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Paula Simons: Wanted: A bold white knight for a 124 Street castle
For almost 80 years, Street Railway Substation No. 600 has stood sentinel on 124 Street, just south of 107 Avenue. Built in 1938, the handsome Art Deco building, with its flat roof, clinker brick and raised parapet, was like a miniature castle in the middle of the street.
Its elegant exterior, designed by city architect John Martland, a fellow of the Royal Architectural Institute, hid a very practical little building.
Inside was the equipment needed to boost electrical power to the streetcar that ran up and down 124 Street, from Jasper Avenue to 118 Avenue, and eventually, all the way north to what was then the town of Calder.
Last week, Edmonton city council served notice that it intends to designate the structure a municipal historic resource, a heritage status that protects it from future demolition. That was easy enough, since the city itself owned the building. Once that happens, the city plans to sell the site for some kind of commercial development. The asking price has yet to be determined.
“We anticipate there will be interest,” says city heritage planner Scott Ashe.
http://edmontonjournal.com/business...d-a-bold-white-knight-for-a-124-street-castle
Can't find a good photo of it, so here's a street view:
https://www.google.ca/maps/@53.5507...4!1sTkoqYx3KJsHWYlgXY3nOaw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656