St. Patrick Street
09 déc
2015
Former St.Patrick and Chapel Intersection.
2015
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Title:
Untitled.
Reference number:
1968-960
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We gave it a
-5
Former Main Street which became soulless.
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Visitors's vote
-3.7
131 votes
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This comparison shows how badly Lowertown East in Ottawa had regressed from an urban planning point of view from the tumultuous changes the neighbourhood went through in the early 1970s.
First off, the Chapel-St. Patrick intersection does not exist anymore. St. Patrick which was connecting with all the North-South streets...
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01 déc
2015
Former St. Patrick and Island Lodge Intersection
2015
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Title:
1968-93-03
Reference number:
No reference number provided.
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We gave it a
-5
Former traditionnal main street transformed into a major thoroughfare .
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Visitors's vote
-3.1
108 votes
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The former St. Patrick Street in Lowertown East in Ottawa was much friendlier than what it became nowadays with the massive reconfiguration it went through in the 1970s. With a much more modest width, the former St. Patrick Street (now the Old St. Patrick) was a traditional main street...
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Title:
Untitled.
Reference number:
CA008171
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We gave it a
-5
Urban renewal which turned out to be a tremendous failure.
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Visitors's vote
-2.1
132 votes
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now better
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This aerial photo of Lowertown East demonstrates how much it has changed after the 1970 textbook urban renewal.St. Patrick Street which used to be a traditional main street with its stores and residences has been completely demolished and stripped from its built elements which consequently had it lost its main purpose. It...
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