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Originally Posted by OzSome
Anyone remember that hotel's name in the corner of Glenmore Trail and Macleod Trail. It is where Home Depot, used to be Office Depot location is right now. This is an awesome thread. It is so nice to see nice old places.
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It was the Trade Winds Hotel. North of it were Courtesy Chrysler and Maclin Ford. My sisters bought their first car at Maclin there in 1986. The car dealerships moved to the Automall somewhere in the 1987-88 time frame, and the hotel closed around the same time.
At one point, I believe the plan was for that area to basically be an extension of Chinook Centre, then the economy took a bit of a tailspin and the land sat empty for a few years until they finally built the Staples, Home Depot, et al.
The hotel building sat as an empty, abandoned shell for quite a long time. I think the city had to eventually condemn it and had it torn down.
25 years ago, each of the "big 3" North American auto makers had 2 dealerships along the stretch of Macleod between Heritage and 60th Avenue. Now, there's only one left (Big 4 Chrysler). When the old Jack Carter, Woodridge, and McKay lots get re-developed, that stretch of Macleod is going to look incredibly different.