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Originally Posted by Chadillaccc
The once beautiful Cecil Hotel. Now plagued by a history of untold numbers of murders, attempted murders, 🞵🞵🞵🞵🞵🞵🞵🞵🞵🞵🞵🞵, and seediness. It's been closed since 2009, once the city bought the land and had it closed down. In 2008, the police received 1700 calls to the hotel because of stabbings or unprovoked attacks, fights, etc. It is to be redeveloped as part of the East Village. I really hope they restore it to its former beauty.
This is unfortunately what it looks like today...
http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/10/26/...er-of-a-time-of-evil-death-and-darkness/ |
Cecil Hotels were a chain spread across western Canada. They were cheap hotels built in less desirable neighbourhoods to house travellers and labourers but it was still nicer then the King Eddy (IMO). It's probably always had somewhat of a seedy history. I read an article awhile back about its history as a lesbian bar during the '60s and the brawls that happened even then. The owner was quoted as saying the women were worse then the men and there was a back room labeled Ladies and Escorts.
There was a fire in 1982 that ruined the interior and I think the entire third floor was rebuilt. While it's an interesting building, I doubt there's much to save inside.
Now that the blue paint is peeling, it looks like it was the only thing holding some of the brickwork together but you are able to see a little more about what it could look like. It's going to take a lot of work. Cecil, York, St. Louis, St. Regis, King Eddy… probably can't save them all.
Also, it was also completely flooded last year during the flood and never cleaned up.
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