downtown

Check out this great post from David McClelland’s blog, The Ottawa Project. It’s about the evolution of downtown Ottawa around the Union Station. Using a series of overhead images, David traces the evolution of the area that now includes the Rideau Centre, the National Arts Centre, City Hall, and the Government Conference Centre. ...

Here’s a fun post from the Elgin Street Irregulars blog: Ten Things I Hate About You – all about the Sparks Street Mall. Highlights: * 4. Wanna ride your relatively unobtrusive eco-friendly bicycle down Sparks? Pay a hefty fine. ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/Watawa-life-C2-BB-Blog-Archive-C2-BB-Happy-New-Year_1199211343750-copy.jpg) Ottawa had a big fireworks show downtown on New Year’s Eve for the first time since New Year’s Eve 1999. It was two fireworks shows, in fact - one just before 7:00pm and one at midnight. Ottawa photographers were out in full force. ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/the-urban-chronicle-of-ottawa-ontario_1189561793734.png) Recently added to our blog list: Urban Chronicle . An Ottawa blog that’s full of pictures from around downtown Ottawa. Street art, strange signage, found items, and the latest post, a couch being destroyed in the back of a garbage truck. ...

** From knitnut.net : ** After reading [ Christina Blizzard’s assessment of Ottawa as a city rotting at its core ](http://www.torontosun.com/News/Columnists/Blizzard_Christina/2007/07/13/4335721.html) , it occurred to me that perhaps I don’t get out enough. According to Blizzard, you can eat lunch on the patio of a posh downtown restaurant while watching literally dozens of drug deals and countless people sitting around smoking crack in broad daylight. ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/unleashedlive-Market-no-more_1185242631765.png) What a great photo posted today on Ian Murchison’s unleashedlive photoblog. It’s a pic of the old Olympia Market Centre on Gladstone Avenue. Ian has perfectly captured the gritty character of the abandoned storefront. ** Related: ** Ottawa Guide