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I'm sure glad the "Auditorium" part of the name didn't catch on.
Some long gone greats: historical Victoria photos
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Posted 25 September 2016 - 11:35 AM
I'm sure glad the "Auditorium" part of the name didn't catch on...
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Posted 26 September 2016 - 08:03 AM
Check this one out.
1922 Victoria phonebook.
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Posted 26 September 2016 - 08:22 AM
Check this one out....
As near as I can tell this is what 350 Cook Street looks like today
The seniors' building is 380 and Mac's is 324, so 350 would presumably fall in between, the site of the current parking lot.
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Posted 28 September 2016 - 03:03 PM
Circa 1930's, James Bay along Dallas Road.
This photo is hanging up at City Hall right now. In the distance you can see grain elevators at Ogden Point.
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Posted 28 September 2016 - 03:36 PM
Those grain elevators are too tall to be in Old Victoria 
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Posted 28 September 2016 - 03:49 PM
And a productive, working farm turned into some sort of useless, grassy space for tourists to gawk at.
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Posted 29 September 2016 - 12:14 AM
And a productive, working farm turned into some sort of useless, grassy space for tourists to gawk at.
Actually it is now a well used dog park and walking path.
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Posted 29 September 2016 - 07:47 AM
Those grain elevators are too tall to be in Old Victoria
Looks like it's a painting.
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Posted 29 September 2016 - 08:31 AM
It definitely seems inspired by Millet.
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Posted 29 September 2016 - 08:40 AM
Regarding Pantorium, i had always thought it was a play on Pantone (as in pantone colour selector, pantone pens)
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Posted 29 September 2016 - 09:05 AM
I thought it was Pantorum as in "a lot of pants" as it used to be a laundry. But it comes from the Latin for "everything". Island Blue no longer sells any Pantone or Letraset products. They used to be huge sellers in the pre-computer era.
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Posted 29 September 2016 - 09:15 AM
I think it's a typo. It was supposed to be "Pantaurum". That's where all of the bulls were kept back in the old days.
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Posted 29 September 2016 - 10:32 AM
I thought it was Pantorum as in "a lot of pants" as it used to be a laundry. But it comes from the Latin for "everything".
Island Blue no longer sells any Pantone or Letraset products. They used to be huge sellers in the pre-computer era.
They used to be called Island Blueprint back in the 1950's when they were at the SW corner of Blanshard and View.
They were still printing street maps of Victoria back then.
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Posted 29 September 2016 - 11:07 AM
Former Island Blue Print locations:
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Posted 29 September 2016 - 12:53 PM
They used to be called Island Blueprint back in the 1950's when they were at the SW corner of Blanshard and View.
They were still printing street maps of Victoria back then.
The bottom photo is the Blanshard and View location
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Posted 01 August 2017 - 04:25 PM
Just bumping this thread for the benefit of anyone who still falls for that nonsense about Victoria supposedly being preserved in amber, a living museum, etc.
Summary: the city has done a very poor job of preserving its historic architecture.
Brunswick Hotel:
Campbell Building:
Hotel Vernon/Woolworth's:
pic from BC Archives
Yates/Wharf:
Clarence Hotel:
Balmoral Hotel:
Metropolis Hotel:
The Wilson/Gordon Hotel:
Colonist Building:
Adelphi Building et al (priceless streetscape, all gone):
Imperial Bank:
Jones Building:
Victoria Brewery:
Union Club on Douglas:
Post Office:
Princess of Wales Hotel:
Hotel Victoria:
YMCA:
Cormorant Street Firehall:
Permanent Loan Building:
Hotel Dallas (in James Bay):
BC Electric:
Lower Johnson Street at Wharf Street:
More Lower Johnson Street:
pic from City of Victoria
Arcade/Eaton's Building:
Salvation Army/Lower Johnson:
Driard Hotel:
HBC Warehouse:
Wharf Street:
Times Building:
HBC Warehouse/Office:
Spencer's/Eaton's:
Douglas & Johnson:
Johnson & Broad:
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