Sunday, December 5, 2010

263 - Alberta Legislature Building


A picture postcard view of the Legistature Building in Edmonton, Alberta.  For a prairie boy such as myself, this building represents the seat of governmental power.  Saskatchewan and Manitoba have legislature buildings of similar design, except larger. 

The overall design, I am told, is Beaux-Arts, which originated from an architectural school in France at the beginning of the 20th Century.  For a time, I lived a couple of blocks away from this building and its beautiful park-like grounds.  My recent revisit to Edmonton allowed me the chance to take this definitive winter photograph.