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table of contents
  1. Cover
  2. Acknowledgements
  3. Preface
  4. Part One: 1945–1962
    1. Chapter 1. Setting the Stage
    2. Chapter 2. Going It Alone, 1945–1954
    3. Chapter 3. Establishing the Pattern, 1955–1962
  5. Part Two: 1963–1978
    1. Chapter 4. Entering a New Era
    2. Chapter 5. The Annexation Debates, 1972–1978
    3. Chapter 6. City-Developer Relations, 1964–1978
    4. Chapter 7. Land Use
  6. Conclusion
  7. Notes
  8. Photo Credits
  9. Index

Index

A

  • Abacus Cities, 193
  • Abbey Glen, 91, 116–17, 122, 128
  • Acadia, 38, 48, 67, 72, 74–75, 189, 201–2
  • acreage, 24, 34, 137, 163, 173, 197
    • assessments, 55, 57–59, 78, 86, 131–33, 135–41, 145, 147–48, 218
  • Act,
    • City, 11
    • Combines Investigation, 106, 110, 113
    • Municipal Government, 140
    • Planning, 11, 57, 85, 124, 152, 159–60, 222
    • Provincial Park, 156
    • Provincial Planning, 86, 200, 206
    • Town and Rural Planning, 71
  • affordable housing, 9, 12, 76, 86, 175, 205, 209–11, 220
  • A.H.C., see Alberta Housing Corporation
  • airport, 85, 96, 161, 205
    • officials, 68–69
  • Alberta Housing Corporation, 205, 209–11
  • Alberta Land Use Forum, 104, 114
  • Altadore, 25–26
  • Alternate,
    • Annexation Policies, 102
    • Growth Strategies, 118
  • amenities, 50, 117, 144–46, 192, 194, 218
  • Anderson Road, 47, 49, 51, 145, 195
  • annexation, 10–12, 19–21, 30, 33–35, 39, 41, 44–53, 60, 64, 70, 79, 87, 95–96, 98–100, 103–5, 109, 114–25, 127–29, 158, 163, 169, 172, 180, 208–9, 217, 219–20
    • policy, 98–99, 102, 114, 116, 121, 125
    • proposal, 103, 117, 121–23, 127
  • apartments, 66, 72–73, 78, 80, 87, 149, 163, 189–90, 199, 203, 206, 210
  • Apollo Project (Investigation), 105–6
  • area sector plan, 142, 185

B

  • BACM Industries (construction), 16–17, 89, 92–93, 97, 105–6, 108, 110, 112–13, 116, 142–43, 185–86, 201–3, 205
  • Balanced,
    • Growth Policy, 116–17
    • Growth Strategy, 119–21
  • Bearspaw Dam, 21, 138, 144
  • Bel Aire, 67, 78
  • Belfast, 25, 37, 49, 60, 75–76
  • Bennett, Albert, 60
  • Bertrand, Robert (Director of Investigations and Research), 109–10, 112–13
  • Board,
    • Calgary Real Estate, 44
    • Development Appeal, 16, 86, 193
    • Local Authorities, 11, 53, 100, 104, 114–15, 122–25, 127
    • Metropolitan Interim Development, 46–47
    • Provincial Planning, 11, 76, 153, 160, 185, 201, 223
    • Public Utilities, 11, 34, 39, 49–50, 52
    • Technical Planning, 15–16, 21, 54, 61, 65–69, 71–77
    • School, 15, 50, 62, 69
  • Board of Commissioners, 108, 120
  • Bonavista, 144–45, 147, 184, 194
    • Design Brief, 147, 194
    • Downs, 195
  • Bowness, 53, 95
  • Bow River, 21, 29, 34, 47, 58, 139, 150, 154, 178, 203
  • Britannia, 26, 37, 40, 60, 190
  • buffers, 66–67, 73, 189
  • buffer zones, 66–67
  • Burns and Dutton, 30
  • Butler, Larry (U.D.I. President), 120

C

  • Calgary,
    • construction industry, 16–17, 31–32, 63, 88
    • Field Naturalists Society, 157, 165, 167–68
    • House Builders Association, 17, 26, 31, 38, 41, 48, 55, 60, 76, 79
    • Municipal Handbook, 4–5
    • Planning Department, 27–29, 45, 71, 88, 99–100, 102, 115, 119, 132, 145, 147, 150–51, 154, 56–57, 161–64, 166–67, 185–86, 193, 203, 207, 210, 213
  • CALTS (City Transportation Study), 178
  • Cambrian Heights, 5, 60
  • Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (C.M.H.C.), 9–10, 12–14, 27, 33, 42, 49–50, 55, 60, 74, 100, 161–62, 206–7, 211, 213, 220
  • Canyon Meadows, 22, 51, 150, 185, 202
    • Residential Association, 152
  • Capitol Hill, 29, 60, 69
  • Carma Developers, 13, 60, 204, 209
  • Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation, see Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (C.M.H.C.)
  • Chinook Park, 47–48, 66
  • City,
    • boundaries, 15, 48–49, 127
    • of Calgary, 9, 14, 19, 21, 23, 34, 58–60, 78, 85, 100, 102, 105, 109, 123, 129, 164, 200, 209, 217
    • Council, 9, 15, 20, 22, 36, 103, 105, 109, 116, 120–21, 125, 139, 153–54, 157, 159, 165–66, 168–69, 171, 188, 190, 196, 202, 207, 211–12
    • Engineer, 21–22, 25, 28, 33, 63, 141
    • Hall, 6–8, 19, 21, 35, 61, 94, 139, 142, 156, 164, 205, 210, 218, 222
    • Planners, 10, 72, 91, 178, 182, 184, 186
    • policy, 26, 39, 143, 195
    • Transportation Study (CALTS), 178
  • Cole, Denis (Commissioner), 96–98, 100, 102, 105, 108–10, 112, 114, 121–22, 125, 149, 156, 197, 201, 208–9
  • Collingwood, 13, 62, 69, 74
  • Combe, Joe, 57, 61, 164–65
  • commercial,
    • development, 77, 177, 194, 196
    • facilities, 73, 77–78
    • zoning, 76–77, 80, 193–94
  • Community Association,
    • Acadia, 202
    • Bowness, 203
    • Huntington Hills, 193
    • North Bow, 117
    • Ogden, 78
    • Ogden Millican, 190
    • Roscarrock, 60
    • Rundle, 194
    • Southwood, 201
  • Conrich, 39, 41
  • Corlet, 30
  • Cornish, George (Commissioner), 22, 104, 119–20, 127–28, 133, 156, 209
  • Cosman, Les, 31

D

  • Daon Development Corporation, 17, 89–93, 116–17, 122–24, 128, 133, 140, 194, 209–10
  • Davis, Ed, 17, 30–31, 37–38, 41
  • Delray Engineering, 31
  • density transfer, 87, 153, 158, 162–63, 173, 193, 195, 197–99, 213–14
  • Derkowski, Andrzej, 97
  • design briefs, 18, 86, 103, 117, 124, 175, 179–80, 182–86, 191, 193–94, 196, 198–99, 206, 213, 222
  • Development Control, 20, 71–72, 86, 88, 115, 175, 179, 188–91, 199, 213, 219–20
    • bylaws, 20, 86
  • Donnelly, Pat (Alderman), 15, 127–28, 210
  • Dover, 184, 192–93, 206, 208, 212–15
  • duplexes, 72, 87, 189–90, 193

E

  • Edgemont, 68, 115, 172, 183–84, 199
  • Edmonton, 14, 16, 24, 27, 36, 43, 45, 59, 97, 102, 125, 155, 157, 188, 219
  • Elbow River, 21, 23, 37
  • Engineered Buildings, 26, 33
  • Engineered Homes, 89–90, 92–93, 185–86
  • Experimental Housing, 204, 206

F

  • Facey, Mike (Planner), 198
  • Fairview, 48, 59, 64, 67, 72, 74, 80, 202
  • family dwellings, 13, 72, 74, 87, 188, 190
  • Federation of Calgary Communities, 152, 157, 165
  • Fish Creek, 21, 51, 85, 100, 115, 135, 144–45, 149–61, 171, 173, 201
  • flood, 150–54, 159
  • flood zone, 153–55, 160
  • Foothills, 21, 51
    • Industrial Park, 193
  • Forest Lawn, 21, 24, 44–46, 48, 50–52, 85, 185
  • Fort Calgary, 21, 23
  • Fort Saskatchewan, 14
  • Fox, Len (City Planner), 91
  • freeways, 140, 143, 180, 195

G

  • Genstar (land developer), 17, 31, 89, 92–93, 105–6, 108–10, 112–13, 122, 140
  • Glamorgan, 22, 47, 59, 61, 192
  • Glendale, 30, 34–35, 39, 41, 47–49, 54, 62, 64–65, 77
  • Glenmore,
    • Design Brief, 202
    • Lake, 202
    • Landing, 203
    • Parks system, 203
    • reservoir, 57, 85, 203
  • golf course, 30, 69, 146–48, 172, 185–86, 195–99
  • government, federal, 75, 112, 208
  • grants,
    • provincial, 11
    • provincial replacement, 11
  • green space, 19, 43, 53, 64–67, 69–70, 79, 86, 152, 197, 199, 202, 214
  • Greenview, 61, 67, 75, 77, 142
  • growth, 20, 22, 24, 30, 44, 70–71, 85, 104, 120, 123, 176, 178–80, 188, 220
    • economic, 3
    • industrial, 176
    • slow, 3
    • suburban, 53, 218
  • growth patterns, 4, 6, 20, 102, 176
  • growth policies, 85, 116
  • gutter, 26, 38, 53–54

H

  • Hamilton, 59, 105–6
  • Hashman, Sam, 67
  • Hawkwood, 98
  • Hays, Harry, 38
  • Haysboro, 15, 38, 48, 59, 67, 72, 76–77, 80, 136
  • Highwood, 63, 69, 73
  • house prices, 91, 93, 96–97, 102, 114, 119, 141, 218, 221
  • housing,
    • lower-cost, 19, 43, 53, 74–76, 97, 115, 117, 124, 127–28, 176, 204–6, 220
    • social, 211–13, 219–20
    • costs, 41, 96, 132, 178, 218
    • development, 14, 89
    • industries, 7–8, 109
    • market, 7, 89, 93, 100, 104, 121
    • policy, 9, 75
    • prices, 20, 87, 94, 102, 118, 122, 218–19, 221
    • programs, 127, 210–11
  • Housing and Urban Development Association of Calgary (H.U.D.A.C.), 87, 97, 103, 119, 210–11, 218, 220
  • Howarth, C.D. (Assistant City Engineer), 59, 137, 141
  • Huntington Hills, 142, 144, 194, 210

I

  • industrial areas, 67, 123, 178, 201
  • inner city areas, 118, 177

J

  • Jager, Bill, 26, 30, 93, 144
  • Jager Construction, 33
  • Johnston, Dick (Municipal Affairs Minister), 123

K

  • Kalymon, Basil, 91
  • Keith, Ellis, 26, 30–31, 41, 144, 146–48
  • Keith Construction, 17, 33, 72, 89, 93
  • Kelvin Grove, 77, 194
  • Kelwood, 13, 16–17, 30–31, 34–35, 37–39, 41, 48–49, 55, 59–60, 62–67, 70, 76–77, 80, 89, 93, 99–100, 115, 140, 142, 144–48, 150, 157–58, 173, 184, 194, 201–2, 222
  • Kimoff, Bob, 132, 146, 148
  • Kingsland, 47–49, 62, 65–66, 72

L

  • Lake Bonaventure, 145–46
  • Lake Bonavista, 38, 140, 142, 144–45, 148, 157–58
  • lakes,
    • artificial, 144
    • private, 144–46
  • land banking, 100, 102, 127, 219
  • land developers, 3, 5–7, 9–10, 12, 17, 19, 22, 78, 85, 90, 94–96, 100, 102, 112, 121, 217
  • land prices, 3, 16, 27, 39, 65, 76, 85, 90–91, 96, 99, 102, 104, 157
  • lending policies, 12–14, 55
  • limits, city, 24, 29–32, 35, 38–39, 42, 46, 48, 50–52, 62, 96, 99–100, 103, 115–18, 123, 129, 158, 208
  • Local Council of Women, 152, 157, 167
  • Lorimer, James, 8, 15, 90, 92, 187
  • lower slopes, 161–64, 168
  • Lyle, Kent, 51
  • Lynwood, 13, 28, 60, 144

M

  • MacEwan Glens, 98–100, 132, 163, 208
  • MacLeod Trail, 77, 143–44, 146, 150, 154, 194
  • Makoi Homes, 97
  • Maple Ridge, 146–47
  • Market Mall, 149, 195–99
  • Martin, A.G. (Chief Planner), 39, 59, 71
  • Mayfair, 48–49, 65, 194
  • McLeod, John, 31–32, 55, 80
  • McNally,
    • Commission, 36, 42–46, 53, 71, 80, 103, 125
    • Report, 45–46
  • McNally, George Frederick, 43
  • Meadowlark, 30, 34, 48, 72
  • Melcor, 16, 93, 144, 222
  • Midnapore, 38, 51, 116, 132, 143–45, 186, 200
  • Mill Woods, 102, 219
  • monopoly, 8, 60, 92, 94, 170, 221
  • Montgomery, 21, 24, 44–46, 51–53
  • Mountview, 60
  • Municipal Assistance Grant, 11

N

  • National and Provincial Parks Association of Canada, 157
  • neighbourhood plan, 13, 70, 73, 183
  • North Calgary, 5, 89, 117, 165–66, 168, 221
  • North Calgary Businessmen's Association, 165
  • North Hill Businessmen's Association, 52
  • North Hill News, 165
  • North Hill Plan, 39, 69, 72
  • North Hill Shopping Centre, 77
  • Northland Village, 196–97
  • northwest, 52, 61, 85, 93, 99, 103, 108, 115–16, 118, 121, 123, 127–29, 169–70, 172, 178–79, 195–96, 198
  • North York, 59
  • Nose Creek, 21, 32, 39, 176
  • Nose Hill, 52, 68–69, 90, 96, 98–99, 131, 149, 159–66, 168–73, 180, 195, 202, 208
  • Nu-West, 33, 61, 89, 91–93, 108, 110, 112, 115–16, 124, 148, 170, 185, 206–8

O

  • open spaces, 4, 30, 182, 191, 197, 199–202

P

  • Palliser, 132, 188, 193
  • Parkdale, 26, 31, 72
  • Planners, 10, 15, 51, 71, 77, 88, 161, 183, 188–89, 199, 219
    • long-range, 100
    • professional, 213
    • senior, 15
  • Planning,
    • Advisory Commission, 13, 64, 71, 77, 176
    • and Building Department, 86, 204
  • Planning Commission,
    • Calgary, 13, 15–16, 77, 86, 103, 142, 145, 148, 151, 160, 163, 165, 185, 188–92, 194, 201, 203
    • Calgary District, 29, 39
    • Calgary Regional, 104, 122–23
    • City (C.P.C.), 196
    • District, 33, 41
    • Regional, 11, 86, 98
  • plateau, 161–64, 169, 171
  • plebiscite, 103–4, 110, 114, 116
  • Poole, Jack, 96
  • population, 23, 29, 44–45, 49, 53, 81, 95–96, 100, 114, 116, 119, 148, 163, 175, 177, 182, 184
  • Principal Design Planner, 162
  • private sector, 14, 23, 26, 28, 30, 34–36, 75, 100, 217, 220
  • Provincial,
    • Cabinet, 11, 123–25, 127–28, 156
    • government, 10–12, 19, 36, 54, 103, 127, 131, 134, 143, 157, 159, 170–71, 185, 206, 208, 210, 213
    • parks, 100, 155–56, 158
    • Parks Association of Canada, 157, 167
    • Planning Board, see Board, Provincial Planning
  • public apology, 112
  • public housing, 117, 205, 211

Q

  • Qualico (Quality Construction), 16, 33, 61, 75, 91, 93, 104, 106, 108, 149, 185–86, 195, 201, 222
  • Queensland Downs, 91, 149, 195, 203

R

  • R.D.A., see Restricted Development Area,
  • recommendations, 15, 30, 43–44, 46, 60, 64, 102, 120–21, 154, 165, 168, 176
  • Red Deer, 100, 102
  • regional shopping centre, 77, 80, 149, 193–98
  • reserves, 65, 67–70, 117, 143, 147, 156, 163, 168, 175, 186, 195, 197, 200–201
  • residential development, 21, 27–28, 34–35, 39, 49, 54, 59, 63, 68, 80–81, 86, 98, 115, 121, 162, 164, 173, 176–78, 180, 182, 186, 189, 193–95
  • residential subdivisions, 19, 22, 25, 46, 70, 177, 201
  • Restricted Development Area, 127
  • rezoning, 15, 74, 77, 79, 189–91, 202
  • Rocky View, 51, 122–23
  • Rogers, Mike (City Planner), 122, 154, 162, 206, 208
  • Rosemount, 60–61
  • Ross, Donovan, 155
  • Ross, Evelyn, 8, 187
  • Ross, Howard, 60
  • Round, Stuart (City Planner), 210
  • Royal Commission on Metropolitan Growth, 20, 43

S

  • Scurfield, Ralph, 61, 80, 92, 112
  • Service stations, 76–77, 194
  • sewage, 20, 63
  • Shaganappi Trail, 162, 195, 197–98
  • shareholders, 61, 92, 97
  • shopping centres, 88–89, 148–49, 161, 191, 194, 196–98
  • sidewalks, 26, 31, 38, 53–54, 75, 134–35, 143, 149
  • Silver Springs, 140, 185, 200
  • Springbank, 34, 41
  • Spruce Cliff, 26–28, 60
  • Spurr, Peter, 8, 96, 218
  • Spyhill, 31–34, 39, 41, 55, 68–69, 72
  • Stanley Park, 23, 60
  • Steber, George (City Planner), 100, 102–104, 119–20, 191
  • Sterling Homes and Hill Developers Ltd, 121
  • storm sewers, 26, 38, 41, 53–55, 58–59, 64, 67, 136–38, 140, 147
  • Strong, Ivor (Chief Commissioner), 30, 38–39, 46, 159
  • Sullivan, Art, 30, 34, 54, 62, 64–65, 77, 150–53, 159, 173
  • Sykes, Rod (Mayor), 37, 88–91, 96, 102–3, 108–10, 112–13, 122, 127, 141

T

  • Technical Planning Board, see Board, Technical Planning
  • Thorncliffe, 13, 33, 39, 41, 63, 67, 77, 80
    • Heights, 32–35, 39, 41, 52, 54, 61, 72
  • Thornton Road, 32
  • topography, 30, 44
  • town houses, 149, 189, 192, 202, 210
  • transportation, 4, 44, 71, 96, 117, 122, 162–63, 209
  • treatment plants, 21, 201

U

  • U.D.I., see Urban Development Institute
  • underground utilities, 20, 22, 78
  • undeveloped areas, 47, 55, 57, 79, 183
  • undeveloped lands, 16, 54, 90, 92, 114, 133, 183–84
  • uni-city, 14–15, 45, 95
  • United Church Women of Rosedale, 168
  • University Heights, 52, 60, 63
  • University of Calgary, 15, 153, 157, 165, 167–68, 188, 220
  • University of Toronto, 91
  • University of Western Ontario, 92
  • University Women's Club, 168
  • Urban Development Institute (U. D. I.), 18–19, 57–58, 64, 78, 97, 115–16, 119–20, 122, 133–41, 143, 168, 211–12, 223

V

  • valley, 21, 23, 150–51, 153–58, 160
  • Varsity Acres, 146, 148–49, 185, 189, 192, 195, 197–99
  • Varsity Estates, 196

W

  • water, 20, 28, 38, 52, 55, 62, 64, 110, 136, 138–40, 144–45, 151, 154, 203
  • water mains, 53–55, 59, 64
  • Western Realty Projects Ltd, 99–100, 116, 163, 169, 195
  • Westgate, 72, 77
  • Wildwood, 13, 47, 49, 65, 67
  • Willow Park, 74, 146–47, 194, 197, 201
  • Wilson, Roy, 60, 208

Z

  • Zero Lot Line, 148
  • zoning, 10–11, 13, 16, 20, 43, 71–73, 86–87, 96, 175–78, 183, 188, 190–91, 193–94, 205, 217, 220
    • high density, 88, 191–92
    • industrial, 75–76, 192–93
    • single family, 74
    • bylaw, 20, 24, 46, 71–73, 77–79, 148, 175, 185–86, 188
    • conflicts, 74
    • constraints, 20
    • policies, 12, 191
    • practices, 16, 72, 77, 194
    • problems, 197

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