Gronk!
Senior Member
ACE Roasters at noon hour today. I love how they kept the tables outside of the shop. There is an empty CRU behind ACE.
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David A
Senior Member
Yes, it is good how they kept the tables outside. With all the people returning to the office, it is often quite busy now when I go by. I am surprised another retail space or two hasn't been filled yet
Gronk!
Senior Member
The King Edward Hotel was located in what is now Manulife Place
edmonton.taproot.news
A moment in history: Feb. 7, 1931
On this day in 1931, Edmonton's premier hotel was offering a Sunday dinner for 50 cents.
edmonton.taproot.news
Airboy
Senior Member
I remember the fire. I was in before with my dad doing some renos. there were a lot of false ceilings. the fire got away and the FD couldn't get to the spaces.
Platinum107
Senior Member
The King Edward Hotel was located in what is now Manulife Place
A moment in history: Feb. 7, 1931
On this day in 1931, Edmonton's premier hotel was offering a Sunday dinner for 50 cents.
God, what did we do to our downtown. What did NA cities in general do to their downtowns. We could've at least mandated that skyscrapers have pedestrian-scale street frontages but no, we got windswept plazas and empty faces instead
archited
Senior Member
^^^ Definitely worth reproducing -- maybe on CPKC land in Old Strathcona.
kcantor
Senior Member
^
I thought you were already talking to CPKC about that or am I confusing it with something else?
I thought you were already talking to CPKC about that or am I confusing it with something else?
Barnaby
Senior Member
The Edmonton way is to beautifully rebuild period correct buildings that exist/existed, but place them in Fort Edmonton instead of downtown for some reason.
Gronk!
Senior Member
There's plenty of empty lots in the downtown core to rebuild the King Edward Hotel.
- Across the street where Tower 101 was supposed to be built
- SE corner of 101 St/104 Ave
- 100 Ave/102 St
- NW corner of Jasper Ave/99 St
archited
Senior Member
I am working with CPKC Rail on another project not even related to Edmonton, but as familiarity grows...
David A
Senior Member
I realize there are good intentions related to this, but I feel this also creates a history ghetto, whereas it would be better if history was included in our community not segregated from it.
And there are no shortage of places downtown or elsewhere to recreate some of that history, which would also make our somewhat bland downtown more interesting and meaningful.
Gronk!
Senior Member
Edmcowboy11
Senior Member
Ok, my apologies, is there current renders to what the renos are gonna be?
Avenuer
Senior Member
About damn time this reno project started!
JNO1
Active Member
From yesterday.
