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Originally Posted by Bunk
It should be quite exciting yes. The notion of the new central library and competition (including its website - www.calgarylandmarklibrary) has been around for a few years now. It's been delayed for quite some time with the uncertainty as to when the Police Admin people are moving out of their building on that block. Also, it needs a budget of $200 million or so?, only about $40 million of which has been secured.
Have you heard any word whether the competition will be launched anytime soon? I'm guessing after the civic election. Unless McIver wins at which time he will probably shut down the public library system because it's a waste of taxpayers money. |
Well, with the numbers I've heard... if they want a REALLY signature library, that's about the budget I've heard as well. I believe they're still in the fundraising stage.
To put it in perspective, the new downtown Seattle Public Library cost approximately $166 million, and it's not even that big of a facility. But it is an OUTSTANDING building... and Calgary's budget is going to be higher than that. I've heard some architects say that it needs to go higher.... like, $400 million for the type of facility the library wants.