#christmas #downtown #lights #Parliament #taffy lane #upper canada village

Christmas Light Displays (2015) - Parliament Hill, Taffy Lane and much more

** Please note: ** _ This is the old, out-of-date list for 2015. You should check out instead: _ http://ottawastart.com/ottawas-best-christmas-light-displays-2016-parliament-hill-taffy-lane-and-much-more/ [caption id=“attachment_19262” align=“aligncenter” width=“800”] Patrimoine canadien/Canadian Heritage[/caption] Christmas Light Map ** Can you help? ** Some listings on this map are from 2014 and labelled as “unconfirmed” for 2015. ...

#arts #development #downtown #rideau centre #rideau street

Plan to improve Rideau Arts Precinct available for public review

The City of Ottawa has a unique opportunity to coordinate dramatic future improvements to Rideau Street and neighbouring streets in the Rideau Arts Precinct. Residents can now review and comment on a proposed plan for these public realm improvements.  The Rideau Arts Precinct is the area bordered by Rideau Street to the north, Laurier Avenue to the south, Colonel By Drive to the west and Waller Street to the east. ...

#Christopher Ryan #centretown #downtown #ryan

Christopher Ryan: Ceappy’s Connor Court

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. ...

#buildings & architecture #downtown #elgin street #Christopher Ryan

Christopher Ryan: A Wolf on Elgin Street (The Park Square apartments at 425 Elgin)

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. ...

#downtown #parks #ryan

Christopher Ryan: Dundonald: A park by any other name (Part 1)

_ A weekly feature from Christopher Ryan , a local photographer, blogger and researcher. It appears every Friday on our blog. _ [ ![](/legacy/02295.jpg) ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/01-Dundonald-Sign-2013-.jpg) Somerset entrance to Dundonald Park (June 2013) Although Centretown cannot be characterized as a neighbourhood that is stuffed with green space, it is blessed with two well-used historic parks (among a number of others), roughly equidistant from either side of Bank Street. ...