King Edward Hotel (Toronto)
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The King Edward Hotel in Toronto, Canada is part of the Le Méridien chain of hotels. Officially known as the Le Royal Meridien King Edward Hotel, it is also colloquially called the King Eddie.
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Opened in 1902 by famous architect E.J. Lennox for developer George Gooderham, the hotel was granted the name by the namesake, King Edward VII.
Around 1906 and 1907 it is believed that the franchise name of "King Edward Hotel" was also used to start a hotel in Colonial Hong Kong. The exact location of the original outpost hotel do vary greatly depending on the source. Though most sources collectively credit Dorabjee Naorojee as the main entrepreneur[1]. It is also documented that the King Edward Hotel in Hong Kong was the best in the era[2].
After a number of years of decline, the hotel was restored in 1981 by Stanford Downey Architects Inc. At the top of the hotel is the rarely-used Crystal Ballroom, that was added onto the hotel in 1921 and used until the early 1950s. The Ballroom, once the most fashionable in the city, was not restored in the 1980s with the rest of the hotel, and is now used for fly fishing practice.
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- ^ England, Vaudine. [First published 1987] (republished & reduced2003). The Quest of Noel Croucher: Hong Kong's quiet philanthropist. Hong Kong: Univ of Washington Printing. ISBN Volume One 978-9622094731
- ^ Wiltshire, Trea. [First published 1987] (republished & reduced2003). Old Hong Kong - Volume One. Central, Hong Kong: Text Form Asia books Ltd. Page 8. ISBN Volume One 962-7283-59-2
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