Hotel Europe (Vancouver)
With funding from the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, the building was renovated in 1983 as affordable housing with A. Ingre and Associates as the project designers. The residential units are now managed by the Affordable Housing Society. A beer parlour formerly existed below the ground floor, which included areaways extending underneath the above sidewalks. To prevent a cave-in from the weight of pedestrians and above ground traffic, the City of Vancouver filled the areaway in with pea gravel at a cost of $215,000, which presumably can be easily removed in the event of future restoration.
In Popular Culture
The Hotel Europe was one of the filming locations for the suspense movie The Changeling. In it, the building houses the Seattle Historical Society, but the hotel sign can be seen on the right side facade of the building in some takes. Some scenes are set on its roof terrace. Hotel Europe was also a filming location in the 1994 epic drama film Legends of the Fall. It is also one of the locations for the music video Likey from the Korean female group Twice. It also appeared in the 1984 film The NeverEnding Story, as well as its 1990 sequel The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter. The exterior is also briefly shown in the 2007 family comedy film Are We Done Yet?, as Ice Cube carries out a cardboard standee of Magic Johnson. It is also briefly seen in the 2019 made-for-tv thriller, The Past Never Dies.
References
- ^ Davis, Chuck; Harold Kalman (1997). The Greater Vancouver Book: An Urban Encyclopedia. Surrey, BC: Linkman Press. p. 185. ISBN 1-896846-00-9. Archived from the original on 2003-02-23. Retrieved 2007-03-22.
- ^ Kalman, Harold (1974). Exploring Vancouver. Vancouver: UBC Press. p. 7. ISBN 0-7748-0028-3.
- ^ Howell, Mike (5 August 2004). "Filling old bar with pea gravel 'stupid'". Vancouver Courier. Archived from the original on 19 October 2006. Retrieved 2007-03-22.
Gallery
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Europe Hotel by Night, 2013