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[[Image:The Edwin 2.jpg|right|thumb|The Edwin, seen from Queen Street East]]
[[Image:New Edwin Hotel.jpg|right|thumb|The New Edwin Hotel, 2007]]
'''The Edwin''' is a three-storey building in [[Toronto]], Ontario, Canada operated by [[WoodGreen Community Services]] to provide community housing. It incorporates the former '''New Edwin Hotel''', built in 1905 to serve as a hotel for railway passengers coming from a now closed railway station at the foot of the [[Don River (Ontario)|Don Valley]]. It is located at the intersection of [[List of east–west roads in Toronto#Queen Street|Queen Street East]] and Carroll Street, east of the Don River, in the [[Riverside, Toronto|Riverside]] subdistrict of South [[Riverdale, Toronto|Riverdale]].
In 2010 it reopened to provide transitional housing for homeless senior men for a project called "First Step to Home", and was renamed "The Edwin".<ref>{{cite news |title=South Riverdale welcomes new housing for homeless men: Bucking the NIMBY trend, a Riverdale realtor says "yes-in-my-back-yard" to a new social housing project for homeless men in Toronto’s east end |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2010/10/14/south_riverdale_welcomes_new_housing_for_homeless_men.html |journal=The Toronto Star |date=14 October 2010 |author=Laurie Monsebraaten}}</ref>
==History==
The once dignified hotel for several decades was a seedy home for rent with daily and weekly rates. A portion of the lower floor was a nightclub.
On April 1, 2008, it was purchased by WoodGreen Community Services for housing, and in March 2010 their non-profit housing program "First Steps To Home" opened. As a [[Housing first|housing-first]] model, this housing was designed specifically to provide accommodation for street-involved and homeless men aged 55+. It has 28 self-contained units that provide "transitional housing" to fill the gap between a [[homeless shelter]] and permanent [[social housing]]. Residents also receive support through a life-transition program to economic self-sufficiency by gaining new skills, training, and jobs through partnerships with other social service agencies and a number of major corporations.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.woodgreen.org/ServiceDetail.aspx?id=194 |title=Service Detail |accessdate=20 April 2014}}</ref>
==References==
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* {{cite web|last=Lavoie|first=Joanna|title=Homeless seniors have a place to call home WoodGreen Community Services revamps New Edwin Hotel|url=http://www.woodgreen.org/Media/WoodGreenintheNews/tabid/84/EntryId/34/Homeless-seniors-have-a-place-to-call-home.aspx|work=insidetoronto.com|accessdate=11 August 2011}}
* Warmington, Joe. "The city's homeless will soon be moving on up with the help of the New Edwin Hotel. It's about time" ''[[Toronto Sun]].'' Tue, May 13, 2008
* [http://www.woodgreen.org WoodGreen Community Services]
* [http://www.woodgreen.org/Media/WoodGreenintheNews/tabid/84/EntryId/34/Homeless-seniors-have-a-place-to-call-home.aspx Homeless seniors have a place to call home]
* [http://www.woodgreen.org/OurSuccess/FirstSteptoHomeSuccess.aspx First Step to Home Success]
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[[Category:Hotel buildings completed in 1905]]
[[Category:Hotels in Toronto]]
[[Category:Railway hotels in Canada]]
[[Category:Defunct hotels in Canada]]
[[Category:Public housing in Canada]]
[[Category:1905 establishments in Ontario]]