{"id":2047,"date":"2014-06-19T17:26:02","date_gmt":"2014-06-20T01:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.johnbentley.ca\/?p=2047"},"modified":"2014-06-19T17:58:12","modified_gmt":"2014-06-20T01:58:12","slug":"vancouvers-two-dorothies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.johnbentley.ca\/?p=2047","title":{"rendered":"Vancouver&#8217;s Two Dorothies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On a photo shoot the other day in Kerrisdale, I noticed two familiar-looking houses perched on blocks across the street. I remember shooting one of them a couple of years ago when it was in its original location. They were hard to forget, as they were mirror-image houses built beside each other, sharing one driveway.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2048\" style=\"width: 910px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.johnbentley.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/1J6A8957.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2048\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.johnbentley.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/1J6A8957.jpg\" alt=\"Two Dorothies\" width=\"900\" height=\"540\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2048\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.johnbentley.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/1J6A8957.jpg 900w, https:\/\/blog.johnbentley.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/1J6A8957-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2048\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The two homes in their new location on West 41st.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>They had recently been purchased by a developer, who was going to tear them down, until a number of heritage-minded residents managed to save them. There&#8217;s an interesting story behind them which you can read <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vancouversun.com\/technology\/Vancouver+Dorothies+have+home+with+photos\/9628467\/story.html\" title=\"Vancouver's two Dorothies\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>. They were definitely worth saving as you can see from the images below, taken in their original setting. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.johnbentley.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_1242.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.johnbentley.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_1242.jpg\" alt=\"Vancouver heritage home\" width=\"900\" height=\"518\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.johnbentley.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_1242.jpg 900w, https:\/\/blog.johnbentley.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_1242-300x172.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.johnbentley.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_1251.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.johnbentley.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_1251.jpg\" alt=\"Vancouver heritage home\" width=\"900\" height=\"515\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2051\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.johnbentley.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_1251.jpg 900w, https:\/\/blog.johnbentley.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_1251-300x171.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.johnbentley.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_1269.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.johnbentley.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_1269.jpg\" alt=\"Vancouver heritage home\" width=\"900\" height=\"541\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2054\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.johnbentley.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_1269.jpg 900w, https:\/\/blog.johnbentley.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_1269-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.johnbentley.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_1263_4_5_6_fused.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.johnbentley.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_1263_4_5_6_fused.jpg\" alt=\"Vancouver heritage home\" width=\"900\" height=\"524\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2053\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.johnbentley.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_1263_4_5_6_fused.jpg 900w, https:\/\/blog.johnbentley.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_1263_4_5_6_fused-300x174.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.johnbentley.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_1254_6_7_fused.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.johnbentley.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_1254_6_7_fused.jpg\" alt=\"Vancouver heritage home\" width=\"900\" height=\"536\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2052\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.johnbentley.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_1254_6_7_fused.jpg 900w, https:\/\/blog.johnbentley.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_1254_6_7_fused-300x178.jpg 300w\" 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