Some highlights from across the Ottawa blogosphere:
‘Tis the season to be festive, and embrace winter:
- Over at Ottawa 365, 25 days of city Christmas lights are being showcased through beautiful photographs of some of Ottawa’s best light displays.
- While not technically a local blog, The Atlantic Cities give a big shout out to Ottawa’s growing winter bike culture, and highlight the Ottawa Bicycle Lanes Project, in this recent piece.
- Do you know which famous carol was recorded at Lansdowne in the ’80s? Click on over to Ottawa Start to find out.
General Urban Interest:
- Ever wanted to be a time travelling tourist in your own city? Thankfully, Urbsite has compiled this fascinating collection of historical Ottawa travel guides from the 1930s-1940s to fulfill that very wish.
- Centretown News details community concerns over parking and density in this story on the James Street multi-unit residential development project.
- The Section 37 provision of Ontario’s Planning Act is explained and detailed in terms of its possible implications for Vanier in this story by Vanier Now
Do you know of an Ottawa urbanism blog we should be following? Let us know!