Lowertown East
30 jan
2016
York & Nelson Streets Looking South
2016
Title:
Untitled.
Reference number:
1968-400
We gave it a
-5
1960s urban renewal left deep scars in the urban fabric of Lowertown East
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-3.7
103 votes
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This section of Nelson Street, intersecting with York Street, took a hit when the urban renewal became a reality in Lowertown East and wiped all the existing houses so that none of the ones shown on the 1968 picture were still existing in 2015. The typical Ottawan houses on...
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09 déc
2015
Former St.Patrick and Chapel Intersection.
2015
Title:
Untitled.
Reference number:
1968-960
We gave it a
-5
Former Main Street which became soulless.
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-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
Title:
1968-93-03
Reference number:
No reference number provided.
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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24 oct
2015
Former Notre-Dame Street in Lowertown East
2015
Title:
Untitled.
Reference number:
1968-101
We gave it a
-5
1960s urban renewal left deep scars in the urban fabric of Lowertown East
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Visitors's vote
-2.6
111 votes
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This comparison shows how much Lowertown East had changed when the urban renewal program of the City of Ottawa was implemented in the late 1960s. The plan had for mission to clean up the blight houses of the area and to segregate the different usages required by the community. Clearly, Notre-Dame...
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