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06 oct
2014
Lowertown East
2014
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We gave it a
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Massive Expropriations. Massive urban renewal plan. Tremendous failure.
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-0.5
120 votes
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In hindsight, the mistakes from past decisions become dead obvious. With the Ottawa Past & Present project, through several hundred comparisons, we try to demonstrate that past decisions do not guarantee future success. On that front, Lowertown East is particularly striking and anyone wandering or living in this area of...
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13 sep
2014
Aerial View of Lebreton Flats
2014
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Untitled.
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No reference number provided.
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We gave it a
-5
The NCC expropriated and let Lebreton Flats sits empty for 50 years.
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Visitors's vote
-2.1
145 votes
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This aerial comparison of Lebreton Flats and a simulation from Google Earth shows two Lebreton Flats radically different. The archival photo clearly shows the industrial past of the Flats with its numerous light industries and rails in its western section (top of the image). Now that the LRT...
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31 aou
2014
Aerial View of Elgin Street with Parliament
2014
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Untitled.
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No reference number provided.
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We gave it a
-5
The dynamic in the core would have been totally different if Elgin would have not been widened.
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Visitors's vote
-1.1
117 votes
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This aerial view reveals that the northern section of Elgin Street has drastically changed over the years. Essentially, all the buildings located on the East side of Elgin Street have been demolished to make room for the NAC and the War Memorial. We believe that the dynamic of downtown Ottawa...
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24 aou
2014
Rideau Street @ Mackenzie Avenue
2014
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National Building, Ottawa, Ontario.
Reference number:
4511654
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We gave it a
-5
Ottawa bussiest intersection where cars have been prioritized over pedestrians.
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Visitors's vote
-2.0
149 votes
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A lot to say about this comparison, even though we said it all in the past. First of all, the building which only the facade shows in the archive picture is the Daly building which was abandoned in the late 1970s after decades of laisser-aller from its owner, the NCC....
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