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OTTAWA
PAST & PRESENT

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CORRY BLOCK & UNION STATION ON RIDEAU

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1915 vs. 2013
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WHY OTTAWA PAST & PRESENT?

A few decades ago, Ottawa was drastically different: Sparks Street was thriving,
people were actually living downtown and at LeBreton Flats and a train could
bring you to the heart of the city. The narrow and institutionalized vision of
bureaucrats, the rapid expansion of car use, and a generalized neglect of
architectural heritage changed the urban fabric of the Capital.

The Gréber Plan and the NCC transformed Ottawa for the worse.
One building at a time.

We promote intensification and discourage sprawl. We are not against tall
buildings, but we have a lot to say about bad design.


THE STORE

We have designed a few poster related to Ottawa (and some about Montreal &
Quebec City). We started to do silkscreening at home and this is the end result.


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LATEST COMPARISONS

 
 


VANIER HALL - UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA

1970 versus 2016

The archival photo shows Vanier Hall before the construction of the Faculty of
Social Sciences (FSS).We like how the FSS had been integrated into this rather
constrain area between the Vanier Hall and Nicholas Street.We don't like how
Nicholas Street...

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PEREZ HALL & FORMER SACRÉ-COEUR CHURCH

1973 versus 2016

The back of the current Department of Visual Arts was visible from this point of
view when a field of grass and a small house occupied the area where Perez Hall
has been built.  We can see the steeple of...

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Ottawa

past & present


We believe this city could be better.


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VANIER HALL - UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA


PEREZ HALL & FORMER SACRÉ-COEUR CHURCH

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