Curiosities
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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...
By Dwight Williams -
Street art with heart: The Artists of the Glebe vs. Minto
With the much ‘discussed’ construction of the Lansdowne Park Redevelopment project creeping closer to its slated date of completion, I feel it...
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Ottawa’s failed Airport Parkway pedestrian bridge goes viral
The-bridge-that-just-won’t-be has made headlines again, and this time in the national media. Ottawa’s Airport Parkway Bridge, the one that is...
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#TEDxElginSt: Is Ottawa having an identity crisis, or are we simply in need of a little self-discovery?
This past Saturday, in the darkened auditorium of the Canadian Museum of Nature – a setting and atmosphere synonymous with the famed TED Talks series â€...
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Across the Ottawa Spaces – 24 January 2014
In light of the closing of Ottawa’s “last downtown movie theatre”, the World Exchange Plaza, Ottawa Rewind takes a look at another...
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A pocket park for Ottawa?
With the growing urban design trend of pocket parks, where miniature leftover city spaces are adapted to become little urban oases, a city so plentiful in...
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Across the Ottawa Spaces – 23 September 2013
Eric Darwin speculates on several possible fates for the Talent O-Train consists once the new Alstom trains are in service, and also discusses the new...
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Across the Ottawa Spaces – 25 July 2013
A selection of Ottawa-focused articles from across the Internet in recent weeks… Urbsite profiles the previous Ottawa City Hall Building (now known...
By Dwight Williams -
Image of the Moment РAnodes in Orl̩ans
Taken a week or so ago on Merkley Drive in the Fallingbrook section of Orléans. These devices have been seen around the neighbourhood in a number of front...
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Across the Ottawa Spaces: June 2013
Another selection of weblog entries covering infrastructure and history across the city: Eric Darwin comes across a German innovation in empty-can...
By Dwight Williams -
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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Chinatown’s Lucky Eight, with Eric Darwin and Gowalla
The second Spacing Ottawa Gowalla trip went online this week. Drawing heavily on the excellent West Side Action blog by community activist Eric Darwin of...
By Spacing