FCC1982
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Speaking of Centre Street - check out this view coming down the bridge from 1968:
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lemongrab
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TIL: Marathon Realty Company was the development arm of Canadian Pacific. So the idea to relocate the tracks had support from within the company...did it fail internally, or did it fail to get public subsidy, or something else? I never knew Sykes history before becoming mayor in 1969.
MichaelS
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Development Derailed - Athabasca University Press
In June of 1962, the Canadian Pacific Railway announced a proposal to redevelop part of its reserved land in the heart of downtown Calgary. In an effort to bolster its...
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This is an excellent (and free) book outlining that whole saga. Very fascinating.
lemongrab
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Very cool - will definitely read that. Cool that it's available for free as a pdf.Development Derailed - Athabasca University Press
In June of 1962, the Canadian Pacific Railway announced a proposal to redevelop part of its reserved land in the heart of downtown Calgary. In an effort to bolster its...
This is an excellent (and free) book outlining that whole saga. Very fascinating.
The alternate route does not look awesome, though I wonder how much better Vic Park and Sunalta/West Village might have been...looks like Inglewood/Ramsay may have been even worse
