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~1910
2014
Bankers' row on Wellington Street in Ottawa around 1910
Wellington Street in Ottawa in 2014
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Neo-classical architecture buildings demolished. Status quo of the NCC for several decades.
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1910
2014
Roxborough Appartments on Laurier in 1939
Conferation Park in Ottawa in 2014
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The Way We Were
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The Roxborough Apartments were the most luxurious in Ottawa. Emptiness now stands were they were.
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The Roxborough Apartments were "the" place to live in Ottawa in 1910.  Its 82 units were renting between 35 and 40$ a month, complete maid service included.Mackenzie King, Lous St.Laurent and General Georges Vanier all lived at the Roxborough at one time or another. The NCC expropriated the building since they...
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~1920
2014
Elgin Street in Ottawa around 1920 with City Hall and Knox Church
Elgin Street in Ottawa in 2014
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The north end of Elgin Street is now a urban thoroughfare.
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All the buildings on the photo disapeared:City HallKnox ChurchGrand Union Hotel...
~1910
2014
Sparks Street with its people, streetcars and the Russell House
Sparks Street empty.
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Sparks Street is light-years away from what it used to be.
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The departed on that photo:The Russell HouseThe block just north of the Russell HouseStreetcarsPeople....
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