Curiosities
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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...
By Adrian Phillips -
Two-Cities: Ottawa/Montréal
Living in Ottawa, it is hard to escape the shadow and allure of Montreal and its near mythic status of urban utopia. After living in Montreal for three...
By Sarah Gelbard -
An Invasion? An Invitation? An Importation? Mechanical Monsters and Giants in the Streets
by Rebecca Clare Dolgoy From Thursday July 27th to Sunday July 30th, La Machine – a French-based street theatre company – made their North American début...
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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...
By Adrian Phillips -
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...
By Adrian Phillips -
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...
By Adrian Phillips -
Image of the Moment: ‘Northern Lights” Parliament sound + light show
Image: The original Centre Block facade superimposed onto today’s structure and Peace Tower: Opening night of ‘Northern Lights‘, sound...
By Spacing -
Urbabbles: A Tale of Two Senators
As the NCC waits on five proposals for the redevelopment of LeBreton Flats, Spacing Ottawa muses over the possible ‘confusion’ one such...
By Spacing -
Installation: The City is a Technology
The idea of the city as a form of technology is the foundation of a series of urban interventions currently at work in and around Elgin Street, in...
By Spacing -
Urbabbles: The LRT flaunts her speed
While still a sort of figment of our collective imagination, the soon-to-be LRT is already tooting her own horn. Illustration: Chanel Dehond. Chanel...
By Spacing -
Urbabbles: The Rideau Canal is heating up
On the first day of spring, and after the longest consecutive run for the Rideau Canal Skateway, a humourous reminder from Toronto-based...
By Spacing -
Ottawa’s ‘Little Toronto’: Lansdowne Park’s lack of local
Having grown up in Toronto, the move to Ottawa found me at first feeling slightly claustrophobic and disconnected from the big-city-ness of the...
By Kristen Gagnon