The four historic Ring Houses on the University of Alberta campus will be saved from the wrecking ball and relocated as part of a planned new community arts…
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EDMONTON A group has presented the University of Alberta with a proposal suggesting ways its four historical Ring Houses could be restored and used. The proposal comes from the Ring House Coalition, a group formed in February that wants to see the historic, stately homes saved, rather than demolished as originally planned. “The Ring Houses are valuable to any redevelopment planned for the NW quadrant of North campus the historic anchors in under-utilized space, providing a friendly connection to the community and the river valley,” the proposal stated. Some of the proposed uses include art exhibition space, a boutique hotel and a microbrewery.
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The fate of the Ring Houses is still unclear. Will they all be demolished this month, as the University of Alberta has proposed? We know they are considering all options, and we appreciated being told that.
However, it appears that the university has plans to sell off the interior contents of the houses each piece is over 100 years old. What is happening here? Is the university stripping the houses of their valuable interior elements, like the fabulous fireplace surround in president Henry Marshall Tory’s home office to the clawfoot bathtub?
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