Historic Ramsay building gets modern treatment

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A 1905 building in the Alyth rail yards in Ramsay has been renovated and some modern extensions added. Now billed as "LocalMotive Crossing," it was originally Royal Crown Soaps Ltd and later Standard Soap Company. Category C on the heritage inventory.

Click the link to go to the website. It's not very obvious, but for a look at an image of the building, click on the logo at the top of the page:

http://www.localmotiveinc.com/index.html

If someone has photos of the building (now completed), please let us know and we'll put them up...

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David Parker article re. above, October 30, 2007

Old building transformed into trendy office space

http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/new ... c3d0886804

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Another article from David Parker on this project, Jan 1 2008:

http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/new ... fea141baa0