Max Foran

Development Derailed

Calgary and the Cpr, 1962-64

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In June of 1962, the Canadian Pacific Railway announced a proposal toredevelop part of its reserved land in the heart of downtown Calgary.In an effort to bolster its waning revenues and to redefine its urbanpresence, the CPR proposed a multimillion dollar development projectthat included retail, office, and convention facilities, along with amajor transportation centre. With visions of enhanced tax revenues, increased land values, and new investment opportunities, Calgary's political and business leaders greeted the proposalwith excitement. Over the following year, the scope of the projectexpanded, growing to a scale never before seen in Canada. The plan tookofficial form through an agreement between the City of Calgary and therailway company to develop a much larger area of land and to reroute orremove the railway tracks from the downtown area--a grand designfor reshaping Calgary's urban core. In 1964, amid bickering and afailed negotiating process, the project came to an abrupt end. Whatcaused this promising partnership between the nation's leadingcorporation and the burgeoning city of Calgary to collaps

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of British Columbia Press
• Seitenzahl: 260
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Oktober 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 155mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 431g
• ISBN-13: 9781927356081
• ISBN-10: 1927356083
• Artikelnr.: 37152365

Autorenporträt

Max Foran

Inhaltsangabe

List of Tables, Maps, and Figures - ix
Acknowledgements - xi
 
Introduction- 3
 
1. Setting the Stage: The City's Personalities and Agendas,1953 to July
1962 - 21
2. Heady Days of Hope: Two Announcements, June 1962 to April 1963- 35
3. From Arrangement to Agreement: Dodging the Negotiation Potholes,April
1963 to January 1964- 71
4. Temperature Rising: The Project Under Public Scrutiny, Februaryto June
1964 - 129
 
Conclusion - 179
Epilogue - 189
Appendix A, Heads of Arrangement - 193
Appendix B, Agreement of Intent - 197
Appendix C, Major Participants - 217
Appendix D, Calgary City Councils, 1962-64 - 219
Notes - 221
Bibliography - 249
Index - 253