Built in the early nineteen-hundreds by a group of investors who were major stock holders in the Canadian Pacific Railway and the Hudson’s Bay Company, Alberta Block is one of the few character buildings in Calgary that remains largely unaltered; the building still has its original metal cornice and frieze. Alberta Block is comprised of retail and office space and is located on Stephen Avenue, in the heart of Calgary’s downtown business and retail district. The building’s retail space boast floor to ceiling windows on the corner of First Street and Eighth Avenue SW, an area that has one the highest rates of pedestrian traffic in the city.