Sad to see it go. Parking lot is an improvement for downtown? My perspective of a true downtown is quality buildings.

WOOHOO about time that place came down!!

There will soon be more parking lots than buildings downtown.

It is good to see though that the Ramada has stuck it out downtown and is acting as advocate to clean up George Street.

Sad to see.
Lot's of good times had there in years gone by!
(lot's of hangovers too!)

I'm so excited, a parking lot to look forward to. Who the heck is going to park there and have there vehicled broke in to anyway. Why do they need extra parking? No one goes downtown anyway I hear.

We left our vehicle there overnight in November for a party at The Caribou. It was fine the next day. No one bothered it.

I won't miss it. Down she goes!

I will shed a tear...NOT.

I'm sure the Ramada employee won't miss having front row seats to the bar fights that spill out onto the street and the many drunken idiots that have staggered out of that place over the years.

I agree with MrPG and Junco. While it's utterly amazing to think that a parking lot could be a catalyst for continued change in the downtown core, at least we have a private business investing money down there.

If getting rid of the PG Hotel will help clean the area up a little bit, perhaps it opens the door for some more businesses to pop up in that area and/or a greater willingness for people to go and frequent the ones that already exist in that location.

My big question is where will the people that used to frequent the PG Hotel go?

Go baby go.... :)

NMG: "My big question is where will the people that used to frequent the PG Hotel go?"

Does PG NEED a dive bar for people to act stupid, get drunk and pick fights with one another? There's still a couple open downtown for all of their redneck needs.

Maybe they will move across the street to the Ramada.

Years ago the Vanderhoof Hotel burnt. Many people we not pleased due to the undersireables moving to my location.

The problems in society are not easily removed. Just like the street workers - you move them to another location and create a whole new set of problems.

Closing the PG HOtel will probalbly benifit the 5th and George - but who will receive the fallout?

I am always sad to see a historical site disappear.

Now the next question is does PG have enought hotel rooms for sporting events, conventions ect??? Maybe the Hilton should look at this location and then Paris could come to town and generate lots of action.

Frank

Good riddance to that dump. Hopefully the wrecking ball flies out of control and starts wiping out the rest of the downtown.

While it is sad to see a historic building such as this being destroyed, it has long since been a problem for that part of the city. Far too many hours of policing having to be used here, far too many people afraid to walk downtown, largely due to the clientele frequenting this establishment. It is true that it is only a band aid solution, and the problems will continue elsewhere, however the Ramada will feel better doing business here without having to contend with a business that contributes to a far larger problem right across the street from them. I believe they are doing what is necessary to continue to have a successful business here. Would you prefer to see them pull their investment out of P.G.?

"Does PG NEED a dive bar for people to act stupid, get drunk and pick fights with one another? There's still a couple open downtown for all of their redneck needs"

Absolutely not! My point was more along the lines of what frankgeorgeson was saying. Someone is bound to receive the fallout and I just wonder where it will be, that's all. In a perfect world we'd turf the building and the problems along with it. Can't see it being that simple though.

Maybe the problems will move somewhere, who knows. I guess as long as the establishment they move to tolerates that kind of element, it will continue.

"Now the next question is does PG have enought hotel rooms for sporting events, conventions ect??? "

I don't know anyone who would consider the PG Hotel like a hotel. I thought it was more like the Columbus, a place which had mostly low-cost housing. I could be wrong.

While it is sad to see a historic building such as this being destroyed, it has long since been a problem for that part of the city. Far too many hours of policing having to be used here, far too many people afraid to walk downtown, largely due to the clientele frequenting this establishment. It is true that it is only a band aid solution, and the problems will continue elsewhere, however the Ramada will feel better doing business here without having to contend with a business that contributes to a far larger problem right across the street from them. I believe they are doing what is necessary to continue to have a successful business here. Would you prefer to see them pull their investment out of P.G.?