Wednesday, August 4, 2010

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Tuesday, August 3, 2010

WSA is moving

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WestSideAction has moved from .blogspot to .wordpress. Please subscribe using the RSS button there as future posts will be from the htt...
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More on Bronson's fake trees

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I had thought Ottawa was perhaps unique in wanting to install fake trees on concrete foundations along Bronson rather than plant real trees ...
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Raw 60's

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Raw Sugar coffee and tea house on Somerset at Cambridge is totally decorated in chrome tables and chairs, 60's fake leather, there are ...
Monday, August 2, 2010

The race is won ...

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A little while ago I posted this picture of the "loop" wires that were to be installed at the Preston intersection with Somerset....
Sunday, August 1, 2010

Rideau Canal cruisin'

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The Kawartha Voyageur seen here at Hartwell Locks, near Carleton U. If you think it looks too big to fit through the canal locks, you are...
Saturday, July 31, 2010

No 2 resumes passage, further blockage expected

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On July 29 Somerset Street was reopened under the new Chinatown Royal Arch, after a two month closure to vehicles. The No 2 bus route resum...
Friday, July 30, 2010

Gov't Downsizing

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These mini-traffic lights were on a post in Gatineau. I could not determine if they were for cyclists. Or pedestrians. Or if they went off ...
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Thursday, July 29, 2010

Enjoying nature

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I was cycling around the Ottawa West neighborhood the other day: Northwestern, Cowley, Patricia, Carleton. This long lineup of parked car...
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Wednesday, July 28, 2010

La Maison d'Oscar

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Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Animating LeBreton Flats streets

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The picture above is a new condo door installed by Claridge on its ground floor condos on Lett Street (LeBreton Flats, under the yellow tow...
Monday, July 26, 2010

Sidewalk to No-where

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the sidewalk on the west side of Sliddel approaching the Ottawa River Commuter Expressway The sidewalk on the east side of Sliddel Slidde...
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Saturday, July 24, 2010

The east is red

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Woodblocks with Chinese wishes on them, to be stamped into the red cement at the Chinatown Royal Arch. Placing the imprint at the corners ...
Friday, July 23, 2010

Highway to nowhere

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The city's roads department has its signals branch located on Gladstone on either side of the O-Train cut. The yards are full of signal...
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Thursday, July 22, 2010

Metering thoughts

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The City continues -- with some delays* -- to replace parking meters with pay-and-display kiosks. The old meters are not immediately remo...
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Wednesday, July 21, 2010

A different climate

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This is the centre boulevard of Carling Avenue. The section from the Otrain to Bronson is to be reconstructed in 2011. This section will NO...
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Tuesday, July 20, 2010

More on Bronson Road Diet

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This morning the CBC did a follow up interview on the problem with Bronson. They interviewed Dan Burden, who is a leading proponent of road ...

New and Improved ?

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It has stopped raining. These puddles at the corner of Louisa and Preston are a real wet foot hazard and splash hazard to summer pedestria...
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Monday, July 19, 2010

Bronson road diet

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Your blogger was interviewed on CBC radio this morning about the Bronson issues. He was also a news story in the local news lineup. You may ...
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Place de Dominos

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Over the last while, workers have been busy on scaffolding painting the exterior of Place de Ville. The plain square glass box dates back t...
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Sunday, July 18, 2010

Light shining on St Anthony

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St Anthony school on Booth Street is getting some new windows. The new pattern, shown in the photo below, looks more in keeping with the ar...
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Saturday, July 17, 2010

Milky rain, milky rain

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It was raining the other day, and there was this curious milky substance running down the curbside gutter. I followed it back to the source...
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Friday, July 16, 2010

Look up, way way up...

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No, this is not a story from The Friendly Giant. Charlesfort is an Ottawa builder of deluxe condos. His exteriors have character, drawn f...
Thursday, July 15, 2010

The race is on ...

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Preston reconstruction is almost complete. Final details are going in ... like the traffic loops. The loop shown above is going to be ins...
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Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Economical thirst quenching

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My bike panniers will each hold a six pack very nicely. It's a bit too precarious to fit in a 12 pack. If you go to the LCBO, two six...
Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Lemieux Island area (iv)

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At the south (Ottawa) end of the Prince of Wales railway bridge over the Ottawa River, the City has installed large gates & fences to k...
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Monday, July 12, 2010

Is street cuisine killing our trees?

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For years chip wagons parked outside the (now demolished) Canadian Tire store on Richmond Road. The store may be gone, but the chip wagon r...
Sunday, July 11, 2010

Lemieux Island area (iii)

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Lemieux Island has a pleasant park on west and south sides of the Island. Most of the Island is fenced off to guard the water filtration bui...
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Saturday, July 10, 2010

Lemieux Island area (ii)

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A few years ago the City ran one of its high pressure water mains along the north side of the Ottawa River Commuter Expressway (said express...
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Friday, July 9, 2010

Interprovincial Transit Link

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Earlier this week, the NCC held a public open house on proposals for improving interprovincial transit. I blogged on my general preferences...
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Lemieux Island area (i)

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The area of Ottawa near Lemieux Island is full of little mysteries. Shown above is River Street (no road signs...) which connects the Ottawa...
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Thursday, July 8, 2010

Prince of Wales maintenance

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Picture taken yesterday from the bike path on the west side of the War Museum, looking upriver. A service vehicle is on the Prince of Wales ...
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