottoohot,whichmadethemharder anddarker. Clinker bricks were produced in unevenly heated, earlier kilns. The and openverandahwithcolumnsmade ofstackedwoodenblocks. an unfenced widow’s walk, clinker brick, stone detail in the foundation, hip roofwithbellcastflaringfeatures at thelowerends,crossgablesand This buildingisnoteworthyforbothits materialsandVictorian eraform: terior beltcourse,andsymmetricalopeningsinthegableends. dow sills,brickchimney, pargedcement-cladbrickbasementwithex- windows anddoorswithvoussoirskeystones,cementlugwin- Its definingcharacterelementsare:thegable-ended T-shape plan,sash and contractor, isnamedasownerandbuilderonthebuildingpermit. ple ofhousingfromMcCauley’s earlydays.CharlesE.Smith,carpenter This twoandahalfstoryhomewasbuiltin1910isgoodexam- 10848 93St 10734 92St Clinker BrickHouse Smith Residence - - - 27 East McCauley McCauley, Then and Now 28 East McCauley McCauley, Then and Now 12 13 12 church underwent majorrenovationsin1990. Jordan blessedand dedicatedSantaMariaGoretti church.The own church,andonDecember21, 1958,ArchbishopAnthony Italian community. Thecommunity raisedmoneytobuildits (Scalabrinians) arrived from Chicago toserve Edmonton’s Ziliotto andFatherJohnBonelli, missionariesofSt.Charles Sacred Heart ChurchHeart Sacred at theGeneralHospital’s chapelandlaterinthebasementof In themid-1950sItalianimmigrantsgatheredforSundayMass Edmonton’s Henderson’s Directorysaysthiswasanewhousein1913. brick is Holy Trinity Anglican Church (10034 84 Ave.), built in 1913; emphasis onnaturalandrusticmaterials.Anotableexampleofclinker cladding material,perhapsduetotheArtsandCraftsmovementits than inanyotherplaceAlberta,clinkerbrickbecameafashionable glaze inshadesofgreen,red,yellow, andpurple.InEdmonton,more Often, intheexcessiveheat,mineralsclaywouldformanatural They wouldoftenfusetogetherinclustersandsimplybethrownaway. and S 10933 93St. Seeoppositepageforadditionalinformation. S Rodrigue esidence 11040 90St. anta MariaGorettiRomanC anta MariaGorettiCentre 27 . In December 1957, two priests, Father Rino atholic Church nine others nearby. guard Remillard A seven children here. He worked as a lineman a as worked He here.childrenseven raised They 1950. in their house 775-square-foot into moved Rodrigue Joe and Alice plenty ofstories. shared and years 62 for here lived Rodrigue es would have a century of stories to tell. Alice exterior. If they could talk, each of these hous- the two south of it are identical except for the and 93 St. would notice that Alice’s house and Ave.109A of corner the on standing person A prison lived around here too. vacantlikelyit’s So stafflot. prison that other a now is which St., 93 10719 at livedtentiary, Peni- Alberta the at Instructor Trade Chief the McDougall, John says 1911 of Directory Henderson’sThe probably1911. or 1910 in built was house this that confirm records Public ALICE RODRIQU ccording to AliceRodrigue (nee s lived in her house and eight or ), ahundre years ago prison er Church Heart 2012, August in died she When in summer. bowling green, and playground supervisors skating rink in winter and a wading pool, a a had which park, the in playing time of lot a spent children Her is. Club Girls and ni Caboto Park Caboto ni in the dance hall that used to be in married got sister Her is.” Stadium wealth Common- where be to used dump “the and St.,” 92 of side east the on houses no Alice“therewere1950 rememberedin that work shedid. housekeeping and mothering other the all and garden, flower her tending Wednesday, everyfloors waxing and Friday,washing and TuesdayeveryThursday,ironing and Monday every laundry people, nine for cooking ping, shop- grocery the count didn’t She insisted. she worked,” never “I Power. Edmonton for unassuming. Full ofcharacter.” “Small and sturdy. Built to last. Modest and alike. so were said, he house, the and ice Al- house.” little that to back lead paths all and roads all tree, family scattered our of nature expansive 62the given Evenyears. for base home ship, mother the it’s House, White Little “That said, Stevenson Chris grandson her eulogy, his In funeral. 30 16

, near where the Boys the where near , a pce fr the for packed was Giovan- Sacred 12 29 East McCauley McCauley, Then and Now 30 East McCauley McCauley, Then and Now 13

15 14 and alargedancefloor. main hallscanbemadeintoonehallthataccommodates450 quet halls,theBridalRoom,andfivemeetingrooms.Thetwo The Santa Maria Goretti Centre openedin 1987. Ithas four ban- McCauley, wasamember ofthestaff.Today, Norwood School grades 1through 8.MargaretMcCauley, adaughter ofMatthew renovations in2000. In 1909theschool had400childrenin Norwood Schoolopenedin1909 andunderwentsignificant day carecentreuntilCAPended in2008. the CAP(ChildandParent)Head StartProgramreplacedthe Family Centreandamulticulturaldaycarecentre.In1993, idence forchildrenandbecamethelocationofLurana In October1988theAtonementHomestoppedbeingares- ta’s schoolsystem. of the area before kindergarten became a regular part of Alber On thissitetheyprovidedkindergartenprogramsforchildren porary caretochildren.Theymovedthisaddressin1942. went toschoolinthecity. In1935theybeganprovidingtem- in 1928toadministerahomeforyoungruralwomenwho The FranciscanSistersoftheAtonementcametoEdmonton 9520 111 Ave. 9520 Nor 11035 92St. C onvent oftheA w ood S chool tonement - Mc Rina (Quagliarello) Spinellica me to to theSre Alw when shewas 23,“a shesays. girl,” little aiir od, ie at, oaos ad olive and tomatoes, pasta, like foods, familiar more for asked immigrants Italian When store. the to close always times, 10 neighbourhood the around moved family the that recalls She Frank worked together untilhisdeath in2000. grew into the Italian Centre Shop, where soon she and store That 1959. in purchased partner a and storehe cornerthat small the Frankin with twohad children, Teresa Pietro.and worked She TheyFrankSpinelli. married yearshe same That C auley in1960 fromS a ys Close about theweather. worry to inside busy too been she’s says she though, Edmonton, in life her below.”of most Through 20 it’s when only complain I plain? com- I can Howhavehavesoccer. food. I says, she“I have a family. I have the church. I Now, English.” speak couldn’t we sincetogether, stayed we because place very,“awas McCauleysaysnice very She blankets andtowels from theircountry.” sold and store a had “She Edmonton. to cameRina before months three husband her with from escaped ladywho lady.one remembersor She families.”nice No a guy one alone, came everybody time, that “At elsewhere. and , Ukraine, the Russia, from people McCauley, in nationalities” many “many, remembers she days, early those In became. St. 95 Italian more the came, Italians more the but Street,” Canadian “very a was St. 95 says, she 60s, the In them. provided Spinellis the oil, an Pietro, Italy,

17 31 East McCauley McCauley, Then and Now 32 East McCauley McCauley, Then and Now 15 16 entire McCauleyneighbourhood. 200 students.NorwoodSchool’s attendanceareaincludesthe offers programsfrompre-kindergartenthroughgrade6andhas cy Page, who would later coach the Edmonton Grads and become cy Page,whowould latercoachtheEdmontonGrads andbecome in February. Therosterofnightclassinstructors includedJ.Per instructors were added, andthestudentpopulation reached84 There were12students.Nightclasses beganinJanuary1914.Two ton Technical School.ThefirstdayofclasseswasOctober15. in thebarns,whichwerebeingrenovated tobecometheEdmon- ber, fiveteacherswere busyinstallingandarrangingequipment That problemwasapparentlysolved soonafterwards.InSeptem- all directions.” rubbish andthat“trafficispermittedtocrossthelandinpractically August 19, residents wrote a letter to the mayor to complain about ised thesitewouldbecleanedupbyJuly1,1913,butitwasn’t.On this land,donatedittothecitybeapark“forever.” Thecityprom - Cromdale. TheSyndicateAve. StreetCarSyndicate,whichowned Early inthesummerof1913,streetcarmaintenancemovedto car barns,whereEdmonton’s firststreetcar’s firsttrip beganin1908. where theBoysandGirlsClubisnow:SyndicateAve. street The parkhadonlyonesignificantbuildingonitthen,southof a largesectionoftheparkalong109AAve. labeled“tenniscourts.” day mayhavebeenalivethen.The1913fireinsurancemapshows This areawasparklandin1913,andsomeofthelargetreeshereto- 95 St. and109 Ave. Giovanni C aboto P ark - tion.” According to the 1959 fire insurance map, the Patricia Lawn tion.” According to the1959fireinsurancemap, PatriciaLawn social activities, as well as a drop-in centre called the “Comfort Sta- a communityhall thathostednumerousdances,weddings, and During the20sthrough50s, northernendoftheparkhad cate thatin1925,1500childrenused theparkeveryday. mances bytheNewsboysBand,and anautoparade.Reportsindi- opening of the park included a speech by Mayor Duggan, perfor #1, the city’s first supervised park.OnAugust23, 1922, thegrand cess Patricia’s Canadian LightInfantry. In1922itbecameGyroPark The parkwasoriginallynamedPatriciaSquare,inhonourofPrin- night classeswas$2. Market Building in 1923. At that time the tuition for some full-term Lieutenant GovernorofAlberta.Theschoolmovedtothe101St. - 16 33 East McCauley McCauley, Then and Now 34 East McCauley McCauley, Then and Now 17 gathering, andplaying. focal pointinMcCauleyforfestivals,picnics,sports,socializing, community, thecity, andtheprovince.Itcontinuestobeamajor In 2006thenewparkopened,thankstofinancialsupportfrom liberate Ortona,andmanyEdmontonsoldiersdiedinthebattle. stroyed inWorld War II.TheLoyalEdmontonRegimentfoughtto The fountainisaduplicateofoneinOrtona,Italy, whichwas de- of boulders, agardenof native Alberta trees, and a centralfountain. wall oftheBoysandGirlsClub,anaboriginalmedicinewheelmade that exists today: the playground, spray park, the mural on the south In 2001agroup of communitymembershadavisionforthepark Newfoundland). to be the first European to set foot on mainland (in named forGiovanniCaboto,theItalianexplorer, whoisreputed nearby cametobeknownasLittleItalyin1981.Theparkwaslater Following awaveofItalianimmigrantsintoMcCauley, thearea Brothers BigSistersofEdmontonandArea. operates underthecombinedauthorityofBoys&GirlsClub,Big programs andrecreationalactivitiesforchildrenofallages.Itnow Boys andGirlsClubin1976.Sincethenithasprovidedafter-school park in1962andbeganservinggirls1971.Itwasrenamedthe The BoysClubopeneditsfirstclubhouseatthenorthendof pool inthesouthernthirdofparkandasmallshelteron95St. and extendedathirdofthewayintopark.Therewaswading Bowling Cluboccupiedaboutafourthofthefrontagealong94St. on Sundays, for people of all ethnicities to buy European foods on Sundays,for people ofallethnicitiestobuyEuropean foods The ItalianCentre Shopbecameagatheringplacefor churchgoers grapes inayear. winemaking suppliesandequipment, sellingupto40,000casesof changed in1964,theItalianCentre becameamajorsupplierof allow peopletomaketheirownwine athome.Afterthelawwas Frank Spinelli wasaleaderintheeffort tochangeAlbertalaw and restaurantsacrosswesternCanada. arm, theUnicoDistributionCentre,thatnowsuppliesstores Italian CentreShopgrewintoasupermarketwithwholesale and 108 Avenue. About 1964, he took over the store, and the store withpartnerRemiroZalunardoonthecornerof95St. and immigrated to Canada in 1951. In 1959, he bought a small Franco SpinellileftSanPietroalTanagro inSouthernItaly 10878 95St. The Italian CentreShop 19 18 its centre. grocery store--whichrecentlyaddeditsowncoffeeshop-isstill Little Italycontainsseveralcoffeeshopsandrestaurants,butthis cards wasaddedtoGiovanni Caboto Park bronze, life-sizedstatueofFrankSpinellisittingatatable,playing joyed sharingmealsandcardgameswithFrankSpinelli.In2007a and experienceEuropeanculture,foryoungmenwhoen- This house was built at the height of the pre-war building boom This housewasbuilt attheheightofpre-warbuilding boom Avenue, as95St.wascalledatthetime. operating until1931.Theschools werenamedafterSyndicate School openedin1912,theSyndicate Avenue Schools kept Public Schoolsrecordsindicate thateventhoughMcCauley just south of here, at 10764 95 St., no longer exist. Edmonton constituted theSyndicateAvenue Schools.Thetwolocated porary classroomstructureswerehouses.Threesuchbuildings rapid increaseintheschool-agepopulation.Inthosedays,tem- school boardusedtemporaryclassroomstoaccommodatethe most 30,000.Asinnewerneighbourhoodstoday, thepublic Between 1906and1912,Edmonton’s populationtripledtoal- 9350 107A Ave. 9350 10830 95St. C S yndicate A ars well Residence venue S chools 16 . 17 35 East McCauley McCauley, Then and Now 36 East McCauley McCauley, Then and Now married theretoo. and two ofher11grandchilren were at S C ofwhatsix sonsinthevicinity isnow a dance. In the 50s and 60s, she remem - she 60s, and 50s the In dance. a at husband future her met She socialize. toEdmonton north from herewalked ten of friends of group a and she McCauley, into moved she Before it. in hall dance a had park Caboto says, she 40s, the In where thesisters alsoran anorphanage. idratn t the to at sons kindergarten her all sent Daisy system, school the of part was kindergarten before Back her husband since 1946, whenshewas 19. Shemarried Daisy Gregory has livedinMc Six Sons Raising aboto Park .Alltheboys wereba p acred Heart Church.F tnmn Home Atonement , S tan, in1948. They raised 14 - , houses andsing.” used to stop in Wefront of one of people. those drug 40 or 30 say I’d marched, “We says. she come,” to used Mayor, “JantheReimer,park. the in ended and began marches The area. the in houses drug and exploitation sexual against 90s she participated in monthly protests early the In alleys. the in lights up put to city the petition to owners property andorganizedneighbours Daisy 1985, In there was too much“horsing around.” Apparently,quit.” they when That’s girls. the got they “until soccer, in especially Boys Club, where all her boys were active, She spent many hours volunteering at the ond onedied. sec a and neck her broke One off. fallen recentlyhad childrentwo dangerous: too allow her sons to play on it because it was equipment, only a big slide. She wouldn’t other or swings no had park the bers, our ofthem

C auley tized - 20 to 1921,andhiswifewasthesoleresidentfrom19251950. the ownerandbuilder. Heandhiswifelivedherefrom1912 F. S.Thornton.JohnCarswell,abricklayerandcontractor, was in 1912.Thearchitectlistedonthe1910buildingpermitwas which “evolved from a small plumbing and tinsmithing shop which “evolved from asmallplumbingandtinsmithing shop Cauley. He was co-founder and partner of Lockerbie & Hole, his wife,Annie,raisedsevensons andtwodaughtersinMc- Harry Hole had come to Edmonton in the early 1900s. He and Alberta. High School,andthenallearned degreesattheUniversityof ily graduatedfromMcCauleyschool, graduatedfromVictoria Street. Between1915and1940,nine membersoftheHolefam- ry Hole,wholivedinMcCauley, on108A Ave. just eastof95 One Edmonton pioneer who knew little about failure was Har were goingtofail,youhadworkatitallbyyourself.” many thingsatMcCauley, butnobodytaughtfailure.Ifyou nobody tolduswewereamixedlot.”Headded,“We learned ans, Scotsandmixedblends,butwedidn’trealizeitbecause a mixedlot.WeJews, Ukraini- were Bulgarians,Rumanians, One graduate,writerAlexMair, recalledthatin1938,“We were hockey championshipin1932-33,andnumerousmusicawards. won fiveconsecutivecitysoccerchampionshipsinthe1930s, of achievementinsports, academics, and thearts. McCauley school nearlyacentury,For McCauleyschoolmaintainedahighstandard ever beanythingbutaschool. 1912, heprobablycouldnothaveimaginedthisbuildingwould Matthew McCauleyspokeattheopeningceremoniesonMarch7, 2010, andtheuseofbuildingiscurrentlyintransition.When The EdmontonPublicSchoolBoardclosedMcCauleyschoolin ditional 200. four classroomscouldbeaddedonthethirdfloortoholdanad- accommodate 600students-50toaclassandwasdesignedso 2, 1911)Thissamearticlesaysthebuildingwaslargeenoughto the Queen’s Avenue school.”(EdmontonDailyCapital,November vide accommodationfor students in thedistrict now served by schools onSyndicateAve. .Thenewbuildingwillalsopro- the AlexanderTaylor school,whoarenowattendingtemporary the thicklypopulatedsectionbetweenNorwoodschooland “The newschoolwilltakecareofthechildrenagein 9538 107 Ave. 9538 Mc C auley S chool - 37 East McCauley McCauley, Then and Now 38 East McCauley McCauley, Then and Now 21 for theirperformanceonthesoccerandfastballteams. at theschool,Jakeandhisthreebrothersearnedareputation 1987 forhismanyyearsofcommunityservice.Duringtime nessman JakeSuperstein,whoreceivedtheOrderofCanadain Another distinguishedgraduateofMcCauleySchoolisbusi- ucation andservedasLieutenantGovernorfrom2000to2005. and GardensLtd.Shedistinguishedherselfinpoliticsed- started a market garden, which became Hole’s Greenhouses Elsa Veregin andmovedtoafarmnearSt.Albert.Together they the company after him. Another of his sons, Ted, married Lois .” with headquartersinEdmontonandoffices and plumbing, mechanical,andelectricalconstructioncompany, on thecornerof101St.and107Ave. intoCanada’s largest (U ofAEngineer,Winter 2003)Fourofhissonsran Organizes McCauley style bridgeacross theriver. through Mc S had gotten theirway 40 yearsago, 95 transIf thecity’s portation planners are theone-way residential streets. asthat, of part is St. 96 trafficon Limiting area. residential a as McCauley improved and preserved have alternatives creative communityorganizationMcKeonand, Bob like activists neighbourhood to Thanks 111 Avenue. and Ave. 104 between St. 97 northbound wayone-waya twinnedwith southbound, one- be would St. 98 and, St.; 101 from eastbound one-way it; with twinned be would Ave. 106 St.; 93 at starting bound west one-way be would Road Stadium t. would beasix-lane diviehighway C auley south to a freeway- - McCauley News McCauley various socialissues. with creatively deal to followed have areas ton Food Bank, and established models other the Boyle McCauley Health Centre, the Centre, Health McCauley Boyle the Cooperative, Housing Roads Inn the league,ty Bob is one of many who started the communi - year we really took off.” the That’s outside.’ from come to have would It neighbourhood. the in leaders no skill, no needs help, it’s McCauley, but there’s no talent, place this in anybody ‘if said, council planning city “The remembers, Bob all. at mechanisms In the late 70s, McCauley had no organizational row thestreet from four to two lanes. nar that barriers physical and signs stop are thereNow calls.” close some wereThere side. ating, and the playground was on the opposite and back then, “Sacred Heart School was oper heavy, was it on traffic CommuterAvenue. 111 from Ave.” 103A to down run straight “a was St. 1977,96 in here moved Bob When Street.” 96 keep to have you integrity, any have to going is neighbourhood this if mean I 101. got says,Bob “You’ve you’ve95, got 97,got you’ve , Inner City Housing, Edmon- Housing, City Inner , Boyle Boyle

- - 39 East McCauley McCauley, Then and Now 40 East McCauley McCauley, Then and Now 21 Art &DesignFestivalindowntownEdmontoneverysummer. Arts Society, which,amongotherthings,producesTheWorks sign. ItisnowthehomeofTheWorks InternationalVisual the east designed to complement the heritage structure’s de- The buildinghasrecentlybeenrestoredandspaceaddedto 1955 itwasthehomeofMarianCentre ry Coutts,whofoundedCouttsMachineryCompanyin1920.In lived here since. Perhaps the most noteworthy was Thomas Hen- The Paskinsfamilylivedherein1909,andmanyothershave the offsetporch,andgableends. Queen Annestyleinitsbaywindowandturret,thedetailing in Edmonton.ThePaskinsresidencereflectstheinfluenceof source ManagementProgram,itembodiesadesignalmostunique oldest building in McCauley. According to the city’s Historic Re- Built about 1902, this two and a half story house is probably the 10635 95St. William P askins Residence 57 . for Wrk to Brooklyn Commuting job as a chef in a camp near Hinton. OrlandoHinton. near camp a in chef a as job a him got who Spinelli, Frank see to went he so work, needed He English.” of word one even know didn’t “I says. he guage,” lan- the of “because first at hard was Life raised four sons inMcCauley. his family a few blocks north. He and his wife movedand St. 92 on house second a bought he1964 In house. the in living people 20 had another family. He recalls that at one time he to floor second the out rented he and floor, main the on lived family his and He month. a $80 were payments Mortgage $12,800. for In 1956 he bought a two-story house on 92 St. came to Mc Orlando Bruno was 23yearsoldwhenhe C auley fromC anywhere inEdmonton.” have told me this place has crimeless than cops of “Alot adds, He me.” told cops the what “That’s says. he world,” the in police best the is three has neighbour “The He him. to next households Italian other. each for out look and know people that fact the neighbours, the is part best The it.” love “I says, he own, inhis on he’s that now McCauley,and staying on insisted wife Orlando’s ble garden. vegetalarge a and trees fruit of full lot their yards. Orlando himself has a double ingrowapples can of people kinds many grafting,to thanks Now,crabapples.” all was It here. apples no were“there says, he ago, years Fifty trees. fruit grafting and gardening in he interest University, his nurtured the at working While $3,000 amonthinNew York. made had he month; a $236 for Alberta of University the at man maintenance a as work got He Edmonton. in work find he insisted wife his York,Newthen and Brooklyn, in restaurant a at years few a for worked He town. of out work to had often alabria, Italy.alabria,

- 41 East McCauley McCauley, Then and Now 42 East McCauley McCauley, Then and Now and struggle.” Edmonton therewas “where poverty be involved inaneighbourhoo October 1976 because shewanted to Kate Quinn and Children for Wmen A SafePlace on ae omte tesle to themselves committed have John and Kate then Since Cooperative. ing Hous- Roads Inn the established that group the of part was She says. Kate house,” community a in marriage our Davidstarted “We (1985). Brendan McCauley,and (1982) in sons and two 1981 raised in married Kate and John tradition. ReformedChristian the from came John poor.” the for option “preferential the of principle theological the out live to desirea of because 1978 April in Cauley justice work. socialtocommitted Catholics of munity com- a West, Scarboro of part was She John Kolkman came to Mc Kate Quinn moved into Mc - serious social problem that came to theto came thatproblem social serious abattle to together came who many of one only is she says she But women. exploited sexually involving incident an there’s whenever media monton’s Ed- for person go-to the been has Kate (CEASE), Exploitation Sexual All End to Centrethe of Director Executive the As children andvulnerable persons.” for safety create to “is community the in adults for priority first the explains, Kate because, roles leadership on took They exploitation. sexual and ficking, traf and addiction drug infrastructure, , safe housing, community poverty:in rootedare that issues many JOHN KOLKM AN C auley in

- to changethe situation?” togetherdo we can what and meet, we dowheredifferent, is myself,what and woman this between same the is what ask myself these questions as a woman: Itogether.’ this in all we’re‘okay, say, Youshortens. distance The resident.ley McCau- a neighbour,your She’s person. a with encounter real a have you ment mo- that “In home. her womenin these with time spending recalls She help.” for asking door our to running fivewomen least at had we period, that “In taking place just outsidethewindow.” actsex a be would there and window theout look would I running, truck or car a hear would I time every hypersensitivity because a developed “I bers. remem- Kate lot,” a home was “I norm. thewasstreets residential600 where on street selling sex and 3700 vehicles a day were 750 women and250children onthe McCauley,StreetBoyleand in there data: hardin resulted action Community dren. chil- harassing from (johns) ploiters ex cruising the discourage to schooldays of end and beginning the at schools Heart Sacred and McCauley at cars police parking began police nity, commu- the from pressure of Because say children.” self.sayshouldn’t “I just women. willI her corrects She says. Kate corners,” fourall on women seeing remember I night one . . . later years 10 But ner. cor the around standing women no werethere . . . 1976 in Ave. 106A and St.95 of corner wethe lived“When on it into McCauley. downtowntradesexdrove the on down fore in the mid-80s when a police crack - - - - News arrestedThe johns. the and turned them in to police. The police numbersplatelicense down tookteers Volun- process. the in engaged ments provincialgovernfederaland the - and Police, of Chief the media, the Mayor, thegot community The traffic. circling constantly the disrupt to created was streetsone-way of system present The een asapositive sign. who come to trick or treat every Hallow children of number increasing the see They be. to it want they as stable and diverse as be to children more needs McCauley that acknowledge both They downtown.to proximity the shops, the boulevards,”the along trees “the says, John backgrounds,” and incomes of ty diversi- the like “I McCauley. for future Nonetheless,Kateand John brighta see for longperiodsoftheday.” ley, who are on the street and unsettled McCau- south in particularly people, of says.he “Wehealthymodel,” have lota particularly a is the model think shelter-based don’t “I homelessness. to solutionsdevelop to work to continues and houses drug down shut to worked has He years. 20 over for McCauley of infrastructure and transportation the shapedhave that (ARPs) plans opment redevel - area two in role key a played HeLeague. Community McCauley the in activewas and Centre Health McCauley Boyle the start helped Kolkman John exploited persons. foralternatives develop and empower Church Corporation (E4C), and others to Centre City Edmonton Outreach, roads Cross- Services, Social Catholic with collaboratedcommunity The johns. ed published the names of convict of names the published Boyle McCauley McCauley Boyle - - 44 East McCauley McCauley, Then and Now 18 These buildings at 10764 95 St. were two of the three houses used as temporary classrooms from 1908 until 1931. 1931. until 1908 fromclassroomstemporary as used houses three the weretwoof St. 1076495 at buildings These They were namedtheSyndicate Avenue schools. Edmonton Public School Archives P85.9.32.2 Archives School Public Edmonton track The areaalongside therailroa d a fileat theEdmonton Archives. d this letter, been railroad track in transition ever sincetherehave from 1913 A Complaint ts rm cnend oewe ad isaddressed to “the hon.City Commissioners.” and homeowner concerned a from It’s Signed, D.H.Morin holes somaderefilled . . Will you kindlyhavethe in chargeofboulevards.. punctured bytheDepartment have been]defacedand complain thatthestreets [The writergoesonto well remember. . as theMedicalOfficerwill complaint re thissameplace necessary tomakeviolent particular localityfoundit year agoresidentsofthis brought about.Aboutone such aconditiontobe why thatDepartmentpermits congregation andascertain Officer ofHealththinoutthis as tohaveyourMedical Will you be so considerate is in the heart of the city. no morethantenlots.This sixty familiesresidingupon St.] Thereareapproximately St.] and Syndicate Ave. [95 [106 Ave.] betweenOttawa[92 tents locatedonSutherland of ahalfblockshacksand to theunsanitarycondition This istocallyourattention Gentlemen, s has been a ated July 28, 1913,found in magnet for Officer ofHealth,replied: MedicalWhitelaw,T.H. the 1913, 5, August On s, ass, evidence by sanitary condition. continue tokeeptheir premisesin tenters tomoveso longasthey to compelthese shackers and favour oftakingany drasticaction of thelabourmarketIamnotin and thepresentprecariousstate In viewofthehighcostliving this colony. . justification fortheirobjectionsto have, itmustbeadmittedsome living inmodernhouseshowever Morin andhisneighbourswhoare able toobtainahouseatall.Mr. to suittheirfinances,iftheyare a housesufficientlylowinrent because theyareunabletoobtain the present high rents of houses or because theycannotaffordtopay are probablylivinghereeither The majorityoftheseresidents 71 inall.. number ofpersonslivinghere,or three childrenconstitutethetotal Forty-eight adultsandtwenty- who areabsentduringtheday. Nine areoccupiedbybachelors 10 lotsandonewasunoccupied. tents orshacksarelocatedonthese would leadmetoexpect.Only24 so badasMr. Morin’s statement the conditionsnotbyanymeans personally inspecteditandfind I visitedthislocalityand

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45 East McCauley McCauley, Then and Now 46 East McCauley McCauley, Then and Now 16 From 1908 to 1913 the Syndicate Ave. car barns were at the north end of what is now Giovanninowsouth Park, is Caboto what of end Syndicatenorth the wereAve.the 1913 barns at toFrom car 1908 of where theBoys andGirlsClubisnow. Glenbow Archives NA-1328-64342 Archives Glenbow 47 East McCauley McCauley, Then and Now 48 15 East McCauley McCauley, Then and Now When Norwood Schoolopenedin1909,Syndicate Ave. (95St.) was adirtroad. Provincial Archives of Alberta A 5377 A Alberta of Archives Provincial 49 East McCauley McCauley, Then and Now 50

9 East McCauley McCauley, Then and Now The Warden’s Residence in 1934, the year the Ladies Orange Benevolent Association purchased it for use as a as use for it purchased Association Benevolent Orange Ladies the year the 1934, in Residence Warden’s The children’s home. Glenbow Archives, ND-3-6894 Archives, Glenbow 51 East McCauley McCauley, Then and Now 52 Church Street McCauley, Then and Now 96 S Street Church * MAPISL Jenny Malanchuk Growing UpUkraiia Sister RoseLuby The Greatest LessonIEverT Terry Lusty s AboriginalRoots McCauley’ with aCreeName Kinistino Ave:ChurchSt WALKING TOUR sites t (neeKiistino Ave) 22

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53 Church Street McCauley, Then and Now 54 Church Street McCauley, Then and Now of FireS Centre East isnow, would have beeninfront In 1913,apersonstanding on96 S just to thenorth. W times andcircumstances ofEdmonton’s growth. and sometimes weathered, sometimes not, the vagaries thrown at them by the shifting they have much in common. They share a history of ups and downs as they encountered est density of churches in the world. Although the churches are of many denominations, Ripley’s Believe It or Not or It Believe Ripley’s to McCauley. It would appear that as immigrants arrived in Edmonton and made their way in St. 96 on built been have churches many so reasons the on speculated have Many a restaurant, andatruckingcompany. There are novacant lotsanywhere onthestreet. rooming houses, homes, radio repair, furniture repair, building supplies, furnace repair, tian Reformed at 110, and the Central Church of Christ at 110A. In the spaces between are theran at 108A, Holy Trinity Orthodox and St. Stephen’s at 109, St. Peter’s and First Chris- Lu- Ansgar School, Heart Sacred and churches Catholic two the then street, the across Ukrainian Orthodox ChurchJohn’s is at 106 Ave., St. Central atBaptist 106A, a Polish Veterans’ Hallhere. still is garage city the but “storage”, is station fire old the 1959, By Lutheran church at 110Ave., anotherchurch at 110A,andsomebusinessesnear111. Paul’s church would be, followed by vacant lots, a few houses, a grocery store, St. Peter’s vacantroominga lots, woodworkinghouse, a excavationfactoryan then and where St. more108A, of corner northeast the on “mission” small a street.Then the acrosschurch nextthe in Immaculatethe and Catholicschool Conceptiona with block French Catholic streetAve.the 108 atof rectory Churchside and eastHeart Sacred werethe church” on agogue, anotherchurch, somehouses,laundries, andvacant lots.There was a“German grocery store. Further north were Grace Methodist Church, “Dutch Baptist Church,” a syn- On the west side of the street were a barbershop, a Chinese laundry, and to the north a legend was cited in an edition of the created a string of churches along Kinistino, now 96 St., a street that according to urban Whatever the reasons, missionaries soon arrived to establish missions, which eventually overand AllSaints, ontheriverbank butthe“poor”peoplecould onlyafford McCauley. McDougalllikechurches, built folks “rich” the speculated, person one as Or,Street. 101 ofwestproperty the all ownedCompany Bay Hudson’s the because was it Or,perhaps roots.down put to begun had ethnicity their of others and cheap wasproperty where

ork Immigration Hall Immigration Church Street s Dep tation No. S 3,City withthe artG ment officean d theCity 61 (no evidence supports either claim) as the street with the high- , they were already in a small working class neighbourhood class working small a in already were they , Guinness Book of World Records World of Book Guinness t., where and mentioned on tores & Bissell arage faith andcommunity andreach outto dothework ofthechurch. churchesseekingthese enterorganizationsupportive. still is people Recognized not, or StreetChurch of Friends the and street this of recognition historical considering is ton McCauley is left with steeples and spires towering over historic elms. The City of Edmon- the thintimes. duringon hang to struggled All thrived. some groups, other to sold were some failed, churches Some faith. ancestors’ their and tradition on reliance through communities created they land, new their in and membership, church by strengthened were that backgroundsfrom come had people These persevering.”by just battle, their won they andstayed they but complained, evenThey cried. and learned and taught and prayed andloved and worked “they relates, Church Lutheran Danish Ansgar of history the As 22 immigrants settle intothecommunity. This includedaSun- wife, Florence,offering programmingtohelpnew Ukrainian All People’s Mission, foundedbyRev. William Pikeand his Bissell Centre began as a Methodist mission, originally named include BissellCentreWest in 2006. location inMcCauley1989and expandedacross96St.to Although BissellCentrebeganin 1910,itmovedtoitspresent (10527 96St.) Bissell Centre 28 55 Church Street McCauley, Then and Now 56 Church Street McCauley, Then and Now Avenu Kinistino tr o te icvr o Canada of Discovery the of Story nounced as a Cree word. Which it could be. Kinistino 1913. until Ave. Kinistino called was St. 96 Church S In Ancient Land Ancient Sky: The True True The Sky: Ancient Land Ancient In means “Cree” in the Saulteaux language Saulteaux the in “Cree” means Saskatchewanwebsite, Kinistinname the katchewan. According to a Government of er of the Kinistin Saulteaux Nation in - Sas there’sThen firstKinistin,the Chief lead- dered asCree.” ren- then English the which Cris, to mer misno- the shortened then and Kristinaux as name their mispronounced first French Bay.TheJames around living people naag Kenistethe - was this exampleof best The beyond recognition. often names, difficult some pronounced mis- often and “mangled America North ofinteriorfirst Europeansthe entertothe that say Haimila Wayne and McFarlane one a “ee”: pr as is nounced “i” third the and syllables third and first the on is accent the when word third “i” short and the “o” it becomes the with and syllable second the on cent ac the with pronounced it’s If Italy.from immigration WWII post the before long would suit McCauley today, but not in 1913, i s -ten-now looks and sounds like an Italian an like sounds and looks , which is how it would be prowouldbe - howit is which , Ken treet withaCreeNme -owe teen -is- Peter , That . Ken- - - tions are true. explanathese all that conclude and this allat laugh probably would elder Cree a the avenue were thinking at the time, but toble know namedwho people whatthe impossi- It’s name. the for explanations three” hypothesis, there are four possible are “we the Counting other. the or way being named after the Cree people in one Ave.Kinistino to points all evidence The the Christian churches onthis street. and Trinity the to reference a which be could Cree, in three” are “we means theManitoba, Universityof of Pentland David to According once served asaminister. near Melfort, where Melfort, near Saskatchewan, Kinistino, a also There’s language.” Cree the speak to ability his of because Kinistin to given was “and nte epaain s that is explanation Another source oftheEnglish“Cree.” the became and Cris” to shortened er whichlat and French the by borrowed “was “kirishtinoo”, was it Ojibwa Old in and ginishtinoo,” form the in speakers Ojibwa by borrowed “was it that suggests He place.” thefast-winds from “person mean could word Creesub-group,thea and of name the Herb Jamieson Herb Kinistinaw kinistinaw was was 62 - -

23 mental healthsupport,employment,andhousingprograms. tre West wascompleted,housingadrop-in,adultprograms, 96 St.,whereBissellEastisstillsituated.In2006,Cen- premises, theCentremovedtoarenovatedwarehouseat10527 families, includingadaycare.In1989,havingoutgrownits Institute becameBissellCentreandbeganofferingservicesto to help people meet their basic needs. In the 1970s, Bissell more low-incomefamilies,andagainBissellservicesshifted urbs inthe1950sand60s,areaaroundBissellcomprised As moremiddle-andupper-income familiesmovedtothesub- Parliament grounds. than 12,speaktheirownlanguagesinpublic,orenteronto law forbadeAboriginalpeopletocongregateingroupslarger also provided spacefor Aboriginal gatherings whenCanadian homes onthewestcoastduringWWIImetatBissell.Bissell Japanese congregationmadeupofpeopleforcedtoleavetheir build cabinsatMoonlightBay, stillthesiteofBissellcamps. A the originalmissionweretransportedtoLakeWabamun to and AllPeople’s MissionbecameBissellInstitute.Boardsfrom through alegacyfromTorrence E.Bissell,openingin1936, sleeping mats,mealsandclothing.Anewbuildingwasbuilt When theGreatDepressionhit,servicesgrewtoinclude reach ministryoftheUnitedChurch. Canada wasformed,andAllPeople’s Missionbecameanout- and muchofthePresbyterianChurch,UnitedChurch amalgamation of the Methodist church, Congregational Union, were onsiteaswellinneighbouringchurches.With the er’s group,summerschoolandcamp.Churchservices in thearea,offeringyouthprograms,akindergarten,moth- Through the1920s,serviceschangedtoaddresscurrentneeds found itsfirsthomeat96St.and103A Ave. in1912. groups. Originallymeetinginpeople’s houses,theMission day school,Ukrainiannewspaper, Englishclasses,andsocial ing on the building. In the first three years, membership had ing onthebuilding. Inthefirstthreeyears,membership had that daycollected $1,200tobeputtowardthe amountow- behind theesaying, Thisistheway, walkye init.”Theoffering Rev. A.S.Tuttle preachedon“thineearsshallhearaword versary ofthechurchwasreported intheEdmontonBulletin. 05 atacostof$1,600forthesite and building.Thethirdanni- ton. GraceMethodistChurchwas builtat1060596St.in1904- one year later a permanent missionary was posted to Edmon- The firstMethodistmissionary came toAlbertain1882,and (10605 96St.) F amily Worship Centre 57 Church Street McCauley, Then and Now 58 Church Street McCauley, Then and Now I EverT Lesson The Greatest what.” matter no you loves God that lesson the forgot never she me told she and students one grade of one met I years 31 after that “was says, 1977. “I feel the greatest lesson I ever taught,” she workedto1971fromshe where school, Michael’s St. at 1 grade teach to Edmonton to came She rink. skating the from alley the across just Ave. 108 of side south the on house brick yellow the in sisters other two with lived she years, 31 For 1944. 5, November on Immaculate Mary of Servant Sister a became and 16, of age the at convent entered1928,Ottawathe in in Sr. born wasRose in between,” shesays. breakinbetween,” little Mc Sister RoseL C auley until2009, from1971 with“a uby livedanwor ked in Rideau gardens.” the in working jobs seasonal had father My wa. Otta in family poor a in grewup I because that prefer “I says. she McCauley, in people,” poorer “I liked living around all the common people, the are there.” stillthere,”is heart says.she “A myof lot friends “My McCauley. of memories fond has but are, Sr. Rose lives now at St. Joseph’s Home in Mund- go to Sacred Heart,andshewent withthem. would they communion, first received children Michael’s St. when that saysSr.Rose Josaphat’s, St. to went Catholics Rite Ukrainian the though Evenkitchen.” our used “theyrecalls, she park,” the in and rink the at activities had they “When too good.Butthetomatoes were nice.” wasn’t earth The much. too wasn’t “There bers. remem- she harvest,” the for home seniors the to laugh when the ladies used to come over from “Weused parsley,carrots,onions. potatoes, and onions, grew they where house, their behind garden a tended also They Centre. Marian the for sandwiches made nuns other and she and Hospital and the Norwood Extended Care Centre, AlexandraRoyal the in patients visited Rose Sr. aught

- 24 neighbourhood andpray. inational program,“Watch andPray,” wheretheypatrolthe and Biblestudy, andmembersparticipateintheinterdenom - ty. TheFamilyWorship CentreoffersregularSundayworship affiliated withthePentecostalChurch,purchasedproper from 1954to1980,atwhichtimetheFamilyWorship Centre, The SecondChristianReformedChurchoccupiedthebuilding 110 Avenue. new buildingwasneededandmovedoutofMcCauleyto10611 tracted 400people.In1949,thecongregationdecidedthata end oftheyear. Thefirstserviceofthenewcongregationat- handed over, withapromisetopaytheremainingsumby responsible forahundreddollars’.”Two thousanddollarswas bending hisarmtoshowawell-developedmuscle.‘Iwillbe that group stood up at a meeting to say, ‘It is strength we need’, for a home. The reports that a member of 1930 whenSt.John’s UkrainianOrthodoxChurchwaslooking United andwasnolongerneeded.Itremainedvacantuntil Church ofCanada,GraceMethodistbecameCentral terian andCongregationalistdenominationstoformtheUnited In 1925, when Methodist churches amalgamated with Presby- and SonsofTemperance meetings. grown from20to265,andthechurchhostedchoirconcerts ed an Aboriginal healer to the staff. ed anAboriginal healertothestaff. The clinicprovides anarrayofhealthservicesand in1997add- died in1992,andthemortgagewas paidoffin1993. thropist Lillian Simonet left $60,000 to the centre when she all but$100,000raisedbythenon-profit centre.Localphilan- tions.” By 1991, a new building was built for $1.2 million, with the who hadopenedahouseinEdmonton in1978andsawwhat received anemergencyloanfromtheMedicalMissionSisters, and CliffordE.Leefoundationsthefederalgovernment, The clinic,initiallyfundedthroughgrantsfromtheMuttart and allitsproblems.” we wantedtoprovidegoodhealthserviceforthecommunity trying to transform the entire medical establishment. Rather, board explained,“We aren’ttryingtobecrusadersintermsof ary andanswerstoaboard.BobMcKeon,chairoftheoriginal a community-runclinicwherethedoctordrawsregularsal- Opened onMay13,1980,theBoyleMcCauleyHealthCentreis (10628 96St.) Boyle Mc Western CatholicReporter called“ThirdWorld condi- C auley HealthCentre

- 59 Church Street McCauley, Then and Now 60 Church Street McCauley, Then and Now 25 25 trip toEuropeifyouarepoor.” ically necessary. Going to a dentist is about asaffordable a free. Healthyteeth,ontheotherhand,arenotconsideredmed- that, “inourquirkyhealth-caresystem,onlymedicalcareis basement ofthehealth centre. The In 1993,theBoyleMcCauleyDentalClinicwasaddedin was enlarged in 1908, and in 1912 the present brick build- a churchat97St. and104Ave.; itwas dedicatedin1901.It After rentingspace forashorttime,thecongregation built Hagen, whopreachedthefirst German sermoninEdmonton. Millet, andLeducareas,gathered togetherbyRev. Abraham working inthe homes ofpioneersettlers in theWetaskiwin, from an1898meetingof17people, mostlyfemaledomestics, Dutch BaptistandlaterFirstGerman Baptist.Ithadgrown This brickchurch,builtin1912for$44,000,wasfirstcalled (10635 96St.) The Mustard Seed reported reported Christmas miracle.” coffers werefull…Edmontonians havingbestowed theirown Edmonton Sunreportedthatby NewYear’s Day2010, “the uphill battle: in 2009 there was a shortfall of $460,000. The ning programslikeEmmausPartners. Fundingremainedan serving foodtolargegroupsofthe hungryandpoorrun- vices, posted the sign “No Knives” onthe door and began Seed movedin.Thechurch,which offersmanysocialser the churchwasagainemptyuntil 1993whenTheMustard When DannyHooperconsolidated hisnumerousventures, showroom.” business here,advertisingas“thecity’s firstcountrymusic flower,” DannyHooper’s StockyardNightClubopenedfor from Las Vegas. By1979,afterabrief iteration as “TheMay- censed dininganddancingwithliveentertainmentdirect In 1973,Friar’s Steakhouseboughtthepropertytoofferli- the remainingsmallcongregationmovedtosouthside. The flighttothesuburbsbegansoonthereafter, andin1967 church grewto625membersbyits60thanniversaryin1972. tist, andin1943anEnglisheveningservicewasadded.The WWII, thenameofchurchwaschangedtoCentralBap- mans inthesurroundingarea.In1940,withonsetof radio program,whichbroadcastuntilWWII,toreachGer young men’s BibleclassbegansponsoringaGermangospel When Rev. Aug.Kraemarcametothechurchin1926, farmer. ing wasbuiltonlandboughtfromalumbermerchantand 26 - - 61 Church Street McCauley, Then and Now 62 Church Street McCauley, Then and Now 27 26 and thecommunity. ture wasbuiltin1971andcontinuestoserveitscongregants John’s FirstEvangelicalLutheranChurch.Thepresentstruc- for Sundayschool.In1959,thenamewaschangedtoSt. south, foranewparsonageandfreeduptheold The churchboughttheVan Kleekhouse,apropertytothe the openingofGoodSamaritanHospital. hold Krisch,anaccomplishedmusician,playedtheorganat money tostarttheGoodSamaritanSociety, andPastorRein- 100 attheEnglishservice.In1950s,churchcontributed weather while 253 took communion at the German service and Good Friday1954,somestoodoutsideinminus10-degreeF them tochurch.By1952,thechurchwascrowded,andby dents of nine different nationalities and 12 teachers. dents ofninedifferent nationalitiesand12teachers. was rentedand then purchased.By1921,there were 500stu- In 1913,fourmore roomswereadded,andin1919 morespace Convent andBoardingSchool. next totheschoolhouse Faithful CompanionsofJesus and in1910,asimilarsolidbrick buildingwasconstructed St. In 1909,constructionbegan on a four-room brickschool, in a one-room wooden hall, which had been moved from 103 Sacred HeartSchoolwasestablishedin1907with35students Hall Immigration immigrants broughtinbyCN.Thechurchwasfiveblocksfrom By 1946,thechurchwasdebt-freeandreadyforinfluxof a signoftheirappreciationthewelcometheyhadreceived. tioned inEdmontonattendedanddonatedanaltarcrossas eastern Canada.InWWII,numerousAmericanservicemensta- sion causedmanyoftheworshipperstomovebackfarmsor In 1930,anEnglish-speakingpastorwashired,buttheDepres- full basement,wasdedicated.Aparsonageaddedin1913. river watercost$35ayear. By1910thenewchurch,witha live onhisstipend,aseggscost80centsadozenand“bad” resign becauselivingexpensesweretoohighforafamilyto measuring 40feetby26feet.In1908,PastorWalbaun hadto bought twolotson96St.and108Ave. tobuildanewchurch theran Church,soldtheirsmallwhiteclapboardbuildingand gelical Church,originallyknownasSt.Johann’s GermanLu- In 1906,thesmallcongregationofSt.John’s FirstGermanEvan- (9624 108 Ave.) (9624 (l0759 96St.) S S t. John’s E acred Heart S 61 vangelical L ; pastors welcomed newcomers and invited ; pastors welcomed newcomersandinvited chool utheran Church 28 war. By 1927theWestern Catholicnewspaperreported thatthe wave ofUkrainian immigration,whichfollowed the endof established on98 St.and108Ave. toaccommodate thesecond built, andin1918,aUkrainianCatholic studentresidencewas In 1917, the bishops’ palace and Ukrainian NationalHallwere register asanenemyalienandto reportonceamonth.” of Ukrainian Catholics in Canada, was charged with “failure to ing internedas“enemyaliens,”and BishopBudka,thebishop challenges ensued.WWIresultedinCanadianUkrainiansbe- monastery/residence wasconstructedbesidethechurch.But By 1913, an enlargement to the church was necessary and a Edmonton CatholicSchoolsin1917. by theSistersServantsofMaryImmaculate.Itbecameapart convent andschoolbecameSt.JosaphatSeparateSchool,run school added.By1908,therewere100children.In1910,anew In 1905,aconventwasbuiltbesidethechurchandnursery Hill, andBeaverCreektookturnsleadingservices. was noresidentpriest,butpriestsfromBeaverLake,Rabbit Catholic Cathedral,Edmonton,AHistory(1902–2002),there .” According to Serge Cipko’s and commodiousframestructureonNamayoAvenue, near ed. TheEdmontonBulletindescribedthechurchas“alarge rising quicklyandasiteineastEdmontonwouldsoonbeneed- in 1902whenBishopLegalrealizedthatpropertyvalueswere dedicated toSt.Josaphat.Thepropertyhadbeenpurchased On November27,1904,achurchonthissitewasblessedand non-profit McCauleyCommunityAfter-School Careprogram. High School,LanguageInstructionforNewCanadians,andthe 2003 andnowhousesEdmontonCatholicSchool’s Outreach in Kto6.SacredHeartSchoolceasedoperatingasaschool student population.By1988theschoolhadonly150students was relocated.Laterpopulationshiftsresultedinashrinking and junior high, growing to 900 in 1975 when thejuniorhigh tion in1963.By1966,therewere800studentselementary In 1961, the new Sacred Heart School was built, with an addi- night schoolteachersbegantoteachbasicEnglish. taught FrenchandUkrainian,respectively. Inthemid-50s, of theAssumptionandSisterServantsMaryImmaculate volved withSacredHeartSchoolfrom1922to1966.Sisters The F.C.J. Conventclosedin1922,butsistersremained- S t. Josaphat’s Ukrainian C (10825 97St.) atholic C St. Josaphat: Ukrainian St. Josaphat: Ukrainian athedral 63 Church Street McCauley, Then and Now 64 Church Street McCauley, Then and Now 29 of lightblue;thearched ceilingandorganloftareof oiledfir. Over verely simpleinfinish interiorly. Thewalls are tintedaclearshade The churchwasdescribedas“acommodious buildingofbrickse- text “TheHouseoftheLordisBuilt inHoliness”waspreached. walked inprocessionaroundtheexterior ofthechurch”before clerical attendantsandacolytesfollowed bytheentirecongregation city limits,afterSt.Joachim’s on110Street.“TheBishopandhis Excellency Bishop Emile Legal, the second Catholic church within was formallyblessedandopenedatahighmassinlate1906byHis Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception on Kinistino Ave. Church Street.TheEdmontonBulletinreportedthattheRoman Catholic Church,asitwasthencalled,istheoldestbuildingon Built in1903atacostof$10,000,ImmaculateConceptionRoman (1083096St.) chitect andordainedmissionary. cathedral styledeveloped by Rev. Philip Ruh,” a self-taught ar Walks ofEdmonton“thebestexampleinAlbertatheprairie and sevendomesis,accordingtoKathrynIvanyinHistoric The cathedralisnotedforitsinteriorpainting,stainedglass, ried pastor, andin2002theparishcelebrateditscentenary. Paul IIcametovisit.In1998thechurchwelcomeditsfirstmar ignated aprovincialhistoricresource,thesameyearPopeJohn a senior citizens’ home was built. In 1984 the church was des- the SistersServantsofMaryImmaculatewasconstructed,and altar andthecongregation)wasfinished,anewresidencefor consecrated in 1964, the iconostas (the screen separating the pastor, interiorpaintingwascompleted,anewrectory Over thenext40years,churchhaditsfirstAlberta-born ners, andthechurchbecameacathedralin1948. gration followingtheendofWWIIcontinuedtoaddparishio- quet intheMacDonaldHoteltocelebrate.Thewaveofimmi- didn’t openuntil1947.Fivehundredpeopleattendedaban- a newchurchbuildingwasblessedin1939,butthe anniversary ofChristianityinUkraine.Thecornerstone initiated thenewbuildingprojecttocoincidewith950th church, realizedthatthepresentstructurewastoosmall.He In 1938, Fr. Dydyk, who had supervised the building of the first to helpwith“prayerandprotest.” occurred intheSovietUkraine1933,parishwascalled church served150familiesandindividuals.Whenfamine (Mary QueenofMartyrs) Vietnamese (NhaTho) C atholic Church - - 30 and named Mary Queen of Martyrs Church. and namedMaryQueenofMartyrsChurch. was subsequentlypurchasedby the Vietnamese Catholic Parish Reflecting theculturalshiftsoccurringinMcCauley, thebuilding church inEdmonton. also containedtheonlyfunctioning immersion fontinaCatholic same qualitywouldcost$350,000to$400,000.”Thechurchhad organ’s appraisedvalueis$112,000andabrandneworganofthe follows: “Featuringrealivorykeysandwoodmetalpipes,the in NorthAmerica.In2003theEdmontonJournaldescribeditas companyCasavantFreres,oneoftheoldestorganbuilders tion had purchased the organ in 1913 at a cost of $3500 from the St. Thomasd’Aquin.ThechurchtrusteesofImmaculateConcep- its antiqueCasavantpipeorganwastransportedpiece-by-pieceto gamate withSt.Thomasd’AquininBonnieDoon.InAugust2003, had declinedto65-70families.Thedecisionwasmadeamal- had beenwithoutapriestformorethandecadeandattendance By 2000,accordingtotheEdmontonJournal,94year-old church nal brickwascoveredwithstucco. Over itslifespan,ithadbeenremodeledthreetimes,andtheorigi- tury. Renovationsproceededin1950,andanewrectorywas built. here withIreneTurgeon, theparishorganistforalmosthalfacen- Singer RobertGouletwasbaptizedandbeganhismusicaltraining monton, butitservedamultilingualcommunityof200families. By 1908itwasthefirstexclusivelyFrench-languagechurchinEd- white robed,bluemantle.” the neatandplainaltarisalargestatueofImmaculateVirgin, tertaining thanon charity.” Aladies’aidwas organizedin1922 It iswrongtospend moreonbeer, oronthetheatre oronen- or makemusica luxury, orspendalittlefortune onavacation. ute toyourChurch,youcannotafford topayadancingmaster, rents shouldbepaidinadvance. If youcannotaffordtocontrib- The 1913churchcalendarincluded thispleaforfunds:“Pew rectory wasaddedfor$8,000. highest spireinthecity.” It openedonChristmasDay1913.A design withtwotowers,thetallestofwhichis130feethigh, sons. DesignedbyMessrs.HardieandMartland,itisofGothic will costabout$75,000andaccommodate1,400per church, beingbuiltforEnglishspeakingRomanCatholicshere, in April1913.AccordingtotheEdmontonBulletin,“thenew Apostolic DelegatetoCanada,formallyblessedthecornerstone Sacred Heart Church wasbuiltin1912-14.Msgr. P.F. Stagni, (10821 96St.) S acred Heart Church of the First Peoples and Rectory - 65 Church Street McCauley, Then and Now 66 Church Street McCauley, Then and Now 31 of HistoricResources. tian, andNativepopulations.Itislistedonthecity’s Inventory Over the years, the church has served Italian, Spanish, Croa- formed inCree,English,Blackfoot,andChipewyan.” MacNeil presidedoverthetwoandone-halfhourMassper about 400Nativeandnon-Nativeparishioners.Archbishop featured drum,sweetgrass,andpipe-smokingceremoniesfor America underFatherGarryLaBoucane.The11a.m.Mass day officiallybecamethe1stNativeCatholicparishinNorth Sun reported“anewerafortheinnercitychurchthatyester and the interior remodeled. InOctober 1991, the Edmonton was playingwithmatches.However, thechurchwasrepaired The church suffered a major fire in 1966 because a young boy be favourableornot.” cured. Eachyearitwasatoss-upwhethertheelementswould Each yearanewbuildinghadtobeerectedandfurnishingsse- hibition diningroom,whichwascarriedonforseveralyears. the mostarduousworkconductedbySocietywasEx- for “socialaffairswiththeobjectofraisingextrafunds.Perhaps preached inEdmonton butalsotraveledtoLloydminster, Cam- courage. Iknow we hadfaith.”PastorMaxMathiesen notonly sion. NielsGran,afoundingmember, wrote,“Iguesswehad 15, 1933,inspiteofhighunemployment duringtheDepres- Reformed churchin1928for$75 peryearandboughtitJune sgar LutheranChurch,thecongregationrentedGerman According to60Years Old: AStoryoftheDanesandAn- ing topaythepastor’s wages. “home” ceased,whichincludedthefundsthathadbeencom- man invasionofDenmarkin1940meantthatconnectionsto church wasready. To make matters more difficult, theGer building skillsandmetintheNorwegianchurchuntiltheir designed thenewchurch.Thecongregationvolunteeredtheir Moller, a Danish architect who had never been to Edmonton, church onthesitewhichhadbeenGermanReformed.Holm building waspreferabletospendingmoneyrenovatingtheold and moneywasscarce,butthecongregationdecidedthatanew tion hadbeenorganized12yearsprior. Awarwasimminent, in 1942 at a cost ofapproximately $5,000, although a congrega- 1950s. InMcCauleyachurchtoseat100peoplewascompleted Dickson, followed by a wave after WWI and another in the early The firstDanesinAlbertaarrived1903andsettledaround (9554 108A Ave.) (9554 Ans g ar L utheran Church - - - 32 67 Church Street McCauley, Then and Now 68 Church Street McCauley, Then and Now 33 32 who broughtChristianitytonorthernEuropeabout820A.D. Danish cultureinEdmonton.Ansgarisnamedafteramonk er neededahand.Thechurchhasplayedroleinpreserving ever possibletosupportthechurchandreachoutwhoev- and eventheSundayschoolchildrenwhoallpitchedinwhen- ladies’ aid,youngwomen’s group,men’s group,over-60 group, cused priorities,volunteerhelpandthediligentworkof of benefactors, sometimes anonymous, careful budgeting, fo- know thewordretreat.”Thechurchsurvivedthroughwork in theirhistorybook:“shemarchedtoadrummerwhodidnot Ansgar seemstobesimilaroneoftheparishionersdescribed Danish congregationinEdmontondid. They weresmallthen,buttheygrewunderhiscare,justasthe buy theexpensivetreesoutofhisrathermeagerallowance. Deeply gratefulthatbothhischildrensurvived,hedecidedto ter, Sylvia,felloutofasecond-storywindowtheparsonage. the year his son, Stefan, was hit by a car and his oldest daugh- as recordedin60Years Old.Theywereboughtbythepastor Praest andhiswifeEvatomarkatoughyearforthepastor, Two toweringsprucewereplantedoutsidebyPastorPoul of thanks. Canadian soldiersofDanishdescentandagainreceivedletters heard about.”DuringWWII,thecongregationsentpackagesto lutely unknowntousandtheylivedinplaceswehadnever hundreds oflettersfromgratefullisteners,manywereabso- around theprovince.PastorNommesenwrote,“We received with a short sermon, brought worship to theDanesscattered 1932, thechoirperformedforradiobroadcasts,which,along rose, andPonoka to encourage local Danish immigrants. In Catholic Association Hall,associatedSt.Josaphat’s Catholic Built in 1917, this building was originally the Ukrainian Greek becoming HolyTrinity Orthodoxchurch. during theDepressionandmay havebeenabandonedbefore Ukraine. Likemanychurcheson ChurchStreet,itstruggled converts intheareawererecentimmigrantsfromGermanyand City ofEdmontonhistoricalrecordsstatethatmanytheearly church, itservesasanexampleoffaithtransitionsinthecity. Central Seventh Day Adventist Church. Currently an Orthodox This churchwasbuiltbetween1907and1925astheEdmonton (9620 109 Ave.) (9620 (10902 96St.) C Holy TrinityOrthodoxChurch ornerstone Ne w Testament ChurchofGod 34 ture Building and the McLeod Building. ture BuildingandtheMcLeodBuilding. architect AllanMerrickJeffers,whoalsodesignedtheLegisla- Cathedral on97Street.ItwasdesignedandbuiltbyEdmonton dream homefor awell-heeledarchitecturefan.” a holeinthehead…the buildingcouldalso beaperfect neighbourhood weneedanotheremptylotlike weneed munity. City Councilor Ben Henderson stated that, “in that threatened withdemolition,causing anuproarinthecom- Diocese wantedtosellthedouble lot,andthebuildingwas the churchneeded$500,000worth ofwork.TheAnglican dwindle. Thelastservicewas held inOctober2009when churches inEdmonton,but membership continuedto ship styleinorderto distinguish it from otherAnglican The church followed a more traditional,high-churchwor an, tomakethechurchmorerelevantcommunity. funds fromtheRotaryClubandAnglicanChurchWom- In 1968volunteersstartedaHeadStartprogram,using added in1997. The churchwasrenovatedin1948-49andafrontvestibule on theconditionthatchurchneverbemortgagedagain. philanthropist S. Attenborough, cleared off two mortgages an anonymousdonor, namedintheIvanybookasEnglish come thenewlynamedparishofSt.Stephen’s. In 1927, Anglican. St.Paul’s amalgamatedwithStAndrew’s tobe- tuating populations. And, many new were not weather, roads,thecostofgasifonehadacar, andfluc- ger,” becauseof numerous challenges like transportation, By 1922,“itisimpossibletocarryonthechurchanylon- rectory inataxsale. By 1918thecityofEdmontonlistedchurchlotsand built in1914-15,butthecongregationover-extended itself. 1908 andarectorybuiltin1912.Thecurrentstructurewas church waspurchasedfor$250.Moreseatswereaddedin Church donatedanorganin1905,andthelotnorthof Be Within ThyWalls, St.Stephen’s Church)AllSaint’s ning andatothertimeswhentheywereable.”(FromPeace put uptheframeandmemberswouldhelpofaneve- as theycould.Itwasdecidedtoemploytwocarpenters “The memberswereunanimousinagreeingtohelpasmuch bridge, aninspectorwiththeNorthWest MountedPolice. purchased inJanuary1905fromRobertBelcherofLeth- This churchbeganasSt.Paul’s Anglican.Two lotswere (10909 96St.) S t. S tephen’s Anglican Church - 69 Church Street McCauley, Then and Now 70 Church Street McCauley, Then and Now 35 36 35 tectural firmplanningtodevelopofficesuites. In July2010 the building was soldto EVM Design, an archi- broadcast began onCFRN. was added in 1927, and 10 years later, a Sunday evening radio immigrants fromtheNetherlands arrived.AnEnglishservice to highunemploymentandtough times,butin1925,more were heldinDutch.Attendance declinedduringWWI,due In 1913achurchwasbuilt at 93St.and105Avenue. Services Sales atJasperand95Street. and thenintorentedspaceoverMitchellReedsAuction winter arrivedthatyear, meetingsmovedintopeople’s homes who worshippedinatentonJasperand109St.1910.When to 571members, a far cry fromthe 19 adultsand23children site inJanuary1948,andbyits50thanniversary, ithadgrown Rev. PauldeKoekkeokdedicatedtheoriginalchurchonthis Inventory foritsCraftsmandesignelements. and labourer. ItiscitedinEdmonton’s Historical Resources Mr. GotliebMiller, theoriginallong-termowner, wasafarmer McCauley afterWWItoaccommodateworkingclasspeople. This residence,builtin1926,isanexampleofhouses (10956 96St.) 109A Ave.) (9534 First ChristianReformed Church Miller Residence Roots Aboriginal s McCauley’ “They needed garments that were made from from forfootwear,- deer made hide--buffalo,moose,elk, gloves, were that garments needed “They rush ofthe1890s, gold the through then From Edmonton. Fort from and to land this crossed people Nations First trade, fur the During ceremonies. and entertainment for socialize, to buffalo, hunt to came, Europeans before here camp would People says. he it,” take to want you as back far as Metis, and people Nations First “The McCauley area has always been home to many cause ofitslower housingcosts. be- McCauley to came He singer-songwriter. and storyteller, historian, an as him know people Most and F taught schoolinW of theMetislocal inC in the1980shewas and90s, dent presi Before Terry L ort Chipewyan. usty livedinMc icapped, andmany ofthemAboriginal.” hand- income, low fortunate, less are who you’retogoing have continuationa peopleof that, have you When example. good a that’s es, churchthose - all St., fortunate?down96 and up All less the help that services those all are Whereley. says. “Where are he they building low-cost away,” housing? McCau- take can’t you footprint a “It’s is right inthecentre. Heart Church of the First Peoples First the of Church Heart the course, Of Housing. CaNative and Alberta, of Society Multimedia Aboriginal ciety,the So- Communications Native Alberta the McCauley: outside just located are agencies Aboriginal Many the tracks. across factory GWG the at worked people original Ab- many and says, Terry aboriginal, were School McCauley in kids the of lot A up. built was McCauley time interestthe anyat been therehad hereif found havewouldbeen artifacts ancient but that,valley for river the used mostly people Aboriginal since says, he McCauley, in ground burial Aboriginal no There’s tion andlater loadedandunloadedfreight. construc during labourerswere and meat wild and wood supplied also people Metis and Nations First built, wasrailroad the When anything.” almost hats, abasca-Desmarais algary and C auley Sacred

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71 Church Street McCauley, Then and Now 72 Church Street McCauley, Then and Now 36 37 tries, andTheKing’s UniversityCollege. Christian Credit Union, Emmanuel Home, Rehoboth Minis- such venturesasEdmontonChristianSchools,Edmonton’s The Christian Reformed churchesin Edmonton arebehind new building. cently, theoldparsonagewastorndowntomakeroomfor a age. Thechurchwasrenovatedinthe1980sand1990s.Re- was demolishedandreplacedbyanewchurchparson- was builtin1948thepresentlocation.In1960,thatchurch ing the war and another wave of immigration, a new church Many oftheyoungmenFirstCRCservedinWWII.Follow- and afull-width openfrontporch. wooden siding, decorative shingles on the gable end, Edwardian era residence with front gabled roof, lapped a typicalmodestoneand halfstorywoodframe nicipal historic resource by the city of Edmonton. It is which itisattached,theparsonage wasdeclaredamu- bachelors.” Onthe100thanniversary ofthechurchto dian lawsandcustoms,marriagebureauforyoung official employmentoffice,informationcentreonCana- German communities.TheRehwinkelsactedas“anun- kel, thisparsonagebecameacentreforLutheranand Rev. Alfred Rehwinkel andDr. Bessie (Efner)Rehwin- Built adjacenttoSt.Peter’s LutheranChurchin1913 for (9608 110 Ave.) (9608 Rehwinkel P arsona ge 38 who notedthat inearliertimes,peoplealways walked iner interviewedcongregant EdwardSchultz, then 80, On thechurch’s 90thanniversary, the Edmonton Exam- flooring. new furnishings:altar, pulpit,baptismalfont,pews,and 60th anniversarywastheoccasion forrenovationsand 542 confirmations,641marriages and245funerals.The its first60years,thechurch conducted1152baptisms, ship continuedtogrowthrough the1950sand60s.In built in1928.In1958aparishhallwasadded.Member designed by Edmonton architect M. Macdonald, was Optimism returnedinthe1920s,andpresentchurch, the closureofschool. a memberofSt.Peter’s ofhiscitizenship.”Thiscaused Thus, World War Ideprivedvirtuallyeveryonewhowas from returningtoEuropeandhadreportinmonthly. in theirfirearms.Menofenlistmentagewereblocked order-in-council required‘allenemy aliens’tohand church’s historybook,“inSeptember1914,afederal cant impactonthecongregation.Accordingto Anti-German sentimentduringWWIhadasignifi- in communityoutreach. clergy untilthelate1980swhenitwasconvertedforuse ation centre.In1913,ahousewasbuiltwhichserved as achurch,Sundayschool,youthtraining,andrecre- Ave., where a school building was constructed to serve In 1911newpropertywaspurchasedon96St.and110 in 1909. dies’ aidandyouthgroup.Aparochialschoolstarted inadequate. By1908itoperatedaSundayschool,la- St. anddedicatedin1906,afterarentedhouseproved parsonage wasbuiltonthecornerof107Ave. and103 Synod failed,propertywaspurchasedandachurch gamation withSt.John’s LutheranChurchofManitoba organized St. Peter’s Lutheran Church. After an amal- sionary Walter LusskywasassignedtoEdmontonand to servetheterritorywestofWinnipeg. In1904mis- Stony Plain.Soonafter, Rev. EmilEberhardtwas called Ave. whilepassingthroughEdmontononhiswayto Lutheran service at No. 1 Firehall on 98 St. and 102 Great Falls,Montana,conductedamorningandevening On Sunday, May13,1894,MissionaryF. H.Eggersof (9606 110 Ave.) (9606 S t. Peter’s L utheran Church - 73 Church Street McCauley, Then and Now 74 Church Street McCauley, Then and Now children. Alberta, in1939, theyoungest offour Jenny Malanchukwas borninW Ukrainia Growing up years ago. Since the age of 14 she went she 14 of age the Since ago. years few a until was station Mohawk a where Josaphat’s, St. of north just station Esso oldthe at boughtthey chocolatebars and popshared and shows to wentThey trio.” a became We me. to good so were “They lived on 97 St., very close to the cathedral. who classes her in girls two with friends made she but remembers, she lost,” felt “I 7. grade of months three last the for School McCauley attending began Jenny phat’s Cathedral. Josa St. near neighbourhood Ukrainian the in be to here came parents her when 7 grade since McCauley in lived has She - day,” she says. every him thank “I service. sionable pen- of years 11 back buy she mended recom- strongly 1979, to 1972 from for worked she minister the Hohol, Bert a pensionbecauseshewas awoman. couldn’tand job her with contribute to ing, she wasn’t able to get any benefits work wasn’t husband her When 1997. in retiring before years 38.5 for ment govern - provincial the for worked she all,secretary.In ministerial a as years 14for Legislature the at worked Jenny lic LadiesLeague for 45 years. been a member of the Ukrainian Catho- She’s years. 24 for council parish the onwas and rectory the in worked also daughtertherewasmarried too. Jenny hergrandchildren; two were as there, christened was daughter Her phat’s. Josa St. in 1958 in married got and Victoria High School (business) in 1958, graduated 1954, fromin dance entine’s Val- a at Tony, husband, her met She lessons. dance offered also they where National, Ukrainianthe at dances night Saturday to augh,

- - bers todiscuss theissue. facilitated meetings withchurchandcommunity mem- ities” tothecommunity (EdmontonJournal ). Thecity because it“hasbroughtundesirable peopleandactiv- neighbourhood petitionedthe citytoclosetheministry the program was not without controversy. In 2002, the from the31Lutheranparishes inEdmonton.However, by areabusinesses,whilethe cooksandserverswere The porridge, toast, tea, juice, and fruit were donated to helpadrunk,you’dbetter doitearlyintheday.” of the time, Pastor Neil Otke explained, “if you’re going breakfasts to 200–300 people. Reflecting some thinking Rock LutheranInnerCitySociety, whichservedfree with theneighbourhoodbywelcomingnon-profit In 1996,thechurchattemptedtoconnectmoreclosely minished astimewenton. from ananti-Germanbacklash.TheGermanfocusdi- immigrants buthadsufferedduringbothworldwars The churchhadservedasthespiritualhomeofGerman church couldofferwasencouragement.” the Depressionandpeoplewerereallysuffering.All hat. “I’vebeenamembersinceIwasteenager. Itwas to churchandcameattiredinsuittieordress 39 75 Church Street McCauley, Then and Now 76 Church Street McCauley, Then and Now 40 39 and offerscommunityprogrammingtofamilies. City Societyoperatesabreakfastclubinthechurchhall and theCommunityofGrace.TheRockLutheranInner now usedbytheEthiopianOramoEvangelicalChurch with afinalserviceonMarch14,2010.Thechurchis St. Peter’s closedasacongregationattheendof2009, to celebrate. 1000 peoplein attendance whosangtheUkrainian anthem ernments. TheUCAMAopened inOctober1974withover ment grants received from the provincial and federal gov- and afundraisingcommitteebegan toraisefundsaug- ed plansfortherestorationof the buildingfreeofcharge, Heritage Trust Company. ArchitectR.Prodaniukprovid- ed bythreeindividualsandthe balanceborrowedfromthe acquired for$21,500withthe$1000downpaymentprovid- province ofAlbertain1972,andthepresentbuildingwas repaired thematerials.Acharterwasreceivedfrom to catalogueandfilewhilehiswife,Stephia,restored a sizablecontributionofprintmaterial,whichhebegan Canadians of Ukrainian heritage. In 1968 he had received institution that would preserve the history and culture of er byHryhoryYopyk topursuehisdreamofestablishingan members oftheUkrainiancommunitywerebroughttogeth- In 1972agroupofprominentbusinessandprofessional (9543 110 Ave.) Ukrainian C anadian ArchivesandMuseum of Alberta 40 UCAMA andisscheduledtoopeninthespringof2013. resources. The space is currently being renovated for the acquired, both of which are recognized municipal historic the LodgeHotelandBrightonBlockat9660JasperAve. were By 2003,thepresentlocationwasdeemedinadequate,and the Tai BayBuddhistTemple ofToronto. in 1990,thePureLandVietnamese tradition,affiliatedwith Again vacantfrom1985to1990,itbecameaBuddhistTemple Day AdventistandthentheKoreanSeventhAdventist. during the 60s and 70s before becoming the Ukrainian Seventh and becametheCentralChurchofChristin1916.Itwasvacant This templewasbuiltin1914asChurchofChristDisciples (11036 96St.) Mui Kw ok Buddhist Temple 77 Church Street McCauley, Then and Now 78 38 Church Street McCauley, Then and Now St. Peter’s Lutheran Church 79 Church Street McCauley, Then and Now 80 West McCauley McCauley, Then and Now 97 &101 S McCauley West * MAPISL Housemother frHundreds From ChinattheGoldeMountaiN WALKING TOUR sites 41 to to ts. from111A OCA 66 TED A T THEBACK OFTHISBOOK ve. tove. theTracks 81 West McCauley McCauley, Then and Now 82 West McCauley McCauley, Then and Now have appeared: lumber yards, a building contractor, builders supplies, contractor,builders building a yards, lumber appeared:have businessesverydifferentfirepresentsmall insurancea picture. 1959large maps and ManyThe stand. APresbyterian church was on99St.at 106Avenue. fruit a bakery,and a billiards”, & “tobacco shop, tailor store, drug shop, print a stables, livery Animal Hospital Animal “Galician church”“Galician where a and mission, Army Salvation factory,a candy a laundry, Chinese a standing: were buildings of 108 Ave. on 97 St., the clusters of houses along 98 St., smaller buildings along 99 St., and vacant lots throughout. North wereThere Street. 101 and Ave. 105 around werestores grocery small clusterand houses a rooming of and Ave. 107 of north St. 101 of side east the on was Market” “Hay The elsewhere. show“scattered tents”and shacks westthe along 101of side largeand St. areas “thickof bush” maps insurance fire 1913 The undeveloped. was Ave. 127 to north tracks the from St. St. 101 121 betweenand area the 1913, May in reserve its off sold Company Bay Hudson’s the When residential thanareasto theeast. less and industrial and commercial more years, west recent In the area itspresent global,multi-ethnic character. scatteredthere.hereand later wavesThere’sevidence the little giveof immigrantswill thatof yardwarehousesand for furniture, Restaurantsindustrialequipment. and seed, officesand are many apartments, rooming houses, and other residences. Closer to the tracks, there was a scrap parlor, and a boot repair shop. Some more churches have appeared, including St. Josaphat’s, and Board shops, the Government of Alberta Men’s Hostel, a large bakery and wagon shed, a beauty School Public Edmonton Ltd., Signs Hook shop, body Motors Healey garage, Motors Miller Co., 42 41

ticed veterinary medicinewithhisbrotherJames E.Rattray. built in1948.Dr. AlexJ.Rattray, whobuilt thehospital,prac- small animalveterinary hospitalinEdmonton when itwas The BlueCrossAnimalHospital wasthefirstpurpose-built April 15,1964. building, featuringa two-story chapel in theeastern section, on was builttoreplaceit.MayorWilliam Hawrelak openedthenew 1941. Itwasdemolishedin1962,andthistwo-storycomplex Park MemorialLtd.builtitsfirstfuneralhomeonthissitein West McCauley 11051 97St. 111 Ave. 9709 Blue Cross AnimalHospital P ark MemorialFuneral Home 42 , McCoy, Bros.Works, Spring Hatchery, BrewingCalgary Malting& Lambton Block St. Josaphat’sSt. 28 43 is now.is westin businesses Other McCauley included was under construction in 1913, but only a few other Mc C ue hs been has auley Park Memorial Park 41 , an , 43 the a residentialbuilding. main floorintoalawoffice. In recentyearsithasbeen Party, alsoownedLambton Block.In1980heturnedthe Martin Hattersley, leaderofthe FederalSocialCredit one timehomefortheRoyalAlexandra HospitalNurses. According toAntoinetteGrenier, thetopfloorwasat was appointedtotheAlbertaSupremeCourtin1924. ber oftheAlbertaLegislature,andAttorneyGeneral.He was a member of Edmonton’s firstcity council, amem- whom theBoyleStreetneighbourhoodwasnamed.He ton Block’s originalownerwasJohnRobertBoyle, after animal hospital. isolation wardswhenitopened.Itstillisanactivetreatment injured animalsandincludedX-rayfacilities,kennels, This hospitalprovidedfullservicesforsick,diseased,and to fitonanirregularlot.HealsodesignedNorwood School Rowland W. Linesdesignedthissix-sided 1914building 11035 97St. Lambton Block RoyalAlexandra Hospital 44 , andAlexTaylor School.Lamb- 15 42 , 83 West McCauley McCauley, Then and Now 84 West McCauley McCauley, Then and Now 43 45 44 pany’s Reserve,andin1909approximately 8.25acreswere The landwestof 101St.waspartoftheHudson’s BayCom- and services. Health Program,inadditiontoa wide rangeofotherprograms Invasive Surgery, theWeight Wise Clinic,andtheAboriginal gery Centre,theRegionalEye theCentreforMinimally tal forWomen, theCKHuiHeartCentre,Orthopedic Sur The Royal Alexandra Hospital is home to the Hospi- and adiagnostictreatmentcentrein1994. tre openedin1967.Anewemergencyfacility1993, active treatmentcentreopened(500beds).Thechildren’s cen- 1953 thewomen’s centreopened(113beds),andin1963 the Construction atthepresentlocationbeganin1950s.In of KingEdwardVII. named theRoyalAlexandra,afterQueenwife the BoyleStreetHospitalandCityHospital.In1910itwas build, paidforbytheWomen’s Auxiliary. Itwasalsoknownas 1900 at96St.and103Ave., ithad25beds.Itcost$8000to When the Edmonton Public Hospital openedin December 10210 108 Ave. 10210 Kingsway Ave. 10240 Victoria S Royal Alexandra Hospital chool oftheArts - 47 46 St. was added. The school became part of the Edmonton Catholic St. wasadded.The schoolbecamepartoftheEdmonton Catholic girls affiliatedwith LavalUniversity. In1960, thewingalong97 began theAcademieAssumption in 1927,abilingualschoolfor sumption. AccordingtotheWestern CatholicReporter , thesisters City in1926toconvertthebuilding intotheConventofAs- Four SistersoftheAssumptioncame toEdmontonfromQuebec the HagmannBlockorApartments. Hotel in1913asaninvestmentproperty. Itlaterwasknownas John Hagmann,whofarmednorthwestofthecity, builttheGrand and itsdecorativevoussoirsoverthewindowsdoors. and isnoteworthyforitslocationonamajorearlythoroughfare est housesinEdmonton,itwasdesignedandbuiltbyL.B.Wood 1906, movedin1907,andlivedhereuntil1911.Oneoftheold- F.M. Falkenbergappliedforthebuildingpermitthishousein of theHouse),andAnneWheeler(director, producer). Journal), StevePaproski(MemberofParliamentandSpeaker (broadcaster), Sara Ross (Editor-in-chief of the McGillLaw (lawyer, founderofEdmonton’s CitadelTheatre),DanRiskin Mair (historian),MelHurtig(writer, publisher),JoeShoctor and Sciences),(pilot),LeslieNielsen(actor),Alex rector, PastPresidentoftheAcademyMotionPictureArts James Cummins(authorandbusinessman),ArthurHiller(di- Roy Brown(WWIpilot),(actorandmusician), Victoria hasalonglistofdistinguishedgraduates,including: the InternationalBaccalaureateprogramforgradesKto12. new media,visualarts,theatre,dance,andmusicaswell forming artsschoolthatnowoffersprogramsindesignand In 1986,PrincipalBobMaskelltransformedVictoria intoaper graphic arts, electronics, electricity, and television technology. courses inbeautyculture,commercialfoodpreparation, Victoria Vocational HighSchoolopenedin 1963,offering molished in1962. Edmonton Technical School.Theoriginalbuildingwasde- School whenitabsorbedMcDougallCommercialand ria HighSchool.In1949itbecameVictoria CompositeHigh monton HighSchoolwasbuilt.In1913itrenamedVicto- purchased for$14,048.80tobuildahighschool.In1910,Ed- 10765 98St. 10818 97St. F Hotel Grand, Ha alkenberg Residence gmann Block/ A cademie Assumption

- 85 West McCauley McCauley, Then and Now 86 West McCauley McCauley, Then and Now 47 48 work withpersonswhohavephysicalandmentaldisabilities. ities. ItalsohousestheExcelAcademy, whichtrainspeople to disabil mental and supportive housingforpeoplewithphysical It is now the home of the Excel Society, which has 56 units of In 2006itwasdesignatedaCityofEdmontonheritagebuilding. Manor. converted intoaffordablehousingunitsandrenamedGrand was vacantfor10yearsuntilrenovationsin2005,whenit then thecampusofTheKing’s UniversityCollege.Thebuilding later becamethefirstcampusofGrantMacEwanUniversityand School Districtin1964untilitclosedJune1972.Thebuilding second storein Edmontonaswellstoresin Calgaryand to beaSafeway. The familynowownsandoperates a A fewyearslater, heopenedLucky97where thereused elsewhere. It soldvegetablesandphospices thatwereunavailable says wasthefirstVietnamese grocerystoreinEdmonton. the DongPhuongOrientalMarket, whichhissonSang the late70s.In1981heopened asmallcornerstorecalled million refugeeswhofledCommunistVietnam inboats parents, aunts,anduncles.Theywereamongtheover1 whole family, including his six children and their grand- Ban Tan NguyencametoEdmonton in1979withhis 10725 97St. L ucky 97Supermarket - 50 49 All sixchildrenattendedSacredHeartSchool. The NguyenfamilyhaslivedinMcCauleyformanyyears. shuts downfortwoweeksandpeopletravel.” big inVietnam, thattheNewYear is“wheneverything the manager of Lucky 97, says these celebrations are very celebrations everyJanuary-February. SangNguyen,now Lucky 97isafocalpointforMcCauley’s LunarNewYear western, Filipino,andAfricangoods. . ThisstorecarriesawidevarietyofOriental, to peopleonthestreet andofferingfreesamples. ropean bread,and sotheFrattinswentdoortodoor, sellingloaves St. and 121 Avenue. Edmontonians had little experience with Eu- Edmonton in1958.ThefirstItalian Bakeryopenedin1960at90 in 1957.Antonio’s widowedmother andsevensiblingscameto Aurora alsofoundwork.Thefirst oftheirfivechildrenwasborn tinued thattraditioninEdmonton attheHoneyboyBakery, where vember. Hisfatherand grandfatherwerebothbakers,andhecon- 1956. Heimmigrated to Canada that Julyand she followedinNo- Antonio Frattin and Aurora Tedesco were married in Italy in June 10644 97St. 10660 97St. Italian B Grenier Residence See nextpageforadditionalinformation. akery 48 87 West McCauley McCauley, Then and Now 49 88 West McCauley McCauley, Then and Now Hospital. born in1919at Edmonton’s General Antoinette Grenierwas anonly child Grenier Antoinette rm the from corner kitty was Grocery McClure houses. more with but today like was St. “97remembers, She did ourhomework.” students had to stay from 9 to 6 to make sure we Day there. boarded city the outside from Girls English. and French speak to me wanted ment bilingual to grade 12 because the Alberta govern- It was boarders. for was floor first the and floor Hotel GrandHotel the in convent” the up open to Quebec from came “Nuns says. she 1,” grade for Heart to Sacred went and convent a in up brought was “I was builtin1907. house the says She 1925. in house this to moved olic Church, the Immaculate Conception, the family Since her parents wanted to be near a French Cath- ul Block Hull 47 . “The nuns were on the second the wereon nuns “The . 51 ” hr tee a a was there where ,” family groceryfamily store where Avenue.106 groceryata There wasanother was “There floor. first the on pharmacy a and doctor accuracy anddetail to herwork. Boyle McCauley News McCauley Boyle Cauley. She has written some of them up in the in up them of some written has Cauley.She Mc around and in places historical researched and memories many preserved has Antoinette King George VI andQueenElizabeth in1939. by Visit Royal the remembers teeter-totter.She (now Park Gyro the because play to Borden Park to going fire, and a horses running loose in the neighbourhood after She remembers having chickens in her backyard, is now 50years old.” spruce Colorado that and it, planted He $5. was It year. that Exhibition the to going of instead spruce a buy to going was I said I Street. 95 of “was out, bought from a man who sold trees on the corner points she yard,” my in tree “The very long.” last didn’t I home. it brought and one killed I it, believewouldn’t mom When bedbugs. got and house the of girl the rinville.with bed a in slept I position in Edmonton. “I went out of town to Mo- a get couldn’t but teacher a become to School Normal Edmonton to went she 12, grade After run by aFrench family.” . This book owes much of its Caboto Park Caboto Lucky 97Lucky 16 48 ) had no had ) is now,is , -

Sacred Heart School Heart dren attendedSacred fered familymembersandothersworkatthebakery. Allthechil- helped many Italian immigrants find jobs andhousing of- za ovenandservedespressogelato.Inthe60sFrattins ation at95St.and108Avenue. Ithad10pooltablesandapiz- Edmonton’s firstpizza.In1968theyopenedCapitalCityRecre- In 1962,theymovedhere,wheremadewhatclaimwas Santa MariaGorettiSanta Church says. “It’s thatsimple.” dren are likely to carry onthe family tradition. “We’re happy,” he and threegreat-grandchildren.Romeo saysfourofthegrandchil- they started over 50 years ago. They now have 14 grandchildren Antonio andAuroraremainactively involvedinthebusiness which includesasecondlocation on118Avenue. Nonetheless, The second generation of Frattins now manages the business, “ tionalities canbeheardgreetingtheFrattinswithasmileand bakery’s originalpatrons.Regularcustomersofavariety ofna- store inChinatown.”Customersincludegrandchildrenofthe bakery. Romeosaysthebakerynowis“theonlynon-oriental more residentialandkidsplayedhockeyinthealleybehind Renato remembersthatwhenhewasgrowingup,97St. flour.” he andespeciallyhisbrotherRenato,“madefortsoutofbags Their sonRomeosays,“Thebasementwasaplayground,”where Later, thechildrenworkedinbakeryeverydayafter school. dle ofthenightwhiletheiryoungchildrensleptonfloursacks. In theearlydays,AntonioandAuroramadebreadinmid- Buongiorno!” 13 andtobuildthechurchhall. 27 ; the Frattins also helped to found ; theFrattinsalsohelpedtofound 50 89 West McCauley McCauley, Then and Now 90 West McCauley McCauley, Then and Now 53 52 51 underwent anumberofrenovations. A Safewaystoreoperatedhereuntil1956,whenthebuilding ing (1912). Government House(1913)aswelltheLegislatureBuild- was ProvincialArchitectfrom1911to1925anddesigned (1939-40).Hisbrother, RichardP. Blakey here from1924 to 1942. and Humphrey Percy, aviolinistandmusic instructor, lived Druggist HerbertThompsonoperated thefirstbusinesshere, cial building,whichwasbuilt in1910byA.Cameron. Architect J.H.Rudydesignedthis two-storybrickcommer Lutheranmonton JournalBuilding(1920),Ansgar Church W.G. Blakeyasthearchitect. alsodesignedtheEd- building permitforthisstorewasoneofninethatlisted This isoneof10storesthatopenedinNovember1929.The tion, andranginginwidthfrom30to50feet.” erected of modern design, all of one storey brick construc- Bulletin reportedthat“Ineachcase,anewbuildingwillbe the Edmontonareabyendofyear. TheEdmonton way StoresLtd.,announcedthat18storeswouldbebuiltin On July31,1929,J.W. Allen,thedistrictmanagerforSafe- Chinese businesscommunitysincethe1990s. ny. The building has been an important part of Edmonton’s offices forMammothProductions,avideoproductioncompa- dominiums createdonthesecondandthirdfloors,alongwith recording studiodevelopedinthebasement,andluxurycon- ed in2005.Atthattime,theexteriorwasrestored,ahigh-end much asitwasin1914untilmajorrenovationswerecomplet- the mainflooroveryearsbutotherwiseremainedpretty The HullBlockhasseenmanybusinessescomeandgoon built in1915),whichisnowhomeoftheEdmontonArchives. in 1910)andthePrinceofWales Armouries(10440108Ave., building aswelltheTheBoardwalk(10220103St.,built Hopkins, Alberta’s firstProvincialArchitect,designedthis William RoperHullbuilttheBlockin1914.Edward 10543-45 97 St. 10543-45 10569 97St. 10601-10607 97St. C S Hull Block afe ameron Block w ay S tore 31 , andthe - 55 54 justice untilher deathin1996. poor familiesintheinnercity andworkedforsocial helped drugaddicts,victims of sexualexploitation, and nity Services. According to the Street, wasan outreachworkeratBoyleStreet Commu- Cauley. MaryBurlie,known astheBlackAngelofBoyle Mary BurliePark,oneofonly twopublicparksinMc- Further southon97St.,just northoftheunderpass,is from 1913to1927. ing Company, ownedbyJohnG.Defoe,operatedhere from 1912 to 1914. The Perfection Tailoring and Cloth- pant ofthisbuilding,aswasDruggistE.Thompson, In 1909,employmentagentF. W. Brownwasanoccu- building permitforthislotwastakenoutinMay1908. moved inatthisaddressJuly1907,butthefirst ley-Jones PianoandOrganCompanyadvertisedithad clear asthereisevidencetosupportbothdates.Ast- Whether thisbuildingwasbuiltin1907or1908isun- 10465 97St. 105A Ave.) (9659 Mary BurlieP Perfection T ailoring andClothing C ark Edmonton Journal, she ompany Building 53 91 West McCauley McCauley, Then and Now 92 West McCauley McCauley, Then and Now 57 56 Indies, andFrance. and nowoperates 20similarhousesinCanada,the U.S.,theWest Madonna House was foundedinthe1930sbyCatherine Doherty Bank wascreated. McCauley residentwhoattended themeetingwhereFood “initiated mostly by the Marian Centre,” according to a long-time the communityaroundit.Infact, theEdmontonFoodBankwas From itsinception,theMarianCentre hasplayedanactivepartin the communitytodoitswork. relies totallyondonationsoffood,clothing,money, andlabourby volunteers everydaytoserve170290hotmeals.Thecentre Since 2000, the Marian Centre has relied on the help of 10 to 30 monton’s CitizenoftheYear in1965. her workattheMarianCentre,DorothyPhillipswasnamedEd- late 1960stheMarianCentrewasserving1500mealsaday. For space, ahandicraftsroom,andlivingquartersfor10staff.Bythe seats 100,alargerecreationroom,meetingrooms,chapel,office ing, which was completed in 1964. It includes a dining room that In 1957constructionstartedonthepresentconcreteblockbuild- to itspresentlocation,1052898St.,whichwasanotherhouse. Before theendof1955,cityaskedMarianCentretomove men andwomenaday. held 20.ByDecember1958theMarianCentrewasfeeding500 was abletofeedanaverageof145menadayindiningroomthat happen. With thesupportofcity’s Catholiccommunity, she ticket toEdmontoninJanuary1955.Hermissionwasmakeit Madonna HousegaveMissDorothyPhillips$200andaone-way many menthatwerecomingtoEdmontonlookforwork. ermere, Ontario,tohelpprovidefoodandclothingforsomeofthe MacDonald hadaskedtheMadonnaHouseApostolateinComb- 31, 1955,inthePaskins House The MarianCentreopenedasarefugefortransientmenonMay opened in2013andisdesignedtohold1952prisoners. at 127St.and186Ave. wasbuilttorelieveovercrowding.It beds for maleandfemaleprisoners. A new remandcentre Edmonton RemandCentre.Itwasbuiltin1979andhad734 The 10-story gray building just south of the underpass is the 10528 98St. 104 Ave. 9660 Marian Centre Edmonton RemandCentre 21 . Roman Catholic Archbishop J.H. . RomanCatholicArchbishopJ.H. 58 59 The cityprovided thefood,mostlyporridge, anduseof one yeartohelp thecityfeedhungry, unemployed men. in theneighbourhood. was referredtoasthe“UN”byyoungUkrainiansgrowingup Edmonton’s Ukrainiancommunitybuiltthishallin1946.It UkrainianCanadiansin2008. history. According to the UNF website, there were 1.2 mil- the culturalheritageofUkraineandUkrainianCanadian branches were established across Canada to preserve both in EdmontononJuly17,1932.Inthenextfouryears,50 The UkrainianNationalFederation(UNF)wasfounded the staff roominghouseat10521 101 St.,justnorthofwhere sion, onJuly1,1930,itmovedto what hadbeentheCNR Berg’s 102 St.onSeptember22,1929. AccordingtoStephenT. Edwardson openedtheoriginal HopeMissionat10321 Rev. HaroldIngvaldEdwardson andhiswifeHillie(Suvan) 10629 98St. 9908 106 Ave. 9908 Ukrainian N ationalH omeofEducation Hope Mission Epcor TowerEpcor Growing Hope:theStoryofEdmonton’s HopeMis- 65 isnow. Thatfall,HopeMission agreedfor

57 93 West McCauley McCauley, Then and Now 94 West McCauley McCauley, Then and Now Hundreds for Housemother t hr rte,hr itr n a boarder. sister, and brother, her house her a with shared and children three lived She In 1952, when she was 19, Bernice moved to moved Bernice 19, was she when 1952, In come backto visitandoften callher“mom.” who - men mostly - people of hundreds to house the rentedroomsin she’s but ago, long movedchildrenout Her yearsago. 55 had she number phone same the has and house same the in lives still She outside.” dump and in ter that had “a tin bathtub you had to put the wa Riverdale in of out moved she shack” “little the over says, she improvement, big a was It Bernice S tor came to

ith her husband her with - the fires inapartmentslately.” bedroom! Noroom to putanything. Look at all One small. too “They’re building. seniors a or apartment an into move than rather house property damage, she plans to orstay in her own alcohol, drugs, of because boarders out close to everything. And despite having to kick reasonOne Bernice likes McCauley thatis she’s give upcycling. tohad and brokeankle she 2003her front.”In the on basket a and side the on baskets two havebike.hadstill the I says.“I she erything,” ev over,shopping, all ride to used “I cycling. preferred but sometimes night at taxi or bus a take She’d drive. to learned never Bernice my kids, they’d back the car up and take it home.” phone I’d room. the in whiskey or beer of cases leave “They’d 1969. of winter brutal the during Motel PanAmerican the at cabins little cleaning remembers She restaurants. and hotels nearby dishwasher,a as incleaner, chambermaid and work to back went she six, was son youngest a 1957.in Bruno waitress.married She her When as worked and Calgary from Edmonton Mc C auley in 1963. runo andBruno

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60 ImmigrationHall that nowcoverstheentiresite.HopeMissiontookover Trust andin2005wasabletobuild the three-storyfacility activities, HopeMissionsecuredagrantfromHomeward en’s centre,ayouthsportsandnumerousother Immigration Hall the oldImmigration Herb Jamieson Centre Jamieson Following expansionintotheHerb ing, andamonthlynewsletter. parolees, overnightaccommodation,hotmeals,freecloth- grams, Aboriginaloutreach,ahalfwayhouseprogramfor coffee house,youthrallies,Sundayschool,women’s pro- Over theyears,programshaveincludedaBibleschool, building wasbuilthereandopenedSeptember25,1983. ,formerMLAHerbJamiesonandothers,anew September 12,1970.ThankstotheeffortsofformerPremier Mission raised money to buy the property and moved in on but the congregation wanted to move. The board of Hope Reformed Churchhadalargewoodframebuildinghere, again, to the present location. In 1969, the Third Christian and 97Street.Ten yearslater, HopeMissionhadtomove and themissionmovedtosouthwestcornerof104Ave. In May1959,theoldCNRroominghousewascondemned, many denominations. and energyhasbeenthefaithofevangelicalChristiansfrom mas banquet.Themission’s constantsourceofdirection and eveninRussiaEurope,putonanannualChrist- need withclothingandfoodin Edmonton, in ruralareas, From its earliest days, Hope Mission supported people in up everyday. Depression was at its worst, over a thousand would line in Edmontonwith indoorplumbingandelectric lighting.Two Schools, Queen’s Avenue Schoolwasthefirst publicschool Kostek’s rooms largeenoughfor50students each.AccordingtoM.A. Ave. Itwasabeautifulthree-storybrickbuildingwith 10 class- north side of 104 Ave. at 99 St., which was then called Queen’s Edmonton’s firstQueen’s Avenue Schoolopenedin 1903onthe night; and,29,119volunteerhoursgiven. meals served;89,993baglunches;470peopleslepteach lists thesestatisticsfortheyear, amongothers:335,793hot 10515 100St. Queen’s A A Century and Ten: the Public venue S 61

in 2009.HopeMission’s 2011annualreport chool/ 61 at101St.and105Ave. Whenthe S chool MaintenanceBuilding 62 , awom-

95 West McCauley McCauley, Then and Now 96 West McCauley McCauley, Then and Now 61 complex onthesite. Schools builtthepresent warehouse andmaintenancecentre School closedandwasdemolishedin1965,EdmontonPublic centralized throughout the system. After the Queen’s Avenue In the late50s and early 60s,specialneedsprograms were de- programs. teacher programs,homeschoolinglessons,andhospitalclass lar classesforgrades1through6,theschoolofferedvisiting vision problemsandlearningdisabilities.Inadditiontoregu- number ofspecialneedsclassesforstudentswithhearingand St., andopenedDecember3,1926.Thisschoolpioneereda A newQueen’s Avenue Schoolwas built here, at10515100 was soldtotheCNRin1925.Itdemolished1949. feet away. Becauseofnoiseandsafetyconcerns,thebuilding years later, theCanadianNorthernRailwaylinewaslaid100 for singlemen andwomen. into 44suitesoftransitional andlongertermhousing In 2009,HopeMissionconverted ImmigrationHall city reconsidered,andtheorder wasnevercarriedout. dalism anddisusehadmade itunsafe.However, the 2004 thecityissuedademolition orderbecausevan- en’s shelterforseveralyears andthenleftvacant.In In the early 1990s, the west wing was used as a wom- building. to Alberta. Manyof them started their new lives inthis between 1931and1960,over144,000immigrantscame tually allimmigrantscamebyrail.It’s estimatedthat the countryandlocatedneartrainstations,sincevir Immigration hallsweresetupinmanycitiesacross til theearly1970s. was added.Immigrantserviceswereprovidedhereun- II, morespacewasneeded.In1954,anewwestwing cause of the largeinflux ofimmigrantsafterWorld War overcrowded. Thenewbuildinghad70beds,butbe- structure since the other one had become rundown and Government builtthisbrickandreinforcedconcrete here, at101St.and105Avenue. In1930theDominion a three-storywoodframebuildingoneblockwestof The originalImmigrationHall,builtinthe1890s,was 10534 100St. Immigration Hall - Mountain to theGolden From China she says. ‘69,”and ‘68 werewastherein I spokenwhen languages seven or “Six schools. Catholic to went students Italian and French China. from 14 least at and Ukraine,, from dents stu- students, Nations First remembers She zanna went to McCauley School for junior high. Su- and Block, Gibson the in lived family Her tain, whichistheChinesenamefor Canada.” China. So they sent the kids to the Golden Moun- in famine a was there because starving “were peasants says, century,she 20th the of ginning be- the at but 1880s, and the 1870s the in railroads on work to came people Chinese Many century. 20th the of beginning the since here been had who grandparents, her joined They Won g Suzanna from HongK familyher and she tocame ong in1965. w as 11 years old as 11years needed to. they when translated children their and businesses, Chinese for worked Chinese, in lived They classes. for money or time no had and work to had mother, her like people, many and English, learn grants immi- help to programs government no were There them. import couldn’t stores grocerybecause yards their in vegetables Chinese other and choy suey and choy bok grow would people remembers She opposite sidesoftheplanet. onare Italy and China eventhough St., 97 on away, blocks two just was bourhood neigh- this in store grocery Chinese first realizationthe foodand Italian thethat of experiencefirst her of memory the sures trea She middle.” the in cream whipping “with pastry bought and store grocery Italian small a to went she so to” go to 7-11 a have didn’t “We remembers, She for ESL. Norwood to went students Chinese the only so students, Ukrainian and German foreasier was English says. she ternoon,” They shipped us out to Norwood every other af McCauley]. [at courses language additional an as English have didn’t “We

Edmonton when - - 97 West McCauley McCauley, Then and Now 98 West McCauley McCauley, Then and Now 63 62 months of2010,over41,000bednightswereused. accommodate 70moreinthewinter. Duringthefirst six The JamiesonCentrehasacapacityof250bedsandcan building on106Ave. to focusmoreonwomen’s services. programs movedtothissitein1993,whichenabledthe clients multipliedbyafactorof10.HopeMission’s men’s staff positionsquadrupledandthenumberofresidential over theSingleMen’s Hostel.Themission’s 12part-time Hope Mission’s operationsgrewdramaticallywhenittook of 91. lasted fromthemid-30suntilhisdeathin2003atage and mentoringothers.HisconnectionwithHopeMission vices, helpingout,servingasaboardmemberandchair, Hope Mission volunteered atHope He also served as a publicschooltrustee for 12years. He per West intheAlbertaLegislaturefrom1959to1963. son HardwareonStonyPlainRoadandrepresentedJas- Kinistino, Saskatchewan.He owned and operatedJamie- ont, , andEdmontonserved as apastor in Herb JamiesonworkedinavarietyofbusinessesLam- ing HopecallsMission’s “acknowledgedpatriarch.” named thefacilityafterpersonStephenBerg’s Grow- vice wasprivatized,HopeMissionwonthecontractand cy accommodation and had a nursingunit. When the ser ization in1992.Thehostelprovidedshort-termemergen- gle Men’s Hostelonthissiteandoperatedituntilprivat- In thelate1950s,governmentofAlbertabuiltSin- ification unithas 27bedsandanaddictionscounselor onsite intervention, and referralservices.TheSpadyCentre’s detox- some foodand clothing, aneedleexchangeprogram, crisis ence ofalcoholordrugsandoffers showers,laundryservices, has space for 60 men and women who are under the influ- This centrewasnamedafterhim in1973.Itsovernightshelter cated men. in Edmontontoprovideovernight accommodationtointoxi- years. Thecentrehefoundedinthe1970swasonlyplace director ofadetoxificationcentreintheinnercityformany The Rev. GeorgeSpady wasaUnitedChurchministerandthe 10014 105A Ave. 10014 10015 105A Ave. 10015 George Spady Centre Herb Jamieson Centre 59 formanyyears,leadingser - - 59 99 West McCauley McCauley, Then and Now 100 West McCauley McCauley, Then and Now 66 65 64 every dayoftheyear. from alcoholanddrugs.Thecentreisopenaroundtheclock as wellotherservicestosupportpeopleduringwithdrawal arena forthenorthwestcornerof101St.and103AAvenue. rise structures.Inearly2013CityCouncilapprovedanew for StationLandsdevelopmentincludethreeadditionalhigh- Lands wheretheCNRstationandrailyardsusedtobe.Plans This towerislocatedona9.2acrepropertycalledStation- the provincialbird.” struction washappening“weshouldmakethetowercrane buildings thataprovincialpoliticianjokedsomuchcon- petroleum-based economycreatedsuchademandfornew years. Quiteacontrasttothebooming1970s,whenAlberta’s was thefirstnewtowerbuiltindowntownEdmonton22 When itopenedinSeptember2011,this30-storyofficetower half storyhorsestablewithahayloft. es becauseoftheoriginaloutbuildinginrear:aoneand present location in 1995. It is rare among inner city residenc- Cauley neighbourhoodat10002107Ave. andmovedtoits This single-familyresidencewasbuiltcirca1909intheMc- new provincial museum between the CN Tower and 97 Street. 97 and new provincialmuseum betweentheCNTower worked withthe otherlevelsofgovernmentonplans tobuilda town rail yards for urban development. During 2011-12, the city operations outofdowntownand to freeupitsextensivedown- In 1988CNreachedanagreement inprincipletomoveitsrail complex westofToronto.” that whencompleted,thisbuilding “willformthelargestoffice office tower. TheEdmontonJournal (August5,1964)claimed station wasdemolishedin1964tomakewayforthis26-story a modern freight terminal. That Canadian National Railways It wasdemolishedin1949tomakewayforanewstationand George VI and Queen Elizabeth during their 1939 Royal Visit. 1928 servedmanythousandsof travelers,includingKing in it this sitein1905.Thebigger, betterterminalthatreplaced The first Canadian Northern Railway station was builton 10423 101St. 10603 103St. 10004 104 Ave. 10004 CN T Epcor T Charles J. C o wer o wer arter Residence 65 101 West McCauley McCauley, Then and Now 102 51 West McCauley McCauley, Then and Now The HullBlock in 1916 City of Edmonton Archives NC-6-238 Archives Edmonton of City 103 West McCauley McCauley, Then and Now 104 Worship Centre Ave.)(106 GraceSt. October1908. downEdmonton’sChurchMethodistFamilySutherland in testStreetcarFirst (nowrun the its on West McCauley McCauley, Then and Now 23 ) isinthe background at theright. Provincial Archives of Alberta B 5797 B Alberta of Archives Provincial 105 West McCauley McCauley, Then and Now 106 West McCauley McCauley, Then and Now 45 Edmontonto1962 wasVictoriain School named demolished High 1910, and make in 1913, built in School High way for new buildings. Provincial Archives of Alberta A 4769 A Alberta of Archives Provincial 107 West McCauley McCauley, Then and Now 108 West McCauley McCauley, Then and Now road tothetown ofNamao. Namayo Ave. (97St.)TheCreewordforsturgeon. Thisisthe “Cree.” Seeexplanation,p.?. Kinistino Ave. (96St.)ACreewordora thatmeans terest. The wordreferstoagroupformed topromoteacommonin- Syndicate Ave. (95St.)Manyplaceshavearoad bythisname. Willard Ave. (94St.)Originunknown. federal land. Ave. (93 St.) The national capital; one block away from was federalgovernmentland. Government Ave. (92St.)Everythingeastofhere,inMcCauley, road name’s origin.Thecurrentnamesareinparentheses. neighbourhood arelistedbelow, alongwithasuggestionofeach named aftermayorsandaldermen.TheroadsintheMcCauley the oldnamescamefrom,butit’s likelythatmostroads were The EdmontonArchiveshasnoofficialrecordstoexplainwhere names ofroadsthatbecameobsoletein1912. explains thenamesofover1,300sitesbutdoesnotinclude celebrate the100thanniversaryofEdmontonbecomingacity. It Naming Edmonton:FromAdatoZoiewaspublishedin2004 named. east-west, exceptfor1stSt.OtherthanSt.,alltheroadswere the roadsrunningnorth-southwereavenues;streetsran numbering systemthecityhasusedeversince.Beforethat,all municipal governmentdecidedtoadoptthestreetandavenue When EdmontonannexedthecityofStrathconain1912, 1913 after before and Street Names

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the river.” wood subdivision.Norwoodisshort for“woodedareanorthof Norwood Blvd.(111/112Ave.) Southernboundary oftheNor Alderman 1895-96. Edmiston St. Association andAlbertaMedicalAssociation. sembly, 1888.PresidentoftheEdmontonLiberalConservative Council 1885,defeatingFrankOliver. FirstSpeaker of theAs- Medical doctor, cametoEdmonton1882.ElectedNorthwest Wilson St.(110Ave.) HerbertCharles Wilson, Mayor1895-96. derman 1893-94,1897,1902-03. Gallagher St.(109AAve.) CorneliusGallagher, Mayor1896,Al- Short St.(109Ave.) William Short,Mayor1902-04,1913. 1904. Ross St.(108AAve.) JamesRoss,Alderman1894,1898,1903- Pickard St.(108Ave.) Originunknown. See biography, p.?. McCauley St.(107AAve. from92to97St.)MatthewMcCauley. Heiminck St.(107Ave.) PhillipHeiminck,Alderman1902-03. 02. Morris St.(106AAve.) JosephHenryMorris,Alderman1901- House in1796. perhaps thefactor, attheHudson’s BayCompany’s Edmonton Sutherland St.(106Ave.) GeorgeSutherlandwasaleader, NDP. operative CommonwealthFederation(CCF),forerunnerofthe sworth wasaMethodistministerandthefirstleaderofCo- Woodsworth St.(105AAve. from99St.to101St.)J.S.Wood- bach, Mayor1907;Alderman1905-06. Griesbach St.(105AAve. from92to97St.)William A.Gries- Clark St.(105Ave.) William HaroldClark,Alderman1905. 1st St.(101St.) 1897, 1908;Alderman1893-94. McDougall Ave. (100St.)JohnAlexanderMcDougall,Mayor Queen’s Ave. (99St.)InhonouroftheQueen. 1903-05, 1907-09. Fraser Ave. (98St.)DanielR.FraserservedasAlderman1897, (110A Ave.) William S. Edmiston, Mayor 1898-99, - 109 West McCauley McCauley, Then and Now graphy

Biblio Church ofEdmonton.Edmonton,1985. In HisSoil:A75Year HistoryoftheFirstChristianReformed First Christian Reformed Church History Book Committee. Goose LaneEditions,2012. Cole, CatherineC.GWG:Pieceby.,N.B.: Edmonton: AHistory(1902-2002).Edmonton,2009. Cipko, Serge. nal report,December2011. McCauley/Alberta Avenue HistoricResourcesInventory, fi- City ofEdmontonHistoricResourceManagementProgram. Map ofChurchStreet,2012. City of Edmonton Historical Resources BoardHeritageArea munity. Edmonton,Undated. Hundred Years ofServicetoEdmonton’s Inner-City Com- Bissell Centre.WhereHopeFindsHelp,Centre:One Hope Mission.Belleville,Ontario:GuardianBooks,2010. Berg, StephenT. GrowingHope:TheStoryofEdmonton’s Church. Edmonton,1990. Old: A StoryoftheDanesandAnsgarDanishLutheran Ansgar DanishLutheranChurchofEdmonton.60Years St. Josaphat: Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral, St. Josaphat: Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral, Anniversary Edition1903-2003.Edmonton,2003. Werner, Bernhard. Transit System.Edmonton:EdmontonTransit System, 2011. Tingley, Ken.RideoftheCentury:TheStoryEdmonton’s Church, Edmonton,Alberta1904–2004.2004. Threinen, NormanJ.BuiltontheRock:St.Peter’s Lutheran Institution, 1978-. North AmericanIndians.Washington, D.C.:Smithsonian Sturtevant, William C.,GeneralEditor. TheHandbookof ronto: AAKnopfCanada,1999. To cient Sky:TheTrue StoryoftheDiscoveryCanada. McFarlane, PeterandHaimila,Wayne. AncientLandAn- tig, 1975. MacGregor, James G.Edmonton: A History . Edmonton: Hur Schools, 1992. Edmonton PublicSchools.Edmonton: Kostek, MichaelA.ACenturyandTen: TheHistoryof Red DeerPress,2004. Walks toPointsofHistoricalArchitecturalInterest.Calgary: Ivany, Kathryn.HistoricWalks ofEdmonton:Ten Easy Trolley Buses.: RailfareEnterprises,1983. Electric Transit: TheStoryofEdmonton’s Streetcarsand Hatcher, ColinK.andSchwarzkopf,Tom. Edmonton’s trated History.Windsor Publications,1984. Gilpin, JohnF. Edmonton:GatewaytotheNorth:AnIllus - St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church - - 111 Introduction McCauley, Then and Now 112 Introduction McCauley, Then and Now points ofinterest W hurch Street Church Street East McCauley 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 33 32 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 alking tour Cornerstone New Testament Church ofGod HolyTrinity Orthodox Church AnsgarLutheran Church Sacred HeartChurch ofthe First PeoplesandRectory Vietnamese (NhaTho) Catholic Church (MaryQueenofMartyrs) St.Josaphat’s Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral Sacred HeartSchool St.John’sEvangelical Lutheran Church TheMustard Seed Boyle McCauley Health Centre Family Worship Centre BissellCentre Commonwealth Recreation Centre Canadian Linen&Uniform Service William Paskins Residence McCauley School Carswell Residence Syndicate Avenue Schools The ItalianCentre Shop Giovanni Caboto Park Norwood School Convent oftheAtonement MariaGorettiSanta Roman Catholic Church MariaGoretti andSanta Centre Rodrigue Residence Clinker BrickHouse Smith Residence Warden’s Residence Alberta Penitentiary The Great Western Garment Company (GWG) Clarke FieldandClarke Stadium Canada Cement Lafarge Stadium LRT Station

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