A century ago, this apartment building was the site of one of the first Chinese laundries in Calgary. Now, the building is set to be demolished to make way for the Green Line.
It might have been built in 1914, but the City of Calgary says the Ogden Block isn't historically significant. It might have been built in 1914, but the City of Calgary says the Ogden Block isn't historically significant.
The senior manager of community and business relations for the Green Line team, Juliet Pitts, said there will be a historic resources impact assessment completed for the provincial government before the building is demolished.The assessment will go to the province's heritage resources management branch and the information will eventually land in the provincial archives.
They operated the Hong Lee laundry on the main floor and ran an 18 room boarding house upstairs into the 1920s.
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