Centretown

10 oct
2013
Metcalfe Street Looking North near Laurier

Centretown

YMCA, Public Library, Metcalfe Street, Laurier Street

1938

2013

sources
National Capital Commission

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Heritage demolition. Public Library was a magnificent building.

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The streetscape at Metcalfe and Laurier has changed substantially: the only remaining building is the former YMCA, now the Indigo Hotel. The South-West corner of the Laurier and Metcalfe intersection was occupied by an apartment building which are cruelly missing in the north-end of Centretown: as long as the core...

08 oct
2013
Bank of Commerce on Sparks Street

Centretown

Elgin Street, Sparks Street, Bank of Commerce

~1940

2013

sources
City of Ottawa

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-2

Same buildings, totally different ambiance.

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06 oct
2013
Metcalfe Street at Queen Street

Centretown

Windsor Hotel, Metcalfe Street, Queen Street, Rideau Club, Parliament

1917

2013

Metcalfe street at the corner of Queen street looking north

sources
Library & Archives Canada

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-2

Windsor Hotel replaced with a steril building without street interaction.

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Most of the buildings on the archival photo have been torn down. The Windsor Hotel was located on the North-East corner of Metcalfe and Queen. On the extreme left of the photo we can see the Methodist Church who burned down in the 60's. The light building behind the remaining...