Showing posts with label Imperial Hotel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Imperial Hotel. Show all posts

Tuesday, 27 September 2011

Time comes dripping slow


The blunt of the facade proudly proclaims that the Imperial Hotel was erected in 1910, in the dog-days of the reign of Edward VII, with an empire that turned a Mercator map into a sea of pink.

The sign is no longer there that promises that the renovations will be completed in time for the centenary. They just *might* be open for Christmas ...

Here is Jim's 2007 photo prior to renovations commencing.