Last year I was pretty casual about taking pictures around Spectrum, but this year I thought it would be nice to be a bit more thorough - especially because I've had a lot of interest in my images of downtown Medicine Hat as of late (take our Thinking Hat exhibit for example). I was out on both Saturday and Sunday to catch some of the activities on 1st Street and in Riverside Park. Despite a bit of rain, there were lots of energetic and enthusiastic people out enjoying the festival - myself included.
Lined with old brick apartments and shops, Aberdeen Street is another Medicine Hat location that sprung up in the boom of the early 1910s. Naturally, the street has evolved dramatically in the last century, but much like North Railway Street, the history is still very much apparent and gives the area a character and charm all its own.
