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[Downtown Victoria] 681 Herald (former Taj Mahal) | Built - renovation completed in 2010
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D.L.
, Dec 08 2009 02:35 PM
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D.L.
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Posted 08 December 2009 - 02:35 PM
This is the building which housed the Taj Mahal restaurant. It is being renovated for some type of residential use. The dome has already been removed.
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Posted 08 December 2009 - 03:01 PM
Is it still going to used as a training centre for street youth?
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Posted 08 December 2009 - 08:24 PM
Is it still going to used as a training centre for street youth?
As far as I know it is just going to be apartments. I will ask the owner when I talk to him next, but I doubt it.
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Posted 08 December 2009 - 09:06 PM
Is it still going to used as a training centre for street youth?
No, we were not able to keep our funding due to recession cutbacks. If the program survives it will be something very different and very scaled back. For now, the 80 or so kids a year who depended on the project are out of luck. Many of them either aged out of foster care or have one or both parents on the streets. The training program, coupled with the life skills program was able to prepare the graduates for the independence, and find them starter jobs. If it wasn't for Don Calveley and Canoe Brewpub/Truffles Group we wouldn't even have been able to finish with the kids we had already attending. We can only hope that without it, kids in this situation will find some way to break the cycle rather than ending up like their parents. If you are a person with some time and energy and a lot of patience I urge you to contact one of the other agencies in town such as Boys & Girls Club, the YMCA or Big Brothers/Big Sisters and volunteer to mentor a kid. It is one of the toughest and most rewarding jobs you'll ever do.
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Rob Randall
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Posted 11 September 2010 - 12:00 AM
You know, that's not bad. There's nothing else like it in Downtown and that's always good.
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Posted 11 September 2010 - 01:11 PM
Would love to see a bunch of row houses that look like the left portion of that.
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Posted 11 September 2010 - 02:32 PM
I like it. The only thing I would add is a chunkier wood band along the top of the right building.
It's a cool little building though.
It's a cool little building though.
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Posted 11 September 2010 - 02:46 PM
Very nice. A big improvement.
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Posted 11 September 2010 - 06:46 PM
681 is a nice townhouse, too bad we don't have more like it.
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Posted 16 September 2010 - 02:50 PM
So this project is now officially completed?
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Posted 16 September 2010 - 03:17 PM
^ As far as I know they have occupancy.
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Mike K.
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Posted 16 September 2010 - 03:20 PM
Thanks!
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Posted 17 September 2010 - 02:18 PM
The box on the left is what the "zen" could have looked like..............
Pieta VanDyke
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