Union Station

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2014
Former Union Station with Corry Block

Centretown

Union Station, Corry Block, Grand Union Hotel

~1915

2014

Former Union Station in Ottawa with Corry Block

Former Union Station in Ottawa without Corry Block

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Library & Archives Canada

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Title: Union Station, Ottawa, Ont. Reference number: 3325401

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Train station is now in suburbia. Urban car interchange has replaced the Corry Block.

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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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Former Union Station with Colonel By Drive

Byward Market

Rideau Centre, Rideau Canal, Union Station, Château Laurier, Colonel By Drive, Daly Building

~1975

2014

Union Station with the new Colonoel By Drive.

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National Capital Commission

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The site gain in maturity.

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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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Rideau Canal before the Construction of Union Station

Rideau Canal

Rideau Canal, Union Station, Château Laurier, Corry Block, Plaza Bridge, Sappers Bridge

~1900

2014

Rideau Canal before the construction of the Union Station

Rideau Canal before with the former building of the Union Station

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Library & Archives Canada

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Way more majestuous. Lost of key elements like the Central Station and the Corry Block.

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The shores of the Rideau Canal certainly gained in maturity with the addition of the building of the former Union Station and the construction of the Château Laurier. However, the demolition of the Corry Block, the first "skyscraper" of Ottawa so that the Colonel By Drive could be connected to...