#recreation #ryanChristopher Ryan: Community Spirit at the West End YWCA_ A weekly feature by Christopher Ryan , a local photographer, blogger and researcher. It appears every Friday on our blog. _ [ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/01.-Photo-3-6-14-4-37-26-PM.jpg) _ The Knights of Columbus Hall at 1177 Gladstone began life as the West End YWCA. ...
#business #ryanChristopher Ryan: The House that Electric Beans Built_ A weekly feature by Christopher Ryan , a local photographer, blogger and researcher. It appears every Friday on our blog. _ [ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/01.-2014-02-20-Bate-House-Today.jpg) _ 474 Cooper Street. February 2014. _ Although many of them have been converted into apartments for decades, Centretown remains home to a large number of stately homes, constructed during the Victorian, Edwardian (VII), and early Georgian (V) periods. ...
#buildings & architecture #hintonburg #ryanChristopher Ryan: Painting the Western High Street (a short history of the Thyme and Again building)_ A weekly feature by Christopher Ryan , a local photographer, blogger and researcher. It appears every Friday on our blog. _ _ _ [ ![](/legacy/02846.jpg) ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/01.-2014-02-08.jpg) _ Thyme & Again, 1255 Wellington St. ...
#buildings & architecture #homes & real estate #ryanChristopher Ryan: The Somerset Towers - “Especially Designed to Meet the Needs of Ottawa’s Own Mystique”_ A weekly feature by Christopher Ryan , a local photographer, blogger and researcher. It appears every Friday on our blog. _ This week’s post about the Somerset Towers Apartments on Carling (beside Carlingwood). I was attracted to it for photographing because it the twin towers' round design, but stuck with it when I learned that it was constructed by a mining company looking to make a play into residential construction. ...
#buildings & architecture #downtown #ryanChristopher Ryan: Jean-Paul Mousseau strutts by the Jackson Building_ A weekly feature by Christopher Ryan , a local photographer, blogger and researcher. It appears every Friday on our blog. _ _ _ [ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/01.-2014-01-15-Mousseau-Mosaic-Jackson-Building.jpg) _ The colourful mosaic that greets those who enter the Jackson Building at 122 Bank. ...
#books #ryanChristopher Ryan: Bibles, testaments, and portions (a history of The Bible House on Lisgar)_ A weekly feature by Christopher Ryan , a local photographer, blogger and researcher. It appears every Friday on our blog. _ _ _ [ ![](/legacy/02627.jpg) ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/01-January-2014.jpg) The Bible House, as it stands today. January 2014. ...
#homes & real estate #police-fires #ryanChristopher Ryan: Conflagration at Elgin’s Queen Mary Apartments_ A weekly feature by Christopher Ryan , a local photographer, blogger and researcher. It appears every Friday on our blog. _ _ _ [ ![](/legacy/02637.jpg) ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/01-Queen-Mary-December-2013.jpg) Front entrance of the Queen Mary Apartments, 413 Elgin St. ...
#elgin street #restaurants #ryanChristopher Ryan: Mayflower Restaurant, Elgin Institution (1959-2013)The Mayflower’s patio, August 2013. Photo by Christopher Ryan. A weekly feature from Christopher Ryan, a local photographer, blogger and researcher. It appears every Friday on our blog. When news got out this fall that Mayflower owner Walter Krepski had decided to retire and sell his restaurant, a veritable tidal wave of memories seemed to flood the city. ...
#buildings & architecture #homes & real estate #ryanChristopher Ryan: Snear Miller's downtown apartments_ A weekly feature from Christopher Ryan , a local photographer, blogger and researcher. It appears every Friday on our blog. _ [ ![](/legacy/02512.jpg) ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/011.jpg) Val Cartier Apartments, in the evening of September 22, 2013. Photo by Christopher Ryan Pictured above is the Val Cartier Apartments at 61 Cartier in the Golden Triangle. ...
#ryan #signsChristopher Ryan: The Party Palace, kingmaker on Elgin_ A weekly feature from Christopher Ryan , a local photographer, blogger and researcher. It appears every Friday on our blog. _ [ ![](/legacy/02363.jpg) ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/01-Today.jpg) This sign just wouldn't be possible today. McDonald's, formerly the Party Palace, August 2013. ...