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Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame
From Skyscraper Forums . . . Perhaps the Cecil stays?
http://calgaryherald.com/news/local-...il-may-be-next
Klaassen says she is also impressed with what they’ve done with the 103-year-old Simmons building a few blocks away. “It’s going to be a great destination on the waterfront,” she says of the building that’s slated to open next summer, with such treasured local institutions as Sidewalk Citizen Bakery and Phil & Sebastian Coffee Roasters as tenants.
“I give them a B,” says Klaassen of the efforts being made to preserve the remaining historical structures in the East Village. “But if they could save the Cecil Hotel, then I’d bump that to an A.”
While he is not making any promises, Michael Brown says such a rebirth recently came one step closer to reality.
“We just purchased it from the city,” he says of the long-shuttered Cecil.
“We’ll be doing an assessment on it, to see if it can be restored — we will definitely see what we can do to make it a functional part of the community.” |
It will be interesting to see if they can salvage the building but taking it down wouldn't be that big of a loss. It hasn't retained the character that many historic buildings have even if it was brought back to the original brick facade.