Name: Development Derailed: Calgary and the Cpr, 1962-64
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Author: Foran, Max
ISBN: 9781927356081

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Development Derailed: Calgary and the Cpr, 1962-64

Type

Physical Book

Author

Max Foran

Publisher

Athabasca University Press

Year

2013

Language

English

Pages

260

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

22.9 x 15.5 x 1.8 cm

Weight

0.43 kg.

ISBN

1927356083

ISBN13

9781927356081

Synopsis "Development Derailed: Calgary and the Cpr, 1962-64"

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 waning revenues and to redefine its urban presence, the CPR proposed a multimillion dollar development project that included retail, office, and convention facilities, along with a major transportation centre. With visions of enhanced tax revenues, increased land values, and new investment opportunities, Calgary's political and business leaders greeted the proposal with excitement. Over the following year, the scope of the project expanded, growing to a scale never before seen in Canada. The plan took official form through an agreement between the City of Calgary and the railway company to develop a much larger area of land and to reroute or remove the railway tracks from the downtown area--a grand design for reshaping Calgary's urban core. In 1964, amid bickering and a failed negotiating process, the project came to an abrupt end. What caused this promising partnership between the nation's leading corporation and the burgeoning city of Calgary to collapse?

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