"I think it's such a shame, DeLuca-Ahooja told CBC Toronto at Imperial Pub on Saturday. I think there's so many other properties in and around campus that they could have utilized the space better."
"We lack a lot of community spaces, said Mathews. This kind of was a supplementary place, though not part of campus, it's still right beside it. Mathews said in his dream world TMU would keep a space for the pub to operate after the residence was built. It contributes so much to campus life in ways that I think are going to be lost, he said."
"it was just a cool, crazy, awesome, predictable, lovely, smelly, perfect bar, he said. There was no question about it. Davies said the authenticity that made the bar so beloved can't be replicated. It takes 80, 81, however many years to get to the point where you have this weird old place, he said."
Imperial Pub, an iconic bar near Sankofa Square in Toronto, closed after 81 years when Toronto Metropolitan University purchased the property to build a student residence. TMU students made up a large portion of the clientele, and many expressed sadness and concern about the loss of nearby community space. Students said the pub contributed to campus life and some are creating a documentary to preserve its history. Longtime patrons described the pub's authentic, unchanged atmosphere and said that authenticity could not be replicated. A large crowd gathered on the final day to celebrate the bar's role in Toronto's culture and history.
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