Notes for my Jane’s Walk – Finding the Bones of Old Wellington Street
The notes, links, and photos below are to help people who are following me on my Jane’s Walk tour called “Finding the bones of Wellington Street: a last chance to walk the old route” Section 1:...
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Bones of Wellington Jane’s Walk Part 1: Bank, Lyon, Bay
Stop 1: Corner of Bank Street and Wellington Street Stop 2: Corner of Wellington Street and Lyon Stop 3: Wellington Street near Bay Street – Garden of the Provinces and Territories Bennet Plan for...
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The notes, links, and photos below are to help people who are following me on my Jane’s Walk tour called “Finding the bones of Wellington Street: a last chance to walk the old route” Section 1:...
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Bones of Wellington Jane’s Walk Part 2 – Sparks, Pooley’s Bridge,...
Stop 4: Old Wellington Street – bottom of Sparks Street alignment Character: E.P. Taylor Biography – Full Book on Google Books Stop 5: Pooley’s Bridge – near Fleet Street Waterworks...
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Bones of Wellington Walk Part 4: City Centre, Wellington Viaduct, O-Train
Stop 10: Albert Street and City Centre Thomas Ahearn http://inventorsasso ciation.homestead.com/IAOSuccessful.html Stop 11: Site of old Wellington Street Viaduct – near O-Train...
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Bones of Wellington Walk Part 3: Lebreton flats Transitway, Booth, and Broad
Stop 7: Old Wellington and Transitway Jacques Greber Comparisons: LeBreton Flats old and new: http://en.alexandrelaquerre.com/tag/lebreton-flats/288/ 7 Lost Tourist Attractions Stop 8: Old Wellington...
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Pesky Sens Anthem (apologies to LMFAO)
Daniel Alfredsson said it: the Ottawa Senators are “in tough” against Pittsburgh tonight. But, after hearing the original “Pesky Ottawa Athlete on Skates”, Elizabeth Manley on CBC Radio’s Ottawa...
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Another idea for getting buses off Scott Street
Between 2015 and 2018, the Scott Street / Albert corridor is going to be a nightmare of construction while the city builds three new LRT stations at Holland, Bayview, and LeBreton, then after 2018 the...
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Map: how Ottawa’s two Wellington Streets were once connected.
Tweet On Twitter today, I was drawn into another discussion of an old obsession of mine: the route of Wellington Street in Ottawa. Or more specifically, the question “WHY ARE THERE TWO WELLINGTONS?”...
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Hey Jim. My son’s got an idea for the Prince of Wales train bridge
Tweet When my 9-year old son heard about the City of Ottawa’s plan to block off the historic Prince of Wales truss bridge, the controversy around it, and Jim Watson’s aversion to lawsuits on the...
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