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A two-story fire station building features bright red corrugated siding, beige trim, and a stone base beneath a streaky grey sky. A wooden porch covers the central entrance, flanked by windows and vintage fire equipment on display.

Rockyford Fire Department

A long, two-story building covered in horizontal siding sits on a street corner in black and white. A tall evergreen tree, a street lamp with a banner, and bare trees border the structure under a dramatic, streaked cloudy sky.

Large Two-Story Building on Corner

A single-story storefront featuring warm orange log-style siding on the lower half and a dark red upper wall. A black vintage sign reading Rockyford Grocery Store sits above glass entrance doors beneath a heavy, motion-blurred cloudy sky.

Rockyford Grocery Store

Black and white photograph of a brick exterior with a diamond-shaped sign for Cactus Jack's Saloon featuring a cowboy portrait. Beneath the sign is a narrow vertical doorway, bordered by a concrete park bench on the left and a glass block window grid on the right.

Cactus Jack's Saloon Storefront

A concrete car wash building with bright yellow accents and a blue roof line stands against a dark grey cloud-filled sky. One side has open vehicle bays while the other features a large glass-paneled garage door and a white pedestrian door.

Commercial Car Wash Building

A historic two-story yellow clapboard hotel with dark red-brown trim and a wrap-around porch sits along a wide dirt street. Dramatic, dark storm clouds fill the sky above the building and surrounding trees.

Wainwright Hotel Under Stormy Skies

Black and white photograph of a white GMC van raised on a metal ramp and jack stand in front of a single-storey, worn stucco building. The structure has large rectangular windows, a central dark door, and an attached garage door bay to the right.

Van Under Repair Beside Old Workshop

A two-story modern building features warm wood paneling, tall concrete entrance supports, and expansive glass windows facing a paved plaza. Bare white-barked trees stand near the entrance beneath a dark, cloudy sky.

Canmore Civic Centre Plaza

A black and white photograph of a two-storey brick building with white trim and a prominent sign reading HAPPY GANG CENTRE across the middle facade. A short set of concrete steps with a black metal handrail leads to a white entrance door on the left side of the front.

Happy Gang Centre

A large multi-story civic building featuring tan siding, a stone facade section, and dark pitched roofs under a bright blue sky filled with soft pink clouds. A curved road and green lawn sit in the foreground with flagpoles standing near the main entrance.

Chestermere City Hall and Library

A black and white photograph looking directly at the front facade of a single-story modern church with a dark roof and a slender spire topped with a cross. Two trees with bright white leaves frame the entrance step walkway against a dark sky with white clouds.

Church Entrance and Steeple

A bright yellow, curved metal gas pipe rises from a concrete sidewalk against a dark black building exterior. The pipe forms a tight inverted U shape next to a smaller vertical valve pipe.

Yellow Utility Pipe Loop

Snow streaks through the dark night sky above a school building with blue and red painted walls. In the foreground, a tall flagpole flies a Canadian flag, surrounded by snow-covered ground, evergreen trees, and glowing exterior lights.

Canadian Flag Outside School in Snow

Low-angle view of a modern one-story building featuring terracotta-red wall panels, grey metal trim, and large windows under a dramatic sky full of dark storm clouds. Silver lettering above the recessed entrance reads RICH VALLEY SCHOOL.

Rich Valley School Entrance

A monochrome photograph taken at a tilted angle shows a small, light-coloured wooden building with a gabled porch entrance behind a dense hedge. A short gate flanked by two posts leads from the street to the building under a heavily clouded sky.

Canted View of Masonic Lodge

A symmetrical view of a light tan brick church with a dark central spire rising above a broad roofline. An empty asphalt parking lot with painted yellow lines sits in the foreground beneath a blue sky with light clouds.

Church Steeple in Late Sun

A curved blue building with yellow-trimmed windows sits next to a paved concrete area under a bright street lamp. A dark night sky shows a vivid reddish twilight glow along the horizon.

Blue Building at Dawn

A two-story yellow building with white decorative columns and a pediment features a central wooden entryway. It is flanked by a red brick storefront on the left and a warm wood-sided building on the right under a blue sky with wispy clouds.

Yellow Neoclassical Building

Two mid-century houses sit next to each other along a suburban street. A white house with light siding and brick accents sits on the right, while a brown house with a reddish roof and bare birch trees stands on the left.

Suburban Front Yards

A pale yellow two-story house with a snow-covered gabled roof sits behind a snowy yard at twilight. Warm lights illuminate the front porch and windows, contrasting with frosty trees and a deep blue sky.

Lit Gabled House at Dusk in Winter

A straight-on view of four attached commercial buildings along a paved road. Two central two-story brick storefronts with red and teal trim are flanked by a light green shop on the left and a beige vinyl-sided building on the right under a vivid blue sky.

Brick Storefronts on Main Street

A wide straight-on view of a three-story red brick hotel building with symmetrical white-trimmed windows and a prominent red metal "HOTEL" sign mounted on the roof. The ground floor displays a sign reading "IMPERIAL TAVERN" above a white entrance door, with red metal siding on the left side and a small yellow quarter-sphere awning on the far right.

Three-Story Brick Hotel and Imperial Tavern

A single-story red brick storefront with a maroon sign reading DRUMHELLER LIQUOR above a blue glass facade marked LIQUOR COLD BEER. Paper heart cutouts hang in the front windows surrounding a central glass door.

Brick Liquor Storefront

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