tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583858833715089401.post1741253507425713625..comments2023-10-25T01:42:27.469-07:00Comments on Victoria Daily Photo: Icon or Eyesore?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583858833715089401.post-59737884531770844902009-08-15T00:33:15.662-07:002009-08-15T00:33:15.662-07:00Your balanced article and very fine photos are wor...Your balanced article and very fine photos are worthy of a national magazine. Kudos on this!<br />-Kim<br /><br />PS, before reading your post and really looking at your shots I hadn't realized what sort of bridge it is. . . a bit of a light blue larger twin to the Ballard railroad bridge that spans the ship canal near the Locks. Chuck featured it recently on One A Day - Mostly Seattle, and I have in the past as well.Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03687351187791689224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583858833715089401.post-24896963571549363392009-08-13T22:44:05.833-07:002009-08-13T22:44:05.833-07:00I am really surprised that any rust has been allow...I am really surprised that any rust has been allowed to develop on the JSB. It spans saltwater and obviously vigilance would be necessary to prevent it.<br />The Golden Gate in San Francisco has a crew that is constantly painting it. Once finished, they go back and start again.Deannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583858833715089401.post-34314124793896457502009-08-13T22:01:53.725-07:002009-08-13T22:01:53.725-07:00Great photos Benjamin and information. I usually ...Great photos Benjamin and information. I usually end up in Victoria once a year and stay down by the inner harbour and I love the Johnson Street Bridge. We are way to quick to tear down and rebuild something else which will not stand the test of time or have any character. <br />We just became incorporated four years ago and there is much that is happening which is good of the visitor or "potential" business without enough thought given to the people who live here everyday and pay taxes and patronize the local businesses...governments at all levels seemed to have forgotten who they work for.<br />KEEP THE JOHNSON STREET BRIDGE!<br />So there!<br />SmilesCarolynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11725941662453444918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583858833715089401.post-51327542226922067562009-08-13T11:36:38.477-07:002009-08-13T11:36:38.477-07:00Very nice photos, Benjamin - as usual.
"nor ...Very nice photos, Benjamin - as usual.<br /><br />"nor has it been arrived at in consultation with citizens"<br /><br />This is precisely my beef about this city. So much that occurs here is decided FOR us, instead of in conversation with us. And often to the benefit of the tourist industry over the quality of life of residents. <br /><br />I think this is what's happening with the bridge. I suspect the suits at City Hall figure the JSB is not 'pretty enough' for Victoria's image. <br /><br />That may sound very simplistic but previous City decisions don't really offer me much evidence that there are more complicated thought processes going on there.<br /><br />"Insofar as personal history is concerned, there is no doubt the bridge has nostalgic associations for many Victoria residents."<br /><br />Count me in as one of those.ms toast burnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01814575117201965403noreply@blogger.com