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2014
Former Grand Hotel in Ottawa
Congress CEntre of Ottawa in 2014
Title: Untitled. Reference number: No reference number provided.
We gave it a
+3
More density and maturity.
Visitors's vote
+2.0
122 votes
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The buildings in the front of the archive photo were the Grand Hotel and the former post office.  They were both sacrified to make room for the Rideau Centre....
1938
2014
Slater Street with the former apartment buildings in Ottawa in 1938
Confederation Park and the concrete wall
Title: Untitled. Reference number: No reference number provided.
We gave it a
-3
New-York style apartment buildings replaced by a park which sits empty most of the time.
Visitors's vote
-0.4
85 votes
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Back in the day, before Gréber, Slater Street was reaching the Rideau Canal.The apartment buildings, now demolished, were the Bates, Aylmer and Woods Apartments.The direct link between the Queen-Elizabeth Drive and Elgin Street has been removed when the NAC took over....
~1915
2014
Former Union Station in Ottawa with Corry Block
Former Union Station in Ottawa without Corry Block
Title: Union Station, Ottawa, Ont. Reference number: 3325401
We gave it a
-2
Train station is now in suburbia. Urban car interchange has replaced the Corry Block.
Visitors's vote
-1.6
101 votes
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Almost nothing has changed on the building of the former Union Station, besides the "Union Station" words at the top of the main entrance.The building on the left was the Corry Block and it has been demolished to make room for this urban onramp linking Mackenzie Avenue and Colonel By...
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~1975
2014
Union Station with the new Colonoel By Drive.
Union Station with the new Colonoel By Drive in 2014
Title: Untitled. Reference number: No reference number provided.
We gave it a
+2
The site gain in maturity.
Visitors's vote
+0.9
152 votes
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When the archival photo was taken, bad things had already happened: the Central Train Station has been moved to the suburbs and the Corry Block had been demolished to provide road link between Mackenzie Avenue and the new Colonel By Drive (formerly Little Sussex).  Since those major configuration changes ,...
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