Media advisory: Historic Centre Street Bridge lion event in Rotary Park

A meaningful tribute to our city’s past, one of the original lion sculptures by James Thomson that adorned the Centre Street Bridge from 1917 to 1999 now sits atop a bluff in Rotary Park, overlooking the bridge that it first called home.

Part of Alberta Culture Days, a community celebration to welcome the Centre Street Bridge lion to its new location will be held next Saturday. The event will feature family-friendly activities, music by the Rotary Park band, face painting, a tour from Harry the Historian, and a lion dance presented by the Chinatown community.

Media are invited to attend.

When

September 29th from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

  • Blessing from Blackfoot Elder and speeches begin at 12 p.m.

  • Lion dance to follow speeches

  • Tours from Harry the Historian begin at 1:15 p.m.

Who

  • Mayor Naheed Nenshi

  • Ward 7 Councillor Druh Farrell

  • Calgary Heritage Authority representative

  • Chinatown Business Investment Area representative

  • Crescent Heights Community Association representative

  • Jennifer Thompson, leader, pubic art

Where

Rotary Park on the bluff overlooking memorial drive and Centre Street Bridge. (The closest intersection is 1st Street and 3rd Avenue N.E.)

For additional information, please refer to the news release at https://newsroom.calgary.ca/historic-centre-street-bridge-lion-sculpture-welcomed-to-rotary-park/