Confederation Park

08 fév
2015
North-East Corner of Elgin Street and Laurier Avenue

Centretown

Elgin Street, Maria Street, Laurier Avenue, Roxborough Apartments, Confederation Park

1928

2015

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City of Ottawa

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Succession of re-configurations of the area in which the final "product" lack interest.

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The North-East corner of the intersection of Elgin Street and Laurier Avenue in Ottawa was quite different back in 1928 compared to the busy intersection we are used to nowadays. In the shadow of the Roxborough Apartments and the Woods Buildings, humble houses hosted a "druggist" and a corner store when...

29 jll
2014
Slater Street and Rideau Canal

Centretown

Slater Street, Elgin Street, NAC, Woods Buildings, Aylmer Apartments, Bates Apartments, Confederation Park

1938

2014

Confederation Park and the concrete wall

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National Capital Commission

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New-York style apartment buildings replaced by a park which sits empty most of the time.

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Back in the day, before Gréber, Slater Street was reaching the Rideau Canal.The apartment buildings, now demolished, were the Bates, Aylmer and Woods Apartments.The direct link between the Queen-Elizabeth Drive and Elgin Street has been removed when the NAC took over....

01 jui
2014
Laurier Avenue, formerly known as Maria Street

Centretown

Maria Street, Laurier Avenue, Roxborough Apartments, Confederation Park

~1900

2014

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Library & Archives Canada

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Regression in the urban fabric. Increase in car traffic.

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This comparison is a good example of regression in Ottawa’s urban planning – where a fairly tight urban fabric has been replaced by a more sterile environment. Maria Street, renamed Laurier Avenue, was widened from 3 to 5 lanes and parking on its sides was made illegal, probably to...

29 avr
2014
Former Woods and Bates Apartments

Centretown

Woods Buildings, Confederation Park, Bates Apartments

~1950

2014

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Library & Archives Canada

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Apartments offering some density replaced by a boulevard and concrete.

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Bates Apartements, on the right-hand side on the photo, were sacrificed in order to connect both sides of the Rideau Canal. To increase car traffic in to core, Slater and Albert Streets were turned into one-way streets and united in triangular fashion to form the Mackenzie-King bridge.Jacques Gréber who was...