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Why not wood? How good architecture and a sense of material, could help the Chateau Laurier addition finally get it right
When the new design for the highly controversial Chateau Laurier addition was shared with the public in early February, it was immediately evident that...
By Kristen Gagnon -
Review: National Arts Centre Architectural Rejuvenation Project Phase I
By the time you read this, HRH Prince Charles will have already cut the ribbon on the first phase of the $110.5 million architectural rejuvenation of the...
By Kristen Gagnon -
All of Centretown – Photography and the city
The City of Ottawa is carrying out a multi-year project, surveying and evaluating every built structure in the city to determine which resources...
By Adrian Phillips -
Cruisers and Voyageurs: Parc Brébeuf
History is palpable in the National Capital Region, and in Parc Brebeuf, beneath the official narrative, is a story you won’t find commemorated on a...
By Adrian Phillips -
Street Names: Proposing an Intrepid Commemoration
There are many streets scattered across the city of Ottawa with names one can argue as being “generic” or “boring”. Setting aside the classic argument of...
By Dwight Williams -
WWJJD? What would Jane Jacobs do about LeBreton Flats
On Saturday February 6, a group of community leaders, artists, architects, planners, creators, writers, historians, professionals, academics, social...
By Sarah Gelbard -
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...
By Dwight Williams -
News Roundup, January 12
Headlines in and around Ottawa this week: Sink or swim: What to do about the dilapidated pool at 24 Sussex (Bill Curry, The Globe and Mail, 2016.01.06...
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UrbSanity: Embracing Change
Change is good. Despite this most people, myself included, are hesitant about change because we are comfortable with what we have and where we are but...
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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 -
Image of the Moment: Mall Entrance in Transition
The last time this entrance was subject to such a change was about twenty years ago. At that point, the rentable storage lockers that used to be there...
By Dwight Williams -
Images of the Moment: Progress at Rideau Station
Today, we present a small selection of photos documenting the progress of preparing Rideau Station to host OC Transpo’s expanding light rail service...
By Dwight Williams