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A great website documenting Canadian architects from 1800-1950. Search keyword "calgary" for a list of architects who worked in Calgary and their buildings.
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Ms. Alana DeLong
(PC)
calgary.bow@assembly.ab.ca
Legislature:
(780) 427-1835
F:(780) 427-1835
#513 Legislature Building
10800 97 Avenue
Edmonton,AB T5K 2B6
Office:
(403) 216-5400
#350, 4500 - 16 Avenue NW
Calgary AB, T3B 0M6
Calgary-Buffalo
Mr. Kent Hehr
(LIB)
calgary-buffalo@assembly.ab.ca
Legislature:
(780) 427-3697
F:(780) 427-3697
201 Legislature Annex
9718 107 Street
Edmonton,ABT5K 1E4
Office:
(403) 244-7737
#130, 1177 - 11 Avenue SW
Calgary AB, T2R 1K9
Calgary-Cross
Hon. Yvonne Fritz
(PC)
calgary.cross@assembly.ab.ca
Legislature:
(780) 644-8959
F:(780) 644-8959
#107 Legislature Building
10800 - 97 Avenue
Edmonton,AB T5K 2B6
Office:
(403) 280-4022
#15, 6208 Rundlehorn Drive NE
Calgary AB, T1Y 2X1
Calgary-Currie
Mr. Dave Taylor
(LIB)
calgary.currie@assembly.ab.ca
Legislature:
(780) 427-3697
F:(780) 427-3697
#201 Legislature Annex
9718 107 Street
Edmonton,AB T5K 1E4
Office:
(403) 246-4794
2108 B - 33 Avenue SW
Calgary AB, T2T 1Z6
Calgary-East
Mr. Moe Amery
(PC)
calgary.east@assembly.ab.ca
Legislature:
(780) 427-1835
F:(780) 427-1835
#513 Legislature Building
10800 97 Avenue
Edmonton,AB T5K 2B6
Office:
(403) 216-5450
Suite 550, 2710-17th Avenue SE
Calgary AB, T2A 0P6
Calgary-Egmont
Mr. Jonathan Denis
(PC)
calgary.egmont@assembly.ab.ca
Legislature:
(780) 422-1671
F:(780) 422-1671
#719 Legislature Annex
9718 107 Street
Edmonton,AB T5K 1E4
Office:
(403) 640-1363
#10, 8318 Fairmount Drive SE
Calgary AB, T2H 0Y8
Calgary-Elbow
Hon. Alison Redford
(PC)
calgary.elbow@assembly.ab.ca
Legislature:
(780) 422-6621
F:(780) 422-6621
#403 Legislature Building
10800 97 Avenue
Edmonton,AB T5K 2B6
Office:
(403) 252-0346
#128, 6707 Elbow Drive SW
Calgary AB, T2V 0E3
Calgary-Fish Creek
Mrs. Heather Forsyth
(PC)
calgary.fishcreek@assembly.ab.ca
Legislature:
(780) 427-1835
F:(780) 427-1835
#513 Legislature Building
10800 97 Avenue
Edmonton,AB T5K 2B6
Office:
(403) 278-4444
Deer Valley Shopping Centre #13, 1221 Canyon Meadows Drive SE
Calgary AB, T2J 6G2
Calgary-Foothills
Mr. Len Webber
(PC)
calgary.foothills@assembly.ab.ca
Legislature:
(780) 422-1671
F:(780) 422-1671
#701 Legislature Annex
9718 107 Street
Edmonton,AB T5K 1E4
Office:
(403) 288-4453
217 - 45 Edenwold Drive NW
Calgary AB, T3A 3S8
Calgary-Fort
Mr. Wayne Cao
(PC)
calgary.fort@assembly.ab.ca
Legislature:
(780) 427-1835
F:(780) 427-1835
#513 Legislature Building
10800 97 Avenue
Edmonton,AB T5K 2B6
Office:
(403) 216-5454
2784 Glenmore Trail SE
Calgary AB, T2C 2E6
Calgary-Glenmore
Hon. Ron Stevens
(PC)
calgary.glenmore@assembly.ab.ca
Legislature:
(780) 422-9023
F:(780) 422-9023
#408 Legislature Building
10800 - 97 Avenue
Edmonton,AB T5K 2B6
Office:
(403) 216-5421
#A210, 1600 - 90 Avenue SW
Calgary AB, T2V 5A8
Calgary-Hays
Mr. Art Johnston
(PC)
calgary.hays@assembly.ab.ca
Legislature:
(780) 427-1234
F:(780) 427-1234
#131 Legislature Building
10800 97 Avenue
Edmonton,ABT5K 2B6
Office:
(403) 215-4380
255, 11488-24 Street SE
Calgary AB, T2Z 4C9
Calgary-Lougheed
Mr. Dave Rodney
(PC)
calgary.lougheed@assembly.ab.ca
Legislature:
(780) 422-1671
F:(780) 422-1671
#713 Legislature Annex
9718 107 Street
Edmonton,AB T5K 1E4
Office:
(403) 238-1212
#311A, 2525 Woodview Drive SW
Calgary AB, T2W 4N4
Calgary-Mackay
Ms. Teresa Woo-Paw
(PC)
calgary.mackay@assembly.ab.ca
Legislature:
(780) 415-0951
F:(780) 415-0951
#637 Legislature Annex
9718 107 Street
Edmonton,ABT5K 1E4
Office:
(403) 274-1931
584 - 64 Avenue NE
Calgary AB, T2K 6H9
Calgary-McCall
Mr. Darshan Kang
(LIB)
calgary.mccall@assembly.ab.ca
Legislature:
(780) 427-3697
F:(780) 427-3697
201 Legislature Annex
9718 107 Street
Edmonton,ABT5K 1E4
Office:
(403) 216-5424
12, 2110 41 Avenue NE
Calgary AB, T2E 8Z7
Calgary-Montrose
Mr. Manmeet Bhullar
(PC)
calgary.montrose@assembly.ab.ca
Legislature:
(780) 415-0951
F:(780) 415-0951
#612 Legislature Annex
9718 107 Street
Edmonton,AB T5K 1E4
Office:
(403) 248-4487
Calgary-Mountain View
Dr. David Swann
(LIB)
calgary.mountainview@assembly.ab.ca
Legislature:
(780) 427-3697
F:(780) 427-3697
#201 Legislature Annex
9718 107 Street
Edmonton,AB T5K 1E4
Office:
(403) 216-5445
#102, 723 14 Street NW
Calgary AB, T2N 2A4
Calgary-North Hill
Mr. Kyle Fawcett
(PC)
calgary.northhill@assembly.ab.ca
Legislature:
(780) 415-0951
F:(780) 415-0951
#607 Legislature Annex
9718 107 Street
Edmonton,AB T5K 1E4
Office:
(403) 216-5430
#200, 2411 - 4 Street NW
Calgary AB, T2M 2Z8
Calgary-North West
Hon. Lindsay Blackett
(PC)
calgary.northwest@assembly.ab.ca
Legislature:
(780) 427-7729
F:(780) 427-7729
#418 Legislature Building
10800 97 Avenue
Edmonton,AB T5K 2B6
Office:
(403) 216-5444
#29, 735 Ranchlands Blvd. NW
Calgary AB, T3G 3A9
Calgary-Nose Hill
Dr. Neil Brown
(PC)
calgary.nosehill@assembly.ab.ca
Legislature:
(780) 427-1234
F:(780) 427-1234
#131 Legislature Building
10800 97 Avenue
Edmonton,ABT5K 2B6
Office:
(403) 215-7710
Suite 16, 5440 4th Street NW
Calgary AB, T2K 1A8
Calgary-Shaw
Hon. Cindy Ady
(PC)
calgary.shaw@assembly.ab.ca
Legislature:
(780) 427-0188
F:(780) 427-0188
#229 Legislature Building
10800 97 Avenue
Edmonton,AB T5K 2B6
Office:
(403) 256-8969
#328, 22 Midlake Blvd. SE
Calgary AB, T2X 2X7
Calgary-Varsity
Mr. Harry Chase
(LIB)
calgary.varsity@assembly.ab.ca
Legislature:
(780) 427-3697
F:(780) 427-3697
#201 Legislature Annex
9718 107 Street
Edmonton,AB T5K 1E4
Office:
(403) 216-5436
#108, 4616 Valiant Drive NW
Calgary AB, T3A 0X9
Calgary-West
Hon. Ronald Liepert
(PC)
calgary.west@assembly.ab.ca
Legislature:
(780) 415-0961
F:(780) 415-0961
#323 Legislature Building
10800 - 97 Avenue
Edmonton,AB T5K 2B6
Office:
(403) 216-5439
#2, 5555 Strathcona Hill SW
Calgary AB, T3H 1S2
All Calgary MLA email addresses for pasting into a cc. email:
calgary.bow@assembly.ab.ca, calgary-buffalo@assembly.ab.ca, calgary.cross@assembly.ab.ca, calgary.currie@assembly.ab.ca, calgary.east@assembly.ab.ca, calgary.egmont@assembly.ab.ca,
calgary.elbow@assembly.ab.ca, calgary.fishcreek@assembly.ab.ca, calgary.foothills@assembly.ab.ca, calgary.fort@assembly.ab.ca, calgary.glenmore@assembly.ab.ca, calgary.hays@assembly.ab.ca, calgary.lougheed@assembly.ab.ca, calgary.mackay@assembly.ab.ca, calgary.mccall@assembly.ab.ca, calgary.montrose@assembly.ab.ca, calgary.mountainview@assembly.ab.ca, calgary.northhill@assembly.ab.ca, calgary.northwest@assembly.ab.ca, calgary.nosehill@assembly.ab.ca, calgary.shaw@assembly.ab.ca, calgary.varsity@assembly.ab.ca, calgary.west@assembly.ab.ca
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Culture and Community Spirit Minister Lindsay Blackett
MLA Calgary-North West Constituency Office:
#29, 735 Ranchlands Blvd. NW, Calgary, AB T3G 3A9
Phone: (403) 216-5444, Fax: (403) 216-5442
calgary.northwest@assembly.ab.ca
Culture and Community Spirit Minister Lindsay Blackett
Legislature Office:
#418 Legislature Building, 10800 97 Avenue, Edmonton, AB T5K 2B6
Phone: (780) 427-7729 Fax:(780) 427-7729
More contact info on his website
http://www.assembly.ab.ca/net/index.asp ... rnumber=20
At the link below you can find out who your MLA is and get their contact info, or download contact information for multiple MLAs (e.g. all Calgary MLAs): http://www.assembly.ab.ca/lao/mla/mla_help.htm
*Their power is stronger than the City's power (the City is required to provide compensation for economic loss, a term that is not well-defined, whereas the province is not required to compensate), but is not often used. Individuals and the City can request the province to designate sites. Two sites in Calgary that were designated for the public good "over the wishes of the owner" in recent years include the Palace Theatre and old St. Patrick's Church. As far as I know the City has never designated over an owner's wishes.
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In Cliff Bungalow, the so called 'painted ladies'. These are more potentially valuable for their paint schemes and wooden hippie decor, possibly from the 60's as Cliff Bungalow was apparently hippie central back in the day. Risk is high, due apartment height zoning, and the average to below average maintenance of the houses.
In Cliff Bungalow, the Belzberg house. How many duplexes are there
from the 1912 era in Calgary? probably about 10, how many are brick? Probably about 2-3, how many aren't a dump? This one. Risk is high as there have already been rumours of owners wanting to demolish this.
In Cliff Bungalow, the Gordon Suites. These are some pretty unique looking houses, unlike any I've seen anywhere else in the city, as well a 'friend of CHI' has apparently already done some research on them, and there's also some odd barn or something in the back yard. As you can see the maintenance is a bit below average which adds to risk.
Another Beltline streetscape, this one is a bit different as instead of similar scaled 2 story housing, this is a mix of smaller bungalows and then 2 larger homes that are unlike anything else I've seen in this city, definately unique. As for Risk similar to the Bob-scape.
Again in the Beltline, Grant bros store. This is a very well preserved example of a turn of the century store front, that amazingly hasn't been hardly mucked up at all, however the risk must be high being on 17th ave and being only 1 story, this is once again a 'can't believe it's still here' site.
Beltline again, remember what I said about the rarity of turn of the century duplexes? Here's another one of the survivors, hard to say how much of the exterior and general shape is original , or something redesigned at a later date.
These next two photos are downtown, on the west end, the last remaining evidence that the downtown core was once 75% single family home residential. With all the condos going up in the west end of downtown these houses are like not long for this earth (unless we help save em of course
Valuable simply as what could be a small 4 shop retail area, which also shows how the area was in the past
In Sunnyside, the Lunenberg. Well about as rare as turn of the century duplexes, are turn of the century rowhousing. There's a rumour that these were actually demolished down to their foundations and then rebuilt, although I'm not sure of the economics of such an adventure. Off the top of my head I can think of only 5 examples, 3 brick, 2 wood, the 3 brick are on the inventory, the 2 wooden are not. The risk could be quite high as there is a plan to rezone this part of Sunnyside as part of the Transit Oriented Development (TOD) zone which would upzone these blocks from this to potentially 8-12 story towers.
In Cliff Bungalow, small apartment, not the greatest shape, Zoning is higher but not overly higher. Perhaps it's not in as much risk as other sites, but it sure is cute, and since I said it's not in as much risk, that just means it will be torn down tomorrow, just watch! Any apartment built before the 50's is rare and valuable in this city.
Cliff Bungalow, the Elliot. What's about as rare as duplexes and rowhousing and turn of the century apartments? Art Deco. Art deco buildings in this city could be counted on two hands, and this is one of them. Ain't it a beaut?
The Marylin apartments once again in Cliff Bungalow. Again rather Art Decoish, and also the home of Kristi, who will be supervising you, but don't let that cloud your judgement, she's easy to bribe with free drinks.
The Laurence, also in Cliff Bungalow. In the 30's most of what was then the inner city was upzoned for apts as people couldnt' afford to buy houses in the depression. Most people simply took big old houses and divided them into suites, most apartments that took advantage of the new zoning weren't built until the 50's, so they ended up being rather boring, but as you can see Cliff Bungalow (and Mission as you'll see) are an exception, a number of apartments were built in and around the 20s/30s/40s. Almost nothing was built in calgary in that era, especially apartments.
Here's a big square house in Cliff Bungalow. I only included it as I thought I heard a rumour that it may have been a school, it doesn't look like any sort of normal house shape, so it's worth looking into.
Here's another big house, unlike any other in Cliff Bungalow, and sits on likely the largest house lot in the area, so it may have some interesting history, as well the area where it sits is zoned for apartments, so it's at risk.
Avonlea apartments in Mission (adjacent to Cliff Bungalow). If you thought sites in Cliff Bungalow were at risk, they have nothing on Mission where the entire community has been zoned for highrises, so everything here is at grave risk. And it's cute.
We have love for houses with "turret appeal" and boy does this one fit the bill. And it has a name! And the name includes Castle. Easily the coolest house in Mission. How at risk is it? Well in theory very high since 15-20 story apartments can be built in it's place, that said it's usually owned (leased?) by businesses, who tend to maintain sites better than slumlords.
Another big concern is that I'd possibly like to buy it when I'm rich, and that goal is helped by it still standing.
Again in Mission, Gloria Court. Pretty much anything even resembling an Art Deco apartment is extremely valuable and a rarity in this city. And again, in Mission, where a few years ago the residents complained that every single block in mission had construction on it (ie demolitions). Nuff said.
Another Mission apartment. Soon to be bulldozer fodder unless we save it. By we, I mean you.
Remember when I mentioned only 2 *wooden* rowhousing I could think of? here's the other one in Lower Mount Royal. All of LMR is zoned for apartments, so it could be in danger. Included is 1924 and 2005 aerial photos, to prove we're not making this up.
A big house in LMR, rooming house that is. Not sure of the risk, but larger apartment like structures from the era tend to be more unique than the housing surrounding them, and with so many more people having lived there, perhaps easier to research.
Here's an interesting house. Back in the day Sunalta south of 12th ave, and east of 17th street were single family housing, but the north west corner of the neighbourhood was pretty much open plains, other than a few scattered houses. This is one of them, as you can see by the first glenbow photo there was nothing around it back then. Later you can see it was used as an alcohol treatment centre. Today it's apartments (biggg extension off the back), not sure if there's any sort of centre there now, but it definately has had 3 eras in it's life. The area is now all zoned for apartments.
when it was an alcoholic centre in the 70s
What can I say about the Condon building. It's not like anything shown so far, but technically anything 45 yrs old can be added to the heritage inventory, and 45 yrs old is 1962 so we have to start looking at 50's and 60's buildings. This one is unlike anything else in the city, and with that blue wavy roof and dark blue tiles.. well what can you say. Potentially at high risk as there's rumours of someone wanting to tear it down. If it helps any, the only other building I can think of with tile on it is the Elveden building downtown, and city hall itself made sure it got on the inventory. It took me a year to go from hating to loving this building, don't worry, it will happen to you too. Oh yeah, in the community of Sunalta.
Sunnyside grocery, in the community of.. well I guess it's obvious. Not many wooden turn of the century corner stores in existance anymore, especially with a roof kinda like a castle. I'm not sure if it's more in danger of being torn down, or just kinda.. falling down. But it sure is unique, and in a bit you'll see another threatened building in Sunnyside of a similar style. This building site is NOT part of the Sunnyside TOD, so at least not threatened by that.
The 2 brick commercial buildings to the north of these 3 shops are on the heritage inventory, but these smaller ones were missed. Turn of the century storefronts of only a single story are actually more rare than the 2 story variety, and this is part of the Sunnyside TOD so could end up quite at risk.
Lido Cafe, again part of the Sunnyside TOD, and also right next to a development that will tear down some buildings, that is rumoured to be expanding to include this building, so the risk is very high for this. I believe the cafe business itself has been around for decades and decades, so it may be as much historic value as the building.
This is the 4 plex I mentioned that is of the same style as the sunnyside store. This is VERY threatened as that development that might affect the Lido Cafe is definately going to affect this, in fact the City apparently has bought this property to turn it into a parking lot, does that make you mad? good.
Now this. Doesn't look like much, but if you look at it it almost certainly wasn't a house when it was first built, but a tiny store of some sort (imagine the front isn't flat, but instead had glass windows that then jut inwards to a door in the middle). Also this was apparently built in 1905, which would mean it was built when *nothing else existed in tuxedo* or really anywhere north of 16th ave or even in crescent heights, so I'm personally very curious what's up with this middle of nowhere store. That said it's been mucked up beyond recognition. It's also been for sale a few times in the past couple years, which increases the risk
Family Groceteria in Tuxedo. Kristi likes it... I um... it sure is retro hey?
These next 3 sites are apartments in Victoria Park. As I said all apartments are rare from the 19-teens through the 40s. And of course Vic park and the rest of the Beltline are undergoing huge redevelopment pressures.
This is Soda. Now just because we have more pics of this don't consider it more loved by us, everything is equally loved on this page (cept maybe the groceteria (cough cough)). It's the one commercial building near 1st ave SW that we don't really know much about. As you can see I got my self inside for some secret pics.
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Mayor Dave Bronconnier
The City of Calgary,
P.O. Box 2100, Station M,
Calgary AB T2P 2M5
Phone: (403) 268-5622,
Fax: (403) 268-8130
Aldermanic Offices
The City of Calgary (8001)
P.O. Box 2100, Station M
Calgary AB T2P 2M5
Phone: 403-268-2430
Fax: 403-268-8091 or 3823
Here is a list of email contacts for Calgary City Council.
Mayor Dave Bronconnier - themayor@calgary.ca
Aldermen - alderweb@calgary.ca
Alderweb@calgary.ca is an email address for all aldermen. Make sure you put "For All Aldermen" in the subject line. Or send individually:
Ald. Dale Hodges, Ward 1 - Dale.Hodges@calgary.ca
Ald. Gord Lowe, Ward 2 - Gord.Lowe@calgary.ca
Ald. Jim Stevenson, Ward 3 - Jim.Stevenson@calgary.ca
Ald. Bob Hawkesworth, Ward 4 - Bob.Hawkesworth@calgary.ca
Ald. Ray Jones, Ward 5 - RJones@calgary.ca
Ald. Joe Connelly, Ward 6 - Joe.Connelly@calgary.ca
Ald. Druh Farrell, Ward 7 - Druh.Farrell@calgary.ca
Ald. John Mar, Ward 8 - John.Mar@calgary.ca
Ald. Joe Ceci, Ward 9 - Joe.Ceci@calgary.ca
Ald. Andre Chabot, Ward 10 - Andre.Chabot@calgary.ca
Ald. Brian Pincott, Ward 11 - Brian.Pincott@calgary.ca
Ald. Ric McIver, Ward 12 - Ric.McIver@calgary.ca
Ald. Diane Colley-Urquhart, Ward 13 - Diane.Colley-Urquhart@calgary.ca
Ald. Linda Fox-Mellway, Ward 14 - Linda.Fox-Mellway@calgary.ca
Especially if you are sending to them all, it is wise to cc. the City Clerk:
City Clerk - cityclerk@calgary.ca
Here is the whole list, strung together to paste into an email window:
themayor@calgary.ca, alderweb@calgary.ca, Dale.Hodges@calgary.ca, Gord.Lowe@calgary.ca, Jim.Stevenson@calgary.ca, Bob.Hawkesworth@calgary.ca, RJones@calgary.ca, Joe.Connelly@calgary.ca, Druh.Farrell@calgary.ca, John.Mar@calgary.ca, Joe.Ceci@calgary.ca, Andre.Chabot@calgary.ca, Brian.Pincott@calgary.ca, Ric.McIver@calgary.ca, Diane.Colley-Urquhart@calgary.ca, Linda.Fox-Mellway@calgary.ca, cityclerk@calgary.ca
If you want to phone or snail mail, here is more contact information:
www.calgary.ca/aldermen
www.calgary.ca/mayor
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http://www.calgary.ca/DocGallery/BU/cit ... lendar.pdf
Agendas and Minutes for Council Meetings, Special Policy Committee Meetings and Special Committees. Agendas only appear a few days before the meeting, usually the Thursday or Friday before, and minutes typically appear days or sometimes weeks afterward. Planning or environment issues most often arise at SPC on LPT and U & E. These are public hearings and the public can speak. After passing through these meetings, most matters go on to Council, where there may or may not be a public hearing depending on the matter. These agendas and minutes are often the first and last stop for policy and planning items. This page has a search function.
http://publicaccess.calgary.ca/lldm01/l ... centagenda
Land Use changes typically go to Calgary Planning Commission then to a City Council Public Hearing. Here is a list of public hearing dates and related deadlines in 2008.
http://www.calgary.ca/DocGallery/BU/dba ... ternal.pdf
City of Calgary Public Notices Page. Contains links to most public information on planning applications and hearings, as well as calendars for Council and information on Calgary Planning Commission http://www.calgary.ca/portal/server.pt/ ... otices.htm
Many planning matters also go to Calgary Planning Commission as a final stop or on their way to Council. CPC is not a public hearing, but the public can contact and lobby CPC members. CPC agendas and lists of members is available here. http://www.calgary.ca/portal/server.pt/ ... otices.htm
The distant early warning system for development applications is the development permit application register. Lists new applications weekly, either by Ward or by community. Each week is in a discrete PDF.
http://www.calgary.ca/portal/server.pt/ ... y+Ward.htm
The ‘myproperty’ page lets you look at individual properties on a map, and see what zoning (land use district) and policy plans apply. You can search by address or community and zoom in. Green triangles indicate that there is an active or recent development, building permit or demolition application (click on the “i” for information), their status (e.g. “completed” or “under review”) and enough details that you can find out more by calling 311. Some development may have more information online if they are going/have gone to Calgary Planning Commission or Council, or are on the development permit application register, but those connections are hard to make.
www.calgary.ca/myproperty
The main land use planning page is here:
http://www.calgary.ca/portal/server.pt/ ... anning.htm
The Land Use Bylaw governs what happens on a piece of land, depending on its zoning. But there is a fair bit of discretion within the zoning, and there is also a process to apply to change zoning. This link is all about zoning and has other links to the land use bylaw information
http://www.calgary.ca/portal/server.pt/ ... Zoning.htm
Calgary’s new Municipal Development Plan - www.calgary.ca/planit
Most of the City’s Planning Policy documents, ARPs, ASPs and so-forth can be found in PDF form at this page:
http://www.calgary.ca/portal/server.pt/ ... ations.htm
Information on Current Studies and Ongoing Activities is at the link below. This is not always comprehensive or up-to-date. there are always new planning processes in the pipe (the latest are usually found in Council or standing committee agendas and minutes)
http://www.calgary.ca/portal/server.pt/ ... vities.htm
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*November 24th Planning Session*
The Calgary Civic Trust invites those interested in actively working for
the best possible development of the city's physical environment to take
part in a planning/brainstorming session, Saturday November 24, 11am-3pm in Room 909, the McKimmie Library Tower, University of Calgary. A light lunch will be provided. Non-members are welcome.
The Calgary Civic Trust was formed in 1998 by a small group of citizens
concerned about directions and consequences of growth. A series of
projects were planned and successfully accomplished through the years
from 2002 - 2005 which included a national conference on covenanting
(2000), a cross-border symposium on Cities of the Rockies (2002)and,
most recently, a symposium the on 21^st century cities and urban design
strategies (2005). The proceedings of the first project were published
by the University of Calgary Press as /Heritage Covenants and
Preservation /(2004).
As well the Trust has been actively involved with other citizens groups,
the City and the Province in the proper accommodation of such important
sites and monuments as the McDougall Cairn, the John Laurie Rock, and
the moving and restoration the historic Rouleau House. Work on the Cairn and the Rouleau House continues. It sponsored and supported the compilation of an inventory of modern architecture in Calgary, now housed in the university's Canadian Architectural Archives
(http://caa.ucalgary.ca/viewsof20thcentury/imagebank, see "Calgary
Modern"). It has also advised and assisted other groups with the
planning, location, and treatment of sites and structures of civic
importance.
The meeting on the 24th will be an opportunity to consider possible
future activities, as well as to discuss the structure and management
of the Trust for the best possible execution of its next projects.
Possible projects might include a study of "Walking in Calgary" with an
exhibition and book with case studies and urban design guidelines as
products. We hope also to recruit new participants eager to get involved
in the accomplishment of the Trust's goals.
If you plan to attend please email the Trust's Secretary, Lucile Edwards with"CCT meeting" in the subject line (LEdwards@conciergeoncall.com
<mailto:LEdwards@conciergeoncall.com>) to give us an estimate of numbers.
*Agenda*
11:00-11:30 Introduction and background on the CCT, summary of by-laws
11:30-12:30 Themes and projects: discussion/brainstorming, together
or in groups
12:30-1:00 Lunch
1:00-2:00 Selection and development of leading ideas
2:00-2:30 Discussion of organization and implementation
2:30-3:00 Summary and concluding discussions
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Building Communities Through Arts and Heritage (BCAH), a new Canadian Heritage funding program Community groups may be interested in a new funding program recently announced by the federal Department of Canadian Heritage. The program, Building Communities Through Arts and Heritage (BCAH), will provide support to local arts and heritage festivals that feature local artists and artisans or local heritage, as well as major historical anniversaries of local importance.
Who can Apply
Local incorporated non-profit organizations
OR
Organizations/groups without legal incorporation
OR
Band Councils, Tribal Councils, and other Aboriginal (First Nation, Inuit, and Metis) governments and equivalent organizations
Eligibility requirement: Applicants must demonstrate local support for their projects by providing written confirmation of support (financial or in-kind) from at least one level of government (municipal, Aboriginal, regional/district, provincial or territorial) and must include the value of that support in the project budget.
BCAH has two funding components:
Component I: Local Arts and Heritage Festivals
Funding in support of recurring festivals, events and activities that engage Canadians in their communities through the public presentation of local artists and/or of local heritage.
Eligibility Criteria
* Activity or activities lasting more than 1 day and a maximum of 28 days
* Recurring event presented at least once in the two years preceding the application
* Present work of local artists, artisans, and/or aspects of local historical heritage
* Open to general public
* Actively involve members of the local community
Component II: Community Historical Anniversaries Programming
Funding in support of nonrecurring events and activities that engage Canadians in their communities through the commemoration of major anniversaries of significant local events and /or persons.
Eligibility Criteria
* Activity or activities lasting a minimum of one day and a maximum of 1 year
* Nonrecurring/one-time event
* Present program of local events or activities commemorating 100th or greater anniversaries, (multiples of 25 years only) of locally significant historical event or person
* Present work of local artists, artisans, and/or aspects of local historical heritage
* Open to the general public
* Actively Involve members of the local community
Application Deadlines 2007-2008
October 31, 2007 for project taking place between January 1 and May 31, 2008
January 14, 2008 for projects taking place between June 1 and December 31, 2008
Funding Guides and application forms for both component I and II are now available on the Department of Canadian Heritage Web site at
http://www.pch.gc.ca/progs/dcap-bcah/finApp_e.cfm
For more Information on BCAH program:
Contact your nearest Canadian Heritage office:
www.pch.gc.ca/progs/dcap-bcah/contacts/index_e.cfm
Telephone
Toll-free: 1 866-811-0055
TTY: 819 997-3123*(Telecommunication device for people who are deaf, hard of hearing, or speech-impaired)
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So if you could look through these, and pick around 5, that would be great. If you find you just can't decide between more (10?) then I can give you the addresses of the 10 or so you picked so you can check them out in person. GOOD LUCK!
In Cliff Bungalow, the so called 'painted ladies'. These are more potentially valuable for their paint schemes and wooden hippie decor, possibly from the 60's as Cliff Bungalow was apparently hippie central back in the day. Risk is high, due apartment height zoning, and the average to below average maintenance of the houses.
In Cliff Bungalow, the Belzberg house. How many duplexes are there
from the 1912 era in Calgary? probably about 10, how many are brick? Probably about 2-3, how many aren't a dump? This one. Risk is high as there have already been rumours of owners wanting to demolish this.
In Cliff Bungalow, the Gordon Suites. These are some pretty unique looking houses, unlike any I've seen anywhere else in the city, as well a 'friend of CHI' has apparently already done some research on them, and there's also some odd barn or something in the back yard. As you can see the maintenance is a bit below average which adds to risk.
In the Connaught half of the Beltline, we call this the 'Bob-scape' as one of the houses was the childhood home of Bob Van Wegen, a director of the heritage society. A good example of what all of the Beltline used to look like. There are some other houses across the street as well who's photos seem to have not made it up here, but they are also less original. As far as risk, I basically can't believe they're still here due to the development pressure in the Beltline.
Another Beltline streetscape, this one is a bit different as instead of similar scaled 2 story housing, this is a mix of smaller bungalows and then 2 larger homes that are unlike anything else I've seen in this city, definately unique. As for Risk similar to the Bob-scape.
Again in the Beltline, this corner drug store is most famous for being the unfortunate recipient of a runaway streetcar (see below it). It's been pretty mucked up over the years though which lessens it's value. Risk is high as it's single story at an intersection (17th ave and 14th st sw) that's ripe for redevelopment
Again in the Beltline, Grant bros store. This is a very well preserved example of a turn of the century store front, that amazingly hasn't been hardly mucked up at all, however the risk must be high being on 17th ave and being only 1 story, this is once again a 'can't believe it's still here' site.
Beltline again, remember what I said about the rarity of turn of the century duplexes? Here's another one of the survivors, hard to say how much of the exterior and general shape is original , or something redesigned at a later date.
These next three photos are downtown, on the west end, the last remaining evidence that the downtown core was once 75% single family home residential. With all the condos going up in the west end of downtown these houses are like not long for this earth (unless we help save em of course
Valuable simply as what could be a small 4 shop retail area, which also shows how the area was in the past
In Sunnyside, the Lunenberg. Well about as rare as turn of the century duplexes, are turn of the century rowhousing. Off the top of my head I can think of only 5 examples, 3 brick, 2 wood, the 3 brick are on the inventory, the 2 wooden are not. The risk could be quite high as there is a plan to rezone this part of Sunnyside as part of the Transit Oriented Development (TOD) zone which would upzone these blocks from this to potentially 8-12 story towers.
In Cliff Bungalow, small apartment, not the greatest shape, Zoning is higher but not overly higher. Perhaps it's not in as much risk as other sites, but it sure is cute, and since I said it's not in as much risk, that just means it will be torn down tomorrow, just watch! Any apartment built before the 50's is rare and valuable in this city.
Cliff Bungalow, the Elliot. What's about as rare as duplexes and rowhousing and turn of the century apartments? Art Deco. Art deco buildings in this city could be counted on two hands, and this is one of them. Ain't it a beaut?
The Marylin apartments once again in Cliff Bungalow. Again rather Art Decoish, and also the home of Kristi, who will be supervising you, but don't let that cloud your judgement, she's easy to bribe with free drinks.
The Laurence, also in Cliff Bungalow. In the 30's most of what was then the inner city was upzoned for apts as people couldnt' afford to buy houses in the depression. Most people simply took big old houses and divided them into suites, most apartments that took advantage of the new zoning weren't built until the 50's, so they ended up being rather boring, but as you can see Cliff Bungalow (and Mission as you'll see) are an exception, a number of apartments were built in and around the 20s/30s/40s. Almost nothing was built in calgary in that era, especially apartments.
Here's a big square house in Cliff Bungalow. I only included it as I thought I heard a rumour that it may have been a school, it doesn't look like any sort of normal house shape, so it's worth looking into.
Here's another big house, unlike any other in Cliff Bungalow, and sits on likely the largest house lot in the area, so it may have some interesting history, as well the area where it sits is zoned for apartments, so it's at risk.
Avonlea apartments in Mission (adjacent to Cliff Bungalow). If you thought sites in Cliff Bungalow were at risk, they have nothing on Mission where the entire community has been zoned for highrises, so everything here is at grave risk. And it's cute.
We have love for houses with "turret appeal" and boy does this one fit the bill. And it has a name! And the name includes Castle. Easily the coolest house in Mission. How at risk is it? Well in theory very high since 15-20 story apartments can be built in it's place, that said it's usually owned (leased?) by businesses, who tend to maintain sites better than slumlords.
Another big concern is that I'd possibly like to buy it when I'm rich, and that goal is helped by it still standing.
Again in Mission, Gloria Court. Pretty much anything even resembling an Art Deco apartment is extremely valuable and a rarity in this city. And again, in Mission, where a few years ago the residents complained that every single block in mission had construction on it (ie demolitions). Nuff said.
Another Mission apartment. Soon to be bulldozer fodder unless we save it. By we, I mean you.
Back to Cliff Bungalow, a rare retail building in the Art Deco form. Also, it's orange. Kristi really likes it, but remember my drinks comment, you can sway her I'm sure.
Speaking of Art Deco retail, way over to Inglewood this time. It's one of only 5 art deco retail sites I can think of, 1 of which is crap, 1 of which has been kinda screwed up, 1 of which is on the inventory, which leaves this and that orange thing. As far as risk? Inglewood is not exactly a hotbed of redevelopment, in fact they WISH more people would build some nice stuff in Inglewood, especially on 9th ave. But this building is exactly where they wish stuff would be built, it's it's conceivable that it could be at risk for replacement by some mega project, as well it's maintenance has been iffy. I think it's damned cool. (don't worry, I can be bribed in a similar fashion to Kristi)
Remember when I mentioned only 2 *wooden* rowhousing I could think of? here's the other one in Lower Mount Royal. All of LMR is zoned for apartments, so it could be in danger. Included is 1924 and 2005 aerial photos, to prove we're not making this up.
A big house in LMR, rooming house that is. Not sure of the risk, but larger apartment like structures from the era tend to be more unique than the housing surrounding them, and with so many more people having lived there, perhaps easier to research.
Here's an interesting house. Back in the day Sunalta south of 12th ave, and east of 17th street were single family housing, but the north west corner of the neighbourhood was pretty much open plains, other than a few scattered houses. This is one of them, as you can see by the first glenbow photo there was nothing around it back then. Later you can see it was used as an alcohol treatment centre. Today it's apartments (biggg extension off the back), not sure if there's any sort of centre there now, but it definately has had 3 eras in it's life. The area is now all zoned for apartments.
when it was an alcoholic centre in the 70s
What can I say about the Condon building. It's not like anything shown so far, but technically anything 45 yrs old can be added to the heritage inventory, and 45 yrs old is 1962 so we have to start looking at 50's and 60's buildings. This one is unlike anything else in the city, and with that blue wavy roof and dark blue tiles.. well what can you say. Potentially at high risk as there's rumours of someone wanting to tear it down. If it helps any, the only other building I can think of with tile on it is the Elveden building downtown, and city hall itself made sure it got on the inventory. It took me a year to go from hating to loving this building, don't worry, it will happen to you too. Oh yeah, in the community of Sunalta.
Sunnyside grocery, in the community of.. well I guess it's obvious. Not many wooden turn of the century corner stores in existance anymore, especially with a roof kinda like a castle. I'm not sure if it's more in danger of being torn down, or just kinda.. falling down. But it sure is unique, and in a bit you'll see another threatened building in Sunnyside of a similar style. This building site is NOT part of the Sunnyside TOD, so at least not threatened by that.
The 2 brick commercial buildings to the north of these 3 shops are on the heritage inventory, but these smaller ones were missed. Turn of the century storefronts of only a single story are actually more rare than the 2 story variety, and this is part of the Sunnyside TOD so could end up quite at risk.
Lido Cafe, again part of the Sunnyside TOD, and also right next to a development that will tear down some buildings, that is rumoured to be expanding to include this building, so the risk is very high for this. I believe the cafe business itself has been around for decades and decades, so it may be as much historic value as the building.
This is the 4 plex I mentioned that is of the same style as the sunnyside store. This is VERY threatened as that development that might affect the Lido Cafe is definately going to affect this, in fact the City apparently has bought this property to turn it into a parking lot, does that make you mad? good.
Now this. Doesn't look like much, but if you look at it it almost certainly wasn't a house when it was first built, but a tiny store of some sort (imagine the front isn't flat, but instead had glass windows that then jut inwards to a door in the middle). Also this was apparently built in 1905, which would mean it was built when *nothing else existed in tuxedo* or really anywhere north of 16th ave or even in crescent heights, so I'm personally very curious what's up with this middle of nowhere store. That said it's been mucked up beyond recognition. It's also been for sale a few times in the past couple years, which increases the risk
Family Groceteria in Tuxedo. Kristi likes it... I um... it sure is retro hey?
These next 3 sites are apartments in Victoria Park. As I said all apartments are rare from the 19-teens through the 40s. And of course Vic park and the rest of the Beltline are undergoing huge redevelopment pressures.
This is Soda. Now just because we have more pics of this don't consider it more loved by us, everything is equally loved on this page (cept maybe the groceteria (cough cough)). It's the one commercial building near 1st ave SW that we don't really know much about. As you can see I got my self inside for some secret pics.
So that's it, try to pick 5 sites that appeal to you, and then we'll go onto the next step. If you HAVE to pick 6 or 7, no worries, we just wanted to you to work on a site that you LIKE.
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