On our trip to Victoria, we stopped by to see the parliament buildings. They do a tour where some of the tour guides dress in period costumes. We heard the story about the architect who designed the building known as the bird cage:
Francis Rattenbury won the bid to build the parliament building at the age of 26 in 1893. He completed the construction only $400k over the original $500k budget.
It turns out Rattenbury had a rather scandalous personal life. He married Florence at the age of 31. But at the age of 56 he left his wife and married 27 year old Alma only to be murdered by his 18 year old chauffeur (Alma's secret lover) at the age of 68.
Looks similar to Belfast's City Hall
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he married alma the same year the chauffeur was born(!)
ReplyDeleteI'm amazed you managed to get that picture with no people in it! you have a lot of patience.
ReplyDeletefantastic shot. i'd buy it as a postcard any day.
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