By Dwight Williams
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Street Names: The American Strain
Previously, the intersection of Mulder and Scully in Orléans opened up the discussion of streets in Ottawa named for fictional characters and places. But...
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Across the Ottawa Spaces – 1 April 2013
Some highlights from across the Ottawa blogosphere: At West Side Action, Eric Darwin offers some suggestions about the art of the argument at city...
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A Brief Update: Ogilvy’s Building Collapses
Three years ago in this weblog, Chris Worden profiled the state of one of Ottawa’s long-neglected architectural gems, the Ogilvy’s Department...
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Across the Ottawa Spaces: March 23, 2013
From the local blogs, here’s some recent items of possible interest… Images of Centretown posts about what was hoped to be the “last...
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Image of the Moment – Rescue Dog
This was new to me when I spotted it next to the Boer War Monument in Confederation Park recently. I’d wondered aloud if anyone knew the story...
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Across the Ottawa Spaces – 13 March 2013
Some recent items of interest: Sarah Gelbard of YOWLab details for the Centretown BUZZ five issues that anyone in a condominium development – or...
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Image of the Moment – Ottawa-Gatineau by Night
Taken by one Japhet Alvarez on January 14, 2013…
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Across the Ottawa Spaces – 23 December 2012
Eric Darwin presents a series of essays on the Confederation Line LRT as currently planned out, comparing what’s currently envisioned to what was...
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Image of the Moment: Dismantling the Spiral
Spotted a week ago off the McKenzie King Bridge. Given the new staircase running along the western face of the new Ottawa Conference Centre building, it...
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The Reinvention of CFB Rockcliffe: Beginning Again
Building a new neighbourhood from scratch can be the work of at least a decade these days. From the initial proposal to change a property’s zoning...
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One Day in the Life of OC Transpo
Thanks to fellow contributor David McClelland for finding this particular map-animation linkage…
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Across the Ottawa Spaces – 25 November 2012
Among other items of interest this week: CBC Ottawa reports that the former CFB Rockcliffe seems to be the continuing target of looting as it awaits...