Farewell Sleeping Beauty
In preparation for its demolition, Sleeping Beauty has been fenced off and workers have been removing materials from the building.
Starting Monday, October 31, the Sleeping Beauty building on Tetrault Street will be demolished over approximately five days.
The demolition of Sleeping Beauty is necessary to make room for the new Mills Memorial hospital and parking at the future facility.
While the demolition won’t be especially noisy, it may cause airborne dust. Depending on the weather, to mitigate this dust, the contractor will use hoses to dampen the material as needed. Still, we suggest neighbours keep windows closed during this time. It’s cold outside, so hopefully won’t be a problem!
Temporary closure of Tetrault parking lot
To accommodate the demolition of Sleeping Beauty, the new, temporary hospital parking lot on Tetrault street will be fenced off and unavailable between Sunday, October 30 and Sunday, November 6. This will ensure the safe movement of trucks removing materials from the site and prevent damage from flying debris.
We understand any decrease in parking is difficult and we are working to find solutions to relieve this temporary situation next week.
The Sleeping Beauty sign and building (behind it), before construction of the new hospital began.
Sleeping Beauty was originally built in 1961. Over its lifetime, the building has had many purposes, including but not limited to being a nurses' residence as well as a place for visiting specialists and expectant mothers. For many years, it was home to Terrace's pediatric services. Soon after construction of the new hospital began, pediatric services to the Park Avenue medical clinic. In the future, pediatric services will move to the Keith Avenue mall, across the street from the new hospital.
In the last few months, Sleeping Beauty served as an office for PCL, the main contractor designing and building the new hospital.
While it’s sad to say goodbye to a building with such rich history, it’s exciting to make way for the new hospital.
