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...

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

The annual Minto Park Sale is tomorrow (Saturday, June 15, 2013) from 8am to 2pm in Minto Park on Elgin Street. A new record of 75 tables ...

I was walking along Gladstone McNabb Park about a month ago, back when we still had lots of snow, and noticed this rather clever adaptation ...

Today's 3D blog post continues our journey through LeBreton Flats' aqueduct, which began with part 1 last Thursday. We left off l...

Street trees/ urban trees improve the urban fabric and increase property values. The shade they provide in the summer softens the pedestria...

It's the time of year when the weather gets colder and the leaves change colours. It's also Thursday, which means today's post i...

The end of boating season is rapidly approaching on the Rideau Canal, but back in August when we were having that beautiful summer weather,...

Maybe you've seen these containers pop up here and there around town. They look like garbage receptacles with a plastic bag dispenser. T...

Since the end of March, anyone who lives or works within a block or two of Bronson Avenue has had to endure the nearly constant hammering of...

The playing field next to the former Ottawa Tech High School, at Albert Street and Bronson Avenue is perhaps best known for the legal graffi...

The Supreme Court of Canada is a spectacular building, with its iconic façade reproduced in photographs, paintings, and even LEGO . But have...

Tomorrow is the annual Minto Park Sale , organized by Councillor Diane Holmes (disclaimer: I work in her office). This sale provides a chanc...

Tonight is the next meeting of the new pedestrian advocacy group, Walk Ottawa, 7pm at City Hall (Honeywell Room). Rob Wilkinson, coordinator...

While looking for a vantage point recently to check out the work on the Portage/Wellington intersection roadwork (they're adding crosswa...

It's been unusally warm, even for Ottawa's wacky winters, to the point that most of the snow has melted, leaving only the black crus...

Just over a decade ago, the National Aboriginal Veterans Monument was unveiled at Confederation Park, across from the Lord Elgin Hotel on E...

Back in the Summer, I was travelling through Commissioner Park between Dow's Lake and Carling Avenue and noticed this peculiar tree: It ...

Back in October when the Occupy Ottawa protest was still well-established in Confederation Park, I went by a couple of times to see what the...