Marty Forbes wrote:Contrary to the first post - the CHED building was knocked down years ago and has been a parking lot since then - and the Il Portico restaurant was a different building.
Back in 2017, there was a car chase through the streets of Edmonton. The story, which mentioned the intersection where one of the cars went off the road, caught my attention. Somewhere, can't remember, (someone on a radio forum?) eventually stated that the old CHED building was right on the corner. Not so, I thought, there was a building on the corner,
then CHED, but couldn't think of what it was.
I took a look at the street view on Google and discovered a parking lot. KJ, when asked in an email, said that CHED was long gone, torn down, and so was the apartment building that had been right on the corner.
Short story long, Il Portico looked like it was the original CHED, refaced and nicely refinished. Styling cues, similarities on the street side of the restaurant, made me wonder if I had the right story.
Sorry I doubted KJ, thank you, Marty, for more detail. Profound apologies to all.
(Mike salutes and quietly leaves the room)