Development Derailed: Calgary and the CPR, 1962-64

• Yazar: Max Foran (auth)
• Materyal Türü: Elektronik Kitap Bölümü
• Dil: İngilizce
• Baskı/Yayın Bilgisi: Athabasca University Press 2013
• Konular: railroad; city planning; business history; transportation
• Online Erişim: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

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...