Postcard

27 jan
2014
Sparks Street Between O'Connor & Bank

Centretown

Sparks Street, Postcard, streetcar

~1900

2014

sources
Library & Archives Canada

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Sparks Street is light-years away from what it used to be.

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Sparks Street is clearly not where it was 100 years ago when several dozens of shops were opened. Some of the buildings were saved, but the heritage lost, which eroded the specificity and the standing of Sparks Streets, are obvious in this comparison....

26 nov
2013
Slater Street & Elgin Street

Centretown

Postcard, Confederation Park, Woods Buildings, Slater Street, Elgin Street

~1910

2013

sources
Attic Postcards

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Demolition of New-York style apartment buildings. Widening of Elgin Street.

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The two towers that are shown on the postcard are the Wood Apartments which were located on Slater Street (unlike what is written on the postcard).In 1938, Elgin Street was widen which sacrificed the first row of buildings East of Elgin Street. About twenty years later, the implementation of the...