tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12953697.post8157403066310187636..comments2024-02-25T23:26:35.284-05:00Comments on UrbEx Barrie: Sundial InnCopySixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06206685745254804789noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12953697.post-14607163704615361132011-09-19T11:31:10.796-04:002011-09-19T11:31:10.796-04:00sundial inn was fully demolished in the last month...sundial inn was fully demolished in the last month. made the ride from toronto to muskoka every weekend this summer and the last couple times i've noticed nothing but a pile of rubble.. the first time i thought i missed it but i keep my eyes peeled and the sundial inn is nothing more than a pile of bricks.. crazy!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12953697.post-23379625214007936322011-05-04T21:02:52.614-04:002011-05-04T21:02:52.614-04:00UPDATE-
(April 30, 2011)
An Orillia landmark sinc...UPDATE- <br />(April 30, 2011)<br />An Orillia landmark since the early 60's and a recent eye sore, the Sundial Inn, was the scene of an early morning fire.<br /><br />Crews responded to the abandoned Inn just after midnight (Saturday).<br /><br />No word on the extent of damage to the structure that was to be demolished.<br /><br />The building has been targeted by vandals in the past but police and fire officials have not released the cause of the fire.<br /><br />The Orillia Packet & Times reports the city's chief building official, Kelly Smith, as saying there is asbestos, mould and PCBs in the building.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12953697.post-45054527250599655142008-02-18T16:19:00.000-05:002008-02-18T16:19:00.000-05:00Within 24-hours AFTER my exploration . . . .Canopy...Within 24-hours AFTER my exploration . . . .<BR/><BR/>Canopy collapses at Sundial Inn<BR/>Orillia Packet & Times, Saturday 17 February, 2008<BR/>http://img507.imageshack.us/img507/2681/sundialdammagekn3.jpg<BR/><BR/>The saucer-shaped canopy at the Sundial Inn caved in Friday afternoon, tearing a hole in the roof of the Orillia landmark beside Highway 11.<BR/><BR/>Orillia firefighters responded to a call reporting the collapsed overhang at the closed-down hotel around 4:45 p.m.<BR/><BR/>“Right now, because of this kind of stuff, it’s in dire need of repairs,” said fire Chief Trent Elyea, suggesting snow load contributed to the mishap. “Here’s a perfect example of if you don’t clear your snow off your roof, this sort of thing can happen.”<BR/><BR/>With Mayor Ron Stevens on scene surveying the damage, Elyea said the fire department would wait for direction from the city’s chief building official as to what to do next. The building owner had not yet been located by late afternoon.CopySixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06206685745254804789noreply@blogger.com