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- DAPS
- CLIP
Source note(s)
- identifier: 241
The file consists of newspaper articles and other related material.
Series consists of files pertaining to residential and commercial buildings demolished in Victoria.
The files generally consist of architectural plans and supplementary textual records deposited with or created by the Engineering or Planning Departments as part of the building permit approval process.
Victoria (B.C.). Engineering DepartmentSeries consists of photographs of buildings taken at the time a building permit application for demolition was submitted.
Victoria (B.C.). Engineering DepartmentSeries consists of monthly reports submitted by the Engineering Department to the Dominion Bureau of Statistics.
The information provided includes (where appropriate) name of building owner or applicant, location, type of use, kind of work to be done, value of construction, and number of new dwellings created.
Victoria (B.C.). Engineering DepartmentSeries consists of records pertaining to the demolition of condemned buildings, the repair of buildings reverted to the City, and the maintenance and repair of public buildings or properties.
The following types of records are found in the series: tenders or bids to erect and to demolish buildings; notifications of condemned houses; specification and conditions for erecting and demolishing buildings; receipts; memoranda; tenders for painting and repairing buildings or wiring; agreements; bills for work completed; contracts; claims; correspondence; and plans.
Public buildings or properties covered by the records include: Auto Tourist Camp (Curtis Point); Beacon Hill Park; City Market; Foul Bay Beach; Isolation Hospital; Old Men’s Home; Police Station; Pumping Station; Royal Athletic Park; Smith Hill Reservoir; Stadium (Douglas Street).
Victoria (B.C.). Building Inspector's DepartmentSouth side of Fisgard between Government and Douglas Streets during construction of Centennial Square.
Construction of Centennial Square. Looking from Government Street towards Pandora Avenue.
S.E. corner of Cormorant and Government Streets during Centennial Square construction. N.E. corner of Pandora and Government in right background.