Vancouver Now Owns the Balmoral and Regent, but Their Histories Still Haunt
The future looks brighter for the long-neglected SRO hotels. Calls mount to expose their grim legacy. Jen St. Denis is The Tyee’s Downtown Eastside reporter. Find her on Twitter @JenStDen. This reporting beat is made possible by the Local Journalism Initiative. SHARES Gunargie O’Sullivan, whose mother died at the Balmoral Hotel in 1972, wants a full accounting of what happened at it and the Regent Hotel. Photo by Christopher Cheung. When Gunargie O’Sullivan looks at the Balmoral Hotel, she thinks about her mother, screaming in pain while in labour. She died...
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