- Fairmont Palliser Hotel
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hotel_name = Fairmont Palliser
image_width = 200
caption = Street view of the Fairmont Palliser
location =Calgary, Alberta ,Canada
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opening_date =June 1 1914
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operator =Fairmont Hotels and Resorts
owner =Fairmont Hotels and Resorts
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floors = 12
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website = [http://www.fairmont.com/palliser/]
footnotes =The Fairmont Palliser, (formerly known simply as the Palliser Hotel) is a hotel of the Canada-based
Fairmont Hotels and Resorts chain. The historic hotel is located in downtownCalgary, Alberta on 9th Avenue South adjacent to theCalgary Tower and Palliser Square. It is among the city's oldest and most luxurious hotels.Groundbreaking for the building started on May 12, 1911, on property owned by the
Canadian Pacific Railway .Cite web|url= http://calgarypubliclibrary.com/calgary/historic_tours/corner/photel.htm| title= Palliser Hotel | author= Calgary Public Library | authorlink= Calgary Public Library| month= July | year= 2005 | accessdate= 2007-04-13] It was built by "P. Lyall and Sons Construction Company" with materials such as stone, steel, reinforced concrete and brick at a cost of $1,500,000.The hotel opened on June 1, 1914.Cite web| url= http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=137051 |title= The Fairmont Palliser| author= Emporis | authorlink= Emporis| accessdate= 2007-04-13] Like all of the flagship Canadian hotels in the Fairmont chain, it was built by the
Canadian Pacific Railway and was a property of Canadian Pacific Hotels and Resorts (CP Hotels) until the company purchased Fairmont and changed their name to Fairmont Hotels and Resorts in 1999.The hotel was named after Captain John Palliser, who was an explorer in the region during the 1850s. Architect Lawrence Gotch of "E. and W.S. Maxwell of Montreal" designed the
Edwardian building with a characteristic Chicago look. The building was originally 12 stories high, with another three stories added in 1929, making it Calgary's highest building until 1958. It has been renovated and expanded a number of times throughout its history, including a $28 million renovation in 2000.Along with the
Hotel Macdonald inEdmonton , it was one of the first two establishments to be re-issued with aliquor licence by theAlberta Liquor Control Board when Alberta abolishedProhibition in 1924.See also
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Canada's grand railway hotels References
External links
* [http://www.fairmont.com/palliser/ Official Website of the Fairmont Palliser Hotel]
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