Nicholas Street

11 nov
2017
Vanier Hall - University of Ottawa

Byward Market

Vanier Hall, FSS, Faculty of Social Sciences, Nicholas Street, LRT

~1970

2016

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University of Ottawa

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Title: Untitled. Reference number: AE-603

We gave it a

+2

Nice building addition. Highway conversion of former avenue.

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-1,408,434^.4

71 votes

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The archival photo shows Vanier Hall before the construction of the Faculty of Social Sciences (FSS).We like how the FSS had been integrated into this rather constrain area between the Vanier Hall and Nicholas Street.We don't like how Nicholas Street has been transformed into a highway.Ottawa latest LRT will run...

11 mar
2017
Looking South on Nicholas Street at Laurier Avenue

Sandy Hill

Nicholas Street, Laurier Street, University of Ottawa

~1970

2016

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University of Ottawa

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Title: Untitled. Reference number: AE-938

We gave it a

-5

Regression in the urban fabric. Increase in car traffic.

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42 votes

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This comparison, and the many that will follow, gives an idea of what Nicholas Street used to be compared to the long 417 Queensway off ramp and onramp that it is now. As the archival photo shows, the modest Nicholas Street had some flaws; it had several parking lots...