Images of Centretown

This weekend (May 3-4, 2014) is the annual Jane's Walk Ottawa series of free urbanist walking tours, and as with last year , I'm pu...

The Petro Canada at Bronson and Somerset quietly reopened this past Friday after about six months of construction, which started shortly aft...

When the LeBreton Flats saw the arrival of the "road header" tunneling machine, its disembodied chewing tool seen here, an old Elm...

There's something about massive amounts of utility wires on a streetpost that compels me to photograph them, so indulge me for a moment ...

Last year, Somerset Street West was dug up between Booth Street and the far side of the bridge over the O-Train tracks (Just as Bronson will...

After a handful of meetings of the Public Advisory Committee (PAC) for the imminent Bronson Avenue reconstruction, the city's project ma...

This ain't your mother's Mother's Day Jane's Walk. Unless your mother lived on Bronson before they widened it in the '50...

The blue-and-white building on the left of the Queensway in the above photo is actually on Rochester street, but formally it's part of P...

Lots of people came out to the community forum to Rescue Bronson Avenue last night. Representatives from the CCCA, DCA and CCOC joined Counc...

By now you have hopefully heard of the Rescue Bronson Avenue initiative at RescueBronson.ca . The group was started by the Centretown Citiz...

The Centretown Citizens Community Association and the Dalhousie Community Association , which together cover all of Somerset Ward, are team...

Back in November, the owner of 358 Arlington (behind Harvey's on the West side of Bronson) applied for a permit to demolish the house. T...

I thought that last month had a lot going on, but this month is even busier! First up, I was in the Ottawa Sun and on the cover of its fre...

Somerset Street West is being reconstructed this year, from Wellington Street West, over the O-Train tracks, to Preston. This is essentially...