Parliament

1926
2013
Sparks and Elgin in 1926
Sparks and Elgin Intersection
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-5
The north-east block was demolished so emptiness can fill it. Sparks was shortened.
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-1.5
44 votes
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~1900
2011
Elgin Street in 1900
Elgin Street and Parliament in 2012
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We gave it a
-4
Visitors's vote
-1.2
27 votes
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The building on the right is the Russell House. It got damaged by a fire in 1928 and then demolished.  The site was expropriated by the federal government to build the War Memorial....
~1900
2011
Former Post Office at the North End of Elgin Street
View of the War Memorial from the East
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McCord Museum
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We gave it a
-5
Demolition of the Post Office & the Russell House. Urban highway.
Visitors's vote
-2.9
40 votes
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1900
2012
Former block on Wellington street in Ottawa
Wellington street in 2012 in Ottawa
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We gave it a
-3
Mixed-use buildings replaced by nothing.
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+0.3
39 votes
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