Kipling Square - Calgary, Alberta
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N 51° 02.604 W 114° 04.442
11U E 705103 N 5658725
This frieze is found above the main entrance to the Kipling Square building on Tenth Avenue in downtown Calgary, Alberta.
Waymark Code: WMGJRB
Location: Alberta, Canada
Date Posted: 03/13/2013
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As you walk along Tenth Avenue in front of this building, be sure to look up and see the detailed scroll above the main entrance to Kilping Square.
Kipling Square "served for many years as a wholesale grocery house. The two-storey portion was built in 1914 for the Simington Company, and the two-bay, three-storey addition to the west was erected shortly afterwards. Western Grocers took over the building in 1930 and remained for forty years. Other grocery businesses shared space here from time to time. Polychromed flat-arched windows heads, cut stone doorways, and stone string courses enliven the otherwise utilitarian design. The building was rehabilitated in 1979 by architects Pual Tarjan & Associates, who acted as trail-blazers in the upgrading of Calgary's warehouse district. The third-storey, glass-walled penthouse, the plate glass windows, and the glass-enclosed staircase to the right of the building are external indications of this work. They have altered the character of the building, but in a manner that is appropriate to new use."
(Calgary Heritage Authority, Building Summary 2-119)
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This heritage building adds character to the many that are located in the Beltline District of Calgary.