City of Calgary says more than 5,000 people have applied to collect bricks from Olympic Plaza
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The City of Calgary says it has received requests from 5,105 people who want their carved bricks saved from Olympic Plaza before the plaza is demolished as part of the upcoming Olympic Plaza transformation project.
The registration period for people who want to collect their bricks began on December 10 and ended on Wednesday.
The city says people who have submitted applications will receive an email on Thursday informing them that their application has been received.
On Thursday, demolition crews were already on the ground at Olympic Plaza, involved in the process of salvaging the bricks. Calgarians make last-ditch effort to salvage Olympic Square bricks
However, the city says it may not be possible to remove all of them intact due to a number of factors, including their age (40 years), previous damage and the materials used in the construction and installation of the square's bricks.
People who registered for their bricks will receive a second email, starting January 3, 2025, informing them whether their brick was successfully collected and if the city was able to recover it intact, they will receive information on how to retrieve their brick on January. 3 or 4.
Work has already begun to salvage thousands of bricks from Calgary's Olympic Square, after the city said more than 5,000 people claimed their bricks before the square was demolished. Work has already begun to salvage thousands of specially carved bricks from Calgary's Olympic plaza, after the city said more than 5,000 people tried to climb them before the plaza was demolished.
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