Plenty of Nothing

LeBreton Flats, 1962

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The Last Days of Lincoln Fields Mall

Komatsu excavators are coming for Lincoln Fields Mall, or Lincoln Fields Shopping Centre, or Lincoln Heights Galleria as I'll always call it because that was its name when I worked there. CBC story. You may recall that the Wendy's burned down a couple of months ago. It was never the best shopping centre, but it was the only one I've ever seen where, for a while in the Eighties, you could buy contraband Cypriot antiquities. See here for an article about the origins of the building. D.

So Long, Lincoln Heights Wendy's

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Alooktook Ipellie

There's a retrospective of this Inuk Ottawan's works going on. Read.

Stony Monday

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Ottawans were out in force on Monday, September 17th, 1849, right around where Sapper's Bridge crosses the canal, to riot and throw stones over the Rebellion Losses Bill. Someone brought a cannon. Somehow it ended with Ottawa being chosen the new capital.  Read all about it.

The Canadian Phalanx

Detail from The Canadian Phalanx, sculptued by Ivan Meštrović in 1920, and set up in its present outdoor location at 284 Wellington in Ottawa in 1972. Hard to imagine anyone actually lining up shoulder to shoulder like that in the age of machine guns. Source. Urbsite.

Civic Pharmacy

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Dey's Arena Demolition 1927

Urbsite has a photo essay on the Federal District Commission's demolition of the rink, along with a bunch of coal sheds, and the filling of the Rideau Canal's turn basis, to make Confederation Park in 1927-28.

Benjamin Books at Night

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Ice Storm 1998

Ever since the Ice Storm of January 1998, hydro pylon sculpture has been an integral part of every winter carnival. Source.