Ramsay residents are saying “smell you later” to the former Lilydale poultry plant, as demolition is underway to clear room for the new LRT line slated for southeast Calgary. 

On Wednesday, an excavator began the tear down of the inner-city abattoir, which was met with cheers from a crowd of Calgarians who came out to watch. 

Ramsay has had a long, complicated relationship with the plant, which has been the source of unpleasant smells, loud noises, ammonia leaks and blood spills. 

“On the days when the wind was just right and the temperature was just right — it is a smell you just can’t describe. It was not nice,” said Ramsay resident Erin Joslin. 

“Smell you later. I think that about sums it up.”

But as the building came down, she said she had mixed emotions. 

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