The Janion Hotel pictured here was one of old town Victoria's most derelict buildings until recent renovations. Below is what it looked ...

For many years the derelict Janion Hotel stood boarded up and empty at the eastern end of the Johnson Street Bridge. It looked haunted enoug...

Here's a building I've not featured before on this blog although it is one of the more interesting heritage buildings in downtown Vi...

Here's another of Vic West's beautiful Heritage homes, built in 1890. The cost of construction was reported in 1891 as $2,400. Times...

As work on the new Johnson Street Bridge moves ahead other changes are being made to some of the derelict buildings and vacant lots in that ...

I'm sure every city has a store like Capital Iron. It's the store you go to when you can't find what you want in any of your ord...

Here is a photo of Victoria's heritage supermarket, Wellburn's. It is situated on the edge of downtown on the corner of Cook and Pa...

The heart of old town Victoria is Bastion Square and I've been neglecting it a bit despite its many interesting and historic buildings. ...

A return today to cool, gray weather and while I was on a short trip downtown I stopped to enjoy these three shades of pink. The building is...

I've posted a few pictures of restored heritage buildings in downtown Victoria and they are quite numerous. However, there are others l...

Heh, heh, heh....

Autumn's russet and rusty brown comes to buildings as well as to trees. And it also serves to remind me that old buildings can have a ce...

In yesterday's post about Michael Williams I mentioned that he had received awards for his restorations of downtown heritage buildings. ...

Wharf Street runs from the Inner Harbour along an inlet known as The Gorge. The Customs House pictured above is on Wharf Street and the plaq...