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Location: Sailing the seas of sleaze. Gender: Neither Total Likes: 17 likes
| | | Re: Under the Garden City: Victoria B.C. secret tunnels. < Reply # 3404 on 3/13/2012 7:17 AM > | Reply with Quote
| | | Posted by A. Lien
Well, Snap. I'm feeling retro so picked a random spot to drop in on our venerable thread. Clicked 10 pages forward and the ADD kicked in, meaning nothing cooler than this post by Mikejpc was found... The loss of those surrounding buildings is sad, and now the bridge. Why?, because it reduces the old town awesomeness so much, and is a world class industrial era icon. We could have kept the character bridge, and put a six lane at Bay Street, it's not that far away from downtown. In time Rock Bay will kick in like False Creek, and all can be linked. F**K heritage loss
| Politicians don't care about foresight, say 20 years from now. They only care about "investments" today! Follow the money. It may go along the rail line.
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| I used to be with it, but then they changed what it was. Now what I'm with isn't it, and what's it seems weird and scary to me, and it'll happen to you, too! |
| Undeclared Winner
Location: victoria BC, Canada Gender: Male Total Likes: 0 likes
Taking only photos, leaving only footprints...
| | | Re: Under the Garden City: Victoria B.C. secret tunnels. < Reply # 3410 on 3/16/2012 7:37 AM > | Reply with Quote
| | | Howdy, I already posted in welcome thread. Trying to catch up on these 170+ pages (read some random pages 1-3 & 161-170), it will take a while...But I am going to be active as possible. Going to miss the bridge...I live in ESQ and do not drive, but I am down for whatever, whenever, wherever, although I usually explore solo. Talk to you guys later.
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| Forgotten BC
Location: Kamloops, British Columbia Gender: Male Total Likes: 6 likes
| | | | Re: Under the Garden City: Victoria B.C. secret tunnels. < Reply # 3413 on 3/21/2012 9:15 PM > | Reply with Quote
| | | Posted by A. Lien
Well, Snap. I'm feeling retro so picked a random spot to drop in on our venerable thread. Clicked 10 pages forward and the ADD kicked in, meaning nothing cooler than this post by Mikejpc was found... The loss of those surrounding buildings is sad, and now the bridge. Why?, because it reduces the old town awesomeness so much, and is a world class industrial era icon. We could have kept the character bridge, and put a six lane at Bay Street, it's not that far away from downtown. In time Rock Bay will kick in like False Creek, and all can be linked. F**K heritage loss
| Good find! Mind if I share these on Haunted BC's "Janion" album? PS. Agreed, losing the bridge sucks
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| Forgotten BC
Location: Kamloops, British Columbia Gender: Male Total Likes: 6 likes
| | | | Re: Under the Garden City: Victoria B.C. secret tunnels. < Reply # 3416 on 3/21/2012 11:22 PM > | Reply with Quote
| | | Posted by A. Lien
I'm not sure if you are asking me or Mikejpc, who originally posted them. Thanks for asking though. You might want to check with him, but I think they are in the archives, which have public access. Nice stuff you are posting on here. One of your old highways looks like a road outside of Colwood and surrounding area... at least it looks similar to another abandoned road. In time the mistake of destroying the bridge will sink in, eventually more people will realize how we were hoodwinked, (to use a PC word) and how the key heritage component of Victoria's prime downtown heritage area was lost. A wider bridge at Bay Street could get more traffic out of downtown too. Then keep and restore the funky Steampunk industrial era iconic counterweighted counterpoint that could have been Old Blue, just a few blocks away. Pardon mini rant. Awesome shot of the tube by the bridge. Cheers, A.
| Ahh, yes... my bad. Didn't see the quote. Mikejpc, do you mind? I know they're public photos, but I do like asking because it was you that found/posted them here The abandoned road was actually in Metchosin, but I'd be interested to hear where the Colwood one is! (I love old highways/roads!)
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