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Orchard House

647 Michigan Street
Victoria BC Canada

Status:	built
Construction Dates
Finished	1969
Floor Count	22
Units / Rooms	211

Building Uses

- residential

Structural Types

- highrise

Heights	Value	Source / Comments

Roof	213 ft	Google Earth


Main roof	203 ft	Unconfirmed

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Description
• Tallest building in Victoria and the reason for the 43m height limit imposed in the 1970's following a highrise construction boom.

• Many residents became excessively opposed to highrise developments following the completion of Orchard House due to it's appearance in the skyline.

• The tower slab blocks the view of the Olympic Mountains in the slght-line down Douglas St., Victoria's main downtown street.

• In the late 1990s the thin sides of the tower were painted violet. Originally they were pink.

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