ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY: VICTORIA
BRIAN SIMMONS ON ESCALATING JOHNSON STREET BRIDGE REPAIR COSTS: 'The last upgrade
Gregory Hartnell on Thu 19 Aug 2010 at 6:44 PM
DELCAN STRUCTURAL, SYSTEM AND SEISMIC REVIEW SAYS REPAIRS TO JOSEPH STRAUSS' BRIDGE ARE A JUSTIFIABLE OPTION Re: "The Blue Bridge: An engineer's perspective,” August 14, 2010, Victoria Times Col
FORTIN'S PHILISTINE COUNCIL VOTES TO TEAR DOWN HERITAGE BASCULE BRIDGE DESIGNED B
Gregory Hartnell on Thu 12 Aug 2010 at 12:51 PM
SPENDTHRIFT VICTORIA CITY COUNCILLORS VOTE TO BORROW HUGE AMOUNT TO REPLACE JOHNSON STREET BRIDGE Many of our worst fears were realized today when the Victoria City Council decided to tear down and rep
MAT WRIGHT ON VICTORIANS' SUPPOSED JOHNSON STREET BRIDGE APATHY: 'I don't think t
Gregory Hartnell on Fri 06 Aug 2010 at 3:33 PM
ANYONE AT VICTORIA CITY HALL LISTENING TO THE PUBLIC ON THE JOHNSON STREET BRIDGE? The Saturday Times Colonist asked: "Why are the public and businesses apathetic about the Blue Bridge issue?”
GEORGE KING, RETIRED CIVIL ENGINEER: 'A five-year thorough inspection and mainten
Gregory Hartnell on Fri 06 Aug 2010 at 10:44 AM
A CHEAPER CHOICE FOR THE JOHNSON STREET BRIDGE The lack of response regarding the Johnson Street Bridge could be due to the credibility of the study. The original report of last year indicated cos
DON PATTERSON ON JOSEPH STRAUSS' BRIDGE: 'The information the City [of Victoria]
Gregory Hartnell on Fri 06 Aug 2010 at 9:00 AM
VICTORIA BUILDER SAYS CITY OF VICTORIA'S JOHNSON STREET BRIDGE INFORMATION CANNOT BE TRUSTED The City [of Victoria] says that it is puzzled by the lack of public interest in the Johnson Street B
WHERE IS THE MAYOR OF VICTORIA? 'PHILISTINE DEAN' FORTIN TAKES VACATION DURING JO
Gregory Hartnell on Sat 31 Jul 2010 at 10:03 AM
How closely is the Mayor of Victoria following the ongoing controversy over the Johnson Street Bridge, and the embarrassing failure of the City of Victoria's attempts to 'consult' Victorians on its fat
FRED E. FREDETTE ON VICTORIA'S CNR TRACKS: 'The rails were still in place from Co
Gregory Hartnell on Wed 14 Jul 2010 at 8:53 AM
On moving to Colwood in 1973 from downtown Victoria, I never realized the traffic problems I was in for. While crawling home from work each day, I kept looking to the right at the old CNR tracks border
Doreen Marion Gee on federal approval of Victoria International Marina plans: 'Tw
Gregory Hartnell on Thu 08 Jul 2010 at 12:22 PM
ESQUIMALT AND SONGHEES FIRST NATIONS, DOGWOOD INITIATIVE, PADDLER TIM HOULIHAN WANT FEDERAL MINISTER OF TRANSPORT TO RECONSIDER AND SET ASIDE APPROVALS The plot thickens with the mega-yacht marina c
PETER JUSTO ON JUDY BROWNOFF'S SLUDGE PIPELINE: 'Imagine building a pipeline from
Gregory Hartnell on Mon 05 Jul 2010 at 10:58 AM
ESQUIMALT AND COMMUNITIES OTHER THAN ESQUIMALT SHAFTED ON SEWAGE SAYS ESQUIMALT WRITER PETER JUSTO Re: "McLoughlin Point is the obvious choice,” June 29. What a load of biosolids Councillor Judy B
BETH BURTON-KRAHN ON McLOUGHLIN POINT: 'A gigantic, centralized sewage treatment
Gregory Hartnell on Mon 05 Jul 2010 at 10:16 AM
Under the section on "objectives for procurement” in the business case presented to the province in hopes of securing funding for the Capital Regional District's proposed core area and West Shore was
KIM BELLEFONTAINE ON CRD BIOSOLIDS SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT SITE: 'The biosolids pl
Gregory Hartnell on Mon 05 Jul 2010 at 9:50 AM
CAPITAL REGIONAL DISTRICT MUST PRODUCE A BETTER SEWAGE TREATMENT PLAN SAYS ESQUIMALT WRITER KIM BELLEFONTAINE The chairwoman of the CRD sewage waste treatment committee [Judy Brownoff] gave a le
FILIPPO FERRI: 'The citizens of Esquimalt, who are now required to host the only
Gregory Hartnell on Mon 05 Jul 2010 at 8:51 AM
PUBLIC CONSULTATION ON MCLOUGHLIN POINT? NOT IN ESQUIMALT, SAYS FELIPPO FERRI, ESQUIMALT LETTER-WRITER In the past several weeks the Capital Regional District has presented a sewage treatment plan f
VICTORIA MAYOR DEAN FORTIN ON JOHNSON STREET BRIDGE: 'The longer we wait to act t
Gregory Hartnell on Fri 02 Jul 2010 at 9:23 AM
BRIDGE DECISION IS VITAL TO CITY'S FUTURE A clear choice will have to be made, doing nothing is not an option In less than two months, Victoria City Council will decide whether to replace or rehabil
GREG ALEKNEVICUS ON RAIL OVER JOHNSON STREET BRIDGE: 'Spending $12 million or $23
Gregory Hartnell on Fri 02 Jul 2010 at 8:02 AM
COUNCILLOR JOHN LUTON'S RAIL LOGIC FLAWED Re: One expensive piece of track (Victoria News, June 18) Victoria City Councillor John Luton asks: "People can walk the distance (to a train station in
DOLORES KOGELHEIDE ON OLD ROUNDHOUSE FOR ISLAND CORRIDOR TRANSIT STATION: 'There
Gregory Hartnell on Tue 29 Jun 2010 at 9:03 AM
PRICEY SECTION OF VIC WEST RAIL ON NEW JOHNSON STREET BRIDGE NOT WORTH THE MONEY Re: One expensive piece of track (News, June 18) I live on the corner of Russell Street and Esquimalt Road, where
FRED MALLACH ON JOHNSON STREET BRIDGE: 'Mechanical and electrical upgrades as par
Gregory Hartnell on Mon 28 Jun 2010 at 12:58 PM
THE JOHNSON STREET BRIDGE FIASCO Re: Blue Bridge repair cost has tripled (Victoria News, June 16) Seismic upgrade including repairing corrosion, repainting the steel and resurfacing the bridge an
ROSZAN HOLMEN ON JOSEPH STRAUSS' JOHNSON STREET BRIDGE: 'The bascule bridge was d
Gregory Hartnell on Fri 25 Jun 2010 at 11:34 AM
NO MONEY, NO RAIL LINE, SAYS VICTORIA CITY COUNCIL City of Victoria seeks funding help for Johnson Street Bridge From Capital Regional District and Provincial Government… again Fork over a sh
BARRY HOBBIS: 'Our City's financial stability is potentially at risk as we take o
Gregory Hartnell on Fri 11 Jun 2010 at 11:35 AM
BARRY HOBBIS: CANDIDATE FOR CITY OF VICTORIA COUNCIL CITY OF VICTORIA BY-ELECTION - REFERENDUM NOVEMBER 2010 I am announcing my intention to seek the upcoming vacant seat for the City of Victoria Co
SONYA CHANDLER PULLS A PALIN: Both betrayed those who voted for them
Gregory Hartnell on Sat 29 May 2010 at 10:12 AM
DID HER PHILISTINISM ON THE BLUE BRIDGE KILL THE POLITICAL CAREER OF THE GREEN PARTY'S FIRST FEMALE VICTORIA CITY COUNCILLOR? Thank God she is quitting, although her careering caprices will cost Vi
City of Victoria hired Ipsos Reid to survey 600 residents, 200 businesses on John
Gregory Hartnell on Sat 08 May 2010 at 8:40 AM
JSB REFERENDUM November 2010 vote likely on fate of heritage bridge, says unsigned Times Colonist article A referendum on borrowing money to either refurbish or replace Victoria's Johnson Street Bri
PORT OF CAMOSACK: Roderick Finlayson fired a nine pound cannon ball at the Songhe
Gregory Hartnell on Mon 29 Mar 2010 at 10:17 PM
Johnson Street Bridge represents a fine example of Victoria's early modern architectural engineering history and of its living transportation history, and is still, amazingly, endangered by a philistin
JANIS RINGUETTE: To stop 'the construction of a freeway through the north end of
Gregory Hartnell on Thu 18 Mar 2010 at 11:31 AM
BERENICE LEVITZ PACKFORD'S
LIVING LEGACY TO VICTORIA
Victoria resident and activist Bernice Levitz Packford's major role in stopping the construction of a freeway through the north end of Beacon Hil
IRENE MONROE ON JOHNSON STREET'S "BLUE BRIDGE”: 'We don't need to junk it just
Gregory Hartnell on Wed 17 Mar 2010 at 4:41 PM
JOHNSON STREET BRIDGE
QUESTIONS
Victoria City Council says it will spend $840,000 for more study of the Blue Bridge replace/refurbish dilemma.
This is in addition to the $919,000 already spent on th
VICTORIA ARCHITECT ROGER W. SMEETH: on paying a single engineering firm for JOHNS
Gregory Hartnell on Thu 04 Mar 2010 at 6:24 PM
Re: "Citizens, we salute you,” Feb. 25 - March 3, Monday Magazine
In the good old days, rather than paying a single firm to investigate refurbishing the bridge, engineering firms would be invited to
RON STEFIK ON JOSEPH STRAUSS' JOHNSON STREET BRIDGE: 'This bridge was built to la
Gregory Hartnell on Thu 04 Mar 2010 at 11:33 AM
MORE SPENDING THAN THINKING ON
JOHNSON STREET BRIDGE
Re: Council rethinks plans for fix to blue bridge (Victoria News, Feb. 19)
I have to question just how much thinking is actually going on.
T
ALLEN YOUNG ON JOHNSON STREET BRIDGE 'REPLACEMENT' STUDIES: 'Leads one to wonder
Gregory Hartnell on Fri 26 Feb 2010 at 11:27 AM
'JOSEPH STRAUSS BLUE BRIDGE' OPTIONS
The article on the need to spend an additional $840,000 to analyse options for the Blue Bridge leads one to wonder what the $919,000 spent to date achieved.
"Whethe
ROSZAN HOLMEN: '”People doubt what our staff say…(and) doubt the professional
Gregory Hartnell on Wed 24 Feb 2010 at 5:53 PM
[Victoria City] Council approved a one-year delay and an extra $840,000 to get more accurate estimates of the cost and public support for both replacing and fixing the Johnson Street Bridge.
The goal i
CHARLES HILTON: 'If only City Council would just get off their new bridge high ho
Gregory Hartnell on Wed 24 Feb 2010 at 5:12 PM
HERITAGE HYPOCRISY IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS
How many cups of coffee is it going to cost for another ill-considered decision by this [Victoria] City Council (minus Geoff Young)?
Looks like $600,000-plus f
BILL CLEVERLEY: 'Fortin said the quick decision to replace the bridge was an atte
Gregory Hartnell on Mon 22 Feb 2010 at 3:57 PM
$840,000 City of Victoria study
to weigh Johnson Street Bridge fate
Refurbish or replace?
'Our job is to inform citizens,'
says Victoria Mayor Dean Fortin
Victoria Council will spend about $840
Peter Daniel, Aquattro developer, defaulted on Academy Gardens lease with Provinc
Gregory Hartnell on Tue 16 Feb 2010 at 8:29 AM
Socreds' favoured developer du jour
Peter Daniel is in trouble again.
If that name is familiar, it is because Mr. Daniel is a developer who was notorious in the late eighties and early nineties for
Keith Dagg on Capital Regional District sewage project: 'A referendum would stop
Gregory Hartnell on Thu 11 Feb 2010 at 5:20 PM
As I think about the way the citizens of Victoria overwhelmingly threw out the proposal to borrow money for Blue Bridge replacement when they had a chance, I keep thinking about what would happen if th
Denise Savoie, Victoria NDP MP on Johnson Street Bridge: 'I look forward to the r
Gregory Hartnell on Thu 11 Feb 2010 at 11:58 AM
Socialist former Victoria City Councillor
says she does not favour the repair option
It appears some misunderstandings have come from my confirmation of federal funding for repairs to the Johnson S
Former Victoria Mayor Michael Young and Councillor Murray Glazier: R. I. P.
Gregory Hartnell on Tue 02 Feb 2010 at 10:45 AM
FORMER MAYOR PETER POLLEN CREDITS YOUNG WITH PREVENTING
'RAMPANT DEVELOPMENT AROUND THE HARBOUR'
Two former members of Victoria City Council, Mayor Michael Young and Councillor Murray Glazier, died
RICHARD GILBERT: 'Victoria's Johnson Street Bridge has significant heritage value
Gregory Hartnell on Mon 25 Jan 2010 at 5:47 AM
JOURNAL OF COMMERCE SAYS
JOSEPH STRAUSS' BRIDGE HAS
'A UNIQUE BASCULE BRIDGE SYSTEM
CREATED BY ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS
BRIDGE DESIGNERS IN THE WORLD'
'Victoria's Johnson Street Bridge has signifi
Yule Heibel + Mat Wright in Battle of Blue Bridge photo by Bruce Stotesbury: Vict
Gregory Hartnell on Sat 23 Jan 2010 at 4:35 PM
BILL CLEVERLEY 'LOOKS AT HOW THEY PULLED IT OFF'
JohnsonStreetBridge.org co-founders Mat Wright and Yule Heibel were placed in the fold of the front page of the troubled monopoly Victoria daily news
THE SUSTAINABLE CITY? Johnson Street Bridge 'replacement' defended by Victoria Ci
Gregory Hartnell on Mon 18 Jan 2010 at 12:24 AM
VICTORIA CITY COUNCILLOR LIKES BIKES,
BIG BUDGETS AND SHINY NEW BRIDGES
Bernard von Schulman, Victoria Vision blogger,
debates Victoria City Councillor John Luton
at the Councillor's own personal
JOHN LUTON: "I haven't been sitting around finding new ways to polish my halo”
Gregory Hartnell on Sat 16 Jan 2010 at 12:22 AM
VICTORIA CITY COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY AGREED
TO HOLD A REFERENDUM ON THE FATE OF
THE ENDANGERED JOHNSON STREET BRIDGE
AT AN UNSPECIFIED DATE
Victoria residents will be going to the polls, but what e
Gordon McAllister: Victoria City 'Council did not receive a mandate from voters t
Gregory Hartnell on Fri 15 Jan 2010 at 12:42 AM
CITY OF VICTORIA'S DYSFUNCTIONAL LAND USE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
The replacement of the Blue Bridge was not in any candidate's platform in the 2008 municipal election.
The Council did not receive a manda
William Perry: Mayor Dean Fortin and Victoria City Council, 'minus Geoff Young, n
Gregory Hartnell on Thu 14 Jan 2010 at 6:07 AM
SHOULD MAYOR DEAN FORTIN AND VICTORIA CITY COUNCIL
RESIGN OVER JOHNSON STREET BRIDGE FIASCO?
Re: The Johnson Street Bridge petition
All this could have been avoided if the Mayor and Council, minus
Events in Victoria
09 Sep 2010
Brent Jarvis Showcase/Jam/Fundraiser at Hermann's Jazz Club
NYPD - NOT YOUR PARENTS DISCO with DJ Kenzie Clarke, DJ Kenzie Clarke, DJ Trevor at Lucky Bar
8:00 PM
GALEN HARTLEY AND SARA MARREIROS at The Superior
10 Sep 2010
sub|division SLUGABED, ILLUM SPHERE, BLUE DAISY at Lucky Bar
The Paperboys at Hermann's Jazz Club
8:00 PM
KEN HALL "SAFFRON" at The Superior
11 Sep 2010
Yiddish Columbia State Orchestra at Hermann's Jazz Club
7:30 PM
Arise with a twee bit of reggae spins to start at Black Stilt Coffee Lounge on Hillside
