Description: The Southam Chambers (Herald Building), built 1912-13 and restyled in 1967 is a six-storey office and retail building located in core of downtown Calgary. Due to the 1967 renovations, the building is Modern in style, distinguished by sleek white marble cladding and its vertical lines. It is connected by an enclosed pedestrian bridge to an adjacent associated building.
Heritage Significance Summary:
This site is significant because...
-Place of news gathering, reporting, and publishing (Activity Value);
-Headquarters of Calgary's dominant newspaper, the Calgary Herald, from 1932-81 with close association to the Herald since 1930 (Institution Value);
-Interim Government of Canada `Public Building' 1925-31 with city's main federal government offices and main post office (Institution Value);
-Developed as one of downtown's most notable buildings of the 1910-13 boom (Event Value);
-1967 renovation exemplifies Modern style architecture in Calgary - distinctive marble cladding (Style Value);
-1967 renovations are symbolic of the newspaper's push to the modern era and reflective of Calgary's transformation into a modern metropolis in a period of explosive growth and change (Symbolic Value).
Here is the direct link to the information (give it a few minutes to load the first time) http://dhc.calgary.ca/Public/HistoricRe ... px?id=1502Statistics: Posted by newsposter — Sun Jul 04, 2010 1:24 pm
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