Fernwood West II
Back to Fernwood in Victoria for some black and white shots. These were all taken a few weeks ago when I ran a Fernwood series.
Above is the back side of Victoria High School. Massive and old it is still very much in use (two of my kids graduated from here). This view was not visible until last year, at least not for 40 years or more. A seismic upgrade saw the breeze block shop buildings removed a few months ago from the end of this street.
These buildings are all on the west side of the Fernwood neighbourhood, near to or along Cook Street.
I love the Polish deli, it’s where I go for salami and a poppy-seed roll/cake. I am sometimes found in there having a Reuben sandwich, or their handmade perogies.
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Just what was this architect thinking? Maybe he was watching XXX movies and drinking XXX lager, while drawing up the design.
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Canon EOS 5Dii, Nikkor-N 24mm/f2.8 lens, ISO100, +/- 2.0 E.V.
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burnt embers 
Made me hungry for Perogies, haven’t had any for years!
Love the last image, fantastic capture!
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When in Victoria, it’s the place to go for perogies.
Glad you like that last shot. I could not believe the arrangement of stairs, and not wanting to trespass there was only one vantage point.
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Nice lines and tones, especially in the last photograph.
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Thanks Joseph. I have a few more from this area of town that will be showing up in my blog fairly soon. I like Fernwood – tons of character.
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I love the staircases on that last photo! And now I’m hungry for a Reuben sandwich. Haven’t had one in years.
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I love them too, awful as they are. They are what the shot is all about for me.
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That Victoria High School photo has a lot of 1912 in it, not just the school but the cottage on the right, with its bell-cast roof and stuccoed over dormer window. All the photo needs is a horse and buggy, or a vintage car from 1912, and away you go!
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Thanks Richard. Somewhere there is an early photo of the school that shows it standing up like this in the distance from roughly this view. I think that is what inspired me to take this picture. A bit of judicious photoshop work could easily drop an early car onto the road.
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