Canadian parks are for sale

Part of my research is finding old parks and it's been twice now that a park has not looked like it did on my old maps. This is or was Allendale Park, now called Mount Pleasant Park. This had been parkland for at least 100 years as it was on a 1912 map of Edmonton in the city archives. It seems that they have just recently cut away a corner of the old park and built these ugly condos (the place is brand spanking new and there are still building materials on site). I had seen this once before where a park was split in half to make an old folks home on one half. Not sure how this can be justified. I wonder if anyone else cares? Probably not.

Cooking for 12

Yesterday I had the chance to cook for a group of strangers. Their kitchen had three nice big stock pots and I brought along my little pressure cooker. I cooked my favorite recipe Pindi Chana.

Chickpeas, lots of onions.

lots of tomatoes

one huge pot of food. I loved the wooden paddle to stir it with.

It turned out well enough. Not the best batch I ever made, but pretty good. Not sure how well received it was though. It's hard to judge those kinds of things. I had an idea to sell street food to backpackers. I wonder if I'd be successful?

Armouries

Armouries in Canada are these early 20th century buildings. They are often associated with units that fought in WWI. I first visited an armoury last year in Calgary but didn't get to go inside as it is still a military facility (as well as a NHS). This armoury here is the Connaught Armoury in Strathcona, dated 1911.

I didn't get to go in here either. It's currently used as offices by a group dealing with homeless youth. At one time it was used as a nightclub.



Finally an armoury I can go inside, even though it looks like a construction site. This is the Prince of Wales Armoury and now is home to the City of Edmonton Archives. I will be going back there to do historical research as well.