BJ’s Heart

BJ’s Heart was created at the time of the closing of BJ’s Gym in the East Village here in Calgary. Owned and operated for 40 years by members of the Hart family and a vital part of the neighborhood, the gym was targeted as an ‘undesirable’ in terms of the ‘new vision’ proposed for the East Village. It simply had to go. In the end, BJ’s Heart was a tribute to the central role they played in a community rich in history if not veneer.