Culture
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Bread and circuses: ampitheatre a boon to summer in the city
It’s the time of year for renovations and construction projects, getting ready for the onset of the busy Ottawa tourism and “good weather” season. One of...
By Kate Wetherow -
1% for public art on Ottawa streets
When you see public art projects on Ottawa streets, do you wonder how they get there? Who pays for it? Many Ottawans don’t realize that every new Ottawa...
By Kate Wetherow -
Canadian artists in the urban fabric
By Marcus Bowman, cross-posted from Spacing Toronto An unprecedented collaborative report mapping the concentration of artists in Canadian cities was...
By Spacing -
The ‘Last Good Year’: Revisiting the Centennial Craze
1967 was a good year— the “last good year” according to Pierre Berton. Canada’s centennial sparked centennial-project craze across the country. I first...
By Tonya Davidson -
Monumental Monuments
As the national capital, Ottawa is in the somewhat unique position of housing many of the country’s significant and historical monuments. For the...
By Apartment613 -
Prime time busking in the market
Not surprisingly, one of the very best spots for Ottawa busking is in the Byward Market. It’s at the corner of George and William, in front of the...
By John Carroll -
Art form, bike function: Bank Street bike racks
I stood near the corner of Bank and Somerset one day, puzzled, as I watched a woman struggle to lock her bike to a fence that protected one of the newly...
By Kate Wetherow