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Christopher Ryan: Raccoons in the Penthouse (and an RCMP inquiry too!)

_ A regular feature by Christopher Ryan , a local photographer, blogger and researcher. _ [ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/01.-From-Somerset.jpg) _ Originally known as the Laurentian Towers, the Suites of Somerset has seen its share of action. Image: July 2014. _ With the significant number of apartment towers that were constructed around Ottawa during the 1960s and 1970s, it would be easy to forget that for every two constructed, there is probably one that didn’t make it off the drawing board. ...

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Christopher Ryan: The fall of Trafalgar House (110 Argyle)

_ A weekly feature by Christopher Ryan , a local photographer, blogger and researcher. _ _ _ [ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/01.-New-Trafalgar-House.jpg) _ Trafalgar House, the former home of the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 16. Image: May 2014 _ In 1918, seeking a club house for returned soldiers of the trenches, the Great War Veterans' Association (GWVA) successfully convinced the City of Ottawa to purchase the a large stone home on the southeast corner of Cartier and Cooper streets in Centretown. ...

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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. ...

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Christopher Ryan: "Detail Work a Specialty" - Ottawa Stair Works and the Changing Face of Bayview

A weekly feature by Christopher Ryan , a local photographer, blogger and researcher. [ ![](/legacy/02939.jpg) ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/01.Image-Front-April-2014.jpg) _ The Ottawa Stair Works factory, as it is today, with the Somerset Viaduct (or Bridge, if you prefer). April 2014. _ Although John Ruskin may have found it distasteful, by the turn of the twentieth century a whole lot of what went into the construction of homes and buildings was not built on the spot, but rather in factories where process and the division of labour were the orders of the day. ...