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Malahat Building
The other night standing at the intersection I saw this building just glowing red in that final sun of the day. The hand held bit and the zoom lens made photography at that time of the day challenging....
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Walk through James Bay, Victoria, BC
My favorite area in Victoria is James Bay. There is nothing like it if you like old style funkiness, that is English style architecture of the late 1800s and early 1900s mimicked in wood. The area is...
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RITHET BUILDING
This photograph was taken through the Ritchet Building on Wharf Street. Wharf Street is situated in the Victoria harbor area and its businesses were marine related. The Ritchet Building was constructed...
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Victoria’s Chinatown (three scenes)
The Chinese Public School was built in 1908 because Chinese children at that time were not allowed in the public school system. This Chinatown, being the first one in Canada, has a great mural showing...
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Water’s Edge at Johnson Street Bridge
Photographing historic buildings is high on my list of important projects. In many of the spontaneous shoots the photos end up in my collection without me having provided the essential info that such...
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St Francis Xavier in Mill Bay
The other day I walked around this little church with my trusty camera clicking and now I like to share a few photographs of the black and white version. St Francis Xavier was built in 1867. It was...
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THREE BUILDINGS IN VICTORIA BRITISH COLUMBIA
When first I came to Victoria in 1965 I was most impressed by the city’s downtown low building style. It gave a very open and spacious feel to BC’s Capital, city. Having just arrived from Europe this...
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School is out; happy summer holidays
This building must be the oldest brick school building in the area. On top of that it is beautiful, being rather formal but with lots of great detail (click for the enlargement and click again to enjoy...
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St Andrew’s Cathedral
On the corner of Blanshard and View Street in Victoria British Columbia stands a grand building St Andrew’s Cathedral. It was dedicated by Bishop John Lemmens in 1892 and here it still stands. We begin...
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Mount St Angela
When walking around the Christ Church Cathedral, shown in the episode before this one, I came across an old building that clearly had seen better days. The Mount St Angela building was built in the...
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