{"id":3616,"date":"2010-09-09T12:53:15","date_gmt":"2010-09-09T16:53:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingottawa.ca\/?p=3616"},"modified":"2013-01-21T09:27:40","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T14:27:40","slug":"the-day-they-blew-the-south-side-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/2010\/09\/09\/the-day-they-blew-the-south-side-up\/","title":{"rendered":"The day they blew the south side up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><object width=\"480\" height=\"385\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/QX4Fe582_GQ?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/QX4Fe582_GQ?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"480\" height=\"385\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Spacing Ottawa was launched a year after this demolition took place, so we couldn&#8217;t link to this video when it was first uploaded &#8212; but we were reminded of it by Citizen writer Ken Gray&#8217;s recent link to Doucet&#8217;s video effort, looking back at what the Lansdowne used to be like for generations of Ottawans.<\/p>\n<p>Clive Doucet knows how to make a good video;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0fXOxRFlkeE\"> this one has a personal and nostalgic tone<\/a> before honing in on a serious message. <\/p>\n<p>The video above though? 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