Piazza Colombo Stairs - 2007 - Trail, British Columbia
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N 49° 05.850 W 117° 43.173
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Piazza Colombo stairs are located just to the right of the entrance to the piazza.
Waymark Code: WMMQB4
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Date Posted: 10/25/2014
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Piazza Colombo stairs were constructed in 2007 when the Colombo Piazza was created.
It is at the site of the old Montana Hotel built in 1902 by Issaco Georgetti: Trail's earliest Italian immigrant.
In 1990 the hotel burned to the ground, and the land stayed vacant until 2007.
Piazza Colombo and these dated stairs were created by the hands of volunteers. Their goal was to reclaim and restore the site and to create a public space to commemorate the community’s Italian population.
The Piazza Colombo won the Best Land Reclamation Award, presented by The Butchart Gardens, in 2009.
The park offers picnic tables, a fountain, and beautiful flower beds, and there is even part of the old basement that also has been restored.