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how do you say "wizzout za hedge"?
one upon a pub-patio, sipping on whatever with a friend, wondering "why is this corner lot vacant?" in the #BywardMarket, fires explain a lot of things Ottawa Citizen clipping from Dec 12 1961 Goad 1912 showing a brick hotel (w/ stables and courtyard) 1933 aerial, subject bldg highlighted yellow
Trafalgar Square, Oct 1911, east end #Ottawa in green original Manor Park in red both were subdivided, neither was developed as such Malakoff > St Laurent Blvd, aerial 1928 Blasdell (spelled many different ways) exists today, it originally ran E to Codd's when that road ran N to the Ottawa River
Joost Swarte for the New Yorker ("Playmakers" review) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joost_S...
sudden thaw, wet street revisited #GoldenTriangle #Ottawa trying to figure out how the hell to nav between different RAW versions and RAW to jpg/jpeg workflows (from iPhone) in Ps the colour is obviously phoney-baloney but hey, smokey skies and copper snow — had to give it a try 🫣
"The Rideau" 425 Daly #SandyHill #Ottawa const 1907, occ from Jan '08 per a flurry of ads for maids Sandy N of Theodore (now Laurier) largely developed by 1900, was Ottawa's desirable nabe until Rockcliffe and the Glebe took over that role the then-fancy apts along Charlotte were icing on the cake
the Aylmer Apartments, #Ottawa orig #9-19, later 15-25 Slater St, b. 1907-1908 (want ads for labourers late summer '07) cinder-block and reinforced concrete demolished postwar to make room for NAC underground parking and Confederation Park, site now the Slater ramp onto the the Mackenzie-King Bridge
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202... In rural Scotland, Andy Goldsworthy, the sculptor famed for his use of natural materials, contemplates his own decay.
willow plumes were elongated ostrich feather decorations popular during the Edwardian era and early 1920s. Skilled workers (often children) would hand-tie extra "flues" (individual feather strands) to the ends of the original ostrich feather.
no directory listing 1901 first newspaper mention, stove for sale, 1903 March 21 1904, Ottawa Citizen — "No. 478 O'CONNOR AND STRATHCONA — A first-class brick dwelling, up-to-date. Come and see this house." clipping Nov 1904 what would we do without hats ... and the social notes?
37 Linden Terrace, stuccoed Tudor, b. late 1920s, #theGlebe #Ottawa first home to Mr & Mrs Bernard Kraus — we find a charity tea announced in Nov 1929. together they operated "Berma," a name i'm guessing to have been coined from both their names clippings from March 1932 #architecture #fashion
... looking at aerial photos, i see the pav and bridges intact as of 1933 but gone-daddy-gone by '58 (per attached) a span representing 1) WWII and 2) the NCC in its present incarnation, ever driven to shut down any public infrastructure that could sprain an ankle and give rise to a liability suit
V.I.T.R.I.O.L. “Visita Interiora Terrae Rectificando Invenies Occultum Lapidem”
originally numbered 44, not 40 srsly, my inability to deal effectively with numbers is a horror-show. EDIT BUTTON PLEASE 🤬 AND THANK-YOU
test shot, #GoldenTriangle #Ottawa iPhone 15 Pro, "Noir" filter — i like this. i like it a lot. red (iron rich) clay brick has correct brightness poor readability of signage on truck could be a function of colour filtering, whatever resolution and lack of contrast artifacts continues to amaze me
Thanksgiving 1930 #Ottawa #advertising #vintagefashion "back in the day" when everone and everthing was #ArtDeco