Other visible signs of this heritage include a monument to victims of genocide in Ukraine, erected by the banks of the Bow River in the adjacent community of Bridgeland.

During the Second World War, the area was occupied by a Royal Canadian Air Force training base and airfield which also served as the Calgary airport.

Once the airport was relocated from its original site (on the corner of present-day 6th Street and Regal Crescent), the area was developed for residential use.

Parkland and greenspace are not abundant with the exception of the school grounds, and the area adjacent to Nose Hill creek, which includes the McInnis & Holloway Memorial Forest still in its infancy.

The downtown core is only 3,000 metres from Renfrew and easily accessible by city transit, bike, private automobile, or foot.