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Demolition by Dereliction

The three other properties listed in the rezoning application still have tenants, but the landlord is patient, and the local residents are concerned about maintaining property values and a safe, family orientated neighbourhood.

Due to the shortage of housing in Victoria, especially low income housing, it is very difficult to get permission to tear down rental properties to make way for development. There is a loophole for the property owner, however, collect rent , and do only what you are forced to do to maintain the property, until it is so run down that the neighbourhood residents begin to think that the proposed 10 unit townhouse is actually a good thing for the neighbourhood, and the city condemns the building and accepts your offer to to tear it down and rebuild.
COMMENTS
Tishfish said at 5:10 p.m. on Jul 31, 2008:
Excellent reporting Dar, you would have made front page in the newspaper we used to work for. The old gentleman must have been thinking about the years he had lived in that house and than watch them tear it down. Sad in a way. Great coverage ! !
AliDar said at 5:14 p.m. on Jul 31, 2008:
Thanks Mom. The old gentleman is the landlord though.
YorkJodi said at 5:29 p.m. on Jul 31, 2008:
Oh my gosh... they didn't even remove the appliances or the dishes & coffee from the cupboards... and some other neat looking silver thing... I hope that the "Extreme Makeover Home Edition" people are coming next... I feel sorry for the old man... landlord or not... sad!!!
Pkeener said at 5:38 p.m. on Jul 31, 2008:
Dar!! Excellent coverage. Did you wear a hard hat? It looks like you were very close. I think #4 is my favorite, with the striking point of view and the shredded wood in the jaws of the machine and the ivy on the side of the remaing wall. The window shots are really nice too. KUDOS!
AliDar said at 6:14 p.m. on Jul 31, 2008:
Thank you Jodi, and Pam! :) Pam, I wasn't as close as it appears; I was standing out on the street most of the time, except for second set I took after the building was down. ... then I knew when I was getting too close because of the amount of dust on my camera. <G> ... I like the windows set too; there was one more showing nothing but sky though it, but that one was too over ... and under exposed.
Cowgirl said at 6:47 p.m. on Jul 31, 2008:
Yes like your mom said great reporting and shots . everything must go !!!!!!!!!!!!!! Iam surs the landlord made some monies off this deal !!!!! We were in Victoria last June Cruise Ship From Alaska. Walked around . Loved it what i did have a chance to see .
Abking said at 8:42 p.m. on Jul 31, 2008:
Great coverage Dar. I can almost hear crunching wood and smell the dust. Your combination of telling details and the overall scene are excellent.
Umauma said at 8:59 p.m. on Jul 31, 2008:
Wow!!! Dar what a statement! Great commentary...Sad how greed must be fed!
Lifequest22 said at 9:24 p.m. on Jul 31, 2008:
Dar-this tabblo tells a great story. You really caught some great action in these photos. We have the same issues in Tampa despite the code enforcement fines.
Debdog said at 9:31 p.m. on Jul 31, 2008:
WOW...............GREAT commentary, and photo journalism piece Dar! I can hear the machines, and hear tehe crunches as the demolition takes place...with DISHES STILL IN A CUPBOARD???did the poeple just walk away??? really great work...do i smell a TOD????
21-gramm said at 10:31 p.m. on Jul 31, 2008:
great reportage, Dar! But story look very sad (
Leftofcenter said at 12:13 a.m. on Aug 1, 2008:
must've been noisy and dusty! cool closeups and we get the message. classic Dar.
Noe said at 12:20 a.m. on Aug 1, 2008:
Amazing set-coverage Dar, very good photos... great work!
AliDar said at 12:52 a.m. on Aug 1, 2008:
BOBBIE, when were you in Victoria???, Next time you go on one of those cruise and are going to be stopping over in Victoria let me know Please!!!! ALLAN, Thank you, I was hoping to find more of those telling details, but I'm pleased you think the ones I did find work. UMA, thank you. I'm thinking the statement speaks for it's self, and all I had to do was present it. Thanks LINDA, had to have some blurred moving bits; too bad I can't figure out a way to convey sound in a photo as well. DEB, Oh, ... never mind, I did convey sound! ;) Thank you Deb. I think those dishes belonged to the house; I've lived in places like that... but the coffee, who'd leave without taking their coffee? Thanks DEN; it is sad, but some neighbours that went past actually applauded.
Thank you NOE. :) Annelies, so do you think I was a bit heavy handed with the shot of the torn up tree trunk? ;)
Hollyridger said at 1:33 a.m. on Aug 1, 2008:
Once again, very well put together, Dar! Like Jodi and Deb I noticed the crockery and interesting looking silver thing still on the shelves. This is indeed very sad.
DocEna said at 10:06 a.m. on Aug 1, 2008:
Wow looks like a necropsy of a house...strong shots...
Shenresi said at 11:32 a.m. on Aug 1, 2008:
Great report, Dar. Everytime, when I see something like that, it hurts my heart. Such a long live in old walls and so many feelings that you had inside and they simply pull it down with all the emotions and than is finish .
Siagian said at 12:52 p.m. on Aug 1, 2008:
Whoa Dar, this is like an action movie! i wonder if the development will make it better for some of the lower incomes families?
Candlepower said at 2:57 p.m. on Aug 1, 2008:
Sad stuff still on the shelves. Our past is desposable. Great Tabblo using your camera to report!
Ira said at 4:54 p.m. on Aug 1, 2008:
Interesting photos. The present destruction.
Sirnicolay said at 7:54 a.m. on Aug 2, 2008:
This is pretty disturbing for me. Quite saddening, too. I just hope that they'll build something better to justify the destruction of the house.
MichelleMc said at 12:38 p.m. on Aug 2, 2008:
I love your reporting and your pictures, it is sad, hope no animals or people were hurt anywhere during this!
PaulBarfoot said at 8:32 a.m. on Aug 5, 2008:
I'm a bit behind in looking at tabblos (sometimes I actually have to work) and just getting to this one Dar. One of the things I always love about your tabblos is that you look for and manage to portray the deeper meaning. The ordinary household objects torn apart are so eloquent.
JuDeck said at 10:24 p.m. on Aug 8, 2008:
nice progression showing what was there and now it's not....i wonder where all the footstep echoes go now......shelves and window shots are my favs.
Mariusblack said at 1:03 p.m. on Aug 10, 2008:
i'm uncomfortable everytime i see a house being torn down. it's plain sad. great captures, though, of the event, and of the little things that are probably filled with someone's memories.
Mkuhns said at 8:19 p.m. on Aug 21, 2008:
Wow. You portrated the sad violence being perpetrated here...I hope what replaces this old building will bring happiness to the community there. Something tragic in seeing the personal possessions amid the rubble. Fantastic work!
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