| HOTEL EUROPE |
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| ALEXANDER STREET (ON THE LEFT) JOINS WITH POWELL ST, (ON THE RIGHT) IN THE CENTER IS THE HOTEL EUROPE. THE DOOR IN THE POINT OF THE HOTEL USED TO LEAD TO AN UNDERGROUND SPEAK EASY, BUILT INTO AN OLD RAILWAY TUNNEL, DURING THE DAYS OF PROHIBITION. THE RED BRICK BUILDING ON THE LEFT, #1 WATER ST. IS AN EXCELLENT GREEK RESTAURANT WITH A SMALL LOUNGE IN THE BACK. BESIDE THE RESTAURANT IS A CIGAR STORE. JUST A COUPLE OF DOORS DOWN IS THE FIRST BRICK BUILDING IN B. C., A FIRE HALL. THIS ENTIRE STREET WAS REMODELLED IN THE EARLY 1990°S TO LOOK LIKE 1810, FOR A MOVIE THE DAY AFTER THEY FINISHED COVERING THE PAVEMENT WITH DIRT IT POURED. THEY HAD TO TAKE AWAY ALL THE MUD AND LAY A FRESH DIRT STREET BEFORE THEY COULD COMMENCE FILMING. |
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