Comments on: A brief history of the Woodward’s Department Store Building https://evelazarus.com/a-brief-history-of-the-woodwards-department-store-building/ Sun, 29 Mar 2026 15:06:58 +0000 hourly 1 By: Woodward's Department Store -101 Years of Shopping for Western Canadians - The Vintage Inn https://evelazarus.com/a-brief-history-of-the-woodwards-department-store-building/#comment-64716 Mon, 19 Jan 2026 14:07:32 +0000 https://evelazarus.com/?p=2272#comment-64716 […] In 1927, Percival Archibald Woodward (VP of Woodward) built a 75-foot-high beacon to act as a giant billboard advertisement for the department store. The tower held a searchlight that threw out a two million candlepower beam which revolved six times each minute and could be seen from Vancouver Island. When the war hit he was told to remove the tower and the 16-foot W took its place (Source). […]

]]> By: Jennifer Clay https://evelazarus.com/a-brief-history-of-the-woodwards-department-store-building/#comment-223 Thu, 31 Jan 2013 18:58:32 +0000 https://evelazarus.com/?p=2272#comment-223 Yes, the family were indeed retail pioneers in many ways! Coincidentally I just saw someone at the top of the “W” yesterday. It make my legs weak just seeing him up there.

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