Dismantling of the Torode empire

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Dismantling of the Torode empire

Postby newsposter » Sun Mar 28, 2010 7:43 pm

John Torode and his companies were responsible for many projects of interest to heritage advocates over the last few years (see further links below). This Herald article discusses the fate of various plans and projects, as Torode's holdings have been broken up and sold off due to financial problems related to the recession. Articles by Jason Markusoff, Calgary Herald, March 27 2010:
http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/T ... story.html

The Arriva project was responsible for the adaptive re-use and designation of the Victoria Park sandstone school, and plans to preserve the bungalow school. Here is a link to the thread on that project:
http://calgaryheritage.org/CHIForum/viewto ... ght=arriva

The piece of artwork that was to surround the Victoria Bungalow School (see previous link) seems to not be in the plans of the new owner of Arriva (March 77, 2010 story): http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/T ... story.html

West of Arriva is a site including the Enoch Sales house, now in the hands of new owners. This project is alive again, and there is renewed effort to move the house. Here is the relevant thread:
http://calgaryheritage.org/CHIForum/viewto ... ?p=896#896

Torode also worked on the adaptive re-use of the Riverside Iron Works / Dominion Bridge buildings in Ramsay, in advance of a considerable project on the balance of the site. That project is moving ahead with its approvals, under different ownership. Here is the link to the thread:
http://calgaryheritage.org/CHIForum/viewto ... ?p=568#568

Another planned project resulted in the demolition of the Curtis Block due to City transportation department requirements for sidewalk width :evil: The project is now dead, the land is for sale, and the site of the Curtis Block is a gravelled parking area. Here it the thread:
http://calgaryheritage.org/CHIForum/viewto ... ?p=365#365

Here are articles about Torode from better times:
http://calgaryheritage.org/CHIForum/viewto ... ?p=874#874
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