Images of Centretown

Part 12: 50 Years of Rapid Transit in Ottawa     [Show/Hide Contents] NCC Boost and Interprovincial Bus Loop Regional studies lead to fir...

    [Show/Hide Contents] Viaduct makes Wellington an artery for the 1910s Speeding and slowing traffic on Wellington in the '20s West...

    [Show/Hide Contents] 1880 Renaming of George Street, Victoria Terrace, and Richmond Road Railway Crossings Great big fires 1908 Renam...

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...

It's been a while since I did a straight-up residential photo for my 3D Thursday series. Here's a nice shot of some trees on Presto...

In case you haven't heard , Jane's Walk Ottawa happens this weekend. I haven't given any since the Rescue Bronson Jane's Wa...

As of today, Capital Bixi is back in action! For subscribers like me, that means my key should work for the remainder of my one-year subscr...

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

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

Local fair-trade organice coffee chain Bridgehead 's long-awaited new flagship roastery at Preston and Anderson will be opening tomorrow...

After a couple of months and 15 posts, we have come to the final part in the 15-part series documenting the reconstruction of Somerset Stre...

[Last Wednesday's lengthy pedestrian pushbutton post was followed by a Walk Ottawa meeting in the evening, where all two hours were sp...

We've had some very summer-like weather the last few days, and the bike counter on the Laurier segregated bike lane registered 1519 cyc...

Here in the third part of the 15-part series on the 2011 reconstruction of Somerset Street West, we'll follow up on the Previous post ...

This is the second in a 15-part series on the 2011 reconstruction of Somerset Street West. The previous entry included an overview and part ...

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...

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...

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

They've started to install the bike racks on Preston where they've finished the reconstruction. (The art racks on Bank have yet to b...