Beyoğlu’nda içler acıtan görüntü: Tarihi bina tinerci ve hırsızlara mesken oldu İstanbul’un göbeğindeki tarihi bina hırsızlara ve tinercilere kaldı Beyoğlu’nda bulunan 53 yıllık tarihi bina hırsızların ve tinercilerin meskeni haline geldi.
According to New Westminster Public Library, it had just 23 occupants when it opened the following year, and it operated until 1980, when the federal penitentiary was phased out in favour of smaller, modern prisons.
Over the past few decades since the decommissioning of the facility, other buildings on the prison grounds have been demolished for a residential neighbourhood with nearly 1,000 homes.
Location of the Gaol Building at 65 Richmond Street and the former British Columbia Penitentiary area in New Westminster. (Google Maps)
The Gaol Building of the former British Columbia Penitentiary at 65 Richmond Street in New Westminster. (Sutton Centre Realty)
The Gaol Building of the former British Columbia Penitentiary at 65 Richmond Street in New Westminster. (Sutton Centre Realty)