Above in Calgary Alberta's "Calgary Tower".

The Calgary Tower is a 191 metre (626 feet) free standing observation tower in Downtown Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Originally called the Husky Tower, it was conceived as a joint venture between Marathon Realty Company Limited and Husky Oil as part of an urban renewal plan and to celebrate Canada's centennial of 1967. The tower was built at a cost of $3,500,000 and weighs approximately 10,900 tonnes, of which 60% is below ground. It opened to the public on June 30, 1968 as the tallest structure in Calgary, and the tallest in Canada outside of Toronto. It was renamed the Calgary Tower in 1971.

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View of Calgary from the Calgary Tower.

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I must admit that I had an uneasy feeling standing here, high above the streets of Calgary.

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Calgary's new Bow building. Concave on one side, convex on the other. This new structure will apparently be Calgary's tallest building - even taller than the '60's era Calgary Tower.

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Old vs. new. Glad they are preserving their history here in Calgary. In this oil-town, skyscrapers are taking over what was once a post of the North-West Mounted Police (now the Royal Canadian Mounted Police or RCMP) circa 1873.

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