Centretown
07 sep
2014
Frank and Bank Street
2014
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We gave it a
+2
More or less the same, just better.
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Visitors's vote
+1.4
119 votes
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All the buildings in the archival photo are still up. The cobbler in the building located on the South-East corner of Bank Street and Frank Street a été remplacé par le restaurant Fauna. The ground floor of the 424 Bank Street is occupied by Farrah's Hair Studio are Bead Dreams....
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31 aou
2014
Aerial View of Elgin Street with Parliament
2014
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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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02 aou
2014
The back of the Former Post Office
2014
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Post Office, Ottawa, Ont.
Reference number:
3319299
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We gave it a
-5
A neo-classical building sacrified for a emtpy symbolic place.
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Visitors's vote
-2.2
110 votes
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The Post Office was the last obstacle to the ambitions of the Prime Minister Mackenzie-King to erect a War Memorial in order to honnor the people who serviced for World War I.He hired our good friend Jacques Gréber to "prove himself" and find the perfect spot for such a memorial....
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29 jll
2014
Slater Street and Rideau Canal
2014
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We gave it a
-3
New-York style apartment buildings replaced by a park which sits empty most of the time.
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Visitors's vote
-0.4
85 votes
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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....
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