Plaza Bridge

14 avr
2014
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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Title: Untitled. Reference number: No reference number provided.

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+2

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

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134 votes

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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...

06 mai
2013
Former Post Office

Centretown

Post office, Plaza Bridge

1938

2013

sources
Library & Archives Canada

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Title: Post Office, Ottawa, Ont. Reference number: 3319277

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-5

A neo-classical building sacrified for a Prime Minister's obsession.

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The former post office did not survived the obsession of Mackenzie-King to build the War Memorial on the Hill, at the end of Elgin Street. Mr. Gréber who was serving his first mandate in Ottawa in urban planning, preferred Major Hill Park to put the War Memorial. Despite the Mackenzie-King's...