Images of Centretown

The Emerald Ash Borer beetle is continuing its destruction of a significant portion of Ottawa's urban canopy , and Centretown isn't ...

Spring is finally here, and with it the trees are blossoming. Across from Minto Park* on Lewis Street, this tree makes for quite the 3D expe...

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

There was a brief period in the design for the Bronson Avenue reconstruction when the consultants responded to residents' desire for mor...

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...

Yes, there are decorations on streetlamps, lights in store windows, and powdery white snow on the ground, but last week's opening of the...

The brown-tinged leaves of the ginkgo tree are one of the signs of fall. As you could probably tell, though, this photo isn't from ...

I had previously blogged about the "surivivor" trees on Metcalfe which managed to grow despite being in a narrow strip of ground ...

Happy Earth Day, everyone! Today's blog post is a message sent yesterday to the e-mail list of the Centretown Citizens Community Assoc...

The weather forecast suggests that we'll be getting another 20-centimetre blast of snow in the next couple of days. This might be my las...

Metcalfe Street has always been tree-lined , but it feels more constrained after they built apartment buildings right up to the back of the ...

Today's 3D Thursday blog post is one I've been working on for a while. It's a two-part series—with lots of 3D content—on the aqu...

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

This is under the entrance canopy of the Canadian Real Estate Association's national headquarters at 200 Catherine (to help locate it, y...

The canopy tree canopy over James Street, looking east from Lyon toward Bank. No particular reason, it just looks nice (I boosted the satura...

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

For the second 3D Thursday post, I should return to Centretown. The old Ottawa Board of Education building at 330 Gilmour is a nice buildin...

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...