Sunset on Pendergast

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Last Light on the Manor

59 Cook St.  Built 1913.   It is hard to miss this place on Cook - it really stands out!  Very different from everything else on the street.  Designed by architect Thomas Hooper 

for Christine Haas, who also owned a brothel on Broughten st. 

Rainbird Reflections

 

A new shop in Cook St Village that wisely sells rain gear in the winter 

and beach wear in the summer.  

Cook St is lined with enormous horse chestnut trees.  One of which is reflected in the window.

The Ravens have Taken over the Bench Again

Path up to the Road

 

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This is an old logging road behind the studio in the early morning.

Crows on a Garry Oak

Big City Small Town

Victoria is a city with a small town feel.  How many cities do you know that still have the power and phone lines above ground?  It has very few high-rises.  In fact, one of the few is reflected in the window - the infamous and notorious View Towers.  This stretch of Fort st. houses the popular Blue Fox Cafe where there are line-ups every weekend , the Iyengar Yoga studio upstairs and Babak's Oriental Carpets.

The Windowsill

 

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The Uncelebrated Sculpture

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The Gargoyle of Moss St.

The New Porch

 

This cute little house caught my eye when I saw that renovations were being done on it.  After I finished it, I was perusing the New Designations page on the Victoria Heritage Foundation website and there it was!  Turns out it was built in 1883 and it is considered a "worker's cottage" and is the "essence of simplicity".  Follow this link to find out more about this house..... http://www.victoriaheritagefoundation.ca/New%20Desig/vancouver611.html

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Daffodil House

 

I'm not sure of my architecture, but I believe this is Queen Anne style and it stands at the corner of Vancouver and Rockland.

UPDATE April 27....I found the house in the publication "This Old House, Vol 4" by the Victoria Heritage Foundation.  They devoted over a page to it, with pictures and a detailed history of its occupants.  As I suspected its architect was John Teague, the same man who designed the four remaining, similar houses on Vancouver St.  Here is a bit of what they say..."One of the most imposing versions of the Italianate townhouse in the city,...This house cost $6000 when built, making it one of the most lavish homes of the period."  Built 1875

Do Not Use Stairs

 

This is the first in a series I am doing on Cook St Village houses.  Some of which will be in Madrona Gallery in downtown Victoria for the summer show.  This little house is on Vancouver St and the stairs haven't been useable since we have been living in the neighbourhood.  Four years.  The yard is completely overgrown, but the Camellia is beautiful.  Built in 1924.

Studio OPEN

I am now officially open.   Including Easter weekend.  Every day 10 - 5.  Follow the signs from the Driftwood plaza and turn right before the winery.  Keep going past the private Lane sign.  The studio is well marked.   The weather is supposed to be sunny and warm this weekend.  Have a fun and happy Easter.

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