Walls Can Talk

“I did the work in a consciousness manner and not with the idea of cutting corners,” Michele Silvestri wrote me from his home in Langley,

From a little shack in “Sleepy Hollow”, to 403 Lowe Street, the house we see today has been transformed. The land was titled in 1960.

In 1954, Earle Smith arrived in Whitehorse. He came with the RCAF and was stationed here for a number of years. He left the territory

“We think it was originally an army wash house,” Lee Nunn informs me as we discuss 410 Ogilvie Street. Pete McCracken, carpenter extraordinaire, responsible for

Joanne Baines, current owner of 206 Hawkins Street, says she can’t remember who told her that Albert Henderson built the house for his sweetheart, but

Research to date has taken me into post-Second World War homes. Recently however I had the opportunity to visit 509 Wood. I think of this

I appreciate meeting people who live their life philosophy. Suat Tuzlak is one such person. I admire his philosophy about good wholesome food. I applaud

Nestled between the T.A. Firth Building and a small apartment building, 308 Hanson looks like a relic from the past. It is the only house

Lusia visits with Grandma and Grandpa now. She helps out in the garden that Grandma has tended for decades. When Lusia’s grandparents first moved in,

Well, the tourists I have seen are the best. One summer as I folded my laundry I spied a couple of young, robust Austrians also

Everyone, it seems, has been interested in the project. I spoke with Tanya Handley about Fenix House. She recalled many downtown residents stopped by regularly

Walk down Main Street any Friday night. The lights are on at 506 Main Street. While decades ago Main Street – west of 4th Avenue

What a glorious Saturday afternoon! I wandered the path in Bert Law Park, on Temptation Island. The sun was warm on my skin, but there