Lebreton Flats

1962
2015
93-95 Sherwood Street in Ottawa
93-95 Sherwood Street in Ottawa
sources
City of Ottawa
Title: Untitled. Reference number: CA020958
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-5
The NCC expropriated and let Lebreton Flats sits empty for 50 years.
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69 votes
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Those two houses were located at 93 and 95 Sherwood Street in Lebreton Flats. Sherwood Street was running North-South between Booth Street and Broad Street. It was obviated in 1962 when the National Capital Commission (NCC) expropriated the Flats for its grandiose but yet-to-be-defined-fifty-years-later plan. The problem is not...
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1962
2015
185 to 197 Broad Street, Lebreon Flats, Ottawa
185 to 197 Broad Street, Lebreon Flats, Ottawa
sources
City of Ottawa
Title: Untitled. Reference number: CA021014
We gave it a
-5
The NCC expropriated and let Lebreton Flats sits empty for 50 years.
Visitors's vote
-4.4
76 votes
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Once again, this comparison shows NCC's incompetence when it comes to urban planning.  The buildings shown on the archival photo (not the 2015 photo since there is nothing left) were the last ones on Broad Street before hitting Albert Street.  Broad Street was the western limit of Lebreton Flats and...
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1962
2015
Intersection of Wellington Street and Albert Street in Lebreton Flats in 1962
Albert Street in Lebreton Flats in 2015.
sources
City of Ottawa
Title: Untitled. Reference number: CA021069
We gave it a
-5
Interesting intersection reduced to nothing.
Visitors's vote
-4.2
111 votes
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This non-common intersection from the non-square angle between Wellington and Albert Streets in Lebreton Flats has stropped existing in 1962, year at which the NCC expropriated everyone and their dog from Lebreton Flats.  Albert Street in that area was way more dynamic than what we have been used for the...
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~1960
2012
Aerial View of Lebreton Flats around 1960
Aerial View of Lebreton Flats around 1960
Title: Untitled. Reference number: No reference number provided.
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The NCC expropriated and let Lebreton Flats sits empty for 50 years.
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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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