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_ A regular feature by [ Christopher Ryan ](http://historynerd.ca/) , a local photographer, blogger and researcher. _ _ _ [  ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/01.jpg) _ The rounded entrance is one of the distinctive features of the London Arms on Metcalfe. Image: September 2013. ...

A weekly feature by Christopher Ryan , a local photographer, blogger and researcher. Sure, the scent of bread has long since disappeared from this southeastern corner of Hintonburg, but its former source has been put to good use. Image: May 2014. ...

_ A weekly feature by Christopher Ryan , a local photographer, blogger and researcher. _ _ _ [ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/01.-New-Trafalgar-House.jpg) _ Trafalgar House, the former home of the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 16. Image: May 2014 _ In 1918, seeking a club house for returned soldiers of the trenches, the Great War Veterans' Association (GWVA) successfully convinced the City of Ottawa to purchase the a large stone home on the southeast corner of Cartier and Cooper streets in Centretown. ...

A weekly feature by Christopher Ryan, a local photographer, blogger and researcher. Standing proud at the corner of Wellington West and Sherbrooke in Hintonburg. Image: May 2014. The Hintonburger has been slinging Hintonburg’s favourite burgers for some time now. ...

A weekly feature by Christopher Ryan , a local photographer, blogger and researcher. [ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/01.-431-Gilmour.jpg) [ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/0clip_image002.jpg) _ Now the Gilmour Inn, 431 Gilmour (November 2013) _ _ _ The house at 431 Gilmour was constructed around 1895 for Zaccheus J. ...

The location of the Saucy Noodle today. This faded “Tavern” sign the only physical remnant of the former hotspot. April 2014. A weekly feature by Christopher Ryan , a local photographer, blogger and researcher. To the urban explorer, a ghost sign is one of the most treasured of finds. ...

A weekly feature by Christopher Ryan, a local photographer, blogger and researcher. The entrance to the Connor Court Apartments, 250 O’Connor St. Photo: April 2014. O’Connor Street today is not normally one where we stop and smell the roses. The one-way street tends to be much quicker than Metcalfe, its counterpart to the east and as much of the traffic is bound for the Queensway, speed is the key. ...

A weekly feature by Christopher Ryan , a local photographer, blogger and researcher. [  ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/01.Image-Front-April-2014.jpg) _ The Ottawa Stair Works factory, as it is today, with the Somerset Viaduct (or Bridge, if you prefer). April 2014. _ Although John Ruskin may have found it distasteful, by the turn of the twentieth century a whole lot of what went into the construction of homes and buildings was not built on the spot, but rather in factories where process and the division of labour were the orders of the day. ...

_ A weekly feature by Christopher Ryan , a local photographer, blogger and researcher. It appears every Friday on our blog. _ _ _ _ _ [ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/01.-Rupert.jpg) _ When you see them, you can’t unsee them . ...

The entrance to the Park Square apartments, November 2013. A weekly feature by Christopher Ryan, a local photographer, blogger and researcher. It appears every Friday on our blog. It would be safe to suggest that Ottawa, at the national capital, experienced the depths of the Depression differently than much of the remainder of the country. ...