Edmonton's Mayor William Hawrelak boasts that his city's brand-new $3,500,000 city hall owns two proud distinctions: clean-lined design and architectural refinements stamp it as "North America's most modern city hall"—and it is paid for. Last week city employees moved their files out of the old red brick warehouse that has housed city offices "temporarily" since 1913, and into their new steel, stone, and glass administration center.
Most Edmonton people cheerfully credit the construction of the new city hall to the financial acumen and persuasiveness of Mayor Hawrelak. Inheriting a $1,500,000 building fund when he took office five years ago, he...
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