gastown structures: water street

while doing a quick search on what building 375 water st. was (the landing), i came across a page on gastown structures - water street. very odd seeing the area from these perspectives. i feel like i've lived on water street the past two and a half years. i work at a desk now, but spent the past couple years wandering around the eastside and its laneways doing what i do.

as much of a tourist trap as water street is it still holds a charm. i love it, i hate it. i know some of its buildings very intimately, having helped do fiber installs through some of their nooks and crannies. for instance, below the facade of 353 water street lies a dungeon of a furnace room. i spent a few days down there, and don't look forward to ever going back.

i'm always excited when i get to understand the inner structure of a building i've looked at for several years without ever stepping inside. it's a bit like feeling you're becoming a city, as opposed to just living in it.

{October 09, 2003 08:43 PM}