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Monday, December 3, 2012
Trounce Alley Shoe Shine
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Barbershops may have stood the test of time but shoeshines haven't been so lucky, not in Victoria anyway. Around town there are several old buildings that still have the original signage painted on them and they are a nice reminder of what the city must've looked like. - Fern
All Photos and text on this blog by Benjamin Madison are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported License. For Permission to use write: madison at almudo dot fastmail dot us
Situated on the far west coast of Canada, on the southern tip of Vancouver Island, Victoria is the capital city of the Province of British Columbia. Its benign climate (the warmest winters in Canada) and placid lifestyle make it a favorite retirement location as well as a popular tourist destination. About 400,000 people live in Victoria and adjacent communities.
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5 comments:
I don't know how I missed this photo op the last few times up there. Of course Trounce Alley was full of scaffolding too at that time.
I recently posted a couple of photos of 'ghost signs' from my old home town of Sudbury, Ontario.
Decades and decades ago, businesses advertised by painting billboards right on the building brickwork. Today there is a genre of photography - ghost signs - that specializes in documenting these now-faded ads.
JoJo,
Just to clarify: this photo was taken on Yates Street, one block over from Trounce Alley of the back of what would have been the Shoe Shine. I'm not sure what is there now...time for a stroll down Trounce Alley!
I like the lines formed by the buildings here... good choice for the shot today!
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