curb appeal

A brown stucco commercial building displays signage reading Rockyford Hotel Est. 1926 and Family Restaurant. A green metal awning stretches above decorative stone panels, small windows, and a central entrance door under a dark, heavy cloud layer.

Rockyford Hotel and Restaurant

A night view looking down a city sidewalk toward a tall vertical red neon sign spelling out GARNEAU above a lighted marquee board. Storefront windows and a illuminated blue billboard line the right side of the street while blurred, circular traffic lights glow along the dark road on the left.

Garneau Theatre Neon Sign at Night

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 black and white photograph of a store front with dark brick cladding and a wide wooden overhang displaying the text BLACKIE FOODS in white block lettering. Bare tree branches rise above the roof against a pale sky, and snow covers the ground in the foreground.

Blackie Foods Storefront

A tilted view of a white stucco commercial garage building with an orange-painted roof edge and DEANZ Garage hand-lettered on the exterior wall. Two glass-windowed overhead garage doors painted blue sit beside a matching blue side entrance door.

Deanz Garage

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 storefront at night features a large illuminated red sign flanked by Coca-Cola graphics. Cool blue light spills from inside the store windows, creating a vivid contrast with the warm downlighting on the textured exterior wall and dark asphalt parking lot.

Strathmore Convenience Store at Night

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