Sir Winston Churchill Square was selected as Edmonton’s Centennial Legacy Project. Official opening ceremonies were October 8, 2004. New photos added until it is finished. Click the image to see the big picture!

	May 25, 2005 For the first time, the waterfall is working. Just in time for the Queen's viist.
	May 25, 2005
	Nov 16, 2004 Almost finished, but not quite.
	Nov 16, 2004
	Nov 16, 2004
	Oct 15, 2004 Churchill Square is so great it is being "herded" by vistors.
	Oct 15, 2004 Said one cow to the other, "What!, I thought we were going to the library."
	Oct 15, 2004
	Oct 15, 2004 Waiting for the cows.
	Oct 08, 2004 The celebration has begun. Happy 100th Edmonton.
	Oct 08, 2004 The calm before the crowds. Nice view of the front of the stage, NOT!
	Oct 04, 2004 Almost finished, and almost all cleaned up for the big day.
	Oct 04, 2004
	Oct 04, 2004
	Sep 27, 2004 12 days to go!
	Sep 27, 2004 New trees appear on the Square. Stone work almost finished on Public Pavilion.
	Sep 20, 2004 Dozens of workers, lots of progress. Now 103 Avenue is torn up.
	Sep 20, 2004 Still under wraps, perhaps the birth of a waterfall?
	Sep 20, 2004 Stone finish climbs the walls of the Public Pavilion.
	Sep 13, 2004 Lots of activity as the countdown continues. Now the Interpretive Centre is under wraps.
	Sep 13, 2004 Glass starts to go into the South (East) Public Pavilion.
	Sep 13, 2004 Concrete is poured on the southwest corner of the site.
	Sep 07, 2004 The South (East) Public Pavilion is under wraps, surprises await.
	Sep 07, 2004 The west bound lane of 102 Avenue is torn-up.
	Aug 30, 2004 39 days to go - lots of progress, will they make it?
	Aug 30, 2004 The city hall paving stones are rapidly spreading.
	Aug 23, 2004 Almost finished the work to prevent leaks into the LRT.
	Aug 23, 2004
	Aug 23, 2004
	Aug 12, 2004 The concrete flows right across the street from the library.
	Aug 05, 2004
	Jul 27, 2004 The first sections of lighter "finished" concrete are done, the base layer of concrete has almost covered the entire square.
	Jul 15, 2004 The roof goes up and concrete creeps across the square.
	Jul 05, 2004 Latest section of concrete work is done.
	Jul 05, 2004 The outside stone work is done on the Interpretive Centre.
	Jun 23, 2004 The sidewalk and part of 102 Avenue is ripped up. The fence is gone for now and the last main section of concrete, in front of the stairs, is ready to be poured.
	Jun 18, 2004 The stairs are almost finished, and the Interpretive Centre's outside stone has almost covered the pink insulation.
	Jun 18, 2004 The first part of the roof goes on the South Public Pavilion, and getting ready to pour more concrete in the centre of the Square.
	Jun 10, 2004 Concrete is poured.
	Jun 09, 2004 Finished stone now in place on lower stairs, large trench for piping runs north to south.
	Jun 09, 2004 Re-bar is in place, looks like we're ready to pour concrete.
	Jun 07, 2004 Blue insulation, held down by re-bar, appears in the centre of the Square.
	Jun 07, 2004 The stairs and area to the north are getting cleaned up.
	Jun 07, 2004 99th Street being resurfaced between 102 & 104 Avenue. 103 Avenue is getting the same treatment.
	May 27, 2004 Columns march across the south end of the square, for the South Public Pavilion. The dirt is leveled and compacted. Are we ready for bricks? You can see large piles of concrete squares that have been cast on site.
	May 19, 2004 Two foundations in the centre of the square, electrical and water services for the square?
	May 13, 2004 Columns arise in the SE corner of the square.
	May 13, 2004
	May 06, 2004 The Interpretive Centre is insulated from top to bottom, finished rock work is just visible. What is that V shape cut out of the concrete, part of the waterfall?
	April 28, 2004 Activity is still focused on the South West corner. The big pile of dirt is gone.
	April 28, 2004
	April 21, 2004 As the windows are finished scaffolding goes up for insulation and rock work.
	April 21, 2004
	April 14, 2004 Spring falls in Edmonton. At least the windows were in place.
	April 14, 2004 Falls and falls and falls.
	April 07, 2004 The first windows go in. The base of the waterfall takes shape.
	March 29, 2004 The roof goes on.
	March 24, 2004 The wraps come off the building.
	March 19, 2004 Not much visible progress this week.
	March 10, 2004 Definitely getting an outline of the structure on the SE corner.
	March 10, 2004 The snow is gone, large amount of progress now visible.
	March 03, 2004 Lots of big equipment, concrete visible in SE corner.
	February 25, 2004 Work starts on the south east corner of the site.
	February 19, 2004 The columns arise.
	February 10, 2004 A wide view of the site.
	February 10, 2004 The second floor walls start to rise up.
	February 02, 2004 Pouring the concrete for the floor.
	January 26, 2004 -30 with a wind chill, even the building is bundled up.
	January 20, 2004 Laying the frames in preparation for pouring the floor.
	January 13, 2004 Pillars rise up and walls take shape.
	January 13, 2004
	December 30, 2003 It's -20, misty and barely light, the concrete steams as it's poured.
	December 23, 2003 A wide view showing four months of progress.
	December 23, 2003 The forms are moving into place, let the pouring of the first floor walls begin.
	December 16, 2003 The rebar rises towards level two.
	December 16, 2003 We have a floor.
	December 11, 2003 The ground level's floor is started.
	December 05, 2003 Piles of scaffolding waiting to be assembled.
	November 26, 2003 Large form being lowered into place.
	November 20, 2003 A tough day to work, but the work continues.
	November 07, 2003 Re-bar rises above the almost completed lower level walls.
	November 07, 2003 It may have snowed, but concrete is still being poured.
	October 29, 2003 Of course, Halloween is only two days away, it must be time for snow!
	October 28, 2003 The foundations rise up from the depths of the site.
	October 28, 2003 It's a wide world after all, it's a wide world after all, ....
	October 28, 2003 All mostly quiet on the eastern front.
	October 17, 2003 Getting concrete down in to the large forms requires quite a reach. The shape of the stairs is now clear in the background.
	October 15, 2003 Reaching for the sky, aligned with City Hall. Sounds like the project itself.
	October 15, 2003 Voila, concrete steps appear.
	October 15, 2003 Another impressive piece of equipment gets to work.
	October 15, 2003 The hole is now deep enough to connect to the LRT underground pedway.
	October 10, 2003 The forms and rebar for the stairs that will include falling water begin to take shape.
	October 10, 2003 The concrete edge to the largest area of trees is almost done.
	October 07, 2003 One year, and a day, until the opening ceremonies!!!!
	October 07, 2003 366 days to go.
	September 30, 2003 West side of the square.
	September 30, 2003 East side of the square.
	September 26, 2003 Sisyphus-like the Cat pushes dirt up the side of the pile of dirt.
	September 26, 2003 Old foundations are gone. The hole is surprisingly close to the sidewalk. Do pedestrians realize?
	September 23, 2003 Foundation work begins on the East side of the Square.
	September 23, 2003 Digging the largest hole for the major building in the South-West corner of the square. Old concrete foundations can be seen in the hole.
	September 19, 2003 Climb to the top.
	September 19, 2003 Pile of dirt.
	September 16, 2003 The work continues.
	September 15, 2003 More equipment at work.
	September 15, 2003 Trucks.
	September 10, 2003 Equipment at work.
	September 5, 2003 Digging a giant hole.
	September 2, 2003 Work on the Churchill Square renovation has just begun. It is difficult to believe that two weeks ago this square was covered with bricks, which were removed by hand!
The photos below are courtesy of the City of Edmonton's Communications Department.
	August, 2003 Bundles of bricks saved for re-use.
	August, 2003 Some trees were cut down, many were moved and re-planted. When the work is done, there will be more trees in the square than there were previously.
	August, 2003 The statue of Sir Winston Churchill supervises the work. He would have been proud.
	August, 2003 Man at work.
	August, 2003 A view from the other side. The magnificent Stanley A. Milner Library can be seen in the background.