Some long gone greats: historical Victoria photos
#1
Posted 25 September 2006 - 09:34 PM
This was replaced by a really ugly four story building on Douglas.
THESE NEXT TWO PHOTO'S ARE A GOOD COMPARISON OF WHAT DOUGLAS LOOKED LIKE IN THE 20'S AND HOW IT LOOKS TODAY.
CAN WE SAY WE LOST THAT BIG TOWN LOOK???
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#2
Posted 18 October 2006 - 09:25 PM
#3
Posted 18 October 2006 - 09:40 PM
pic from BC Archives...
Yep, that one is a heartbreaker.
Edited by aastra, 17 March 2021 - 12:29 PM.
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#4
Posted 18 October 2006 - 09:42 PM
#5
Posted 18 October 2006 - 09:45 PM
I've seen this pic many times but only just now did I realize what this photograph is showing us...the covering up of the fine facade of the Oddfellows building.
Edited by aastra, 17 March 2021 - 12:27 PM.
#6
Posted 18 October 2006 - 09:45 PM
-City of Victoria website, 2009
#7
Posted 18 October 2006 - 09:47 PM
#8
Posted 18 October 2006 - 09:48 PM
#9
Posted 18 October 2006 - 09:49 PM
-City of Victoria website, 2009
#10
Posted 18 October 2006 - 09:50 PM
#11
Posted 18 October 2006 - 09:50 PM
And another (just in case anybody thinks we like all new development just because it's new):
Edit: here are some 1860s/1870s buildings that are still around, just to lighten the mood a bit:
Edited by aastra, 17 March 2021 - 12:31 PM.
#12
Posted 18 October 2006 - 09:52 PM
Wilson, what did they do to you?
Edited by aastra, 17 March 2021 - 12:32 PM.
#13
Posted 18 October 2006 - 09:53 PM
#14
Posted 18 October 2006 - 09:54 PM
#15
Posted 18 October 2006 - 09:55 PM
Nobody's fault on this one, but it still hurts:
Edited by aastra, 17 March 2021 - 12:34 PM.
#16
Posted 18 October 2006 - 09:56 PM
I toured the Oddfellows building during the open house on Canada Day. According to the guide the stucco is the only thing holding the bricks together. It seems the building is leaning outwards and there was a real danger of a collapse. Of course it could be repaired but the costs are not something the Oddfellows could afford (according to the guide).
#17
Posted 18 October 2006 - 09:57 PM
Probably unrealistic to mourn one as old as this, but some of its contemporaries still stand (the synagogue, for example):
Edited by aastra, 17 March 2021 - 12:35 PM.
#18
Posted 18 October 2006 - 10:09 PM
#19
Posted 18 October 2006 - 10:12 PM
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#20
Posted 18 October 2006 - 10:17 PM
I like to say, "The great buildings that Victoria has lost would constitute a fine city unto themselves."
pic from city of Victoria archives...
Edited by aastra, 17 March 2021 - 12:38 PM.
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