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Originally Posted by Bill Bumface
I believe their tunnel project is a go. Only ~$5 billion to rectify that mistake...
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I live in a city that is going through the pain of trying to undo losing their waterfront. Some HUGE projects trying to deal with it.
Lots of big moments/feelings in Calgary that weren't mentioned but that I've heard over the years:
1. Barron's building - I guess an American from Oklahoma built the project on spec and convinced Shell to move their Canadian head office there. Beginning the centralisation of the Canadian petroleum industry in Calgary and the skyscrapers that followed. (
https://www.heritagecanada.org/en/is...arron-building)
2. Strong civic leadership - we believe we can do anything and we're taught that everyday in Calgary - move somewhere else and you realize that Calgary's attitude is unique not the norm.
3. Everything in Calgary is earned - Guaranteed government dollars don't flow into the city as it's not the provincial capital, nor does it have a military base, or a University (till 1966). Leads to a real feeling that if things are going to get done Calgarians do it themselves.
Feel free to add more as a Calgarian that lives abroad I want to know what made my hometown what it is today.