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Seen on the Canadian Civil Defence Museum Association web site : “Ottawa Atom Mushroom Cloud Model Used in Canadian Civil Defence Course”. Yikes. [ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Ottawa-Ground-Zero-web.jpg) ** ** (Thanks @koolie62 for the tip!) ** ** ** See also: ** Ottawa History Guide ...

_ 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/2014/03/01.-Image.jpg) _ If I had a list of favourite midcentury modern buildings in Ottawa, the Wesley Building would be in my top 5. ...

_ 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/2014/03/01-Image.jpg) _ 177 Armstrong sits empty today. No doubt another entrepreneurial Ottawan can launch another successful venture from here. ...

_ 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/2014/03/01.-Photo-3-6-14-4-37-26-PM.jpg) _ The Knights of Columbus Hall at 1177 Gladstone began life as the West End YWCA. ...

[  ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/20140301_164442.jpg) Several issues of _ What's On in Ottawa _ magazine, spread out on my kitchen table. Andrew Tidman recently sent along several copies of a 1960s Ottawa magazine called _ What's On in Ottawa _ . ...

_ 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/2014/02/01.-2014-02-20-Bate-House-Today.jpg) _ 474 Cooper Street. February 2014. _ Although many of them have been converted into apartments for decades, Centretown remains home to a large number of stately homes, constructed during the Victorian, Edwardian (VII), and early Georgian (V) periods. ...

A little paint and a little extra care has breathed new life into this block at 1098 Somerset W. February 8, 2014. A weekly feature by Christopher Ryan , a local photographer, blogger and researcher. It appears every Friday on our blog. ...

_ 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/2014/02/01.-2014-02-08.jpg) _ Thyme & Again, 1255 Wellington St. ...

_ A weekly feature by Christopher Ryan , a local photographer, blogger and researcher. It appears every Friday on our blog. _ This week’s post about the Somerset Towers Apartments on Carling (beside Carlingwood). I was attracted to it for photographing because it the twin towers' round design, but stuck with it when I learned that it was constructed by a mining company looking to make a play into residential construction. ...

_ 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/2014/01/01.-2014-01-15-Mousseau-Mosaic-Jackson-Building.jpg) _ The colourful mosaic that greets those who enter the Jackson Building at 122 Bank. ...