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08 aou
2014
Lebreton Flats
2014



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-5
An entire district demolished by the NCC and they let it rot for more than 50 years.
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02 aou
2014
The back of the Former Post Office
2014



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Post Office, Ottawa, Ont.
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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....
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01 jui
2014
Laurier Avenue, formerly known as Maria Street
2014



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-5
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This comparison is a good example of regression in Ottawa’s urban planning – where a fairly tight urban fabric has been replaced by a more sterile environment.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...
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29 avr
2014
Former Woods and Bates Apartments
2014



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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...
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