Langevin Block

~1940
2013
View of Wellington Street from the Peace Tower
Wellington Street and centretown in Ottawa from the Peace Tower.
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A lot of building on that photo have disappeared: the Rideau Club (1979) and a bank (Banque Nationale?) on what used to be called the Bankers' Row.Note that we used to be able to see the Museum of Nature and several churches on Elgin street....
~1900
2013
Streetcar in front of Langevin Block
Langevin Block on Wellington
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Here is another way of presenting the 2 photos. ...
1910
2013
Wellington Street in front of the Parliament in 1910
Wellington Street in front of the Parliament in 2013
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The Union Bank Building, on the far right on the photo, located at the 128 Wellington Street is the last building of the famous Bankers' Row.It hosted the first branch of the Union Bank of Canada in 1871.  The building was representative of the late-19th century conventions.  It contained a...
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~1938
2012
Langevin Block on Wellington
Langevin Block on Wellington
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Due to the critical lack of office space on Parliament Hill, the south side of Wellington was designed to host a new departmental building.  Instead of going for the Gothic Revival style of the building on Parliament Hill, it was decided to align the design of that new building with...
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