Streetscape
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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...
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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...
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UrbSanity: Streetside spots—new tactics for public space
Last month, the NCC Capital Urbanism Lab hosted a talk with Mike Lydon, co-author of “Tactical Urbanism: Short-term action for longterm change”. The talk...
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Image of the Moment: Bank Street underpass revamp
Image: Ottawa’s Drew Mosley (right) and visiting mural artists Troy Lovegates and Felix Berube (not pictured) bringing some internationally renowned...
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Image of the Past: Sussex and Wellington 1914
Image: “Confederation Square showing Chateau Laurier, The Rae Building and the Grand Trunk Railway Station, Ottawa, Ont.”...
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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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Neighbourhood Walk: Walkin’ Down Main
Today we bring you the fourth in a series of neighbourhood photo essays by Spacing Ottawa contributor Christopher Ryan, as we take a stroll down...
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Home Redevelopment 101: A guide to residential re-development in Ottawa
Abandoned Barber Shop, Hintonburg, Ottawa, Charles Crosbie Every Ottawa neighbourhood is constantly changing. Some changes are highly visible, such as...
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Image of the Past: Ottawa Electric Railway
Image: ‘Electric street car, c 1900, Ottawa’ Location: Wellington and Metcalfe Date of photo: 1900 Photographer/Source: Library and Archives...
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A reflection on the events of October 22, 2014, in Ottawa
National War Memorial – Oct 23 2014 The National War Memorial, situated within the triangular expanse of Confederation Square, has always been one...
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Ottawa gets time-lapsed: A film that captures the city in movement
With hyper-lapse apps and videos popping up all over social media – the latest version of the tried and true method of time-lapse photography...
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Rethinking the way we use space: Re-developer apartment tour (Ottawa Architecture Week 2014)
Paul Kariouk is an energetic guy. From artistic ways to maximize space, to simple approaches cities can take to make themselves more liveable, his mind...
By Spacing