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Wednesday, January 29, 2020

Wellington Street Part 5: Tinkering with traffic (1910s to 1940s)

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    [Show/Hide Contents] Viaduct makes Wellington an artery for the 1910s Speeding and slowing traffic on Wellington in the '20s West...
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Monday, January 13, 2020

Wellington Street Part 4: As the City grows, so does Wellington (1880-1912)

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    [Show/Hide Contents] 1880 Renaming of George Street, Victoria Terrace, and Richmond Road Railway Crossings Great big fires 1908 Renam...
Wednesday, January 8, 2020

Wellington Street Part 3: Wellington and Rideau's on again, off again, connection (1820s-1913)

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    [Show/Hide Contents] The Fortress at Barrack Hill Wagon Trail to Sappers' Bridge Sparks Street Extension to the Canal Wellington ...
Monday, January 6, 2020

Wellington Street Part 2: The west end's Muddy Trails to street rails (1828-1870s)

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    [Show/Hide Contents] Union Bridge across the Chaudière Pooley's Bridge and the Wellington link LeBreton Flats is laid out George ...
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Thursday, January 2, 2020

Wellington Street Part 1: Ottawa's earliest roads and their namesakes (1800-1826)

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    [Show/Hide Contents] The first European settlers The earliest roads Eponyms of the earliest roads Establishing Wellington Street and ...
Wednesday, January 1, 2020

The many traces of Wellington Street - Introduction

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You may already know that Ottawa has both a Wellington Street and a Wellington Street West, but it was not always so simple. A man standing ...
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Friday, November 15, 2019

Confirmed: Fleet Street uses water to pump water

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I'd like to correct the record. On October 1 of this year, while attending a drop-in Open House about the City of Ottawa's plans t...
Monday, August 20, 2018

Chinatown double-flyover

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I found this well-timed photo as I was catching up on sorting my significant backlog of photos. Looking up at the corner of Somerset Street ...