Posted Aug 17, 2007, 8:26 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Calgary
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Confirmation of that road closure in the newspaper (not that the city website isn't trustworthy):
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Originally Posted by freeweed
Sixth Avenue to close Tuesday for EnCana construction
Colette Derworiz, Calgary Herald
Published: Friday, August 17, 2007
Drivers who use 6th Avenue S.E. will have to find a new route to work starting Tuesday as the busy downtown street closes for nearly a year to build the city's tallest office tower.
The block of 6th Avenue between 1st Street S.E and Centre Street S. will be shut down for about 11 months to build a six-storey underground parkade as part of the Bow office tower, which will house EnCana Corp.
It was scheduled to close in July, but had been delayed due to tie ups with the city's planning department.
Further details will be revealed at a press conference at 1:30 today.
While some aldermen were concerned the delay will lead to problems at the end of construction, the developer has said they should still be able to complete all of the work by next July -- in time for the Stampede parade, which uses the street.
The Bow office tower is part of a two-building development that will sit on either side of 6th Avenue. It is expected to be finished in 2011, and will be the tallest building west of Toronto.
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Can we please, PLEASE find some non-morons for our news? It is the tallest building IN CANADA, OUTSIDE OF TORONTO.
Yeesh, how hard is this to get right?
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