12/21/2009
12/18/2009
Roncesvalles
The other day, I wrote about the Edgewater Hotel sign being removed by the City.
Today, I was able to find pictures on BlogTO of this intersection.
Here you see the corner building known as the B & G Coffee Shop and Milk Bar.
The hotel was just being built when this picture was taken in 1949.
Flash forward to the 70's and we find that the B & G sign and the big horizontal stripes have disappeared.
The hotel seems to be thriving and the coffee shop has become a travel bureau for Gray Coach.
It's interesting to note that in 1985 the "Mad Bomber" placed dynamite in the washroom of the Gray Coach Terminal here as well as at the Eglinton Station on TTC property.
Both bombs exploded with no injuries, and the man was caught but later escaped, and never re-captured.
Today McDonald's sits at this corner, the hotel's name has changed to Days Inn and taggers have put a lot of graffitti on the old billboard.
Today, I was able to find pictures on BlogTO of this intersection.
Here you see the corner building known as the B & G Coffee Shop and Milk Bar.
The hotel was just being built when this picture was taken in 1949.
Flash forward to the 70's and we find that the B & G sign and the big horizontal stripes have disappeared.The hotel seems to be thriving and the coffee shop has become a travel bureau for Gray Coach.
It's interesting to note that in 1985 the "Mad Bomber" placed dynamite in the washroom of the Gray Coach Terminal here as well as at the Eglinton Station on TTC property.
Both bombs exploded with no injuries, and the man was caught but later escaped, and never re-captured.
Today McDonald's sits at this corner, the hotel's name has changed to Days Inn and taggers have put a lot of graffitti on the old billboard.
12/16/2009
The Edgewater Hotel
Last summer I was strolling along Roncesvalles, near Queen West - when I looked up to see that the neon sign still sits on this building.There's a lot of history here, so I snapped a picture of the sign attached to the Days Inn.
But now, according to the Torontoist the Edgewater sign has come down.
City officials ordered that the Parkdale landmark be removed on November 3, after nearly three years of working to convince the owner of the building to make necessary repairs. According to a Municipal Licensing and Standards manager, the sign had finally become so derelict that city inspectors deemed it unsafe.
But now, according to the Torontoist the Edgewater sign has come down.
City officials ordered that the Parkdale landmark be removed on November 3, after nearly three years of working to convince the owner of the building to make necessary repairs. According to a Municipal Licensing and Standards manager, the sign had finally become so derelict that city inspectors deemed it unsafe.
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