Infrastructure
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Ottawa Underpass Streetscape Initiative
By the end of this summer, two of Ottawa’s underpasses will be that much more welcoming thanks to a city-led initiative aimed at brightening these...
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Spacing Ottawa Event: Beaver Barracks Site Tour
WHAT: Site visit and walking tour of the Beaver Barracks, community rental housing development WHEN: June 21, 1pm WHERE: Beaver Barracks, 464 Metcalfe...
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Bayview Yards redevelopment design plans unveiled
Released yesterday afternoon, following a community open house on April 26, and with the announcement that the city’s Finance and Economic...
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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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‘Planning Canada’s Capital’: A resource for research into the Capital Region’s planning history
Today we at Spacing Ottawa would like to highlight some of the research currently being undertaken in regards to the Capital Region’s planning...
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BRTs: Is Ottawa ahead of the curve?
With Ottawa’s LRT project still years away from completion, and often used as an example of how far behind Ottawa is when it comes to major urban...
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Image of the Past: A Snowy Ottawa street car
Image: Street Car #17 Location: Queen Street, Ottawa Date of image: February, 1892 Source: William James Topley, Topley Studio, Library and Archives Canada
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Ottawa’s Waterfronts: An under utilized asset
For a city so geographically framed by its waterways, Ottawa often struggles to find meaningful means to engage with its water frontages. This will...
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Affordable Housing in Ottawa: Always in demand, short supply, and in disrepair
Today, a large majority of the affordable housing we see in Ottawa is owned and operated by Ottawa Community Housing Corporation (OCH), an organization...
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Heated sidewalks: The answer to Ottawa’s snowy urban landscape?
Ottawa has been hard hit by some extreme winter weather this year. The displaced snow has been piling up on curbs and front yards, and the issue of what...
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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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Image of the Past: Ottawa’s horse-drawn street cars
Image: Ottawa City Passenger Railway Company’s horse-drawn street car, in the winter Location: Ottawa (Exact location unknown) Date of photo: 1871...
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