Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Chinatown life

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Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Chinatown arch takes shape

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The Ottawa Chinatown Royal Arch has taken a huge step towards its final form with the addition of ceramic roof tiles imported from China. ...
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Interprovincial transit opportunity to choose your mode

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Prince of Wales rail bridge from Ottawa to Gatineau Tuesday from 5.30 to 8.30 at City Hall (main floor) there will be a public display of ...
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Monday, July 5, 2010

Arty mainstreets

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precast block awaiting its hole Shown above is a precast foundation block for urban sculpture. When planted into a hole, only the top porti...
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Sunday, July 4, 2010

Unknown offence

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There's a big hubabaloo in the Centre of the Universe (tm) about arrests without cause (just being in Toronto should have been enough ...
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Saturday, July 3, 2010

A hole grows in Westboro

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The foundation/parking garage hole for the 101 Richmond condo.
Friday, July 2, 2010

City discovers flat sidewalks !

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One of my major complaints about Ottawa city sidewalks is that they grovel and contort themselves for the convenience of motorists. They d...
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Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Gardening in Centretown

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This new garden was installed last week in front of a row house on Lisgar. The corrugated metal (sewer) pipe porch pillar catches the eye, ...
Monday, June 28, 2010

383 Albert, transit oriented parking requirements

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The pictures above show the Claridge proposal for three residential (condo) towers in downtown Ottawa. As noted in a post a few days ago, t...
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Hintonburg wall mural

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This new mural is facing the parking lot entrance to the Hintonburg Community Centre on West Wellie. It has all the characteristics of a go...
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Sunday, June 27, 2010

Fence me in...

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This Albert / Bay Street building used to have a deocrative iron fence around its side garden. It was removed about 20 years ago, but this ...

Cliff becomes hole

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The view from Primrose of the lot beside the staircase up to Upper Lorne Place and the upper section of Primrose. The former cliff become...
Saturday, June 26, 2010

Dubious new building

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Double click on the picture to enlarge, and look for the horizontal "cracks" on the panels above the right-most garage door. Thi...
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Friday, June 25, 2010

Downtown delights

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A view down a downtown driveway to a patio and spiral staircase to an upstairs balcony. Outside a fairly plain small office tower, a neat...

Maclaren Tower - bye bye red brick

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The two photos above are of the senior's residence on Maclaren street. The photos were taken from the small part of the apartment lot t...
Thursday, June 24, 2010

Condo Development linked to LRT ? Will Claridge "play ball"?

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The lot shown in the pictures below is bounded by Queen street on the right (north); Lyon in the foreground (east side); and Albert Street ...
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Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Residents of Hintonburg

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 Now we know what they are called:
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Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Rememberance of people & things past ...

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In Cambridge MA this neighbourhood commemorates people with signs. Virtually every corner was named after someone. A veteran. A resident. ...
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Monday, June 21, 2010

Beneath our feet

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This inlaid paver pattern on Kent Street in front of the Hudson condo towers shows how a simple design can be effective for pedestrians and...
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Saturday, June 19, 2010

a leaf falls ...

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Property owners take a variety of measures to discourage skateboarders from using walls as boarding surfaces. Usually, there are little cla...
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Friday, June 18, 2010

Centretown Cat House

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As seen on the second floor roof over a bay window, with special feline access via the second floor window, disco ball, toys, and the passi...
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Carling Ave open house

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OPEN HOUSE Tuesday, 22 June 2010 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. Dow’s Lake Pavillion (Vista Room) ground floor 1001 Queen Elizabeth Drive
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Thursday, June 17, 2010

Street closures unfriendly to cyclists

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This is a typical street closure in Ottawa. Closed to cars ... open to pedestrians ... and closed to cyclists?  Cyclists approaching this...
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Bushwacking for cyclists

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Last week a group of concerned citizens participated with the City and its consultants on the routing exercise for the O-Train corridor cycl...
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Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Bronson deja vu all over again

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Last night was the second PAC (Public Advisory Committee) meeting on Bronson. After the hard time the city planners and consultants got at t...
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Borrow, adapt, learn

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The top two pix are of a small apartment building kitty korner the downtown Ottawa bus terminal. Its fun to look at as you walk by, the til...
Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Nanny Goat Hill infill

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An infill house is being constructed at the north end of Upper Lorne Place, where the staircase goes down to Primrose Street. This picture ...
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Chinese arch progress

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Six sections of roof will be installed on the Chinese Arch on Thursday. Today, in preparation for that lifting, the pieces were moved out ...