Curiosities
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Spacing Ottawa anniversary: Seven things I learned about my city
It seems last month, not last year, that we launched Spacing Ottawa with a party at the Cube Gallery on Hamilton. I’ll never forget the date...
By Evan Thornton -
Preview: Jane’s Walk this weekend
With 35 captivating neighbourhood-based walks on the program, this year’s edition of Jane’s Walk promises to be the most deliciously diverse...
By Evan Thornton -
The sign of the fish: Ottawa sewer grates
Are the patterned openings to these storm sewer grates trying to tell us something? Some people look at them and see an odd jumble, others think a...
By Evan Thornton -
Angels in the City
Walking around Ottawa, with eyes directed only towards the city’s 70-plus statues and monuments the heroism of Canada, can seem overwhelming. A knight...
By Tonya Davidson -
Street furniture for smokers: an Ottawa success story?
They are the least-thought out public spaces in Ottawa and yet they are used hundreds of thousands of times in a day. Many people spend more time in and...
By Evan Thornton