Hotel Waverly

This accommodation provided low-cost housing benefiting Toronto's transient community as well as monthly residents.

Though he denied it, evidence points towards James Earl Ray staying at the Waverly while hiding out in Toronto after shooting Martin Luther King Jr.[2] It was also the longtime home of poet Milton Acorn; several of his most acclaimed works depict the life in the neighbourhood.

[3] In popular culture the hotel was the setting for the opening scene of the Elmore Leonard novel Killshot and was also featured in the film version.

[4] In the 1995 Due South episode Bird in the Hand,[5] the hotel was used as a hiding place by Gerrard after his escape during a prisoner transfer.

[11] In March 2018, Fitzrovia Real Estate acquired the approved plans and site, confirming that the new purpose-built rental tower would be called "The Waverley" [12] The hotel was demolished that summer.