Railway Relocation/Centresite Fonds: General Correspondence
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- Material Type
- Manuscript
- Date Range
- 1975-1994
- Accession No.
- 19951058277
- Scope and Content
- Approximately 33.7cm
- Material Type
- Manuscript
- Date Range
- 1975-1994
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- History Biographical
- The Railway Relocation Project, Later Known As The "Centresite Project" Involved The Removal Of The Tracks And Buildings Of The Canadian Pacific Railway (Cpr) In The Centre Of Lethbridge, And The Development Of The Land For Various Commercial And Non-Commercial Uses. The Project Involved All Three Levels Of Government - Municipal, Provincial And Federal - As Well As The Cpr Through Its Land Holding Company, Marathon Realty.
- The Railway Relocation Project Took Place In Three Phases, The First Being Preparation (1975-1980). The Federal Relocation And Crossing Act (1974) Prompted The City Of Lethbridge To Negotiate Agreements With The Federal And Provincial Governments In February 1974 In Order To Begin Studies And Planning For The Eventual Removal Of The Cpr Rail Yards From The Centre Of The City. In The Fall Of 1980 The Plans Were Complete And Approved By All Parties With An Interest In The Project. Agreements Were Signed Between The City And The Province, And An Agency Was Created To Manage The Orderly Development Of What Was To Become Centresite. The CPR Also Signed The Agreement To Sell The Land To The City Of Lethbridge.
- The Next Phase Of The Project Was Area Development (1980-1985). This Phase Involved Selling The Land For Various Tasks Needed To Convert The Site From Rail Yards To Development Property Were Completed: Removal Of Tracks And Buildings, Road And Bridge Changes, And Final Configuration Of The Site And Its Land Parcels.
- The Last Phase Of The Project Was Centresite Development (1985-1994). This Phase Involved Selling The Land For Various Commercial And Non-Commercial Use Which Have Culminated In A New Urban Landscape For The Centre Of Lethbridge. In 1994 The Project Agency Which Was Created To Manage The Railway Relocation And Centresite Disbanded, Marking The End Of The Original Project. The City Of Lethbridge Closed Its Financial Books On Centresite In 1998.
- Explanation Of The Arrangement Of The Fonds: The Text Records Have Been Arranged Into The Following Series: Minutes Of Various Groups And Agencies Connected With The Project (1977-1986); Financial Records (1981-1984); Newspaper Clippings (1974-1986); Graphic Materials Such As Maps And Drawings (1976-1986); Proposals, Reports And Studies (1975-1993); And Correspondence (1975-1994). Within The Series Are Two Sub-Series: Subject Files (1976-1994) And General Files (1975-1994).
- There Are Six Photograph Albums In The Fonds; Four On The Project Itself And One On The Opening Of Park Place Shopping Mall In August 1988. The Sixth Album Contains Photographs Of A Variety Of Subjects, Most Obviously Not Related To The Railway Relocation And Dated Primarily In 1984. The Project Photographs Were Taken By Terry Bland, On A Contract.
- There Are Three Series Of 35mm Slides In The Fonds. One Series Of 26 Slides Is A Promotion For The Centresite Development. Another Series Of Slides Are From The City's Personnel Department, For Employee Orientation. The Last Series Is A Large Collection, Of Which Only A Small Part Seem To Relate To Centresite Development.
- There Were Photographs Filed With Text Records Through Out The Fonds. The Photographs Have Been Extracted From The Files, And Cross Referenced Back To Their Source With As Much Information That Was Available From The File.
- Acquisition Source
- City Of Lethbridge
- Scope and Content
- Approximately 33.7cm
- 277) General Correspondence. May 1975 To August 1976
- 278) General Correspondence. September 1976 To December 1976
- 279) General Correspondence. January To February 1977
- 280) General Correspondence. March To April 1977
- 281) General Correspondence. May To November 1977
- 282) General Correspondence. December 977 To December 1978
- 283) General Correspondence. January To June 1979
- 284) General Correspondence. July To October 1979
- 285) General Correspondence. November 1979 To February 1980
- 286) General Correspondence. March To June 1980
- 287) General Correspondence. July To October 1980
- 288) General Correspondence. November 1980 To December 1981
- 289) General Correspondence. 1982
- 290) General Correspondence. 1983
- 291) General Correspondence. 1984
- 292) General Correspondence. 1985
- 293) General Correspondence. 1986 To 1994
- Access Restrictions
- Public Access
- Accession No.
- 19951058277
- Collection
- Archive
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