Development Derailed : Calgary and the CPR , 1962-64.

Cover -- Contents -- List of Tables, Maps, and Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 Setting the Stage: The City's Personalities and Agendas, 1953 to July 1962 -- 2 Heady Days of Hope: Two Announcements, June 1962 to April 1963 -- 3 From Arrangement to Agreement: Dodging the Negotiation Potholes, April 1963 to January 1964 -- 4 Temperature Rising: 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 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.

Development Derailed outlines how a proposed development the lands held by the Canadian Pacific Railway in downtown Calgary was greeted with excitement and visions of enhanced tax revenues, increased land values, and new investment opportunities ultimately fell prey to conflict between corporate rigidity and an unorganized, ill-informed civic administration and city council.

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