Metropolitan Building
Metropolitan Building is a building in Victoria, Capital Regional District, British Columbia. Metropolitan Building is situated nearby to Belmont Building, as well as near the government office British Columbia Superintendent of Family and Child Service.Photo: Podzemnik, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Victoria Bug Zoo and Old Victoria Custom House.
Victoria Bug Zoo
Zoo
The Victoria Bug Zoo is a two-room minizoo that is located in downtown Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, one block north of the Fairmont Empress Hotel. It was sold to Xing Chen in 2014. The Victoria Bug Zoo is run by General Manager Jaymie Chudiak. Victoria Bug Zoo is situated 100 metres east of Metropolitan Building.
Old Victoria Custom House
Historic building
Photo: Podzemnik, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Old Victoria Custom House, also known as the Malahat Building, in Victoria was completed in 1875 and designated as a historic building in 1987. It is a three-storey, mansard-roofed, custom house overlooking Victoria's harbour, symbolizing the era when Victoria was the pre-eminent commercial centre on Canada's West Coast. Old Victoria Custom House is situated 200 metres northwest of Metropolitan Building.
Royal British Columbia Museum
Museum
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The Royal British Columbia Museum, founded in 1886, is a history museum in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. The "Royal" title was approved by Queen Elizabeth II and bestowed by Prince Philip in 1987, to coincide with a royal tour of that year. Royal British Columbia Museum is situated 400 metres south of Metropolitan Building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Victoria and Chinatown.
Victoria
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Victoria is the capital of Canada's westernmost province; British Columbia, near the southern tip of Vancouver Island. Victoria contains a perfect combination of the old and new Canada.
Chinatown
Neighborhood
Photo: Podzemnik, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Chinatown in Victoria, British Columbia is the oldest Chinatown in Canada and the second oldest in North America after San Francisco. Victoria's Chinatown had its beginnings in the mid-nineteenth century in the mass influx of miners from California to what is now British Columbia in 1858.
Esquimalt
Town
Photo: Kyle Wilson, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Township of Esquimalt is a municipality at the southern tip of Vancouver Island, in British Columbia, Canada. It is bordered to the east by the provincial capital, Victoria, to the south by the Strait of Juan de Fuca, to the west by Esquimalt Harbour and… Esquimalt is situated 3½ km west of Metropolitan Building.
Metropolitan Building
- Type: Building
- Description: commercial building in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
- Category: commercial building
- Location: Victoria, Capital Regional District, British Columbia, Canada, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
48.42329° or 48° 25′ 24″ northLongitude
-123.36796° or 123° 22′ 5″ westOpen location code
84WRCJFJ+8ROpenStreetMap ID
way 95049026OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q111525936
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