Posted Oct 31, 2018, 3:14 AM
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Join Date: May 2017
Location: Red Deer, AB
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Originally Posted by DizzyEdge
Damn, didn't realize the Province has done this already once before:
https://www.reddeeradvocate.com/news...wrecking-ball/
"In the early 1980s, Dawe recalled a similar conservation controversy was brewing over the former Snell house. This older home was once located on the lot chosen for the existing Red Deer courthouse.
Although Snell house had no historic designation, it was initially saved from destruction. It was later levelled, however, when someone from the province deemed the architectural style did not complement the modernist courthouse.
Curtis recalled the city wanted to preserve Snell house, but was ultimately overruled."
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Cool picture. Is that the Snell House in the bottom left corner? That certainly would have made a smart - I want to call it an addition, but maybe a non-subtraction - to the downtown core!
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