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#1321 Sparky

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Posted 27 November 2024 - 10:20 AM

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#1322 G-Man

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Posted 27 November 2024 - 08:57 PM

Amazing Sparky! Look forward to having you there.


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#1323 G-Man

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Posted 05 December 2024 - 06:34 AM

New post up on Sidewalking Victoria tonight. This time I have a story about a new pizza place downtown and what it can tell us about city is doing. #yyj #victoriabc #pizza

 

https://www.sidewalk...za-garden-story


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#1324 Victoria Watcher

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Posted 05 December 2024 - 06:37 AM

New post up on Sidewalking Victoria tonight. This time I have a story about a new pizza place downtown and what it can tell us about city is doing. #yyj #victoriabc #pizza

 

https://www.sidewalk...za-garden-story

 

 

 

 

If you are wanting to visit the new Pizza Garden, they will be having their grand opening this Saturday, December 7th from 12-4pm. There will apparently be some free mini pizzas for the first 100 customers to come in during that time. It is definitely worth checking out!



#1325 aastra

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Posted 05 December 2024 - 01:40 PM

Just when I thought I was out, G-Man pulls me back in. I've been a big fan of Pizza Garden for years and the new Victoria location is terrific.

 

Seriously, can we take a moment to remember there was actually some pretty serious opposition to the redevelopment of the Customs House building? And the replacement of the lame faux-heritage wing with the fine new building that's there now?

 

I'd say the new commercial units are quintessential Government Street/old town spaces. I was there recently late on a Sunday afternoon and there was a pleasantly energetic vibe all around the Government St./Courtney St. intersection.


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#1326 Victoria Watcher

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Posted 05 December 2024 - 01:42 PM

Can we take a moment to consider aastra was nearly out?

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#1327 G-Man

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Posted 06 December 2024 - 10:39 AM

That first block of Government Street is almost all great places to visit now. Here's hoping that it works it way all the way up to Yates. 


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#1328 G-Man

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Posted 15 December 2024 - 08:17 AM

There's a new article up on Sidewalking Victoria today. I think it might be mostly a therapeutic piece for me to get over the ongoing demolition of The Abbey on Quadra. Have a read and let me know how you feel about this. 

https://www.sidewalk...it-makes-me-sad


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#1329 aastra

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Posted 15 December 2024 - 10:17 PM

Espousing sanctimonious principles for extended periods of time and then suddenly yanking the rug out from under those principles in dramatic fashion has become the theme of 21st-century life, so methinks nobody should be too surprised that this kind of thing is happening.

 

Chalking it up to "urban change" doesn't hold any water. Plenty of other cities would have at least maintained the facade.

Hey, remember the St. Louis College building at Pandora and Vancouver? Remember that? Remember? ........That was awesome.*

 

*spoken in Chris Farley voice

Anyway, those fine old terra cotta arches on the 800-block of North Park Street are probably sweating right about now.
 



#1330 Mike K.

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Posted 16 December 2024 - 07:47 AM

That building is an unsung hero of Victoria’s built form. I could never get enough of it, contrasted by the 90s block across the street.

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#1331 G-Man

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Posted 16 December 2024 - 08:51 AM

Espousing sanctimonious principles for extended periods of time and then suddenly yanking the rug out from under those principles in dramatic fashion has become the theme of 21st-century life, so methinks nobody should be too surprised that this kind of thing is happening.

 

Chalking it up to "urban change" doesn't hold any water. Plenty of other cities would have at least maintained the facade.

Hey, remember the St. Louis College building at Pandora and Vancouver? Remember that? Remember? ........That was awesome.*

 

*spoken in Chris Farley voice

Anyway, those fine old terra cotta arches on the 800-block of North Park Street are probably sweating right about now.
 

 

Get out of here with your big city ideas. This is Victoria not Vancouver. 


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#1332 G-Man

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Posted 23 December 2024 - 10:27 PM

New post up but this is just a Christmas post so keep that in mind.

https://www.sidewalk...zing-eggnog-pie

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#1333 G-Man

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Posted 12 January 2025 - 09:13 AM

New article up this morning. This time I look at Crystal Pool and wonder why we don't have an option to vote for refurbishment instead replacement? Have a read and let me know what you think.

https://www.sidewalk...how-we-got-here
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#1334 Victoria Watcher

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Posted 12 January 2025 - 11:59 PM

Meanwhile, in Saanich, their 1971 pool is no anywhere near "end of life".

 

 

https://hcma.ca/proj...t 35 plus years.

 

 

 

 

 

The Gordon Head Recreation Centre required upgrades to some of its original spaces, to allocate space for a preschool, and to augment existing general multi-purpose space.

 

Originally built in 1971, the Centre has seen many additions over the last 35 plus years. Its first renovation and addition project completed in 2009 is comprised of three parts: renovation of several dry-side program spaces, including the creation of a new home for the pre-school program inside the facility; the renovation of the change rooms to better serve the pool patrons; and the addition of bright, new and airy multi-purpose rooms, to increase the dry-side program offerings.


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#1335 Mike K.

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Posted 13 January 2025 - 07:49 AM

What is it about Victoria’s pool that made it obsolete by the late 00s? It was not even 40 years old when the City started working to replace it, describing it as at the end of its life even then.

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#1336 G-Man

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Posted 15 January 2025 - 09:30 PM

My art show is up! From today until February 15 at the Mile Zero Coffee Company. There will also be a mini-opening on January 18 from 11am to 2pm. I hope to see many of you there! 
 

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#1337 Mike K.

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Posted 15 January 2025 - 09:34 PM

Congrats, G!

I’d have popped in on the 18th but I have a crew coming to my place to do some work. Have fun!

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#1338 Barrister

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Posted 15 January 2025 - 10:21 PM

Have fun and good luck with the art show.



#1339 G-Man

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Posted 16 January 2025 - 11:08 AM

Thanks to both of you!


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Posted 25 January 2025 - 08:28 AM

The second article in my series on the Crystal Pool project is up. This time I look at the Peter Hemingway Pool project in Edmonton as a comparison. Have a read and let me know what you think! 

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