Casa Mendoza Motel.
One of the last of the motels on the Lakeshore motel strip left standing is the mexican style building of Casa Mendoza - but not for long, as demo crews make quick work of it.
Staff photo/IAN KELSO
The Latin-style Casa Mendoza on the Lakeshore motel strip is being demolished to make way for condos and a new street.
Featured in hundreds of movies, the motel is famous for its miniature lighthouse and wooden boat.
After a decline of the strip that stretched three decades, only The Shore Breeze and The Beach motels remain standing.
Both are slated for condo development as the area becomes re-imagined for its lakefront living steps from the Martin Goodman Trail and the Humber River on the western edge of downtown Toronto.