By Dwight Williams
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Street Names: Proposing an Intrepid Commemoration
There are many streets scattered across the city of Ottawa with names one can argue as being “generic” or “boring”. Setting aside the classic argument of...
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30 Years, Reflected — a poetic commentary
In the summer of 1985, my parents bought me my first place ticket. That ticket brought me out of the prairies, from Regina to Ottawa. I’d just graduated...
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Image of the Moment: Blair Station renovations
Image: Scenes from Blair Station’s renovation to accommodate the Confederation Line of OC Transpo’s LRT / O-Train network. Taken while the...
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Image of the Moment: The Meanest Bus Shelter in Town?
Image: A newly installed city bus stop Location: Rideau Street Date of photo: August 19, 2014 Photographer: Dwight Williams After recently leaving a...
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Across the Ottawa Spaces – 21 July 2014
Among recent commentaries on infrastructure issues across the city’s websites… Eric Darwin notes the development of the le corridor scolaire...
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Doors Open Ottawa 2014: Tools of Traffic Management
Back during the Doors Open Ottawa weekend, I found myself wanting to visit but one place above all others: the Traffic Management Centre. Located on...
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Image of the Moment: Remapping Rideau Street
Image: From the Uptown Rideau CDP Workshop – 28 May 2014 Location: Rideau Branch of Ottawa Public Library, 377 Rideau Street, Ottawa, ON Date of...
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Image of the Moment: Mall Entrance in Transition
The last time this entrance was subject to such a change was about twenty years ago. At that point, the rentable storage lockers that used to be there...
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Image of the Moment: Transitway Underpass
Location: Taken from underneath the Transitway bridge, connecting Hurdman and Lees Stations, looking north across the Rideau River. Date of...
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Image of the Moment: A theatrical corner in Ottawa
Location: The Great Canadian Theatre Company, corner of Holland Ave and Wellington St W Date of photo: January 25, 2014 Photographer: Dwight Williams
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Image of the Moment: Eaton’s at Rideau – The last remnant
Location: The Rideau Centre Date of photo: January 24, 2014 Photographer: Dwight Williams During the process of remodelling those portions of the Rideau...
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Image of the Moment: Snowy Construction at Rideau Centre
Location: The Rideau Centre/Station construction site, as work continues to progress. Date of photo: December 17, 2013 Photographer: W. Thomas Leroux