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Cycling in Bonn, Germany: Lessons for Ottawa
With summer looming my thoughts turn to climbing aboard my bike and zooming along the newly bare streets and pathways. I love riding my bike in Ottawa...
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BRTs: Is Ottawa ahead of the curve?
With Ottawa’s LRT project still years away from completion, and often used as an example of how far behind Ottawa is when it comes to major urban...
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Image of the Past: A Snowy Ottawa street car
Image: Street Car #17 Location: Queen Street, Ottawa Date of image: February, 1892 Source: William James Topley, Topley Studio, Library and Archives Canada
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Image of the Moment: Transitway Underpass
Location: Taken from underneath the Transitway bridge, connecting Hurdman and Lees Stations, looking north across the Rideau River. Date of...
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Image of the Past: Ottawa’s horse-drawn street cars
Image: Ottawa City Passenger Railway Company’s horse-drawn street car, in the winter Location: Ottawa (Exact location unknown) Date of photo: 1871...
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Image of the Moment: Snowy Construction at Rideau Centre
Location: The Rideau Centre/Station construction site, as work continues to progress. Date of photo: December 17, 2013 Photographer: W. Thomas Leroux
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Image of the Past: Sparks Street, circa the 1930s
Seen here is a view looking West down Sparks Street from what is now the location of the National Arts Centre. The photo shows a clear picture of Elgin...
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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...
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Image of the Moment: Carleton parking garage
Location: North of Carleton University O-Train Station, Carleton University Campus Date of photo: November 19 2013 Photographer: Kristen Gagnon A new...
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‘The Human Scale’: We’re all human, so why aren’t we building cities for people?
November 14th marked the second event in the 2013-2014 Urban Forum calendar, with a public screening of the documentary, The Human Scale. The Ottawa...
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Image of the Moment: Tunnel Mouth at Waller Street
Part of the continuing process of building the Confederation Line. In this instance, we look at the eastern end of the Downtown Ottawa Transit Tunnel as...
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Across the Ottawa Spaces – 31 October 2013
Some highlights from across the Ottawa blogosphere: Over at Centretown News, Christopher Dick details the plan to turn the Central Lawn Bowling Club into...
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