Last One Standing

The St. Petersburg Hotel was built in 1913 as a refuge for travellers and working class men who worked in what is now downtown Edmonton. It was a place where Albertans could come to eat and rest at the end of a long day of travelling or working in one of the many industries that built the city. It started like many other hotels on the prairies – in fact, many would say it has the same feeling as a hotel in a rural Alberta town…