Jaimie McEvoy, left, and Jim Hutson checked out the B.C. Gasworks building at 231 12th St. in October 2004. Before becoming a city councillor, McEvoy did a six-week research project and developed a list of the Top 10 endangered heritage buildings in the Royal City – and included the Gasworks building on that list.
B.C. Gasworks, the oldest brick building in the city and the province’s first gas plant building, garnered headlines last month when part of its roof collapsed. McEvoy said he hopes the incident will be a “wakeup call” to move forward with plans for the site, which is owned by the provincial government.
