06-29-2015, 02:13 PM
Before the Mayfair Hotel was acquired by the City, it had been home to many low-income residents. The same was the case for the Station Hotel at Weber and Victoria before it burned down.
Cities have long been home to transient populations, often those just entering the workforce who have moved away from their home community, who require short-term accommodations. Working men and women moving to the big city to live in a rooming house with a landlady who depending on the circumstances, would also provide meals. Sometimes, companies who needed workers would supply their own boarding houses. Organizations such as the YMCA did the same thing (ever wonder why the song goes, "It's fun to stay at the YMCA"?)
Cities have long been home to transient populations, often those just entering the workforce who have moved away from their home community, who require short-term accommodations. Working men and women moving to the big city to live in a rooming house with a landlady who depending on the circumstances, would also provide meals. Sometimes, companies who needed workers would supply their own boarding houses. Organizations such as the YMCA did the same thing (ever wonder why the song goes, "It's fun to stay at the YMCA"?)