IN PICTURES: Skateboarders at the former hotel site
The Prince Edward Hotel at 100
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This article was published 02/07/2012 (3993 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
After nearly three decades laying fallow as a parking lot, the former site of the Prince Edward Hotel was finally developed. It opened in late 2010 as a skateboard park, the Kristopher Campbell Memorial Skate Plaza.
The park was designed to incorporate historical touches that reflected the site’s past as a hotel, and portions of the plaza are named after sections of the famed hotel.
Here are some images of the site, at Ninth Street and Princess Avenue, as it is used these days.
Above: Archtect’s drawings show the planned skate plaza.
Above: Crews from C & C Construction Co. Ltd. work to install a storm sewer link for the plaza.
Above : Construction crews dig into the ground at the site of the new skate plaza.
Above: Crews install concrete forms at the site of the under-construction skate park.
Above: Troy Stanley of Brandon skateboards through a sign to officially open the Kristopher Campbell Memorial Skate Plaza.
Above: Local band Take With Audio rocked out at the grand opening of the skae park. Hundreds of Brandonites of all ages attended the opening which included live bands and autograph sessions.
Above: Snow problem? Jordan Hills takes to the air as he rides his skateboard off a set of steps during a warm November day at the skate park.
Above: Homegrown talent Tyler Gaucher with the Red Dragons (RDS) skateboard team attacks the six-stair rail during a demo for hundreds of fans at the Kristopher Campbell Memorial Skate Plaza. Gaucher, who now lives and skateboards in Vancouver, was a crowd favorite.
Above: Neale Cochrane takes to the air on his bike as friend Josh Dinsdale looks on during an afternoon ride through the Kristopher Campbell Memorial Skate Plaza.
Above: John Hofer, right, and Dennis Vell, of J&D Penner in Winnipeg, apply a new coat of paint to lettering in the Kristopher Campbell Memorial Skate Plaza in downtown Brandon on a warm Friday. Skateboarder Rylan Parrott-Harding, 9, cruises behind them.