Over the last weekend in September, many of Calgary’s most intriguing and beloved sites get naked for Doors Open YYC. For this one weekend, buildings in all quadrants of the city open their doors – free of charge – to the public and providing special revealing tours and behind-the-scenes experiences. Whether you’re a geek for history, architecture, the environment, art, sports, science or engineering, this is your chance at an insider’s view of Calgary’s vibrant and dynamic cityscape.
Doors Open is a well-established and highly successful international concept that allows people free access to buildings in order to create enthusiasm for heritage and contemporary architecture, and increase the appreciation of historic and culturally significant places and spaces.
There were 33 sites that participated including City of Calgary locations, museums, historical sites, etc. There were several that seemed interesting to us but we picked two that we thought Ethan would enjoy the most. Saturday morning Wade, Ethan, Andre, and Erik went on a tour of the landfill. We drive by the landfill often and Ethan has asked a few times when we would be going to the trash dump so he was pretty excited when we told him. Wade said the tour guides mentioned it was usually a tour given to grade school children as I'm sure several of the tours were.
On Sunday, the four of us went on a tour of one of the Calgary Transit Maintenance Facilities. The tour showed how they maintained their light rail trains. It even included a ride through the train wash.
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