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UrbSanity: 7 bicentennial ideas for the NCC
As buzz grows about our sesquicentennial in 2017, the National Capital Commission wants us to place our sites on the bicentennial. In December the NCC...
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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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UrbSanity: The public city
Cities are communities. While we all have our private concerns, goals, and obligations, as a city we also have to think collectively about our shared...
By Sarah Gelbard -
Image of the Moment: Blair Station renovations
Image: Scenes from Blair Station’s renovation to accommodate the Confederation Line of OC Transpo’s LRT / O-Train network. Taken while the...
By Dwight Williams -
Image of the Moment: Trillium line signage goes up
Image: OC Transpo O-Train Trillium Line Location: Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada Date of photo: May 1, 2015 Photographer: Kristen Gagnon As the...
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Urbabbles: The LRT flaunts her speed
While still a sort of figment of our collective imagination, the soon-to-be LRT is already tooting her own horn. Illustration: Chanel Dehond. Chanel...
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OC Transpo gets graphic: The transitway map
While sitting on a bus in Ottawa this past summer, I found myself doing a double take out the window – but not for any reason you may guess. In...
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LRT Trillium Line Extension enters Stage 2
The second open house for the Stage 2 project’s Trillium Line took place last Thursday night at the St. Anthony’s Banquet Hall in Little Italy. Turn out...
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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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Image of the Moment: The Meanest Bus Shelter in Town?
Image: A newly installed city bus stop Location: Rideau Street Date of photo: August 19, 2014 Photographer: Dwight Williams After recently leaving a...
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OC Transpo Nostalgia: A public transit trip back to 1959
As a part of the nostalgia that was the opening of Lansdowne Park last week, OC Transpo had a retro 1959 bus on display as a interesting reminder of our...
By Kristen Gagnon -
Image of the Moment: The Strandherd-Armstrong Bridge
Image: The newly completed Standherd-Armstrong Bridge Location: Connecting Strandherd Drive (in Barrhaven) and Earl Armstrong Road (in Riverside South...
By Spacing