Know Your Neighbourhood: A Window into Where You Live
by Linda Wilson
Each month, a new piece of Glenbrook’s story.
Where Glenbrook Begins
Most people think Glenbrook started in the 1950s, when the first houses appeared.
But the story of this neighbourhood begins long before there were streets, schools, or even a city boundary here.
Glenbrook sits between 26 Avenue SW and Richmond Road SW, and from 37 Street SW to Sarcee Trail. Right through the middle runs 34 Avenue SW, following an old section line that once divided two very different pieces of land.
To the north was farmland, and to the south were railway lands. Before there were homes, this area was open prairie and working land on the edge of Calgary.
That old line at 34 Avenue is still part of the neighbourhood today. Most people drive it without thinking about what it used to divide. But it is one of the few clues to what this area was before Glenbrook as we know it today existed.
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