Former sandstone courthouse being reinvented
Posted Aug 17, 2012 6:56 am.
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An almost century-old sandstone building in Calgary’s downtown will soon serve a new purpose.
Toxic mould forced the Alberta Court of Appeal out of Courthouse Number 2 in 2001; but after a multi-million dollar clean-up, the provincially-owned building is ready to be used again.
The sandstone structure is the last of three grand sandstone buildings that once stood on the same block and has been sitting vacant since May of 2011.
While the government decides what to occupy the building with, The Calgary Herald reports it costs an estimated $154,000 a year to operate while it sits vacant.
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