Stephen Avenue

Stephen Avenue
Historic buildings on Stephen Avenue
Type	Historic district
Etymology	George Stephen
Location	Downtown Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Built	Early 1900s (turned into a pedestrian street in 1970)
Governing body	Parks Canada

National Historic Site of Canada
Designated	2002

The steel "Trees" sculpture on Stephen Avenue, designed to reduce wind gusts between the buildings

Stephen Avenue is a major pedestrian mall in downtown Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The mall is actually the portion of 8 Avenue SW between 4 Street SW and 1 Street SE. It is open to vehicles only from 6:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m.

The street is known for some of Calgary's finest restaurants, cafés, pubs and bars. The street also provides an eclectic mix of boutiques and high-end retail. Major shopping centres include The Core Shopping Centre, (formerly Calgary Eaton Centre/TD Square), Bankers Hall, Fashion Central, Scotia Centre, and The Bay department store.

The street is also home to downtown Calgary's major convention and exhibition facility, the Telus Convention Centre, and two hotels, the Hyatt Regency Calgary, which incorporates several historic buildings into its facade, and the Calgary Marriott.

Unlike 17 Avenue, Stephen Avenue is not regarded as a major night spot in the city, although there are night clubs located on the mall.

History

Winter lighting on Stephen Avenue

The street was named after George Stephen, 1st Baron Mount Stephen, the first president of the Canadian Pacific Railway.^[1] Stephen Avenue contains a high concentration of registered historic buildings and the street itself was declared a Canadian historic site in 2002.^[2] Many of these building are made of sandstone that was quarried locally from the Paskapoo Formation; a result of the construction of fire-resistant buildings following a fire in 1886 that damaged many of the city's earlier wooden structures.

References

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Attractions and landmarks in Calgary

Landmarks	Baitun Nur Burns Building Calgary Tower Fairmont Palliser Mewata Armouries Stephen Avenue Suncor Energy Centre The Bow +15 Tallest buildings Bridges

Attractions	Aero Space Museum of Calgary Bow River pathway Calaway Park Canada Olympic Park Canada's Sports Hall of Fame Fort Calgary Glenbow Museum Orchestra Heritage Park Historical Village Stampede Telus Spark The Military Museums Zoo Festivals

Venues	Arts Commons Foothills Stadium McMahon Stadium National Music Centre/StudioBell Olympic Oval Scotiabank Saddledome Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium Spruce Meadows Stampede Corral The Grand

Parks	Battalion Bowness Central Memorial Confederation Devonian Gardens Edworthy Fish Creek Millennium Nose Hill Olympic Plaza Peacekeeper Prince's Island

Malls	CF Chinook Centre CF Market Mall CrossIron Mills* Deerfoot Marlborough North Hill Centre Northland Southcentre Sunridge The Core

Recreation	Southland Leisure Centre Repsol Sport Centre Village Square Leisure Centre

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Coordinates: 51°02′44″N 114°03′47″W / 51.0456°N 114.0630°W / 51.0456; -114.0630 (Stephen Avenue)

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