It
was Winnipeg's poshest Hotel. From 1905 after the CPR station
was built to the early 1970's when it was demolished after feasibility
studies showed it would not be readily converted into seniors
housing.
For
40 years it was the place we celebrated. But by the early 1960s
it had fallen on hard times. The Royal Alexandra was demolished
during a time when historical buildings were neither valued
nor given time for reuses to be found.