Streetscape
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Underpass memories should not be extinguished
__ Earlier this summer, the National Capital Commission (NCC) announced intentions to construct a commemorative monument to Lord Stanley at a revamped...
By Mike Bulthuis -
Queen Street: making the mediocre even worse
The loss of amenity is noticeable when an attractive bit of the pedestrian realm or sidewalk is adversely affected by adjacent developments. The contrast...
By Eric Darwin -
Video: Bay Street, 1988
What amazes me about this vintage video, shot in Dundonald Park, is just how little the buildings in the background have changed in the ensuing 23 years...
By Evan Thornton -
Chinatown’s Lucky Eight, with Eric Darwin and Gowalla
The second Spacing Ottawa Gowalla trip went online this week. Drawing heavily on the excellent West Side Action blog by community activist Eric Darwin of...
By Spacing -
Our urban environment is over-fenced
Do good fences really make good neighbours? We’re into the depths of winter and for those of us who love being outside without 14 layers of clothing...
By Erin O’Connell -
A facade too far
Recently the builders of the Central — a block of condos going in at the corner of Bank and Gladstone –re-installed the preserved facade of...
By Evan Thornton -
Garden of the Provinces and Territories: Best “least-known” public space in Ottawa?
Following up on the previous post, below are my original notes for “best public space in Ottawa” the multi-part piece Maria Cook put together...
By Evan Thornton -
MacKenzie King OC Transpo station: worst public space in Ottawa?
[flickrslideshow acct_name=”ekthornton” id=”72157625584286577″ width=”600″] A few weeks ago the Ottawa Citizen...
By Evan Thornton -
Metcalfe running the wrong way for Padolsky’s lantern
The controversy around of the city’s plans to widen Bronson Avenue seems to naturally lead to discussion of the other arterial routes that cut north...
By Evan Thornton -
Street Names: Macdonald and Cartier
We started this series covering Wellington and By. Among the other figures of historic influence over the history of Ottawa are, of course, the Prime...
By Dwight Williams -
The Wellington Marbles
Spacing Ottawa photo contributor Justin Van Leeuwen was on hand this week as the City installed 18 sculptures along Wellington Street West, from Garland...
By Spacing -
Ottawa’s Alphabet Village
This started out as another one of the “Street Names” stories. Once my digging began, though, it turned into a story about a neighbourhood that most...
By Dwight Williams