Public Library

01 mar
2014
Metcalfe Street with the Former Public Library and the YMCA

Centretown

Postcard, Public Library, Indigo Hotel, Metcalfe Street, YMCA

~1910

2014

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Library & Archives Canada

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-5

Library with neo-classical architecture replaced by another one more along the lines of brutalism.

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The public library is still where it used to be, but its envelop drastically changed from what it used to be.The former YMCA, on the left-hand side, has been converted into an hotel....

10 oct
2013
Metcalfe Street Looking North near Laurier

Centretown

YMCA, Public Library, Metcalfe Street, Laurier Street

1938

2013

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National Capital Commission

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-3

Heritage demolition. Public Library was a magnificent building.

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The streetscape at Metcalfe and Laurier has changed substantially: the only remaining building is the former YMCA, now the Indigo Hotel. The South-West corner of the Laurier and Metcalfe intersection was occupied by an apartment building which are cruelly missing in the north-end of Centretown: as long as the core...

05 oct
2013
South Side of the Former Public Library

Centretown

Masonic Temple, Public Library, Laurier Street, Metcalfe Street

~1938

2013

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National Capital Commission

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This photo offers an unusual view of the public library of Ottawa as the photographer was standing on Laurier Avenue and pointing his camera north towards the Parliament. The back of the building is quite interesting with its several skinny windows that one could compare to the "meurtrière" of...