Visual Musings

Vancouver Island - Victoria, waffle covers and circles.

I was so excited to discover that the Capital City of my birth province British Columbia, celebrates it’s sewer cover history with a sculpture of old waffle pattern storm drain covers on the corner of Douglas and Yates streets - affectionally known by locals as ‘the burnt waffles’. Original waffle covers can still be seen insitu in Oak Bay - complete with the square raised block design which ensured horses hooves were held safely as they trotted over the storm drains. The history of the city told differently, to the observant, by simply ‘looking down’.