Infrastructure
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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 -
30 Years, Reflected — a poetic commentary
In the summer of 1985, my parents bought me my first place ticket. That ticket brought me out of the prairies, from Regina to Ottawa. I’d just graduated...
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Image of the Moment: Westboro’s Complete Street
Image: Ottawa’s first ‘complete street’ Location: Churchill Avenue, Westboro, Ottawa, Canada Date of photo: June 13, 2015...
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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...
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LRT Trillium Line Extension enters Stage 2
The second open house for the Stage 2 project’s Trillium Line took place last Thursday night at the St. Anthony’s Banquet Hall in Little Italy. Turn out...
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Image of the Moment: Ottawa’s nicest public restrooms?
Image: Ottawa’s nicest public restrooms? Location: Vincent Massey Park, Ottawa, Canada Date of photo: October 25, 2014 Photographer: Kristen Gagnon
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Image of the Moment: The bridge that almost is…
Image: Airport Parkway Pedestrian Bridge Location: Airport Parkway, close to Hunt Club Date of photo: September 10, 2014 Photographer: Kristen Gagnon As...
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Image of the Moment: The Strandherd-Armstrong Bridge
Image: The newly completed Standherd-Armstrong Bridge Location: Connecting Strandherd Drive (in Barrhaven) and Earl Armstrong Road (in Riverside South...
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Image of the Moment: Ottawa’s Sharrows
Image: Sharrows: A city initiative to remind drivers to share the road with cyclists through the use of arrows Location: Meadowlands Drive, Ottawa, Canada...
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Doors Open Ottawa 2014: Tools of Traffic Management
Back during the Doors Open Ottawa weekend, I found myself wanting to visit but one place above all others: the Traffic Management Centre. Located on...
By Dwight Williams -
Cycling in Bonn, Germany: Lessons for Ottawa
With summer looming my thoughts turn to climbing aboard my bike and zooming along the newly bare streets and pathways. I love riding my bike in Ottawa...
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Image of the Moment: Remapping Rideau Street
Image: From the Uptown Rideau CDP Workshop – 28 May 2014 Location: Rideau Branch of Ottawa Public Library, 377 Rideau Street, Ottawa, ON Date of...
By Dwight Williams