5-777: (Redirected from The Drake Hotel ) Drake Hotel may refer to: in Canada Drake Hotel (Toronto) , Ontario in the United States (by state) Drake Hotel (Chicago, Illinois) , listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) Drake Hotel (Gallup, New Mexico) , NRHP-listed in McKinley County Drake Hotel (New York City) , New York Drake Hotel (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) , NRHP-listed Topics referred to by
10-574: A fugitive on nearby Ossington Avenue in 1968. In the 1970s, it fell into use as a flophouse like many hotels in North American cities. Other uses in the 1980s, and 1990s include a punk bar, and rave den. In October 2001, the hotel was purchased for CA$ 860,000 by Jeff Stober, who planned a Toronto equivalent of the Hotel Chelsea where creative individuals would work and live. After CA$ 6 million in renovations were completed,
15-721: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Drake Hotel (Toronto) The Drake Hotel is a hospitality venue on Queen Street West in Toronto , Ontario , Canada, near Parkdale . In addition to a 51-room boutique hotel , there is a restaurant lounge, corner café with street-level patio, Sky Yard roof top patio, and the Drake Underground basement nightclub and live performance venue. The Drake Underground primarily features indie acts, though past noted performers include M.I.A. , Billie Eilish and Beck . The venue
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25-531: Was opened in 1890 as Small's Hotel . At the time, the area was a major Canadian Pacific Railway hub near what was then one of the wealthiest neighbourhoods in the city. In 1949, the hotel was acquired by new owners who expanded the building and renamed it the Drake . The hotel eventually fell into decline. James Earl Ray described visiting a bar around the corner—likely the Drake—;while living as
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