History

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...

Urbanist’s diary: dirty words and dead-end streets

Orleans Town Centre Cinema – A Possible Future?

Some east-enders may have noticed changes at the Orleans Town Centre this past week. The six-screen multiplex that’s been standing there for nearly...

More blogs about buildings and streets

A couple of weeks back we wrote about some excellent Ottawa blogs that take an urbanist point of view with them as they explore our city’s streets...

The Gréber plan: A ghost of Ottawa past

In the late-1940s, Ottawa was a vastly different place from the city we know today. In spite of being Canada’s capital for 80 years, the city was...

View from the Hill: it’s a jumble out there

I was walking with my out-of-town friend around Ottawa, when, at Parliament Hill my friend remarked that while the Parliament buildings were nice, Ottawa...

Places we like: three blogs about buildings and streets

A supportive ecology is crucial to any organism, and Spacing Ottawa is no different. But whereas in many cities in North America our recent splash landing...

Public access to waterfront in Port of Spain, Trinidad

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...

Spanning conflict: from Kettle Island to Big Joe Mufferaw

Three years ago, the City of Ottawa held a christening ceremony for a long-awaited piece of civil engineering. The Corktown Bridge was named in honour of...