Demolition Days

A while back I noticed a crane at one of the older buildings on Jasper Avenue. When I drove by I discovered that it was the old Pendennis Hotel. Today I did some further exploring and saw that they have demolished most of the building. It appears that they are keeping the original façade. I am not sure what is going up in its place. I always find it sad when they do this. The hotel was built in 1904. It had been sitting empty for some time now. I guess I will just have to wait and see what is going up

[Tony]

Great capture Brian, it will be interesting to watch the development of that site. It is a shame that these old structures become unsustainable.

[Kerri]

Awesome capture

[Shirley Chetwynd]

Out with the old and in with new .

[Graham Thresher]

An interesting capture.

[ZambianLass]

Interesting capture

[Gerry]

I agrre with Tonys Comment very nice capture

[mervyn hobbs]

Very good but not so nice to see the old going out.

[Nancy]

Great progression shot..hopefully, the new is nicer than the older one?

[Mary]

Nice, interesting, changing city shot!

[Terry]

I like it....

[Mike Pittman]

Nice shot! Always hate to see grand old buildings go.

[Scott]

You have captured it well indeed. I guess it's called progress... or at least change.

[Jessica]

what a cool shot!

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Very interesting shot. It is sad to see old buildings come down but I guess we have to make room for the new. There is always change.

[Fisher Family]

It's nice that they're keeping some of the original. I guess everything has its time but hopefully it'll be a nod to what's been there previously - Lucy

[Tineke]

you captured the bulding work well, and changes you can't stopthem

[Pyrrhula]

Not all that`s old is worth to be saved. Only if it is a beautiful architecture and exceptional and rare, After WW2 we have build the most ugly buildings . Cheap , without any soul. Gladly they demolished those now.

[Paula W]

I like the fact they are keeping the facade, will be interesting to see what you end up with on the site.

[Janet Shaffer]

Glad you got this shot before it is gone.

[Danette Thompson]

How nice that your camera helps you explore so many places!

[Néfertiti]

C'est triste de voir certains batiments disparaitre.

[Raye]

Fascinating capture! I like how the image either tells a story or asks a question.

[Katie]

Very 'behind the scenes' view. You should definitely follow up on this and repost when it is updated. Curious to see.

[❀ Lynn]

Hopefully they will do something in keeping with the original facade.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

You never know why they take them down except it sounds like maybe the inside had to be condemned. Well, we'll look forward to seeing what goes up.

[Allison Williams]

After visiting Oxford with buildings that are hundreds of years old, it is sad to see how readily we tear things down in North America.

[bkb in the city]

@mcmary It is certainly changing. I sometimes have trouble with these changes

[bkb in the city]

@sarasdadandmom Glad you like this one

[bkb in the city]

@c17ehse I am glad I do have a picture of it before this happened

[bkb in the city]

@sbolden Definitely a change

[bkb in the city]

@jessca646 Thanks Jessica

[bkb in the city]

@mittens Yes there is always change I just hate to see the old buildings go

[bkb in the city]

@fishers It will be interesting to see what they build

[bkb in the city]

@tstb I can not stop it but I still do not like it

[bkb in the city]

@pyrrhula I do agree that not all should be saved but sometimes I think over here we tear some down to easy

[bkb in the city]

@paulaw I will be watching its progress

[bkb in the city]

@janets I also have a shot of it when it was still in use

[bkb in the city]

@danette So nice to have a zoom lens

[bkb in the city]

@montse Oui, il est

[bkb in the city]

@sunraye It really does do both. I guess we will just have to wait to see how this story ends

[bkb in the city]

@archaeofrog I will definitely do that

[bkb in the city]

@lynnb I do hope that as well

[bkb in the city]

@olivetreeann It is possible that the inside could not be saved. Will be watching to see what goes up

[bkb in the city]

@allie912 Exactly

[bkb in the city]

@tonydebont Yes it is very sad when this happens

[bkb in the city]

@kerristephens Thanks Kerri

[bkb in the city]

@http365proj But I prefer to keep the old

[bkb in the city]

@Thanks Graham

[bkb in the city]

@zambianlass Thank you

[bkb in the city]

@gerry Thanks Gerry

[bkb in the city]

@carwyn3 Not nice at all

[bkb in the city]

@nanderson Somehow I am not sure that it will be

[Ivan]

Interesting photo, at least it is coming back into use.

[Karin Hirsch]

Like the pov in this shot

[Darlene]

It is too bad that they remove so many old buildings and build something else. I guess it is too expensive to renovate or maybe with technology and other factors today it is cheaper to rebuild. Wonderful photo, Brian.

[bkb in the city]

@ivan I do hope that whatever they are building will be nice and useful

[bkb in the city]

@khirsch Glad you like it Karin

[summerfield]

excellent capture, brian. you probably should make a day as "hotel pendennis" day every week or every two weeks to show us what is happening. now, that's a challenge! :-)

[bkb in the city]

@summerfield I will get back there but this one has been a slow process. I did find out that the property has been purchased by the Ukrainian Canadian Archive Musem

[Diane]

Well, at least they kept the facade. I find it sad, too, but I know that some buildings are just too far gone. I like the way you've captured the scene with the derrick on the side.

[bkb in the city]

@eudora I took a shot from the front but it had scaffolding and so this one showed things off better