Calgary Olympic brick recovery now underway [Video]

Work is now underway to recover thousands of bricks from downtown Calgary’s Olympic Plaza.

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In a release on Thursday, the City of Calgary says it received 5,105 applications from families wishing to reclaim their bricks, which were part of an initiative to commemorate the 1988 Winter Olympics.

Now that the registration period is over, the city says work is underway to review the applications and determine if the bricks they refer to are capable of being saved.

“Over the next two weeks, crews will continue to carefully remove the bricks from Olympic Plaza. However, due to factors such as the 40-year-old age of the brick, prior damage, replacements, and construction materials used, despite best efforts, it may not be possible to remove all bricks intact,” the city said in a statement.

Officials said if the …