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#41 D.L.

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Posted 02 April 2009 - 09:43 PM

I remember that project. It was right around the time I made my first website on Victoria buildings. It was sad to see it cancelled.

#42 ressen

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Posted 11 October 2009 - 01:42 PM

Concept plan for the Songhees Peninsula (1984)











































#43 Baro

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Posted 11 October 2009 - 03:28 PM

wow, markets and work places and lowrise density??? What happened?
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#44 UrbanRail

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Posted 11 October 2009 - 05:43 PM

That sure looks a heck of a lot better than the current crappy version of the Songhees we have now.

#45 G-Man

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Posted 11 October 2009 - 07:05 PM

What happened? That looks like a great little community sort of Granville island / steveston. How could it be so derailed?

#46 Caramia

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Posted 11 October 2009 - 10:25 PM

There's a good story there. It even includes our friend Bob Evans from the Marina project. What those posters don't show was the beautiful terraced massing the buildings were 'supposed' to have. Early models were gorgeous.
Nowadays most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it is too late that the only things one never regrets are one's mistakes.
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#47 ressen

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Posted 12 October 2009 - 08:02 AM



#48 victorian fan

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Posted 12 October 2009 - 11:15 AM

The entire project would cost $80 million in a 6- to 10- year construction program

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Well well well

programme not program

#49 VicHockeyFan

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Posted 12 October 2009 - 12:03 PM


^ 25 years later, and Bob Evans is still in the picture. That's perserverance.

#50 ressen

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Posted 13 October 2009 - 06:45 PM



#51 Lover Fighter

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Posted 13 October 2009 - 09:38 PM

Woah, are those the "Peter Pollen" towers at the Inner Harbour?

#52 Rob Randall

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Posted 13 October 2009 - 11:07 PM

^Yes.

I believe there were at least two or three major plans for that site. The curved towers you see there and an earlier plan for two cylindrical highrises (that actually gave the mayor a heart attack--literally).

Here is the Reid Plan:

http://www.vibrantvi...read.php?t=1760

#53 victorian fan

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Posted 01 November 2009 - 12:58 PM




http://www.execulink...rcentenary.html

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Posted 20 December 2009 - 09:33 AM



1917.

#55 Holden West

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Posted 20 December 2009 - 10:05 AM

^That's not a sight I'd like to see coming down my chimney at 4 a.m. after a few eggnogs.

Although I wouldn't have minded some of that original Rainier Beer advertised on that billboard.

TANGENTIAL EDIT: No wonder Rainier was eager to promote its beer in 1917. The year before, alcohol was prohibited in Rainier's Washington home (Wikipedia):

Alcoholic beverages were outlawed in Washington state in 1916 and the Rainier brand was sold to a San Francisco, California company. Four years later, alcoholic beverages were outlawed nationwide. Following the repeal of prohibition, the brewery was purchased by Lethbridge, Alberta brewers Fritz and Emil Sick, who then repurchased the Rainier brand and began brewing Rainier in 1935. The brewery went through several names, such as Sick's Seattle Brewing and Malting and Sicks Rainier Brewing Company, during the 1935–1977 period.

[...]Rainier Brewing Company resumed producing "Rainier Beer" after the end of Prohibition and its advertisements became ubiquitous in the Seattle-Tacoma area[...]


"Beaver, ahoy!""The bridge is like a magnet, attracting both pedestrians and over 30,000 vehicles daily who enjoy the views of Victoria's harbour. The skyline may change, but "Big Blue" as some call it, will always be there."
-City of Victoria website, 2009

#56 Holden West

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Posted 05 January 2010 - 11:48 PM

Some interesting stuff in the Library of Congress, including this 1896 feature article on Victoria in a San Francisco newspaper:

http://chroniclingam.../ed-1/seq-4.pdf
"Beaver, ahoy!""The bridge is like a magnet, attracting both pedestrians and over 30,000 vehicles daily who enjoy the views of Victoria's harbour. The skyline may change, but "Big Blue" as some call it, will always be there."
-City of Victoria website, 2009

#57 aastra

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Posted 06 January 2010 - 03:03 PM

...the wealthiest city, for its size, upon the continent.


Wait a second. You mean to tell me all of those fancy commercial buildings, churches, and private homes were the product of wealth?

#58 victorian fan

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Posted 06 January 2010 - 03:19 PM

Yes indeed, and a delightful salubrious climate.

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Posted 22 January 2010 - 01:02 PM

Canadian Heritage

Jan 22, 2010 14:54 ET
Media Advisory: Minister of State Lunn Makes Announcement About Royal British Columbia Museum
http://www.marketwir...eum-1106027.htm

VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Jan. 22, 2010) - On behalf of the Honourable James Moore, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages, the Honourable Gary Lunn, Minister of State (Sport) and Member of Parliament (Saanich-Gulf Islands), will make an announcement about the Royal British Columbia Museum on Monday. He will be accompanied by the Honourable Murray Coell, Minister of Labour for the Province of British Columbia, and the Honourable Ida Chong, Minister of Healthy Living and Sport for the Province of British Columbia.

This advisory is subject to change without notice.
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#60 G-Man

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Posted 22 January 2010 - 01:44 PM

^ there have been hints about expansion. I guess it would be into the square at the back.

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