On the ridge that was part of the Lindsay estate (Lindsay's Folly "castle" remains), it was originally to be 6 buildings all 7 storeys tall, but only 4 were built. The unique lift-slab construction system was used for the first and apparently last time in Canada when it was contructed from 1955 to 1957.
In 1971 there was a scheme to replace the 2 unbuilt towers with one supertall with 1,564 suites! Of course that never happened.
Instead, in the mid 1970s townhouses were built on the remaining land on the ridge and the apartments were converted from rental to condo.
There is a hair salon on the first floor of Rutland House which is the only retail business. The parking garages are underneath the lawns.
Rideau Towers, comprising of Devonshire, Rutland, Cumberland, and Renfrew Houses, are the only examples of the Bauhaus international school of design in multi-family housing in Calgary.
-info from an unpublished book by Sheila W. Brooks
Roxboro and Rideau Towers by
LUMIN8, on Flickr
The River from the Erlton Roxboro Natural Area by
LUMIN8, on Flickr