{"id":1478,"date":"2010-01-07T07:04:34","date_gmt":"2010-01-07T12:04:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingottawa.ca\/?p=1478"},"modified":"2013-01-21T09:28:23","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T14:28:23","slug":"where-in-ottawa-the-answer-sort-of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/2010\/01\/07\/where-in-ottawa-the-answer-sort-of\/","title":{"rendered":"Where in Ottawa? The answer&#8230;sort of"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2739\/4253121595_f46ef62c93_b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve had no correct answers to our first <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/where-in-ottawa\/\">Where in Ottawa<\/a> contest. even after two times of asking, so it&#8217;s time to move on!<\/p>\n<p>The building in question is the Former Bank of Montreal Building at the corner of O\u2019Connor and Wellington (through to Sparks Street).  This 1932 RAIC Gold Medal winning building was designed by Ernest  Barott of Barott and Blackader out of Montreal in 1929.  Barott is also known for designing the Aldred Building in Montreal on Place D\u2019Armes which was designed during the same time as the Former Bank of Montreal.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>While the building clearly shows influences of a variety of styles, the best characterization of the building is Modern Classicism, which is a strain of Art Deco.  The exterior of the building is directly related to the interior of the building reading like a temple with the primary volume of the building, the Main Hall reading clearly on the exterior of the building; the two flanking, shorter sections serve as support spaces to the Main Hall.  On the exterior of the building the base of the building is clad in Stanstead Granite, from Quebec and Queenston Limestone, from Ontario.  These materials are important to the history of the building since part of the original competition brief was that the materials needed to be Canadian:  most of the exterior materials are Canadian, but a number of the materials used on the interior are foreign in origin.  Critical to this contest is the nine principle Emil Seiburn (New York City based artist)carved panels above a number of the openings.<\/p>\n<p>The final portion of the question will not be answered today.  I encourage everyone to take a look at these panels to find the Bank\u2019s likeness within one of the scene and <a href=\"mailto:warden@cjwprogression.ca?subject=Where-in-Ottawa\">email<\/a> us your answer.  Bonus points to people who find the Montreal head office of the Bank of Montreal featured in another panel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve had no correct answers to our first Where in Ottawa contest. even after two times of asking, so it&#8217;s time to move on! 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