Strathcona Hotel (Toronto)
| Union Hotel | |
|---|---|
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| Former names | Strathcona Hotel |
| General information | |
| Location | 60 York Street Toronto, Ontario M5J 1S8 |
| Coordinates | 43°38′46″N 79°23′00″W / 43.6462425°N 79.383200°W |
| Opened | 1933 |
| Renovated | 2012, 2023–2025 |
| Owner | Silver Hotel Group |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 12 |
| Other information | |
| Number of rooms | 189 |
| Number of restaurants | 1 |
| Website | |
| unionhoteltoronto | |
| Official name | Union Station Heritage Conservation District |
| Designated | 27 July 2006 |
| [1] | |
Union Hotel is a boutique hotel in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The hotel opened in 1933 as the Strathcona Hotel.
Hotel
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Union Hotel is a 14-storey, 189-bedroom boutique hotel owned and managed by Silver Hotel Group.[2][3][4] It features a lobby lounge named Humble Donkey.[5]
History
[edit]The hotel opened as the Strathcona Hotel in 1933.[6] In 1935, the owner persistently pushed John Kidd, the municipal hotel inspector, to permit dancing in the dining room.[7] Kidd rejected this, but encouraged his supervisory board to consider permitting dancing in hotels.[7]
The hotel briefly appeared in the Suicide Squad 2016 movie.[8]
In April 2020, the hotel was rented by the City of Toronto for six months to provide temporary shelter for people experiencing homelessness.[9] In October 2020, the lease was extended by another six months.[2] The city paid the hotel $592,243 per month, representing $100 per room per night, totalling $7.5 million per year, plus the cost of providing food to residents.[2] In June 2023, the temporary homeless shelter closed and underwent renovations.[10]
In January 2025, the hotel is set to reopen as Union Hotel.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ https://secure.toronto.ca/HeritagePreservation/details.do?folderRsn=2436572&propertyRsn=207210
- ^ a b c Levy, Sue-Anne (14 Oct 2020). "LEVY: Lease extended for downtown hotel shelter". torontosun. Retrieved 2022-12-23.
- ^ Levy, Sue-Ann (9 Sep 2020). "LEVY: Two boutique hotels offered up to homeless". torontosun. Retrieved 2022-12-23.
- ^ a b "Union Hotel | Toronto, ON M5J AS8". www.destinationtoronto.com. Retrieved 2024-12-31.
- ^ "Toronto hotel is being totally transformed after years as a homeless shelter". www.blogto.com. Retrieved 2024-12-31.
- ^ "About the Strathcona". Strathcona Hotel Downtown Toronto. Archived from the original on 2020-08-03. Retrieved 2022-12-23.
- ^ a b Malleck, Dan (2012). Try to Control Yourself: The Regulation of Public Drinking in Post-Prohibition Ontario, 1927-44. Ukraine: UBC Press. p149
- ^ Fleischer, David (2016-12-08). "Where Suicide Squad Was Filmed in Toronto". Torontoist. Retrieved 2022-12-23.
- ^ Casey, Liam (2021-01-20). "Homeless in Toronto shelters begin receiving COVID-19 vaccines, but program put on hold". CTV News. Retrieved 2022-12-23.
- ^ Marchesan, John (2023-07-16). "With another Toronto shelter hotel to close, residents ask Mayor Olivia Chow to step in". CityNews Toronto. Retrieved 2024-12-31.
External links
[edit]- Union Hotel Toronto - official website
- Silver Hotel Group - official website