curb appeal

A modern red GMC pickup truck is parked on the street in front of a single-story reddish-brown building with plywood over its windows and a dark brown door. Tall pine trees and the top of a yellow school bus are visible behind the building against a grey sky with rounded mammatus clouds.

Red Pickup and Boarded-Up Red Building

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 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

A large white statue of a rearing unicorn stands on a small patch of grass beside a white siding building with blue window frames. A sign reading "UNICORNER STORE" sits propped against a grey rock in the front yard.

Unicorn Statue Outside Storefront

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

A small one-storey shop with light beige horizontal siding and a gray shingled gable roof stands behind temporary metal chain-link fencing. Dark gray rain clouds fill the sky above, while neighboring commercial buildings and green trees frame the background.

Small Storefront Under Stormy Sky

A two-storey white stucco commercial building features brown window trim and a sign for Cafe Plus. A black metal staircase ascends the side of the building beneath a cloudy grey sky.

Cafe Plus Building

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 sidewalk stretches past a commercial storefront at night, with a brightly lit window featuring a red and blue neon OPEN sign in the foreground. Pink light spills from an awning above onto the pavement, while streetlights illuminate a snow-dusted road in the background.

Neon Open Sign at Night

A small, light-colored stucco building operating as a coffee shop, featuring faux stone trim along the lower front wall and an orange-and-white striped awning above the entrance. To the right, tall green trees shade a small fenced side patio with tables and umbrellas.

The Other Place Coffee Stop

A street-level view of two single-story commercial buildings side by side. On the left, a bright yellow building with an orange roof frame houses a travel agency, while the neighboring building features a wall of multi-colored fieldstone, white upper panels, and a blank yellow sign band.

Yellow Storefront and Stone Facade

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

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 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