This thread most recently updated September 2010 - see last posting...
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City is considering buying and demolishing this building. Why not save it and move it back from the road? One of the older buildings on the north hill? See story below the photo. Also a letter from a citizen in the next posting.
lumin8 photo: http://flickr.com/photos/singlemoment/
Violin shop faces swan song - Store site targeted for 16th Avenue sidewalk project
Sean Myers, Calgary Herald, Published: Tuesday, November 13, 2007
A unique store that has specialized in handmade violins for clients around the world for more than 20 years may be torn down to make way for a wider sidewalk and a row of trees. W.A. Gough Violins, at 120 16th Ave. N.W., is in the way of efforts to turn a portion of the Trans-Canada Highway into a pedestrian-friendly boulevard...
Full story:
http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/new ... 9a&k=71296