A walk in Victoria Park last week brought me to the ruins of Calgary’s second General Hospital.

I couldn’t identify what it really was until I got home and did some research on the Internet. Too bad this structure was torn down in 1973 instead of being fully preserved.

The whole neighbourhood has slowly been drained of its residents in expectation of the expansion of Stampede Park. Much of the homes and businesses in the area have been bulldozed. That said, a few condo projects are going up in their place.

Still, it’s sad to see a good chuck of Calgary’s history simply missing.

See more photos here from the Calgary Public Library.

The historic block went up back in 1906. Businesses here shuttered at the end of March.

So what’s going up in its place? An office tower, of course.

Read more about this at Fast Forward