{"id":5596,"date":"2014-12-18T16:25:40","date_gmt":"2014-12-18T23:25:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/edmonton\/?p=5596"},"modified":"2014-12-18T16:27:03","modified_gmt":"2014-12-18T23:27:03","slug":"throwback-thursday-richelieu-hotel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/edmonton\/2014\/12\/18\/throwback-thursday-richelieu-hotel\/","title":{"rendered":"Throwback Thursday: Richelieu Hotel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Vancouver Art Gallery hosted an exhibit titled <a href=\"http:\/\/projects.vanartgallery.bc.ca\/publications\/Hotel\/a-bottom-line-art-north-american-hotels-and-motels-in-postcards-7\/\">&#8220;Grand Hotels&#8221;<\/a> which explored how hotels have evolved from what they call &#8220;simple utilitarian structures to cultural phenomenons.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As we are now witnessing, hotels are no longer singular isolated structures, but key developments which help characterize the landscapes of cities. Interestingly enough, the Vancouver Art Gallery&#8217;s online slideshow features an old picture of the Grand Hotel in Edmonton which sits across the street from Edmonton&#8217;s new Arena District (10266 103 Street).\u00a0 In a previous life, it was also known as the Richelieu Hotel.<\/p>\n<div class=\"gmail_default\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_5598\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5598\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5598 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/edmonton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2014\/12\/cjeLkXU.jpg\" alt=\"cjeLkXU\" width=\"500\" height=\"358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/edmonton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2014\/12\/cjeLkXU.jpg 500w, https:\/\/spacing.ca\/edmonton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2014\/12\/cjeLkXU-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5598\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The original brick exterior for the Richelieu Hotel before the stucco alteration.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5599\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5599\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5599 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/edmonton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2014\/12\/ScreenShot2013-08-02at111047AM_zpsccaa9a91-e1418944554216-600x395.png\" alt=\"ScreenShot2013-08-02at111047AM_zpsccaa9a91\" width=\"600\" height=\"395\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/edmonton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2014\/12\/ScreenShot2013-08-02at111047AM_zpsccaa9a91-e1418944554216-600x395.png 600w, https:\/\/spacing.ca\/edmonton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2014\/12\/ScreenShot2013-08-02at111047AM_zpsccaa9a91-e1418944554216-300x197.png 300w, https:\/\/spacing.ca\/edmonton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2014\/12\/ScreenShot2013-08-02at111047AM_zpsccaa9a91-e1418944554216.png 885w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5599\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Grand Hotel as it stood the past decade prior to Denizen Hall moving in.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Sources:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"gmail_default\"><a href=\"http:\/\/projects.vanartgallery.bc.ca\/publications\/Hotel\/a-bottom-line-art-north-american-hotels-and-motels-in-postcards-7\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/projects.vanartgallery.<wbr \/>bc.ca\/publications\/Hotel\/a-<wbr \/>bottom-line-art-north-<wbr \/>american-hotels-and-motels-in-<wbr \/>postcards-7\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.connect2edmonton.ca\/forum\/showthread.php?t=34556\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.connect2edmonton.<wbr \/>ca\/forum\/showthread.php?t=<wbr \/>34556<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Vancouver Art Gallery hosted an exhibit titled &#8220;Grand Hotels&#8221; which explored how hotels have evolved from what they call &#8220;simple utilitarian structures to cultural phenomenons.&#8221; As we are now witnessing, hotels are no longer singular isolated structures, but key developments which help characterize the landscapes of cities. 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