Images of Centretown

Suppose you're going to spend $18.5 million on a 12-storey (later 16-storey) condo building. You might build it with exclusively one-be...

On Monday, the Canadian Museum of History (i.e. the former Canadian Museum of Civilization) tweeted a photo of a wood carving, remarking at...

McNabb Park Community Centre has been having some work done on the front of the building (although the "front" is set far back fro...

While attending the opening of the new O-Train pathway two weeks ago, Walk Ottawa co-chair John Woodhouse alerted me to a sidewalk issue on...

Since the canal is not yet officially closed for the season (though it's "Temporarily" closed as of this morning), I figure a...

While many parking garages can be accessed from inside the building, an often overlooked aspect the design is pedestrian access from the str...

Street design is a finnicky thing. The City's standard clearance is 1.8 metres, and the bare minimum for new sidewalks is 1.5m. That...

Over at OpenFile, there's a thread on accessibility; specifically, spaces that aren't designed with all users in mind. This comment ...