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08 aou
2014
Lebreton Flats

Lebreton Flats

Lebreton Flats, Booth Street, War Museum

~1950

2013

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National Capital Commission

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Title: Untitled. Reference number: No reference number provided.

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An entire district demolished by the NCC and they let it rot for more than 50 years.

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You know the story....

02 aou
2014
The back of the Former Post Office

Centretown

Wellington street, Post office, War Memorial

~1938

2014

Back of the former post office on Wellington Street in Ottawa

War Memorial on Wellington Street in Ottawa

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Library & Archives Canada

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Title: Post Office, Ottawa, Ont. Reference number: 3319299

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A neo-classical building sacrified for a emtpy symbolic place.

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The Post Office was the last obstacle to the ambitions of the Prime Minister Mackenzie-King to erect a War Memorial in order to honnor the people who serviced for World War I.He hired our good friend Jacques Gréber to "prove himself" and find the perfect spot for such a memorial....

01 jui
2014
Laurier Avenue, formerly known as Maria Street

Centretown

Maria Street, Laurier Avenue, Roxborough Apartments, Confederation Park

~1900

2014

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Library & Archives Canada

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Regression in the urban fabric. Increase in car traffic.

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This comparison is a good example of regression in Ottawa’s urban planning – where a fairly tight urban fabric has been replaced by a more sterile environment. Maria Street, renamed Laurier Avenue, was widened from 3 to 5 lanes and parking on its sides was made illegal, probably to...

29 avr
2014
Former Woods and Bates Apartments

Centretown

Woods Buildings, Confederation Park, Bates Apartments

~1950

2014

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Library & Archives Canada

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Apartments offering some density replaced by a boulevard and concrete.

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Bates Apartements, on the right-hand side on the photo, were sacrificed in order to connect both sides of the Rideau Canal. To increase car traffic in to core, Slater and Albert Streets were turned into one-way streets and united in triangular fashion to form the Mackenzie-King bridge.Jacques Gréber who was...