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‘Cityscape’ approved as name of new northeast suburb

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“Cityscape” is likely to join Legacy, Walden, Silverado and SkyView Ranch in Calgary’s ever-growing list of unusual suburban community names.

Calgary Planning Commission has unanimously approved the proposed name for a suburban community at Country Hills Boulevard N.E. and Metis Trail, despite the municipal naming committee’s objections.

Terry Wong, chairman of the city’s advisory panel on street and neighbourhood names, said he had concerns about Cityscape’s geographically “agnostic” and possibly confusing name if people started dubbing it “City.”

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New fire hall reflects historic South Calgary No. 5

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CALGARY— For years, the South Calgary No. 5 Fire Station has been dwarfed by the neighbourhoods growing around it.

Now, the city’s oldest working fire hall has officially given way to a new, bigger home base serving more than 28,000 residents of Altadore, Bankview, Elbow Park, Marda Loop, Mount Royal, Richmond, Scarboro and South Calgary.

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