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ARCHIVES: Articles from after the hotel's demolition

The Prince Edward Hotel at 100

By: Grant Hamilton

Friday, Jul. 13, 2012 at 2:51 PM | Comments: 0

Within weeks of the demolition of the Prince Edward Hotel, the lot had been graded, cement barriers had been placed in neat rows, and a ticket-dispenser had been installed, charging motorists 25 cents for two hours parking where the hotel had once stood.

It was an inglorious end for a one-time jewel in Brandon's downtown skyline. But the city didn't expect it to stay that way for long.

Many plans for the lot would be debated over the coming weeks and months, but eventually it fell off the development radar — until a group of skateboarding fans headed by Steve Malkowich and Jordan Ross approached city council with a plan for a skateboarding plaza.

Here are selected news articles telling those stories:

Above from the Brandon Sun on March 25, 1980.

Above from the Brandon Sun on April 16, 1980

Above from the Brandon Sun on April 16, 1980.

Above from the Brandon Sun on May 6, 1980.

Above from the Brandon Sun on May 13, 1980.

Above from the Brandon Sun on Sept. 25, 1980

Above from the Brandon Sun, Sept. 30, 1980

Above from the Brandon Sun on June 23, 1981.

Above from the Brandon Sun, May 5, 1982

Above from the Brandon Sun on Sept. 13, 1983.

Above from the Brandon Sun on Sept. 15, 1983

Above from the Brandon Sun on Oct. 25, 1983

Article about the Prince Edward Hotel lot from the Brandon Sun on May 23, 1984

Above from the Brandon Sun on May 29, 1984.

Above from the Brandon Sun on Aug. 21, 1984

Above from the Brandon Sun on Oct. 31, 1984

Above from the Brandon Sun on Dec. 18, 1984.

Above from the Brandon Sun on May 29, 1987.

Above from the Brandon Sun on May 9, 1992.

Above from the Brandon Sun on June 10, 1995

Above from the Brandon Sun on July 21, 1995

Above from the Brandon Sun on April 10, 1997

Above from the Brandon Sun on Sept. 17, 1998.

Above from the Brandon Sun on Sept. 3, 1999.

Above from the Brandon Sun on Sept. 29, 1999.

Above from the Brandon Sun on Aug. 23, 2000

Above from the Brandon Sun on Feb. 12, 2001

Above from the Brandon Sun on Feb. 10, 2004

Above from the Brandon Sun, March 3, 2004

Above from the Brandon Sun on April17. 2004

Above from the Brandon Sun on Jan. 31, 2006

Above from the Brandon Sun on Aug. 9, 2006.

Above from the Brandon Sun on June 21, 2007

Above from the Brandon Sun on June 22, 2007

Above from the Brandon Sun on June 23, 2007

Above from the Brandon Sun on Nov. 12, 2009

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