#homes & real estate #Christopher RyanChristopher Ryan: A brief history of the Elphin, Ottawa's happiest apartment buildingA weekly feature from Christopher Ryan, a local photographer, blogger and researcher. It appears every Friday on our blog. Ask anyone in Centretown if they can name one apartment building, and chances are that a majority of them will come up with The Elphin. ...
#halloween #zombieHappy Halloween. Here are some photos of zombies invading downtown OttawaPhotos from the recent zombie walk in downtown Ottawa. All photos from the OttawaStart Flickr Group . (Click for full size.) [  ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/aneifer/10571296133/) by Aneifer [ ! ...
You should check out Tamara Manning's daily photo projectI’m really enjoying Tamara Manning’s daily photo project. Just about every day for the last four months or so, she’s been posting a self-potrait as flavouredechos on Flickr. These aren’t your typical selfies, nor is there any narcissism at all. ...
#beer #ryanChristopher Ryan: Brewer's Retail - slaking Centretown's thirst_ A weekly feature from Christopher Ryan , a local photographer, blogger and researcher. It appears every Friday on our blog. _ [  ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/01.jpg) Beer Store Detail. Photo by Christopher Ryan. [ ](http://ottawastart. ...
#hintonburgPhotographer Justin Van Leeuwen opens a pop-up studio in Hintonburg[  ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/BW0jn3bIEAA361B.jpg-large.jpeg) Photo courtesy of [ @foodieprints ](https://twitter.com/foodiePrints/status/391007910731718656) On Thursday night we checked out [ Justin Van Leeuwen's ](http://jvlphoto.com/) new pop-up studio in Hintonburg. (It's only open for a very limited time, until October 29 at 1089 Somerset Street West. ...
#buildings & architecture #Christopher RyanChristopher Ryan: The lonely life of the Gilbert Apartments on Lisgar StreetA weekly feature from Christopher Ryan, a local photographer, blogger and researcher. It appears every Friday on our blog. This apartment building, named The Gilbert Apartments, is located at 293 Lisgar Street and has lead a lonely life. Surrounded by surface parking lot since the 1970s, and currently boarded up, derelict, it is only a matter of time until it would face the same fate as the surrounding buildings. ...
#elkDigital art inspired by the Ottawa elk ("long may you run, you beautiful bastard")Here’s an Instagram pic from Ottawa’s minkwilliams , inspired by the legend of the City Centre elk . Titled “long may you run, you beautiful bastard”. ** See also: ** Ottawa Nature Guide If you liked this post, you should ** subscribe to etcetera , ** our free email newsletter. ...
#buildings & architecture #Christopher RyanChristopher Ryan: The beautiful brick mosaics of Ottawa's Mont St-Joseph boarding schoolEditor’s note: Here’s the first of a regular weekly feature on our blog from Christopher Ryan. I first encountered him earlier this summer on Instagam, where he has a very creative style of photography that usually eatures Ottawa buildings and landmarks . ...
Can you help pinpoint the location in this historical Ottawa photograph?[  ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/15609463@N03/9942812543/) (Click image for full size.) UPDATE: I think it’s solved. OttawaStart reader David Adair (and several others) identified the building in the distance as the Dominican College at 96 Empress Avenue. ...
#carsPHOTO: 1969 Chevy Camaro under a giant Canadian Tire logoI love the bold colours in this photo by Steve Brandon . “Red & Green: A 1969 Chevy Camaro under a giant Canadian Tire logo”. From the OttawaStart Flickr Group . (The car is being raffled off as a fundraiser for the Royal Ottawa Foundation. ...