THE KÜTNE READER

Bits of three buildings that burned in Nelson in 1972 and 1976 are still with us, but you have to know what you’re looking at.

Here are 15 buildings and one bridge that may not be around much longer.

Here are over 65 more buildings that were demolished, burned, or otherwise lost since 2000 that I failed to photograph.

An annotated gallery of photos I’ve taken since 2000 of buildings that no longer exist.

Silverton had its own moviehouse? Yes, indeed! Here is what I have been able to scrape together about it and the man who ran it.

Another look at East Trail’s short-lived moviehouse, its proprietor, and the disasters it faced.

Three little-known Northport buildings that have disappeared since 2007 each had intriguing stories.

South Slocan has taken it on the chin in the last 20 years, having lost 10 heritage buildings, although an equal number still stand.

South Slocan’s biggest heritage building was torn down in December. Part of it dated to 1918.

You would never guess that there was once a good-size home and extensive gardens at 75 Government Road in Nelson.

Here are two photos of the old Yahk police station/lock-up that I took on Aug. 11, 2004. This building has long since disappeared.

The old Trail Legion (also known as the Memorial Hall) was built in 1924 on Victoria Avenue to honour those killed during the First World...

Around 1929, Cominco built a three-storey brick staff house a t 211 Kootenay Ave. in Tadanac (then a company-owned district municipality...

Although I’m rarely on the cutting edge of technology, I was the first person I knew to own a digital camera, purchased directly from...

The City of Trail bought the Union Hotel (pictured below) and a neighbouring building last year with plans to tear them down and sell the...

My wife recently surprised me with the gift of a 1978 Robert Inwood print of Malone Manor. For 88 years, it was one of Nelson’s most prominent heritage homes. But fewer and fewer people even remember it existed. The house was at the corner of Front and Cherry streets. This is the description given in Nelson: A Proposal for Urban Heritage Conservation , which listed its street address as 1102 Front Street (formerly Water Street) and its legal description as Lots 1-4, Block 80.