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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.

INTRODUCTION
FIVE CORNERS
VICTORIA SCHOOL (1909)
FIREHALL #3 and WATER TOWER (1911–12)
BROADWAY THEATRE
SMITH BLOCK (1912)
DAVIS DAIRY (1930)
EATON BLOCK (1911)
THE “ROYAL BANK” BUILDING AND THE SOMMERFELD BLOCK (1912)
SITE AT 835 BROADWAY AVENUE
ST. JOSEPH’S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH (1928)
ST. JOSEPH’S ELEMENTARY CATHOLIC SCHOOL (1928)
SITE OF IRVINE AND CLARE GENERAL MERCHANTS (1904?)
SITE OF THE RED ROBIN CAFE
THE VARIETY STORE (1946)
STEWART’S DRUGSTORE (1910–1911)
806 – 808 BROADWAY (CA. 1908)
SITE OF THE GARRISON HOUSE (1886)
BROADWAY HARDWARE (1951)
722 – 708 BROADWAY AVE.
FARNAM BLOCK (1912)
632 – 636 BROADWAY
SITE OF HARRINGTON’S JEWELLERS

 
BROADWAY PHOTO TOUR

• VICTORIA SCHOOL PHOTOS
• FIREHALL #3 & WATER TOWER PHOTOS
• SMITH BLOCK PHOTOS
• ROYAL BANK BUILDING PHOTOS
• 808 BROADWAY AVENUE PHOTOS
• HARRINGTON'S JEWELLERS SITE PHOTOS
• BROADWAY STREET FAIR PHOTOS
• MOXLEY BLOCK PHOTOS

The 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