History
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Street Names: The American Strain
Previously, the intersection of Mulder and Scully in Orléans opened up the discussion of streets in Ottawa named for fictional characters and places. But...
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Across the Ottawa Spaces – 1 April 2013
Some highlights from across the Ottawa blogosphere: At West Side Action, Eric Darwin offers some suggestions about the art of the argument at city...
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Across the Ottawa Spaces: March 23, 2013
From the local blogs, here’s some recent items of possible interest… Images of Centretown posts about what was hoped to be the “last...
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Across the Ottawa Spaces – 13 March 2013
Some recent items of interest: Sarah Gelbard of YOWLab details for the Centretown BUZZ five issues that anyone in a condominium development – or...
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Across the Ottawa Spaces – 23 December 2012
Eric Darwin presents a series of essays on the Confederation Line LRT as currently planned out, comparing what’s currently envisioned to what was...
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Image of the Moment: Dismantling the Spiral
Spotted a week ago off the McKenzie King Bridge. Given the new staircase running along the western face of the new Ottawa Conference Centre building, it...
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Across the Ottawa Spaces – 25 November 2012
Among other items of interest this week: CBC Ottawa reports that the former CFB Rockcliffe seems to be the continuing target of looting as it awaits...
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Across the Ottawa Spaces – 13 October 2012
Eric Darwin notes the progress in setting up the bike path paralleling the current O-Train route, and recounts the story of another aspect of the Greber...
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Across the Ottawa Spaces – 28 September 2012
Some recent links of interest… Urbsite profiles the history of the main branch of the Ottawa Public Library. West Side Action author and Spacing...
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Architecture Week 2012
You think you know a place, a building. Maybe it’s because you live in it, or work there. Or you’re a regular visitor, perhaps. Then you get...
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Dawson City — big city problems in a small northern town
Tim Falconer is the author of three books, including Drive: A Road Trip through Our Complicated Affair with the Automobile. He recently spent three...
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Street Names: Emily Howard Stowe, MD
Some readers will have already noticed this from previous coverage of streets across Ottawa named for entertainers. However, it seems a good idea to make...
By Dwight Williams