The Common The rise and fall of the Royal Alexandra Hotel, in pictures

Rotunda, Royal Alexandra Hotel Winnipeg C1 PM1905 Royal Al… Flickr

The Royal Alexandra Hotel was designed for the Canadian Pacific Railway by Montreal architects Edward and William Maxwell and built by contractor Alexander A. Woodward at the north-east corner of Higgins Avenue and Main Street in Winnipeg.

C.P.R. Depot and Royal Alexandra Hotel, Winnipeg, Manitoba… Flickr

The Royal Alexandra Hotel was built in 1906, as part of Canadian Pacific's cross-country chain of railway hotels. The Royal Alex Cafe as it was known by Winnipeggers was noted for its style and.

Postcard 1072 Clubb W. J., Grill Room, Royal Alexandra Hotel, Winnipeg

Royal Alexandra Hotel, Winnipeg: Description: The luxurious Royal Alexandra Hotel, built for the Canadian Pacific Railway, stands on the northeast corner of Higgins Avenue and Main Street. The C.P.R. Station is barely visible at right, attached to the Royal Alexandra. There are passenger cars on the bridge over the Main Street Subway (railway.

"The Royal Alexandra," Canadian Pacific Railway's Hotel, Winnipeg

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The Common The rise and fall of the Royal Alexandra Hotel, in pictures

The "Royal Alexandra" C.P.R. Hotel Winnipeg, Man. Description: The luxurious Royal Alexandra Hotel, built for the Canadian Pacific Railway, stands on the northeast corner of Higgins Avenue and Main Street. There appear to be small piles of building materials around the base of the hotel. Part of the C.P.R. Station is seen in the background to.

Postcard 13364 Clubb W.J, Royal Alexandra Hotel, Winnipeg, Can (c1914)

Architect: E. & W.S. Maxwell The 18th and most luxurious of the Canadian Pacific Railway's hotels, the Royal Alex closed in 1967 and was demolished in 1971. For many years, its ornate interior were the social hub of Winnipeg. However like many large hotels, it was unable to adapt to changing fashions in travel and

Postcard 1078 C. S. Co., Ltd, Rotunda of Royal Alexandra Hotel

Royal Alexandra Hotel, Winnipeg: Description: The luxurious Royal Alexandra Hotel, built for the Canadian Pacific Railway, stands on the northeast corner of Higgins Avenue and Main Street. Part of the C.P.R. Station is seen in the background to the right. Pedestrians come and go on the streets and sidewalks. Street View

Postcard 13466 Valentine Edy Company, Royal Alexandra Hotel, Winnipeg

history alive! On a spring evening in the late 1950s, a little girl, peered curiously into the ornate dining room of Winnipeg's Royal Alexandra Hotel. Her astonished gaze took in a high paneled ceiling, a glittering chandelier, but most of all, a series of immense paintings on the wall. The paintings were her introduction to two areas of.

Royal Alexandra Hotel. Winnipeg. 1910 Stock Photo Alamy

The Royal Alexandra, a rare example of Edwardian architecture amongst the CP hotels, was considered the social centerpiece of Winnipeg for nearly sixty years before its closure in 1967. Four years later it was demolished with only the Grand Cafe of the hotel, carefully disassembled into hundreds of pieces and stored in a semi-trailer, surviving.

Winnipeg’s Royal Alexandra HotelPreserved in a BC Museum Ravenscraig

View of Alexandra Hotel on a commercial street and people on the sidewalks.

Postcard 1051 Valentine & Sons Publishing Co., Ltd, "Royal Alexandra

Winnipeg in Focus is a database for archival descriptions and digital collections at the City of Winnipeg Archives. Quick search Item i02002 - The Royal Alexandra Hotel, Popular Canadian Pacific Railway Hotel, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

The Common The rise and fall of the Royal Alexandra Hotel, in pictures

Winnipeg in Focus is a database for archival descriptions and digital collections at the City of Winnipeg Archives. Quick search Item i01706 - Royal Alexandra Hotel

Postcard 1081 MacFarlane W. G., Rotunda, Royal Alexandra Hotel

The old Royal Alexandra Hotel, a CPR hotel, is at top left. (City of Winnipeg Archives) The idea was to ease congestion on Main Street while also creating a route unimpeded by the rail.

Postcard 1077 Clubb W. J., Rotunda, Royal Alexandra Hotel, Winnipeg

The Royal Alexandra stood for only 65 years. Much of its furnishing went to other CP hotels, or were sold off at public auctions. Exterior ornamentations, such as the lion's heads that lorded over the second floor windows, were also salvaged.

Postcard 1216 C.P.R. Depot and Royal Alexandra Hotel, Winnipeg

Royal Alexandra Hotel Winnipeg. Description: The luxurious Royal Alexandra Hotel, built for the Canadian Pacific Railway, viewed from the corner of Higgins Avenue and Main Street. Pedestrians and horse-drawn wagons come and go and early automobiles park before the hotel. A drugstore stands in the bottom right corner and the C.P.R. Station.

Postcard 1061 Valentine & Sons Publishing Co., Ltd, Dining room. Royal

The Royal Alex under construction, beginning to dwarf the small hotels across Main St. (Peel) "The matter of the building of. hotel by the C.P.R. has engaged the attention of the people of Winnipeg for some years. Proposal after proposal has been considered, only to be rejected on some ground or other.