Fire in 1911 Sunnyside apartment

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Fire in 1911 Sunnyside apartment

Postby newsposter » Mon Jan 28, 2013 12:03 pm

Unfortunate fire at the 1911 Palfreyville Apartments in Sunnyside, a building on Calgary's Inventory of Evaluated Historic Resources. Luckily there were no deaths or injuries. Whether the building will be salvaged and repaired remains to be seen, but according to the Sun story linked below, the owner hopes to see it restored.

News stories:

CTV story and video, Jan. 26, 2013
http://calgary.ctvnews.ca/fire-crews-ex ... -1.1130864

Owner of gutted heritage building in Calgary hopes to see it restored 0
By Katie Schneider, Calgary Sun
First posted: Sunday, January 27, 2013 05:43 PM MST | Updated: Sunday, January 27, 2013 06:02 PM MST
http://www.calgarysun.com/2013/01/27/ow ... t-restored

Fire rips apart top floor of historic Sunnyside apartment
Possible loss of century-old structure lamented
By Bryan Weismiller, Calgary Herald January 27, 2013

Read more: http://www.calgaryherald.com/Fire+rips+ ... z2JIY2danH

Heritage inventory entry (some fields not populated)
http://www.calgary.ca/PDA/LUPP/Pages/He ... urceId=546
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