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Empress Hotel

The Empress Hotel was a three-storey red-brick building at the corner of and Gould streets in downtown . It was destroyed by fire on January 3, 2011.
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  • Type: Food court
  • Description: Located at the corner of Yonge & Gould streets in Toronto. Destroyed by fire in January 2011. The hotel was opened in 1888, and changed hands multiple times. It ceased operating as a hotel in the mid-1970s.
  • Also known as: “Edison Hotel” and “World Food Market”
  • Address: 335 Yonge Street, Toronto
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Yonge-Dundas and Little Canada.

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is the very heart of downtown —in more ways than one. After all, the major arterials of Yonge Street and Dundas St meet here, and the resulting intersection may be the city's busiest.

Museum
, previously known as Our Home and Miniature Land, is a tourist attraction located in the basement of The Tenor, near Sankofa Square in , , Canada.

Museum
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is a photography and art museum in , , Canada. The centre is a university museum operated by Toronto Metropolitan University, and is housed in a renovated and remodelled former warehouse building at Gould and Bond Streets on TMU's campus. is situated 140 metres east of Empress Hotel.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Downtown Yonge and Garden District.

Neighborhood
is a retail and entertainment district centred on in , , Canada. The district is bounded by Richmond Street to the south; Grosvenor and Alexander Streets to the north; Bay Street to the west; and portions of Church Street, Victoria Street, and Bond Street to the east.

Neighborhood
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The is a neighbourhood in downtown , , Canada. The name was selected by the Toronto East Downtown Residents Association in recognition of , an indoor botanical garden located nearby at the intersection of Carlton and Jarvis Streets.

Neighborhood
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The is one of the commercial districts in , Ontario, Canada. It has a high concentration of hospitals and research institutions, particularly those related to biotechnology.

Empress Hotel

Latitude
43.65733° or 43° 39′ 26″ north
Longitude
-79.38095° or 79° 22′ 51″ west
Open location code
87M2MJ49+WJ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 100105904
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­food_court
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q5374534
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