Saving Building With Seismic Upgrades

In the City of Victoria recent development proposals which involved historic masonry buildings in the downtown area have had engineering opinions put forward that, under the current Building Code and the pending next step, it is either uneconomical or extremely difficult to seismically upgrade these structures. In September 2020, when discussing the Duck Building proposals, […]

Facadism at 1702 Quadra

1702 Quadra – Will this soon be but a façade? The Abby at 1702 Quadra Street, at the corner with Fisgard, was constructed shortly before WWI to a design by C. Elwood Watkins  and was the site of Hong Yuen & Co., Produce, before being converted to the existing eight to nine unit apartment building. […]

Heritage Houses at Risk

New Proposals in Victoria Will Require the Demolition of Historic Houses Back to business. Projects under consideration at Victoria include the proposed demolition of a couple of buildings upon which we have little information. 224 Kingston – All we have on our website is that it was built in 1890. It is adjacent to a […]