LEADER 03339nam 2200421 450 001 9910688408903321 005 20230629215922.0 010 $a1-927356-10-5 035 $a(CKB)4100000010077166 035 $a(NjHacI)994100000010077166 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000010077166 100 $a20230629d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aDevelopment Derailed $eCalgary and the CPR, 1962-64 /$fMaxwell Foran 210 1$aEdmonton, Alberta :$cAU Press, Athabasca University Press,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (258 pages) $cillustrations 225 0 $aCanadian Publishers Collection 311 $a9781927536081 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aetting the Stage : The City's Personalities and Agendas, 1953 to July 1962 -- Heady Days of Hope : Two Announcements, June 1962 to April 1963 -- From Arrangement to Agreement -- Temperature Rising : Dodging the Negotiation Potholes, April 1963 to January 1964 The Project Under Public Scrutiny, February to June 1964 -- Conclusion -- Epilogue -- Appendix A Heads of Arrangement -- Appendix B Agreement of Intent -- Appendix C Major Participants -- Appendix D Calgary City Councils, 1962-64. 330 $aIn June of 1962, the Canadian Pacific Railway announced a proposal to redevelop part of its reserved land in the heart of downtown Calgary. In an effort to bolster its waning revenues and to redefine its urban presence, the CPR proposed a multimillion dollar development project that included retail, office, and convention facilities, along with a major transportation centre. With visions of enhanced tax revenues, increased land values, and new investment opportunities, Calgary's political and business leaders greeted the proposal with excitement. Over the following year, the scope of the project expanded, growing to a scale never before seen in Canada. The plan took official form through an agreement between the City of Calgary and the railway company to develop a much larger area of land and to reroute or remove the railway tracks from the downtown area--a grand design for reshaping Calgary's urban core. In 1964, amid bickering and a failed negotiating process, the project came to an abrupt end. What caused this promising partnership between the nation's leading corporation and the burgeoning city of Calgary to collapse?What, in economic terms, was perceived to be a win-win situation for both parties fell prey to a conflict between corporate rigidity and an unorganized, ill-informed, and over-enthusiastic civic administration and city council. Drawing on the private records of Rod Sykes, the CPR's onsite negotiator and later Calgary's mayor, Foran unravels the fascinating story of how politics ultimately undermined promise. 517 $aDevelopment derailed 606 $aCity planning$zAlberta$zCalgary 606 $aEconomic development$xPolitical aspects 615 0$aCity planning 615 0$aEconomic development$xPolitical aspects. 676 $a711.40971233 700 $aForan$b Maxwell$0887177 801 0$bNjHacI 801 1$bNjHacl 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910688408903321 996 $aDevelopment derailed$92180541 997 $aUNINA