By Dwight Williams
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Picture of the Moment: Elgin Street Night Repairs
Photography by Dwight Williams. Used with permission.
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Across the Ottawa Spaces: 24 October 2012
Starting off: CBC Ottawa reports on the unveiling of the city’s draft budget for 2013. Many details announced, leading off with the 2.09 % property...
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Across the Ottawa Spaces – 13 October 2012
Eric Darwin notes the progress in setting up the bike path paralleling the current O-Train route, and recounts the story of another aspect of the Greber...
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Photo of the Moment: New Mailboxes for Old
Not sure if the like’s been installed anywhere else in Ottawa-Gatineau yet, but this was the first one I’ve seen so far: a new kind of...
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Across the Ottawa Spaces – 28 September 2012
Some recent links of interest… Urbsite profiles the history of the main branch of the Ottawa Public Library. West Side Action author and Spacing...
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Architecture Week 2012
You think you know a place, a building. Maybe it’s because you live in it, or work there. Or you’re a regular visitor, perhaps. Then you get...
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Place d’Orleans Station – a Sunday Night at 9:49 PM
Offered without comment.
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Another LRT Idea: The Rideau-Trim Road Line
Here’s another “blue sky” LRT idea for discussion and debate. Several factors have been in play in recent months, including but not...
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Street Names: Emily Howard Stowe, MD
Some readers will have already noticed this from previous coverage of streets across Ottawa named for entertainers. However, it seems a good idea to make...
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Sights of Bytown: Piano in the Market
Taken in April 2012, on the Juno Awards weekend in the ByWard Market. The piano has since been moved slightly to protect it from the summer elements...
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Book Review: River, Road and Rail — Woodroffe Memories
From time to time, the residents of a particular neighbourhood will try to sum up their perspective on the history of their corner of the world for...
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Besserer’s Legacy
We recently received a request to look into Sandy Hill’s Besserer Street. It’s not one of the most noticeable streets in town. Even though it...