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The King Edward Hotel (also known simply as The King Eddy) is a former hotel in Calgary, Alberta. It is currently abandoned, with plans of incorporating it into the Downtown East Village revitalisation project. ==History== The King Edward Hotel was built in phases between 1905 and 1910 on 9th Avenue southeast and is one of Calgary's oldest bars. It used to form part of what was dubbed “whisky row”, a stretch of hotels that sprang up along Ninth Ave. to serve travellers on the nearby railroad. During Alberta’s brief prohibition in the 1920s, the hotel was busted on more than one occasion for serving alcohol, and later made history as one of the city's first establishments to serve black and white patrons in the same room. By the 1940s, the area had gained a seedy reputation. The bar became a working-class hangout known for its cheap beer, and the rooms above it were soon rented out for longer periods to low-income tenants. In the 1970s and 1980s, the Eddy became a blues bar. It was the oldest such bar in the city—and the oldest continuously operating hotel. It closed its doors in 2004. In 2012 a full High Definition Laser Scan was conducted on the building (inside and outside) for historical preservation and for design purposes of the National Music Centre. A subset (exterior only) of the Laser Scan can be viewed as the building existed before being dismantled in 2013.〔Nathan Prins, Alberta Land Surveyor, WATT Consulting Group〕 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsGhtay3FDg 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「King Edward Hotel (Calgary)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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