Video: Watch Motel Get Trashed

No, this is not the work of a bunch of stir-crazy, inebriated musicians that have been on tour too long, or hyperactive spring breakers. In fact the owners are pleased as punch to see the Beach Motel demolished.

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The Beach Motel was the last motel standing in an area of Toronto that was once known as Motel Strip. In the 1950s the neighbourhood was a holiday playground where families would go and spend time on the shores of Lake Ontario. Its fortunes had declined in recent years, however, and the area had become somewhat seedy. Gradually the old motels have been supplanted by condominium towers.

The Toronto Star captured its demise on video, and you can watch as a hungry backhoe munches away at the building until it becomes rubble.

Read more on TheStar.com

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