The Growth of Ottawa 1810-1945 – illustrations from Greber plan
As part of my preparation for my 2012 Jane’s Walk, I found this fascinating sequence of 9 graphics in the Greber plan that show how the urban area of Ottawa (in red) expanded over its first century and...
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Jane’s Walk 2012 – my CBC Radio interview
My Jane’s Walk in 2011: picture this with bikes. And water. And sunshine! This morning, CBC Ottawa morning aired an interview with me about the Jane’s Walk I’ll be leading on Sunday afternoon along the...
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Wait, I have a new idea! An LRT subway through downtown Ottawa!
Here’s a blast from the past. The drawing below is from the 1915 Bennett Plan for downtown Ottawa showing a proposed East / West tunnel to carry street cars (the light rail before Light Rail) quickly...
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Cement trucks at 130 km/h? Why the heck not!
A thought experiment: What if Ottawa treated speed limits like development applications? Recently, our City’s Planning Committee has been happily rubber-stamping rezoning applications from large...
View ArticleDenVan to Mayor Watson: Transparency means no private meetings
OTTAWA POLITICS: For those who need a refresher on the issue before reading this, please scroll to the bottom for some background links. Mr. Mayor, I’ve just read the full text of your response to Jeff...
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“Ees new concept. Ees European.”
Okay, so it’s not exactly street food – or even tasty coffee for that matter. But this guy was selling $1.50 Styrofoam cups of coffee and hot chocolate off his back this morning outside the Tunney’s...
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Bones of Wellington Walk Part 3: Lebreton flats Transitway, Booth, and Broad
Stop 7: Old Wellington and Transitway Jacques Greber Comparisons: LeBreton Flats old and new: http://en.alexandrelaquerre.com/tag/lebreton-flats/288/ 7 Lost Tourist Attractions Stop 8: Old Wellington...
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Pesky Sens Anthem (apologies to LMFAO)
Daniel Alfredsson said it: the Ottawa Senators are “in tough” against Pittsburgh tonight. But, after hearing the original “Pesky Ottawa Athlete on Skates”, Elizabeth Manley on CBC Radio’s Ottawa...
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Another idea for getting buses off Scott Street
Between 2015 and 2018, the Scott Street / Albert corridor is going to be a nightmare of construction while the city builds three new LRT stations at Holland, Bayview, and LeBreton, then after 2018 the...
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Hey Jim. My son’s got an idea for the Prince of Wales train bridge
Tweet When my 9-year old son heard about the City of Ottawa’s plan to block off the historic Prince of Wales truss bridge, the controversy around it, and Jim Watson’s aversion to lawsuits on the...
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