In a major reversal, people who purchased commemorative bricks at Calgary's Olympic Plaza ahead of the 1988 games are now being told they can have their bricks back.
WATCH: Calgary’s Olympic Plaza will close for construction at the end of December and, with the end of an era approaching, some Calgarians are once again calling on the city to reconsider its plans for the bricks. Meghan Cobb has more – Nov 22, 2024
The City of Calgary has flip-flopped on a controversial decision that was part of demolition plans for Olympic Plaza. The city has announced it will be offering people who purchase commemorative bricks used in the construction of the plaza ahead of the 1988 Olympics to recover the bricks. For months, the city and its partners, the Calgary Municipal Land Corporation and Arts Commons, have said recovery of the estimated 33,000 bricks “is not feasible and is unlikely to be successful without causing significant damage to the removed bricks and those around them.”
However, in the face of mounting pressure from those who purchased the bricks and their families, on Monday the city announced that original brick purchasers or those connected to an original purchaser can register their interest in retrieving their brick atOlympic Plaza, in downtown Calgary, was built to host medal presentation ceremonies for the 1988 for the Olympic Winter Games.
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