Pictures of Ottawa

[SkeggsEggs]

how would you service those buildings and washrooms? From Nicholas (no-longer free-flowing)?

Have a pedestrian/cycling right of way wide enough that allows access for small delivery trucks and emergency vehicles

[McC]

I'm not sure that would be enough... contractors, utilities, telcos, taxi/uber/familymember pickup and drop off; even buildings with no parking need a fair bit of vehicular access. And they would back out onto Laurier across the bike lane and into traffic when they're finished?

[ElieB]

I am sorry but I look at those three photos and that is exactly what we are talking about. Places to shop, eat and drink.

What is the alternative?

Turning the land next to the Rideau Canal into million dollar condos? Turning public space into private property? Building office buildings on green space?

It certainly not going to be historic buildings being built there. Too late for that. Other tourist attractions like those so many panned in the Lebreton proposal?

I really don't get what you are getting at.

And at what expense? We lose the green space, the bike paths. Block the iconic vista up the canal to Parliament hill with buildings, most likely of second rate design?

I think we need to be careful in what we wish for.

As I have said before, there is a lot of history behind how the Rideau Canal has evolved to this point. It will take a lot to change that course. And in the end, will it be better? Remember that strip of land is pretty narrow, and there are a lot of Nimbys ready to pounce on every proposal.

First, for someone calling him or herself LRT's friend, you are far too obsessed with vehicular access... Almost as though you aren't a pedestrian and don't understand what it means to design pedestrian park spaces whatsoever.

Second, those 3 photos were one person's idea, not mine. There are hundreds if not thousands of examples around the world, many in north america, of creatively landscaped waterfronts that don't rely on commercial properties.

Seriously just google "Urban waterfront" and click away. I'm not curating them for you.

The 'alternative' doesn't involve privatization. All I've said in this thread is that the canal needs new landscape design, badly, possibly with a few new publicly owned pavilions leveraging leasing agreements into more pedestrian bridges. That doesn't mean condos, strip malls, or ripping up the parkway. There is already a massive easement of current landscaping to design in.

It doesn't mean ripping the bike paths, it means augmenting them, creating more space beyond just grass so that walkers, bikers, runners, skaters, whatever, aren't all funneled through the same 2 meters of asphalt.

It doesn't need gimmicky tourist attractions like "Lebreton", the canal IS the attraction. And frankly, you can gloat about lebreton's tourist attractions when, and if, they are eventually built. Until then they're just early staged renderings used to sell a job. (psst. they aren't real)

And by the way, the Canal absolutely has not "evolved" ok. If anything it has devolved because the landscaping is exactly the same as it was half a century ago or more, and there are less activities and amenities along its length now than there were then. It's evolution basically came to a stop 50 years ago because $$$ and NCC. Go visit the city of Ottawa's Emaps website and look at 1928 aerial photographs. The design of most of its length is the same, MINUS many many landscape components that have since been erased. That's not evolution.

Have a look. On the north section there are more frequent and prominent accesspoints. With more intricate pathways, and presumably, seating arrangements. This was replaced by a lower pathway that people today avoid because bad lighting and terrible accessibility make it too dangerous or frightening at night. The concealment along that path attracts a bad element. (guessing it was done it the 60s/70s based on the brutalist concrete?) Not that I think that path is a terrible design because I've enjoyed it personally, but it's wildly out of date.
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On the south part of the golden triangle, again there are more frequent and prominent accesspoints with pedestrian roundabouts and probably more seating. Those silly little roundabouts denote "places" along a continuum which is more than we have today. They're locations to meet or gather, they're important.
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South of patterson's pond, by 5th. Again there are more landscape elements, the silly heritage pond has a footbridge over it. Call it silly romanticism, but hey, it's another accesspoint too. There are boat houses on the canal! omg the heritage!! How dare they encroach on the water and cross the sacred barrier of stone walls built by our ancestors!
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There's nothing to desecrate here. I walk the canal's length regularly. If you do as well, you'll know its walls and railing are falling apart. You'll know it doesn't have enough garbages or places to sit. You'll know it's utterly monotonous and includes no differentiated locations except for the locks. It's public land that should be improved in the public's best interest. That means we should absolutely allow landscape design components to encroach on the canal here or there. Build docks and quais and boardwalks or whatever. Add place-making design components for which there is plenty of space. Give it better lighting and more access points. Give it wider, meandering pathways to accomodate multi-modal transportation. Build more pedestrian bridges connecting East & West. Provide more ways to access the water. Build in permanent structure for winter-use, and god forbid, add a few pavilions along its FOUR KILOMETERS for washrooms and food services.

There's your formula, protected vistas and all. Do some googling of urban waterfronts and get your head out of your car. Vehicular access to pavilions is a hollow concern, though McC can't seem to conceiving such a thing. As is, utility trucks just drive up on the grass regularly. It's not rocket science, but it CAN be resolved in the design stage. It's not some make-or-break concern for conceptual development.

Peace out, I'm done. If you, or anyone else, still can't see past your car-centric pre-conceived "heritage" nimbys then the problem is too ingrained to debate. :notacrook:

Edit: Ohh and look here, What today is just a glorified median down the QED near bronson used to be useful space back when pedestrians weren't shunned by a car-dominant society. Tell me again about the "heritage" we're protecting by refusing to adapt the current landscape. Also just west of Bronson, not pictured, there was a very large boating dock on the south side by the mouth of dow's lake.
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[SkeggsEggs]

I'm not sure that would be enough... contractors, utilities, telcos, taxi/uber/familymember pickup and drop off; even buildings with no parking need a fair bit of vehicular access. And they would back out onto Laurier across the bike lane and into traffic when they're finished?

I should clarify I'm thinking of a few small pavilions between Laurier and the uOttawa pedestrian tunnel. Taxis and uber's wouldn't be necessary. The pedestrian/cyclist right of way I was thinking of would exist along the entire route of the road being removed but not as wide so there would be more free space. there would be no reversing onto Laurier. This idea could obviously be done without the removal of the parkway as the previous poster suggested but I just find it very uninviting along this section.

[1overcosc]

Those old aerial photos make me very wistful... the canal was actually part of the city back then. Sad that it's blocked off now...

[lrt's friend]

I have absolutely no objection to improving amenities and design elements along the canal.

The Queen Elizabeth Driveway has not changed a whole lot since the 1920s. A number of the things we see in the early photos (l suspect some are decorative fountains) were probably installed when the area was first developed early in the 20th century. They were lost to austerity of the Depression and war years. Similar design elements were also lost in Strathcona Park.

Post war modernism preferred more simple design and the government was more focused on other expensive projects, the Greber Plan of course.

I have seen photos of the original design and I also consider it a loss. And we have sacrificed quite a bit to allow car access throughout the city.

Bring on improved amenities by all means, but I hesitate about big building projects along the canal corridor.

But you know, not all modernization has been bad.

[FFX-ME]

I think it's about time the city considers getting rid of all parkways and highways (including the queensway mentioned in another thread) and replace them with cafés.

[Aylmer]

Hear hear! :P

[lrt's friend]

I think it's about time the city considers getting rid of all parkways and highways (including the queensway mentioned in another thread) and replace them with cafés.

:cheers:

[Uhuniau]

Seriously just google "Urban waterfront" and click away. I'm not curating them for you.


What ElieB said. :D

I love that 1920s series of aerials... I wish there was more data available to expand the coverage.

[FFX-ME]

What ElieB said. :D

I love that 1920s series of aerials... I wish there was more data available to expand the coverage.

Lol.

The funnier thing is, though, that when you do google "urban waterfront" most of the pictures are of models exactly like the one we have. A walking path next to the water with far removed buildings. Congratulations guys, we did it!!!

Random excerpts of my groundbreaking google research

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/1c/1a/7c/1c1a7c356c16dce8745f459206c0519a.jpg
WOW, such path!

http://cdn.archinect.net/images/1200x/ys/yscs3kgtcdkh6aou.jpg
Such pedestrian!

[Uhuniau]

Such pedestrian!

so active

wow

many edge vacuum

amaze!

[Uhuniau]

Reminds me of my long-dreamt Truth In Rendering by-law: any developer or project proponent, as part of their various studies, has to provide renderings that show the thing in all four seasons. Those renderings have to be kept permanently on file, and, within a year of the thing being completed, have to be matched with real-world photographs documenting the same views, at the same seasons, from the same angles.

[FFX-ME]

https://i.imgflip.com/1g1id1.jpg

[FFX-ME]

Have you guys seen the Australian tv show Utopia? It's about a national agency akin to the NCC called 'nation building authority' in Australia that is extremely dysfunctional. Anyone in this forum would like it I think.

The fourth episode of the first season has a bit on just this problem that developers promise vibrant waterfronts etc. but don't get it done.

[Uhuniau]

https://i.imgflip.com/1g1id1.jpg

worldclass!

[passwordisnt123]

Reminds me of my long-dreamt Truth In Rendering by-law: any developer or project proponent, as part of their various studies, has to provide renderings that show the thing in all four seasons. Those renderings have to be kept permanently on file, and, within a year of the thing being completed, have to be matched with real-world photographs documenting the same views, at the same seasons, from the same angles.

I would wholeheartedly support such a proposal.

[Aylmer]

Have you guys seen the Australian tv show Utopia? It's about a national agency akin to the NCC called 'nation building authority' in Australia that is extremely dysfunctional. Anyone in this forum would like it I think.

The fourth episode of the first season has a bit on just this problem that developers promise vibrant waterfronts etc. but don't get it done.

Oh lord, Utopia is a riot! If you have Netflix, it goes as "Dreamland". It's "The Office" of urban planning and it would be horribly depressing if it weren't so damn hilarious!

[ElieB]

The fact that you sincerely can't differentiate between those renderings and our canal landscaping is troubling. But whatever.

It's really sad to know that old people enjoy internet trolling as much as teenage idiots.

[FFX-ME]

The fact that you sincerely can't differentiate between those renderings and our canal landscaping is troubling. But whatever.

It's really sad to know that old people enjoy internet trolling as much as teenage idiots.

I was not trolling simply pointing out that people developing waterfronts, as the suggested google search shows, do not want to plaster them with cafés. They put paths on the side of them. I'd say we already have that here and that teh rideau canal's waterfront stands up to all of those sketches with one big difference...it's real.

https://images.trvl-media.com/media/content/shared/images/travelguides/destination/178296/Rideau-Canal-49468.jpg

https://www.ottawatourism.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Shaw-Centre_2-985x552.jpg

http://www.fpm.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/rideau-canal.jpg

[Uhuniau]

I was not trolling simply pointing out that people developing waterfronts, as the suggested google search shows, do not want to plaster them with cafés. They put paths on the side of them. I'd say we already have that here and that teh rideau canal's waterfront stands up to all of those sketches with one big difference...it's real.

Real, and really boring.

[eltodesukane]

Morning Sun's reflection on 1025 Richmond Rd. building. (Not a fire.) (too bad my camera lens are dirty..)
http://i68.tinypic.com/10f80fr.jpg

http://i68.tinypic.com/2ed6ot5.jpg

[Uhuniau]

That's dramatic!

There's a building in Hull that you sometimes see the sunset *THROUGH* from various parts of downtown Ottawa in the summer. Similar "towering inferno" effect.

[rocketphish]

Traffic this evening on Wellington Street was horrendous. So I decided to conduct a sunroof photo shoot of the buildings along the south side of the street as I inched along. Enjoy!

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All photos by me
July 5, 2017

[YOWflier]

Neat. At first glance on my phone I thought it was another city.

[Uhuniau]

Neat. At first glance on my phone I thought it was another city.

It pays to look up! Or down! I've had "where am I" moments riding double-deckers on main streets on the weekends this spring and summer.

[Harley613]

I took some shots earlier tonight.

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4100/34909340234_fc8600627f_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/VbPuCs)IMG_1329 (Large) (https://flic.kr/p/VbPuCs) by harley613 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/92071236@N08/), on Flickr

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4015/35750552145_f62316dcd2_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/Wt9VC6)IMG_1323-Edit (Large) (https://flic.kr/p/Wt9VC6) by harley613 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/92071236@N08/), on Flickr

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4240/34909341864_a03688f5bc_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/VbPv7y)IMG_1310-Edit (Large) (https://flic.kr/p/VbPv7y) by harley613 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/92071236@N08/), on Flickr

[OTSkyline]

^Wow amazing shots both of you! :worship:

[Buggys]

Beautiful! Those last 2 b&w ones belong in a picture frame.

[Harley613]

One last shot from last night

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4214/35597027712_b2ecff4d28_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/WeA5a7)IMG_1317-Edit (https://flic.kr/p/WeA5a7) by harley613 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/92071236@N08/), on Flickr

[Harley613]

Got this shot of the Casino today

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4065/35637245471_44fcd34411_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/Wi9cuK)IMG_1359-Edit (https://flic.kr/p/Wi9cuK) by harley613 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/92071236@N08/)

[Harley613]

Parliament earlier this evening. The moon cooperated.

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4215/34997546783_a32264af3b_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/VjBzn2)IMG_1636-Edit-2 (https://flic.kr/p/VjBzn2) by harley613 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/92071236@N08/)

[Harley613]

Golden Hour at the Chateau Laurier. Please don't build that monstrous addition.


https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4217/35807731935_126ae5a4c3_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/WycZbx)IMG_1551-Edit (https://flic.kr/p/WycZbx) by harley613 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/92071236@N08/)

[TMA-1]

Pleasant, if bumpy, (they're always pleasant) Saturday afternoon ride.


https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4344/36817758202_9ddd21e16f_k.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/Y6sCNw)

D823011 confluence of Ottawa and Rideau rivers. Ottawa river water level is decently high for this time of year. (https://flic.kr/p/Y6sCNw) by Chuck Clark (https://www.flickr.com/photos/23575605@N08/), on Flickr

[kevinbottawa]

Just noticed that the Stone Temple Pilots' press photos were shot on Parliament Hill.

https://i.imgur.com/H3EM5N9.jpg?1

http://loudwire.com/files/2012/02/STP1.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/dosSKWG.jpg?1

https://i.imgur.com/sVdquOc.png?1

[Uhuniau]

derp

[J.OT13]

Good day-time picture of "Ottawa" sign with Parliament in the background;

https://gcm-v2.omerlocdn.com/production/global/files/image/0161b6f9-c606-4b56-9d41-f68b8421f713_1024.jpg
https://www.ledroit.com/actualites/ottawa/ottawa-seduit-encore-les-milleniaux-7998ad1581b54ecedccbc9435963d83d

[OTSkyline]

I actually like the new location for the sign. It's way better than the previous awkward location in front of the parking garage and I think it's better nestled in the Byward Market than if it were in front of boring old City Hall.

I live in the market and everytime I walk by there are always a bunch of people hanging out in the chairs, taking pictures of the sign, etc...

I was also pleasantly surprised to see they had a camp fire going, which was really a nice touch. People walking by could sit down in the Muskoka chairs around and warm up a bit, plus it also reminded me of Ottawa's heritage as a lumber town since you could smell the camp fire burning from down the street!

:tup:

[J.OT13]

Agreed; City Hall would have been terrible. Much too generic.

The location has really grown on me.

[TMA-1]

Through the window on a bumpy day. Always a pleasure.




https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4774/27015518728_217094bf99_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/HagAvE)


D820264 vimy memorial bridge (https://flic.kr/p/HagAvE) by Chuck Clark (https://www.flickr.com/photos/23575605@N08/), on Flickr






https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4773/27015520408_3caf3606e3_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/HagB1C)


D820209 Domicile high rise residential (https://flic.kr/p/HagB1C) by Chuck Clark (https://www.flickr.com/photos/23575605@N08/), on Flickr






https://farm1.staticflickr.com/804/40177959854_e4b1f6723e_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/24doxFL)


D820202 Claridge Icon (https://flic.kr/p/24doxFL) by Chuck Clark (https://www.flickr.com/photos/23575605@N08/), on Flickr








https://farm1.staticflickr.com/806/40177961034_157e139e31_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/24doy37)


D820184 doran SOBA (https://flic.kr/p/24doy37) by Chuck Clark (https://www.flickr.com/photos/23575605@N08/), on Flickr








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D820157 ottawa parliament hill (https://flic.kr/p/24dozdy) by Chuck Clark (https://www.flickr.com/photos/23575605@N08/), on Flickr









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D820145 doran SOBA (https://flic.kr/p/25hVCjg) by Chuck Clark (https://www.flickr.com/photos/23575605@N08/), on Flickr









https://farm1.staticflickr.com/787/40177967894_2efa3c7b68_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/24doA5o)


D820341 wateridge (https://flic.kr/p/24doA5o) by Chuck Clark (https://www.flickr.com/photos/23575605@N08/), on Flickr






https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4780/40885651591_787a3730b3_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/25hVDMr)


D820317 canadian museum of science and technology (https://flic.kr/p/25hVDMr) by Chuck Clark (https://www.flickr.com/photos/23575605@N08/), on Flickr






https://farm1.staticflickr.com/803/39076115530_323f058d2b_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/22x2iKQ)


D820291 leitrim antenna farm (https://flic.kr/p/22x2iKQ) by Chuck Clark (https://www.flickr.com/photos/23575605@N08/), on Flickr







CWC

[Paul29]

Great pictures.

What is that on the roof of the West Block of Parliament? It looks like one big sky light.

[TMA-1]

Thanks. Yep, they enclosed the former courtyard with some great steel-work and a bit of glass.


https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4726/27368478309_0621b2b898_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/HGsB6F)


D828216 canada parliament hill west block steel roof (https://flic.kr/p/HGsB6F) by Chuck Clark (https://www.flickr.com/photos/23575605@N08/), on Flickr





Great pictures.

What is that on the roof of the West Block of Parliament? It looks like one big sky light.

[J.OT13]

Thanks for the pics Chuck!

[Harley613]

Amazing shots, I spent a good 20 minutes on those, thank you.

[Paul29]

Amazing shots, I spent a good 20 minutes on those, thank you.

They are great pics. I keep coming back to look again. :D

[osirisboy]

What are they doing south of the queensway by bank with the yellow gantry ?

[kevinbottawa]

What are they doing south of the queensway by bank with the yellow gantry ?

The sewage storage tunnel. So the overflows don't go into the river.

[MarkR]

What are they doing south of the queensway by bank with the yellow gantry ?

https://ottawa.ca/en/business/planning-and-development/major-projects/combined-sewage-storage-tunnel-csst

[osirisboy]

Thx!!!

[OTSkyline]

Good day-time picture of "Ottawa" sign with Parliament in the background;

https://gcm-v2.omerlocdn.com/production/global/files/image/0161b6f9-c606-4b56-9d41-f68b8421f713_1024.jpg
https://www.ledroit.com/actualites/ottawa/ottawa-seduit-encore-les-milleniaux-7998ad1581b54ecedccbc9435963d83d

I seriously hope the city has a yearly paint/maintenance budget for this sign... I was just walking by yesterday and the sign already looks pretty "shitty"... lots of worn off paint and chips etc... (from people standing on it, weather, salt, etc). I like the sign and think it's a cool project but let's hope the city maintains it because it will look dilapidated in no time... :(

[kevinbottawa]

Photo of downtown Gatineau tweetd by Jean Boileau, Director of Communications for the City of Gatineau. I didn't know downtown Gatineau was looking so nice lately. Haven't been in a while. Also didn't know they had a Boston Pizza.

https://i.imgur.com/qj2NwQu.jpg?1

https://twitter.com/JeanBoileau/status/1006131988598796289

[Uhuniau]

Insular Hull has huge potential, and I think the city and private property owners there are starting to realize it.

[TMA-1]

The viewing area will probably be one of the noisiest places in Ottawa. Good view though.



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[AndyMEng]

[QUOTE=TMA-1;8228040]The viewing area will probably be one of the noisiest places in Ottawa. Good view though.


I'm still not clear. Is it open for visitors?

[Kitchissippi]

Yes, the viewing area is open to the public, but access is only through Booth Street at the moment until they open the footbridges behind the War Museum. The falls are quite loud, but it's a soothing kind of noise. They have lounge chairs where I almost fell asleep on. I like the space, it provides a different perspective on the city. It almost feels a bit like Toronto's Queen's Quay or Montreal's Old Port, it will be interesting to see how lively it gets when residents move in nearby.

[c_speed3108]

Yes, the viewing area is open to the public, but access is only through Booth Street at the moment until they open the footbridges behind the War Museum. The falls are quite loud, but it's a soothing kind of noise. They have lounge chairs where I almost fell asleep on. I like the space, it provides a different perspective on the city. It almost feels a bit like Toronto's Queen's Quay or Montreal's Old Port, it will be interesting to see how lively it gets when residents move in nearby.



Currently the viewing area is open 9 AM - 9 PM daily according to the Energy Ottawa folks at Doors open. That limitation is apparently due to the amount of construction in the area.

[eltodesukane]

https://www.macleans.ca/multimedia/photo/canada-then-and-now/
https://i.imgur.com/PQYpqFq.jpg

[TMA-1]

Hared to see Mud Lake's new pathway work from 5000' away.



https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1730/42840507062_b83a8b28c6_k.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/28gENd7)_D821476 Mud Lake (https://flic.kr/p/28gENd7)


by Chuck Clark (https://www.flickr.com/photos/23575605@N08/), on Flickr

[TMA-1]

One can't see much from Main itself but the layout is quite extensive.





https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1782/28019535547_0511b8f9a5_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/JFZrJt)
_D821318 (https://flic.kr/p/JFZrJt)


by Chuck Clark (https://www.flickr.com/photos/23575605@N08/), on Flickr

[eltodesukane]

Many changes from Google Map.
https://i.imgur.com/fjwAJ8V.jpg

[TMA-1]

Great line-up work. Saves me from having to try to find a photo I know I have but no idea where!



Many changes from Google Map.

[McCald3r]

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[JHikka]

August 14, 2018:
https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1795/42225789920_115cb34ea1_h.jpg
flickr, by me

[YOWflier]

Some tasty urban action there.

[lrt's friend]

This is exactly where I would like to see the interprovincial streetcar route to run. Coming from the Interprovincial Bridge and heading for the MacKenzie King bridge.

[J.OT13]

Can't wait for the great wall of mediocre hotels! :yuck:

[daud]

Shot of Parliament, Chateau Laurier and Government Conference Centre from Westin 22.

https://i.imgur.com/GH6gv50l.jpg

[J.OT13]

That's the least amount of scaffolding we'll have for years.

[AuxTown]

Amazing shot from Reddit today:

https://www.reddit.com/r/ottawa/comments/aw4uo0/ottawa_skyline/?st=JSQOBLAW&sh=fc2215dc

https://i.redd.it/diotcvxxdij21.jpg

[AuxTown]

And another

https://www.reddit.com/r/ottawa/comments/aw7duw/heres_another_view_of_the_ottawa_skyline_looking/?st=JSR1TCK7&sh=27d0cdf1

https://i.redd.it/238nfhhnkjj21.jpg

[StevenPhillips]

Amazing photos

[lrt's friend]

Amazing photos

Welcome Steven and I agree.:tup:

[TMA-1]

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7917/47406856322_b2f43fcd52_k.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2febwKL)


D829416 (https://flic.kr/p/2febwKL) by Chuck Clark (https://www.flickr.com/photos/23575605@N08/), on Flickr

[harls]

Nice shot Mister Chuck.

[Uhuniau]

That is some massive foreshortening.

[AuxTown]

What a shot! You even managed to get a picture of some kind of miracle at the Basilica :)

[Uhuniau]

Wow - I just noticed, in amongst the overall relative monochromy of that composition, the flags catching the sun flying on and near Parliament Hill.

[TMA-1]

Yep, the flags are always a good key feature of into-the-sun (and through the bloody glass)(it was crosswindy) Ottawa.






Wow - I just noticed, in amongst the overall relative monochromy of that composition, the flags catching the sun flying on and near Parliament Hill.

[j.graham]

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/dRjhUEnhXmr1JCykFTtRxr5fv4CEEj1wlCsoQMxAuASe_YZAWdFEpEg1PJ60tszWpNsy2sfQ-pXcSVscMnGKRNBwqY5iwtfrhODMaaDmOnnckhEK5nhESe2u0liwUu8YQc3GqNDUDn9Vs9KGoC39YnqqdzAsiaxYFl-mpPQq7h76ifznME41VaY-FJa7ttxoVgXz3-yfxrAO9oJuw6s3q0vHJoG8SEY3J3KAfbfuHVWL7kWSkxnIOUjsxdhm1ApHJs7TZwguPQYojueL5E5D2KMdh1KzumjRKRprDPlfG_GXLEuaEAJH9eG02FmClNnRMbQxxZ4haVmTD48f1fk7PWKpd54-4xkDGMaCEnSKqHtpsbOMtzZBYOaqe5M97w4wU4XE6X_8FQyB3PgM8wciPV6R-hlGcikAAQTNt4UCKKKhFWeTiEyLAzBEXQEvrwZ2oaBE8B5vGmmw2Nit5CrfgjOG5Jzj1pz2H2y4Fh0RZHOUKg1rrUuSZo9kwGlN8vA6_NbkXV1DQQ6LDIWoXvsZATDFS7dvwF_y7yjJXGF-bfzmHVueUpySHQpq4WfZJfiyF7bx9Bx8JCVEPmLEYgK9fWbBuQnDnl3RvDGfVAqV5EZ8eNGxFGSlRNKjUI_tOnZp7i_Pk1qk-9XQxZT5Jf3c8oVKUqk7rK3V76GBa2sRj3GWTENZkSR3LE_stnUvhR5Gv_UooKXWIg2_nlfHsp95v2rF=w1280-h849-no

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Z6LEjLq1cxbSPs2Y273XxGF7nbBXMIUDaCv0NnHX5dWGtY5MSabZcYtBEVtY973Nmp7szHEfNNhO8DjrpXc_5jJMdF1Ht5sKMmO0sgCQB-NC3JPpdEgypQhg74qAkk1eZw729lW3bJmxDNDfdkzuZOkWt_xhMMWNhHg3XUYhSmU7nXgMmMwIhE0mOXcycSszwfLFJ-oqPLLbgSZjRQeuXpjCRXxkci5b5SDZh9-nzPEOWdh1gdouSysRf2VPv5cV0zo1XuMvVE4wQl7Sxa6z3fumntsUrtzYMAH67DePV2fDZTI4TgWlkDknGn8rhkqLt3Had4FL2zZpiaImCYsAo9D1MThUoQJiE_xZwiGWjIl2ZVixbae0GIoTKS9KoYgOsuCXqfYxuPMKuqF32hYufOshi0BPaB23wYlEo1oOwoYqR7EXGbNKWeLt3WS3s5bmk8z2dtzASG6DQRHoPlTEKTuzEQWMFwazwoMYUcUm_MN2dofLBHF3Az-Aef4sasZSeUKHjwrJUXrst_nTaRMY2Fbduq-U4cf9WhRp9azg3nltrlwBFxKYkb1LwnU4WW3AGl9nTLbMb1sRHkcLLl5nvdy53h-RoYL55lOUymfnpTnXLzUKZm1doeqyWpdjgLDslHQ1Zmv9j3TDUpb378ZyaOW2QoLvS91BBlNwKtHm1M2rPtdY6qq3lkkms6-n1ddeEatCxcLxQuxmQ1Og-AywjxJ7=w1280-h849-no

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/VOnebZ5b8pNszjUONnh1I3xVriihn1afvRkb74DEjJTIhMK8JAmAgvu8XtkoCoQgOj-6sm52-EhgJPUtaeFcGLGsVmUoXY0ziWtX7M-ywNSZxut9eLl8B66QbXucqeJ1GW_YIv2mSMWpJ3mxY3AAqevgI_IbPO8esVe8TqTKterbIetVQhkWwloSnkKnYUlQEiQpXYKC9ilHTc_l6oqknfbqmkL-Te_jH62GdH82iJrVJNsYV7O8Su4WUbliqnOc68BqOMCJ8s0A5ipHADpg3tJ7-LtNaISbMFrJnhNVYYig8VvUdI7vspFId6VeDjwSsBL08WwIriOSoiWSo9N8f8nB_NdxHAacFm6mdS4qhD7ZHKkXHiYu4ZJPf9J8HkCzGHT7KT8QCZ2Jbh6GdoGRk6SNiptbE1LdF_ngCgSM1_Pvm9NMt_vbe-6F_5x0XZTylo0iSACs6ltOMM4-Cqp-T_yCJr52vU3wKGM8bxYrvlEXFgUFQ-Ww9IYDDF280v1FqU5oVR0g2-8y-onuXvNh7PS48MQ5aXVEWpBUCb-71-r_N9pFIDIVVFd-wguw8PXsGvmrXh7aUwkMinEIRZw237UG-75PpjX5UDwBMkRcB9gdcdUJ5mPFBJ8E5wR3IBTVDq-eofNDyQzTjLFZqqor88poBwCllSdpBsnwGAZFoJ-vJPgU2wm33Oa9JcmkD46ER7mS2p4KHvFXO9NVErBMtlZG=w1280-h849-no

Shot November 2017.

[J.OT13]

Great skyline shot of Sandy Hill/Vanier towers.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D8Or6zsXkAEp5vE.jpg
https://twitter.com/MathieuFleury/status/1135940559586111488

[kevinbottawa]

I can't figure out where that is or where it was shot from and I live in Vanier

[J.OT13]

I can't figure out where that is or where it was shot from and I live in Vanier

I had a lot of trouble as well. After a little studying of Google Maps, it looks like Vanier Parkway at Meilleur Drive, with the latter slightly out of frame.

[eltodesukane]

Previous photo looking west across Rideau River,
taken from Claridge Homes towers, 90 Landry St, Vanier
Vanier Parkway at bottom right, North River Road higher.
https://i.imgur.com/2HSsopT.jpg
Great skyline shot of Sandy Hill/Vanier towers.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D8Or6zsXkAEp5vE.jpg
https://twitter.com/MathieuFleury/status/1135940559586111488

[J.OT13]

November 2017. I assume it was taken from the Hilton Hotel at the Casino du Lac-Leamy.

https://luxborealis.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/TMcDonald-luxBorealis-Evening-Downtown-Ottawa-from-Gatineau-Park-_SRX9893-2.jpg
https://luxborealis.com/blog/?attachment_id=2439

[rocketphish]

November 2017. I assume it was taken from the Hilton Hotel at the Casino du Lac-Leamy.

I'm guessing it's from Gatineau Park, perhaps from as far up as the Pink Lake area.

[lrt's friend]

The King Mountain trail has a good view of the city and with a good telephoto lens, you might get this view.

[J.OT13]

I'm guessing it's from Gatineau Park, perhaps from as far up as the Pink Lake area.

Oh yeah. We can see the Sacré-Coeur Hospital and Mont-Bleu in there. The angle makes everything seem so close that I thought we could only see Hull Island on the Québec side.

The King Mountain trail has a good view of the city and with a good telephoto lens, you might get this view.

For a closer shot, Chemin des Terres in Gatineau, running parallel to the A-50, has amazing views.

If anyone on SSP has a really good camera... :worship:

[OTownandDown]

I'm guessing it's from Gatineau Park, perhaps from as far up as the Pink Lake area.

Someone needs to draw a straight line from the Peace Tower through the front entrance of the Museum of History. Camp Fortune Skyline?

Edit: Wattsford's Lookout. Never heard of it, but looks amazing!

[AuxTown]

From my ride into work along the SJAM this morning

https://i.imgur.com/rcHQcBOh.jpg

[daud]

that's a really cool shot. Thanks for sharing.

[daud]

Click image for a much larger version

https://i.imgur.com/tYnkzez.png (https://i.imgur.com/jAirZSM.jpg)

[daud]

thanks for doing that. I used to add a m or L to the image file name to reduce the size and for some reason it stopped working for me.

Anyways the view from the Gatineau side around the POW bridge is quite impressive.

[AuxTown]

Wow, great shot! We may not have the height but we do have the density :cheers:

[J.OT13]

I wish there was a NCC protected view-plane from here to prevent the terrible Claridge Andaz and other monstrosities proposed in that area.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E0Z3y2cWUAAVEDc?format=jpg&name=medium
https://twitter.com/mchkzn/status/1388929260761624578

[AuxTown]

Amazing Dow's shot posted by Quall in the Canada section:

https://i.imgur.com/5GtFAQA.jpg
https://www.reddit.com/r/ottawa/comments/ndmgwo/sunset_last_night_over_dows_lake/

Reminds me of those Vancouver or Calgary shots that make the mountains appear right in their backyard :cheers:

[Harley613]

Today from King Mountain Trail

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51258112256_f54afa222a_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2m6vdY9)Annotated (https://flic.kr/p/2m6vdY9) by harley613 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/92071236@N08/), on Flickr

[lrt's friend]

Is King Mountain trail accessible to the public anymore? The last I checked, most of the time, you can only get there by bike.

[Harley613]

Is King Mountain trail accessible to the public anymore? The last I checked, most of the time, you can only get there by bike.

The parkway is open more often to vehicles now, I think the hours are online.

[Urbanarchit]

Today from King Mountain Trail

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51258112256_f54afa222a_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2m6vdY9)Annotated (https://flic.kr/p/2m6vdY9) by harley613 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/92071236@N08/), on Flickr

I take for granted how lucky we are to have so many trees in Ottawa. The city looks like a forest with a bunch of highrises popping above the tree canopy here and there. It's really nice to have!

Thank you for sharing this great photo, Harley! :cheers:

[Harley613]

You're welcome!

Side note: I just realized that you can see a bunch of windmills in the background of this pano that are half way to Cornwall, and they look massive. Isn't that insane? This was taken with the 10x zoom lens on my Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra. Pretty neat.