[waterloowarrior]

thread to post cool random Ottawa flickr photos or other photos from other sites you've found

Queen Street by Jairus (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jairus/4304824281/)
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4044/4304824281_e3b03d55bc_b.jpg

Lord Elgin Hotel (http://www.flickr.com/photos/lordelginhotel/)- 2009 Ottawa Marathon
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4012/4304820410_b8abd4fbcb_b.jpg

Steve Brandon (http://www.flickr.com/photos/steve-brandon/4299155867/)
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2744/4299155867_7870533743_b.jpg

[waterloowarrior]

A view from the Top - Dunton Tower through the Fog... Michael Sanford Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/michael_sanford/3985367436/)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2584/3985367436_64ec6a6c23_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2611/3984611125_64348eeeb8.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/michael_sanford/3984611125/sizes/m/in/set-72157604340469221/

[harls]

^ wow.

Rideau Canal and Ottawa Skyline by lynnmm1961 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/lynnmm1961/4301962644/) on flickr

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2765/4301962644_2ec711fd3e_o.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2795/4301214071_2ba5819b4e_o.jpg

[Zach6668]

Why can't I figure out where that picture is taken from?

[blackjagger]

My guess would be just south of that little bridge in the Arboretum across from the north most parking lot of Carleton.

Cheers,
Josh

[Zach6668]

That's what I figured. I've never been that far down the canal, though. Is that downtown in the background? It looks way closer than it should after looking at a map.

[harls]

The lens they are using is probably telephoto.. it mashes the background (downtown) with the foreground so it looks closer than it is.

[blackjagger]

Just image if there was a 40 and 50 story tower in the picture, you would feel like you were downtown. Damn I want a signature tower now.

Cheers,
Josh

[RTWAP]

Just image if there was a 40 and 50 story tower in the picture, you would feel like you were downtown. Damn I want a signature tower now.

Cheers,
Josh

I had the same thought. That skyline could really use a marquee building to help us orient ourselves in these photos.

Why didn't they think of us poor internet picture viewers when they set those height limits? :D

[waterloowarrior]

said_the_lorax flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/joeronzio/4327004844/sizes/l/)
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2694/4327004844_c6ebfffb46_b.jpg

[RTWAP]

said_the_lorax flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/joeronzio/4327004844/sizes/l/)
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2694/4327004844_c6ebfffb46_b.jpg

Great shot. It confirms my opinion that the NAC probably looked much better when viewed from above, at model-scale, on a table.

[waterloowarrior]

constitution square by Vu Nguyen Photography (http://www.flickr.com/photos/fivetigermedia/4334013746/)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2695/4334013746_1dcb37709d.jpg

[jeremy_haak]

Amazing photo, the framing unfortunately makes it look like it's in an office park.

[waterloowarrior]

a couple from Asif A. Ali (http://www.flickr.com/photos/asifali1985/)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/asifali1985/4142577181/sizes/l/
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2458/4142577181_2228f87362_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/asifali1985/4420871971/sizes/l/
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2790/4420871971_aacce369d9_b.jpg

[waterloowarrior]

some HDR by beyondhue (http://www.flickr.com/photos/36647280@N07/4443058666/)

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4052/4443058666_08b069a957_o.jpg

[citizen j]

One of the most unusual and intriguing shots of the city I've ever seen, posted by southfacing on flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/23575605@N08/5045588707/in/set-72157624956212051/

[aesthetic]

One of the most unusual and intriguing shots of the city I've ever seen, posted by southfacing on flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/23575605@N08/5045588707/in/set-72157624956212051/

Agreed. And, for me, it got more interesting the more I looked at it.

[O-Town Hockey]

A cool Ottawa shot from www.pictureitdowntown.ca that I have never seen before:

http://www.pictureitdowntown.ca/media/entry_photos/cache/504_x_336_630-dsc0232.jpg

[waterloowarrior]

I like this shot of the Rideau Street area towers by CADmonkey1973 on flickr

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5188/5606952183_e53779f3e1_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/38593597@N05/5606952183/in/photostream/

[Cre47]

From myself

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6012/5893938293_3b72527021_b.jpg

[drawarc]

Old photos of Ottawa:


http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2056/2055373653_b7d1e0fb92.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/21141360@N03/2055373653/)
Ottawa Skyline 1959 001 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/21141360@N03/2055373653/) by mattfournier@rogers.com (http://www.flickr.com/people/21141360@N03/), on Flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21141360@N03/2055373653/in/set-72157603270777163


http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2387/2055373687_845cbc16f5_z.jpg?zz=1 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/21141360@N03/2055373687/)
Ottawa Skyline 1972 001 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/21141360@N03/2055373687/) by mattfournier@rogers.com (http://www.flickr.com/people/21141360@N03/), on Flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21141360@N03/2055373687/in/set-72157603270777163/

[Uhuniau]

Look at the trees along Wellington.

Propose restoring that look now, and you're accused of wanting to spoil the "historic" view.

[McC]

Look at the trees along Wellington.

Propose restoring that look now, and you're accused of wanting to spoil the "historic" view.

The elms died, it really sucks, but it was no one in Ottawa's fault, you sound like you blame the NCC when you should be blaming the Dutch!

[OttawaSteve]

Old photos of Ottawa:


[/url]
Ottawa Skyline 1959 001 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/21141360@N03/2055373653/) by mattfournier@rogers.com (http://www.flickr.com/people/21141360@N03/), on Flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21141360@N03/2055373653/in/set-72157603270777163



Ottawa Skyline 1972 001 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/21141360@N03/2055373687/) by mattfournier@rogers.com (http://www.flickr.com/people/21141360@N03/), on Flickr
[url]http://www.flickr.com/photos/21141360@N03/2055373687/in/set-72157603270777163/

This guy has a whole set of gorgeous 1950s-60s-70s photos of Ottawa (http://www.flickr.com/photos/21141360@N03/sets/72157603270777163/) that is definitely worth a look.

[lrt's friend]

This guy has a whole set of gorgeous 1950s-60s-70s photos of Ottawa (http://www.flickr.com/photos/21141360@N03/sets/72157603270777163/) that is definitely worth a look.

What an outstanding set of photographs, and all in colour. Wow!

I am old enough to remember some of this. The temporary mall on Sparks Street that was in use in the summer months only. I suspect that 1961 was the first year for this. Sparks Street was much, much more prosperous in those days. My mother loved Murphy Gambles. I remember the manual elevators with operators who would tell you what departments were on each floor. What a loss when that store closed and was replaced with a Scotiabank office.

Notice the grime on the Chateau Laurier. This was from the steam trains and widespread burning of coal for heat in those days.

I also remember the driveway coming directly to Confederation Square. That changed when the NAC was built.

Ottawa really lost quite a bit of its natural beauty when the elm trees died in the 1960s. Those trees were so majestic and architectural and cast wonderful high shade. They were in all the best locations in the city. Even these photos don't fully capture how important those trees were to landscape of Ottawa. No other tree has been able to replace the elms with the same impact.

The picture of the railway going from the Interprovincial bridge towards the Chateau Laurier in the distance gives you a glimpse of where the Hull Electric streetcars used to run. Just look at the little bridge to the right of main rail bed. Obviously the railbed was wide enough to handle the streetcar tracks as well.

[gjhall]

In the 1959 photo you can see a large brick building on O'Connor, appears to be where Sun Life is now. Anyone know what that was?

[Uhuniau]

What did those poor railway tracks do to deserve it?

Wow. What a set!

[Uhuniau]

The elms died, it really sucks, but it was no one in Ottawa's fault, you sound like you blame the NCC when you should be blaming the Dutch!

I'm not blaming anyone for removing the trees, they obviously had to go, but rather for institutionalizing the resulting "view" so that that canopy can now never, ever, be replaced.

[Kitchissippi]

:previous:The second photo is from 1972. There are trees along Wellington today, they just have not grown as large as those elms in the 50s. West of Bank Street, it's back to being a nice leafy grove (http://maps.google.com/?ll=45.422657,-75.699899&spn=0.007862,0.015997&z=17&layer=c&cbll=45.422592,-75.700049&panoid=edRZSTvGqIB2ky0ANbN17w&cbp=12,42.730053,,0,0&photoid=po-2760323) with a double line of trees.

[Uhuniau]

:previous:The second photo is from 1972. There are trees along Wellington today, they just have not grown as large as those elms in the 50s. West of Bank Street, it's back to being a nice leafy grove (http://maps.google.com/?ll=45.422657,-75.699899&spn=0.007862,0.015997&z=17&layer=c&cbll=45.422592,-75.700049&panoid=edRZSTvGqIB2ky0ANbN17w&cbp=12,42.730053,,0,0&photoid=po-2760323) with a double line of trees.

There used to be trees along ALL of Wellington, including right in front of the Parliamentary lawn.

[Kitchissippi]

There used to be trees along ALL of Wellington, including right in front of the Parliamentary lawn.

But there are trees in front of Parliament Hill (http://maps.google.com/?ll=45.423956,-75.697088&spn=0.004044,0.007998&z=18&layer=c&cbll=45.423899,-75.697215&panoid=rkDqNFyuKZPj7CzvYcjpRw&cbp=12,274.99,,0,0.58) they just haven't had the time to grow large.

[Uhuniau]

But there are trees in front of Parliament Hill (http://maps.google.com/?ll=45.423956,-75.697088&spn=0.004044,0.007998&z=18&layer=c&cbll=45.423899,-75.697215&panoid=rkDqNFyuKZPj7CzvYcjpRw&cbp=12,274.99,,0,0.58) they just haven't had the time to grow large.

There's a large gap in the weedy little things between the Metcalfe and west gates, a gap to preserve the precious, precious view, a gap that didn't used to exist.

[drawarc]

In the 1959 photo you can see a large brick building on O'Connor, appears to be where Sun Life is now. Anyone know what that was?

I think it was called the Hunter building.

Urbsite has some info on it:http://urbsite.blogspot.com/2010/12/then-albert-at-kent.html
(at bottom of blog posting)

[c@taract_soulj@h]

I love Ottawa in the winter...summer too, but something about the winter months that make the city striking

[harls]

These are not random.

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5350/7186438799_7ac9ce3c71_b.jpg

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7074/7186401543_a8f65c6da8_k.jpg

[drawarc]

Photo of Albert street, found on Panoramio:

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/large/30016281.jpg
by: Andrzej Pradzynski

Link:http://www.panoramio.com/photo/30016281

[J.OT13]

Photo of Albert street, found on Panoramio:

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/large/30016281.jpg
by: Andrzej Pradzynski

Link:http://www.panoramio.com/photo/30016281

The WEP has to be the best designed office complex in the city. I know a lot of people criticized the 2002 tower, but it looks damn good on the Albert side; well integrated with the plaza.

[drawarc]

The WEP has to be the best designed office complex in the city. I know a lot of people criticized the 2002 tower, but it looks damn good on the Albert side; well integrated with the plaza.

Yeah, WEP stands out amongst all other downtown buildings. I've read that the second tower was originally planned as a hotel, but built for office space instead.

[J.OT13]

Yeah, WEP stands out amongst all other downtown buildings. I've read that the second tower was originally planned as a hotel, but built for office space instead.

Hotel? It would have made the NCC info centre move a bit less stupid.

[Kitchissippi]

They also wanted the retail space to be one big boutique department store — I think they launched a futile attempt at attracting something like Au Printemps from France.

The direct connection to Sparks Street Mall via overhead walkway would have been an interesting link between the Hardy Arcade and the WEP, but that died when 131 Queen (HSBC building) was built without any provision for it. While overhead systems like Calgary's +15 tend to kill street level retail, because of the topographic context of Sparks Street being a storey higher than Queen Street, I think some mid-block links would help integrate and expand the shopping district. Maybe we'll something develop when the LRT comes to town.

[J.OT13]

Maybe we'll something develop when the LRT comes to town.

You're probably right. I think it's pretty much guaranteed that the WEP will have direct connection to the LRT station and could continue and connect to the RE and Sparks street.

[drawarc]

Found on Flickr:
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8306/7974974569_76e19dfe07_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/83651078@N07/7974974569/)
homeostasis (http://www.flickr.com/photos/83651078@N07/7974974569/) by _muckraker_ (http://www.flickr.com/people/83651078@N07/), on Flickr

[KHOOLE]

beautiful!