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A photographic flâneur through downtown Ottawa
It was an unseasonably cold and rainy day this past July when I started to get restless, feeling as though I had been stuck in the house all day, and...
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Urban Forum Ottawa Report: Designing a healthy immune system for a healthy city
Last night’s lecture entitled “The Healthy City: Shaping the Public Realm” by Suzanne H. Crowhurst Lennard, Ph.D. (Arch) presented suggestions on...
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Image of the Moment: Sign Bylaw Irony
Does this qualify as a sort of ironic approach to the issue of postering?
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A tale of two cities in one: How Ottawa struggles between municipal power and national pride
Ottawa, as both city and capital, is in a tough position. It is hard enough trying to define yourself as a relevant metropolitan city in today’s world of...
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Rideau Island: An island for Ottawa?
Toronto has Ward’s Island, Vancouver’s got Granville, and Montreal has, well, the Island of Montreal. So it is about time that Ottawa took a look at...
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Event: Ottawa’s Urban Forum
LECTURE 1: The Healthy City: Shaping the Public Realm LECTURER: Suzanne H. Crowhurst Lennard, Ph.D. (Arch.), Director, International Making Cities Livable...
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Lansdowne Park Redevelopment construction photo essay by Kristina Corre
As part of Architecture Week’s guided tour of the construction of the Lansdowne Park Redevelopment, Master of Architecture graduate Kristina Corre...
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Walkley Road and the changing face of Ottawa South
Best know for the South Keys Shopping Centre, and as the former riding of Dalton McGuinty, Ottawa South is currently in the process of trying to ‘upgrade...
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Ottawa food truck roundup
Image: Stone Soup Foodworks While you may be tempted to grab some tradition street meat at the corner of Sparks and Bank (my preferred hot dog vendor of...
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Where is the spark in Sparks Street?
At the heart of the city lies a stretch of paving stones, an open top pedestrian mall that in any European city would most likely be full of street...
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EVENT: Carleton’s School of Architecture Forum Lecture Series
WHAT: Carleton University School of Architecture Forum Lecture Series WHEN: First Lecture Monday, September 30th, 2013 WHERE: National Gallery of...
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EVENT: Architecture Week Ottawa 2013
WHAT: Architecture Week Ottawa 2013 WHEN: October 1-5, 2013 WHERE: Saint Brigid’s Centre for the Arts, 310 Saint Patrick Street, Ottawa, Ontario...
By Kristen Gagnon
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered