{"id":6642,"date":"2011-09-05T20:58:43","date_gmt":"2011-09-06T00:58:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingottawa.ca\/?p=6642"},"modified":"2013-01-21T09:19:26","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T14:19:26","slug":"maintenant-et-avant-sparks-wellington-1885-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/2011\/09\/05\/maintenant-et-avant-sparks-wellington-1885-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"Maintenant et avant: Sparks @ Wellington 1885 \u2013 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/alexlaq\/6711775211\/\" title=\"Sparks &amp; Rideau by alexlaq, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7157\/6711775211_6afc0e5ed8_z.jpg\" width=\"501\" height=\"640\" alt=\"Sparks &amp; Rideau\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jadis, Sparks d\u00e9butait sur Wellington via le pont Dufferin. Ce pont n\u2019existe plus aujourd\u2019hui ainsi que le bureau de poste et l\u2019h\u00f4tel Russell respectivement \u00e0 gauche et au centre de l\u2019image. Depuis 1939, c\u2019est le Monument comm\u00e9moratif de guerre du Canada qui occupe ce quadrilat\u00e8re.<\/p>\n<p>Le tramway qui arpentait Sparks fut mis hors-service en 1959.<\/p>\n<p>La photo d\u2019archive provient du Mus\u00e9e McCord.<\/p>\n<p>*******************************************<\/p>\n<p>Back in the day, Sparks Street hit Wellington Street by the Dufferin Bridge.\u00a0 Since 1939, the National War Memorial occupies the spot where the post office (centre) and Russell Hotel (left) used to be.<\/p>\n<p>The street car running along Sparks Street stopped in 1959.<\/p>\n<p>The historical photo is from the McCord Museum digital collection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jadis, Sparks d\u00e9butait sur Wellington via le pont Dufferin. 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