Unfortunately, the pejorative connotations inherent in the word “junk” have led many people to think of the buildings as being worthless rather than being the cradle of the new and growing city of Victoria. A number of letters have expressed the idea that the Wharf Street warehouses become the site of a purpose-built Maritime Museum. I very much support this idea. While visiting our son and his wife in New Zealand a couple of years ago, we had a chance to go to the New Zealand Maritime Museum in Auckland. The collections are housed in a wonderful new multi-level structure, most of which is built on concrete pilings out over the harbour.