Viscount Motor Hotel – 1964

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• So long as you don't act your age, everything is good.

• Well, 19 years is certainly no winner for longevity. Maybe as Jerome said, it was built with structural faults. Biffs, as I recall, was on the west side of Ouellette. There never was a Biff's in Toronto. I'm wondering why Hotel Dieu's parking lot is so far away from the hospital? Has anyone ever calculated the percentage of parking lots in the downtown core?

• Here's another thing from a dim past brainer: The side of Ouellette where the Viscount was built, was a parking lot, but with a lot of flowers adjacent to the sidewalk. I also recall Windsor being referred to as "The Rose City"... but, wasn't Brampton a claimant to that title? Or was Brampton called "The Flower City". Can someone clear that up 4 me?
  Thanks.

• According to its web page Brampton is the Flower City

• Biff's was indeed located on the west side of Ouellette in the building where the "Exchange/Crazy Horse" bar is now located. It was established in the late 60's by George Corchis, a local business man who also built and owned the original 4 story Viscount Motor Hotel which also had a Biff's and a Crazy Horse bar (later changed to Bloody Mary's). He later established the Hacienda restaurant (the one with 2 railroad box cars for dining rooms) at the corner of Tecumseh & Ouellette where the Medical Imaging Clinic now is (formerly Mario's and Gentleman Jim's restaurants).

• Several years ago I was told , rather firmly, by a Welland City Councillor that Welland is the Rose City.

• came down in march of 1988 ...had a funeral across the street at JANNISE BROS and watched it come down the 3 days spent at the funeral home

• The Viscount's biggest problem, according to The Star, was its location next to Hotel Dieu. Apparently a lot of patrons didn't like hearing ambulance sirens at all hours of the night and the hotel never made much money. That's also the excuse developers gave for the failure of the condomium project. Nobody wanted to live next to a hospital so the only use left for the land was parking lots.

• Sounds like the developers where not to sharp, if thats there excuse for leveling the building. It probably was not a vacant lot before the hotel.
  Can not blame Eddy for this, befor his time.

• I cant believe this hotel was demolished in 1987!
  I have a pretty good memory of being downtown as a child but, have NO memories at all of this building! The Greatest hotel loss for Windsor was probably the Prince Edward or the Norton Palmer.