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North Railway is one of my favorite areas in Medicine Hat because of the character surrounding the old brick buildings. In fact, the nearby Corona Hotel shares a fairly common history and was constructed in 1912 as well. I shot a few images around the Cecil Hotel earlier in the year featuring a rundown roadster and motorbike. Stuff like this kind of sums up the neighbourhood for me. It's not a dangerous place, it's just in need of revitalization. Today's Cecil Hotel may be a bit of a shadow of what it once was, but it's cool it's found success as a bar.
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Cecil Hotel ca. 1965 |
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Image of the original Cecil sign I shot in 2003. |
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Ghosting image of my 2012 shot merged with an archival one from 1965. |
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Cecil Hotel ca. 1930 |
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Cecil Hotel ca. 1965 |
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