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Old 05-14-2010, 12:34 PM   #1
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http://www.calgaryherald.com/Hart+ma...249/story.html

Kinda sad.. My entire old neighborhood is destroyed now.
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Old 05-14-2010, 12:37 PM   #2
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The city should make this a historic building, make it into some kind of wrestling museum. Would hate to see it torn down to make way for condos.
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Old 05-14-2010, 12:39 PM   #3
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I am looking for a house.... I can get 6 Mortgages right ?
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Old 05-14-2010, 12:41 PM   #4
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WWE should buy this and turn it into the WWE hall of fame
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Old 05-14-2010, 12:42 PM   #5
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I went by the open house yesterday. Great work put into the house, but it still has a few of the old touches - the dungeon has been upgraded, but kept a bit of the old equipment. The kids' names are still written on the brick walls around the place.

Beautiful view of the city from the top floor and deck!
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Old 05-14-2010, 12:51 PM   #6
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Sold at $1.5 Mill in 2004 to asking $4.95 Mill now? Wow. Pretty good investment for that guy if he gets anywhere near that. I'm sure he put a lot of money into it, but i'm not not anywhere near 3.5 mill.
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Old 05-14-2010, 01:21 PM   #7
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Described as “one of the most sophisticated buying opportunities of this century,” the iconic Hart mansion, one of the country’s most famous historical residences.



Yah sure. LoL

Who's the crack head who said that ???

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Old 05-14-2010, 01:27 PM   #8
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Actually, it is rather historical. The type of people that have been trained in that house span North America, Africa, Europe and Asia. Some of the world's best wrestlers were trained in that basement, and having made something of themselves and their respective regional industries because of what they learned in that house. You'd be surprised at how respected that place is in many parts outside of Calgary. It's legendary to some.
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Whoever wrote the property description on the MLS listing. Presumably, one of Donna Rooney or Gary Cronin: http://www.donnarooney.com/
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Old 05-14-2010, 01:43 PM   #10
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It's got its own Wikipedia entry!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hart_House_(Alberta)

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Described as “one of the most sophisticated buying opportunities of this century,” the iconic Hart mansion, one of the country’s most famous historical residences.
Yeah, it'll also be one of the quickest demolitions after purchase in history too. No doubt the next buyer will level it and replace it with mega-condos.
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Yeah, it'll also be one of the quickest demolitions after purchase in history too. No doubt the next buyer will level it and replace it with mega-condos.
I might be mistaken but isn't it a Provincial Historic Site with protective status?

Or is it just on the Register of Historic Places with no status?
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Old 05-14-2010, 02:28 PM   #13
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Have never seen the house. Patina Drive or Rise?
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I might be mistaken but isn't it a Provincial Historic Site with protective status?

Or is it just on the Register of Historic Places with no status?
No special status that I know of.

That was the big panic when the Hart family sold it - they didn't want someone to buy it and level it.
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Yeah, it'll also be one of the quickest demolitions after purchase in history too. No doubt the next buyer will level it and replace it with mega-condos.
Why would the last guy spend so much money fixing it up then?
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It's got its own Wikipedia entry!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hart_House_(Alberta)


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I take a lot of pride in being one of the last guys that had the hands-on training from Stu Hart when I went to the Hart family to train . . . It was a good experience just to be there, to imagine all the people that had been through there, and all the blood, sweat, and tears that had been paid . . . Going to the Hart family for training was kind of like, if you're a very religious person, going to the Vatican.


knowing what we know, reading the words "Chris Benoit" and "blood, sweat and tears" together just made me shiver a little
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Why would the last guy spend so much money fixing it up then?
To sell it for 4.95 million.
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It would sure be ironic if Mr. Burns bought it.
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