Post office
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Visitors's vote
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40 votes
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06 mai
2013
Former Post Office
2013
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Title:
Post Office, Ottawa, Ont.
Reference number:
3319277
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We gave it a
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A neo-classical building sacrified for a Prime Minister's obsession.
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Visitors's vote
-3.5
85 votes
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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...
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We gave it a
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The block on the left-hand side has been demolished to increase traffic flow. Daly Block demolished
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Visitors's vote
-2.9
75 votes
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Everybody knows the Daly building on the right-hand side of the photo. The Corry Block where the sign "Banque Canadienne Nationale" is on the left-hand side. The NCC decided to tear down both buildings, and many others, to increase car flow into the area. They had the clever idea of creating...
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15 déc
2012
Elgin @ Albert
2012
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We gave it a
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Heritage demolition. Elgin Street is way to wide nowadays.
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Visitors's vote
-3.3
85 votes
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A much more friendly Elgin Street is depicted on the 1938 photo when it only had one lane in each direction. The park that was located in front of the Grand Union Hotel was the consequences of the fire which detroyed the former City Hall located on Elgin Street between...
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