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Dingman's Hall (aka Broadview Hotel, aka Jilly's) is up for Designation under the Heritage Act - currently it is only Listed. See: http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2014/pb/bgrd/backgroundfile-69535.pdf
The new owner of Jilly’s strip club has bought up 4½ acres of land just to the west of the landmark hotel and hopes to create a new community — including three condo towers — that will connect Riverside to the downtown.
http://www.thestar.com/business/rea...ip_club_buys_two_sites_nearby_for_condos.html
Talked to someone from ERA recently and he/she let me in on a little story that the building was very much close to collapsing for a few weeks when Jilly's initially closed last year. Apparently the bar had removed support beams over the years for 'better views' of the stage. Couple this with constant streetcar shaking and the existing support beams were literally crumbling behind the mirrors they were covered with. One night all the mirrors started smashing and the rest is history.
It's kind of unbelievable how lax the building inspections are, given the number of high profile collapses and near misses we have had.
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