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Canadian Urbanism Uncovered

  • Space Junk Made in Ottawa

    The first human artifacts appeared in space in the late 1950s: strange and beautiful satellites, many of which remain in orbit today. The American...

  • All of Centretown – Photography and the city

    The City of Ottawa is carrying out a multi-year project, surveying and evaluating every built structure in the city to determine which resources...

  • Cruisers and Voyageurs: Parc Brébeuf

    History is palpable in the National Capital Region, and in Parc Brebeuf, beneath the official narrative, is a story you won’t find commemorated on a...

  • For the moment: The Prince of Wales Park

    In 1880, a railway bridge was constructed, linking Ottawa, Ontario to Hull (now Gatineau), Quebec. This bridge, known as the Prince of Wales Bridge...

  • Nepean Place: Centretown’s elevated park

    An easily overlooked building in Ottawa’s Centretown features a unique amenity which, while in plain sight from the street, generally goes unnoticed...