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Broadway
has always been a special place - for its stories, its people,
its architecture, and for its association with the Temperance Colony
days of early Saskatoon. The Saskatoon Heritage Society felt it was
time to preserve these storeis and to share them with visitors, shoppers
and neighbours.
Throughout the summer of 1985, volunteers compiled histories of individual
buildings on Broadway, others collected reminiscences from older residents,
or searched for historical photographs. The result of their efforts
can be enjoyed in a publication entitled "Broadway: Through Boom
and Bust and Back Again!" Read on to soak up the history of Broadway
or contact the BBID office for a hard copy.
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INTRODUCTION
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FIVE CORNERS
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VICTORIA SCHOOL (1909)
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FIREHALL #3 and WATER TOWER (1911–12)
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BROADWAY THEATRE
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SMITH BLOCK (1912)
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DAVIS DAIRY (1930)
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EATON BLOCK (1911)
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THE “ROYAL BANK” BUILDING
AND THE SOMMERFELD BLOCK (1912)
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SITE AT 835 BROADWAY AVENUE
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ST. JOSEPH’S ROMAN CATHOLIC
CHURCH (1928)
• ST. JOSEPH’S
ELEMENTARY CATHOLIC SCHOOL (1928)
• SITE OF IRVINE AND
CLARE GENERAL MERCHANTS (1904?)
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SITE OF THE RED ROBIN CAFE
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THE VARIETY STORE (1946)
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STEWART’S DRUGSTORE
(1910–1911)
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806 – 808 BROADWAY (CA.
1908)
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SITE OF THE GARRISON HOUSE
(1886)
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BROADWAY HARDWARE (1951)
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722 – 708 BROADWAY AVE.
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FARNAM BLOCK (1912)
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632 – 636 BROADWAY
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SITE OF HARRINGTON’S
JEWELLERS
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Royal Bank Revisited
 On
September 7, 1951, the Royal Bank was subject to a bizarre daytime
holdup by two Vancouver men wearing masks. At approximately 2
p.m. two men from Vancouver, Peter Melnyk and John Hunter, stole
a green ford sedan from outside the Technical Collegiate in Saskatoon.
The two thieves drove the stolen car to Broadway’s Royal
Bank, a few minutes before 3 p.m. (closing time for the bank).
They were wearing blue overalls and light brown stocking masks
with holes for eyes; each was brandishing a revolver. A total
of $10, 731 was stolen by the two armed men who then fled west
on Tenth Street.
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BBID
Office: 813 Broadway Avenue Saskatoon, SK S7N 1B5 Ph: (306)-664-6463
