Development Derailed: Calgary and the CPR, 1962-64

Development Derailed unravels a fascinating story of how politics undermined promise. The text outlines a proposal put forth in 1962 to develop the lands held by the Canadian Pacific Railway in downtown Calgary. Greeted with excitement and visions of enhanced tax revenues, increased land values, and...

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description Development Derailed unravels a fascinating story of how politics undermined promise. The text outlines a proposal put forth in 1962 to develop the lands held by the Canadian Pacific Railway in downtown Calgary. Greeted with excitement and visions of enhanced tax revenues, increased land values, and new investment opportunities the plans ultimately fell prey to conflict between corporate rigidity and an unorganized, ill-informed civic administration and city council. Drawing on the private records of Rod Sykes, the CPR's onsite negotiator and later Calgary's mayor, Max Foran unravels the fascinating story of how politics undermined promise.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-449402022-02-01T00:10:03Z Development Derailed: Calgary and the CPR, 1962-64 Max Foran railroad city planning business history transportation Development Derailed unravels a fascinating story of how politics undermined promise. The text outlines a proposal put forth in 1962 to develop the lands held by the Canadian Pacific Railway in downtown Calgary. Greeted with excitement and visions of enhanced tax revenues, increased land values, and new investment opportunities the plans ultimately fell prey to conflict between corporate rigidity and an unorganized, ill-informed civic administration and city council. Drawing on the private records of Rod Sykes, the CPR's onsite negotiator and later Calgary's mayor, Max Foran unravels the fascinating story of how politics undermined promise. 2021-02-11T11:18:11Z 2021-02-11T11:18:11Z 2014-08-04 17:04:53 2013 book 16229 9781927356098 9781927356081 9781927356104 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/44940 eng image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International http://www.aupress.ca/index.php/books/120222 Athabasca University Press 6b1b8af7-79e4-4b18-b297-b983df0f073f 9781927356098 9781927356081 9781927356104 272 open access
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Development Derailed: Calgary and the CPR, 1962-64
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