Cobourg Street

1968
2015
Cobourg and St. Patrick Streets in Lowertown East in Ottawa in 1968
Cobourg and St. Patrick Streets in Lowertown East in Ottawa in 2015
We gave it a
-5
Square grid streets replaced by curved and dead-end streets.
Visitors's vote
-2.7
89 votes
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The archive photo from 1968 depicts an intersection that no longer exists:  St. Patrick and Cobourg Streets.  Technically, the intersection of Cobourg and St. Patrick still exists but it has been moved to the west to accommodate a curve in Cobourg Street that did not exist back in 1968. ...
1968
2015
Former segment of Saint-Patrick Street in Lowertown East in Ottawa in 1968
East-end of Saint-Patrick Street in Lowertown East in Ottawa in 2015
We gave it a
-5
Former Main Street which became soulless.
Visitors's vote
-1.3
106 votes
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This post is the first of a long series about Lowertown East in Ottawa. The CHMC released a large collection of photos taken in the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s and 1980s where they documented how Canadians lived in large urban centers.  The collection from Lowertown East is eloquent.The archive photo...
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~1950
2013
former intersection of Cobourg street and St. Patrick Street in Ottawa
former intersection of Cobourg street and St. Patrick Street in Ottawa
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City of Ottawa
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We gave it a
-2
Buildings on the street replaced with gated ones with private alleys.
Visitors's vote
-2.5
57 votes
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