sparks street

Photo: At the intersection of Sparks and O’Connor. This is a snippet of a post to Ottawa Reddit the other day. Good comments… Volunteered at Bluesfest tonight and walked down sparks street from Bay to Metcalfe and Queen from Metcalfe to Bank on my way home. ...

“Old and New” on Sparks Street. (Photo by Marcel Regimbald via the OttawaStart Flickr pool) Mayor Jim Watson, Tobi Nussbaum, CEO, National Capital Commission, and Councillor Catherine McKenney today joined City staff for an update on the Sparks Street Public Realm Plan. ...

_ (Photo by Randy McDonald via Flickr ) _ _ (press release) _ ** Ottawa ** – _ Territorial Prerogative _ , the bronze sculpture of a mother bear, will be relocated to its new home at the corner of Sparks Street and Metcalfe Street over the course of three days; September 27 starting at 7 a. ...

The 2015 Pan Am Games Torch Relay arrived in Ottawa with great fanfare today as the flame made its way through the streets of our city, making a quick stop at the Ottawa Sports Hall of Fame ahead of the community celebration on Sparks Street. ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.ottawastartinter.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/20140301_165220.jpg) Sparks Street used to be home to a wax museum back in the 1960s. Among other things, it included a diorama of D’Arcy McGee’s assassination. It only lasted a couple of years before it shut down, and some of the wax figures were shipped to Nova Scotia. ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/pb112301.jpg) “The use of the handrails are for pedestrians to avoid injuries while walking up or down the steps. Please do not fasten your bike to the handrail.” This photo, and the accompanying story, was originally published on West Side Action . ...

Last night we made the trek from the exciting suburb of Stittsville all the way to downtown Ottawa with our two daughters (almost 5-years-old and nearly 3-years-old). The plan was to check out the Busker Festival on Sparks Street. Here’s what happened: ...

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. ...