#beer #buildings & architecture #ryanPHOTO: Midcentury Liquor-Control.[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/lcbo.png) I really like this photo of the LCBO warehouse on Bank Street near Walkley. Photographer Christopher Ryan researched a bit of history too: Ottawa's shiny new warehouse for the Liquor Control Board of Ontario opened at the end of April 1959. ...
#buildings & architecture #tourismCast your vote for the Ottawa Convention Centre as Canada's Best Restroom[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/bathroom.jpg) ** ** This is a photo of the exterior of the new Ottawa Convention Centre’s bathroom. I think it looks like a giant futuristic toilet bowl. I think that’s known as representational architecture. (Please correct me if I’m wrong. ...
#buildings & architecture #downtownA brilliant idea for improving the outside of the former Big Bud's buildingHere’s a great idea from the Modern Ottawa blog about a way to spruce up the exterior of the former Big Bud’s store at Bank & Somerset. Now it’s home to Dollar It! , Knit-Knackers and Biogene Aesthetics . ...
#buildings & architectureCity Centre building loses some of its ugly charmEric Darwin’s West Side Action blog reports on the removal of the letters from east side of the “CITY CENTRE” building near Lebreton Flats: The City Centre office and warehouse complex, 250 City Centre Avenue, opposite the Bayview OTrain station and Tom Brown Arena, is often referred to as the ugliest in the city. ...
#buildings & architectureGuerilla Magazine: unordinary territories[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/Guerilla-Magazine-SPAO_1204919302859.png) There’s a great collection of photos in the latest issue of Guerilla Magazine , featuring " ten outstanding photos of reimagined local territories " by students from the School of Photographic Arts Ottawa. ** Related: ** Ottawa Photography Guide