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Restoration Of Heritage Downtown Buildings

Two colour photographs, before and after restoration, showing an oblique view of the frontage of the same flat roofed commercial building. The ‘Before’ photograph shows the walls coated in shabby white stucco, windows obscured by signage, and a continuous cedar shake roofed awning over the doors and windows. The ‘After’ photograph shown the walls cleared down to the original bare brick, the second story arched windows free of covering, and separate awnings over the ground floor commercial windows.

Source: Ladysmith Archives and Quentin Goodbody

Dates: Before circa 1980s. After 2023.

The heritage character of a number of downtown buildings, which had been compromised through time, was restored under the auspices of Ladysmith’s Heritage Revitalisation Advisor Commission. These two photographs are ‘before’ and ‘after’ images of the same building.