Ottawa Throwback Pics
 

A dedicated thread for older pictures of projects in their pre-completion or demolition phases. I love seeing them scattered through the threads, but here is a place to collect them.

I'll kick off:

Chateau Laurier parking garage demolition, May 11, 2018.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...716bb0da_h.jpg

Remember our Jellyfish Overlord?
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...b8bce0fb_h.jpg

Arts Court, February 2017
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...bc487f91_h.jpg

Les Terrasses Francesca
February 2017

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...0f7ced49_h.jpg

It was one night.. ONE night I did that!


4 nov. 2007



EDC building- June 2009



Telus - 5 dec. 2006

Nov. 2007.

I think I took this crossing by foot on the Portage bridge.

I enjoyed it!

Makes me wonder about how we can safeguard this site and it's photos. I don't see Flickr going anywhere but I know there are a bunch of old threads where the photos are simply gone forever.

As an aside... does anyone know if my photo will disappear if I move it to another album on Flickr? I suppose I could test it out but if anyone flat out knows that would be great.

I'm worried about something far more diabolical...SSP disappearing overnight like Emporis did. I had beers with J.OT13 and the owner of SSP a few years ago and it sounded like things were going well, but who knows now. I wonder what the State of the Union is now.

I have a crap load of these. Reminds me of an exciting time in Ottawa. Kinda makes me sad looking at these. The momentum is gone. There was a time when the proposals were coming fast.

Rideau Centre

https://i.ibb.co/GVddrTF/IMG-20140329-164113.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/pTY4jjng/IMG-20141101-114328.jpg

The Slater

https://i.postimg.cc/VvfTWNq5/Slater2.jpg

The Merit

https://i.postimg.cc/YqVg1skw/Merit3.jpg

https://i.ibb.co/frgd11x/IMG-3713-1.jpg

QWest

https://i.postimg.cc/90Lk8jbb/QWest.jpg

Re Residences

https://i.postimg.cc/V6pgdLK3/IMG-3877-1.jpg

Convention Centre

https://i.postimg.cc/GpnyfTH7/IMG008...01108-1342.jpg

Gotham

https://i.postimg.cc/W4p2tsKp/IMG-3844.jpg

Lansdowne

https://i.postimg.cc/K8SS3mKS/IMG-5913.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/3rzJ95y9/IMG-5924-1.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/2j1S485V/IMG-5927.jpg

I had a pro account for years on flickr, then they wanted to start charging 40 bucks a year. I cancelled it and downloaded all my pics. There is supposed to be a 1000 photo limit or something, but so far they are still all there. I get an ominous email once and a while telling me 'you are in violation of our limit'. Well, just delete them, then.

Flickr got sucker punched by instagram, facebook and amazon offering free photo uploads.

Pinnacle - 20 dec. 2005



Boulevard des Allumettières/Lac des fées - 4 nov. 2007



24 may 2007 - Stanley cup final at city hall. That was a good time.

So many amazing shots!

Crap, found a thread with some more


yoicks. (oct 16, 2007)
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=139582

Gatineau, Québec (and that other place across the river) (Sept. 18, 2007)
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=137767

Blahttawa (July 25, 2007)
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=135363

the day before summertime random junk (june 20, 2007)
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=133433

Ottawa | A slowly emerging spring (April 9, 2007)
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=129050

it's actually not that cold out >> just a little late (March 14, 2007)
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=127318

Frigid downtown Hull, Québec - 50 pics (Jan. 21, 2007)
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=124010

January in Ottawa (Jan 9, 2007)
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=123287

;)

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1250/...be625a77_b.jpg

I certainly remember that day.

When Flickr told me that they were taking away my pics (which they still have not done), I downloaded everything to a external drive. And I used to pay 15 bucks a month for a pro subscription, but now they want 40? Fuck off.

And I DO see flickr disappearing, that's why they offered this.

I recently started a second flickr account for sharing on here, as I had reached the 1000 limit on the first one. I only use Flickr for sharing on here, so it doesn't matter to me at all that my images are split across two accounts.

I'm still a way a ways from 1000 photos and I figured at some point I would need to make a second account. Even if I downloaded all my photos the links to all the threads would be gone and it would be a nightmare to go back and restore. Anyhow.. no point in worrying about it.

This thread with the oldies are great. Wish I didn't lose/break my phone every 18 months haha. I'd have some pitch on this one otherwise.

180 Kent - 6 July 2006
 

13 july 2006
 

Desmarais Pavillion



Corkstown Bridge (at Somerset)



90 George



Telus Building

I believe this is where Le W/E is now located (taken July 28, 2006)

8 bucks a day. That seems cheap now.

Constitution Square - 22 Aug. 2006

Not all construction was without major problems. No, this is not a demolition. This building at 301 Elgin collapsed while under construction on March 31, 1966. As a kid, I saw the results. Shocking! One fatality.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nGt64dwfid...0/CA024147.jpg

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nGt64dwfid...0/CA024147.jpg

Full story and more pictures can be found here:

http://urbsite.blogspot.com/2013/11/...6FdmoA9aLtl30Q

Pinnacle (Lyon and Laurier) - 25 oct 2006



Lebreton Flats - 8 Nov. 2006

Thanks for those throwbacks Harls! Weird to think that the Corktown Footbridge was approved under Chiarelli's reign. That was the first true cycling/pedestrian major infrastructure built by the City afaik. Bridges over the Queensway built before then don't count cause cyclists are not allowed to use them, and are more for drivers (see alternative to the Blair overpass Blair road, which has no sidewalk).

Never heard of this one before. Quite tragic. Thanks for sharing. Heron Bridge was another around that same era.

Ouch. Here is a 360 degree pano I took in December of 2006.

Harls went all in on the smudge brush.

https://i.imgur.com/Zk1ocsB.png

It would seem that 1966 was a bad year for such things. On August 10, 1966 a section of the Heron Road Bridge collapsed, while under construction. The final report stated that "green wood" was being used in the falsework, which could not support the load of the wet concrete.

https://smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.dig...=472&type=webp
(photo from Ottawa Citizen article)

A memorial stone bearing the names of those who died in that tragedy is on the west end of the south bridge.

My uncle was at Vincent Massey Park when the bridge went down.

Been trolling the forum and found these shots.

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7226/...895707dc_b.jpg

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3819/...00d21eaa_b.jpg

https://www.facebook.com/groups/5817...5315541619152/
And this one of a train crossing Prince of Wales in 2001

3 dec. 2008
 

Shame on you.





14 years ago.

Blockbuster. Those were the days.

And look, Somerset House didn't look quite as bad back then. Imagine how much cheaper it would have been to fix it up at the time.

I received my first Blockbuster card from that location on Bank St. when I was attending Carleton. I think I still have it saved some place, so my great grandchildren can find it and say 'wtf' or equivalent.


Thanks to our sponsor J.OT13, here is a photo thread on the Somerset House demolition that I took back in December of 2007.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/blix61...57603430425200

Some highlights.

https://live.staticflickr.com/2245/2...079fbe1c_b.jpg
DSC_3301 by harley b., on Flickr

https://live.staticflickr.com/2105/2...eb4ccf20_b.jpg
DSC_3328 by harley b., on Flickr

May 22, 2015. Pretty heavy on the smog. J.OT13 should like this one.

https://scontent.fyhu2-1.fna.fbcdn.n...cw&oe=63B5E285

Thanks for posting harls! Gotta be the best vantage point to enjoy the skyline view.

31 may 2007
 

I posted a shot I took from this exact angle yesterday in the Ottawa Skyline thread on Skyrise Ottawa.

https://ottawa.skyrisecities.com/for...9/post-2055815

Maybe I should sign up for this website.. :hmmm:

You should! I'm posting all my pics there now. It's so much easier to use. I can instantly post a pic straight from my phone.

27 may 2012
 

Almost 12 years ago.
Probably can't see any of the Gatineau side now from this angle now.

Harley613, it's Hoggytime. Get out there and snap us a similar pic from the war museum!

Don't make me pull out the d40x..

I've put a bunch of throwback pics on the Skyrise Ottawa thread

Dang man, you sound like a salesman. :D

ca parait que portage 1 est flambant neuf

Ouin gatt, c'est 1974 je crois.

En passant, j'espère que tu vas bien! ça fait longtemps dude! :cheers:

oui ca va bien merci!

Was digging through some old files looking for something and came across these.

I was lurking around here at that time but never posted. Was heading for.. something with wifey and told her are making some photo stops along the way.

All photos are from June 23, 2013.


Federal building on Vanier parkway. This thing took forever to build. Ended up a very nice building in the end.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...14e55733_b.jpg

Tribeca East and Performance Court.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...07da0af4_b.jpg

Flaherty Building

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...b5406c8c_b.jpg

Lebreton P2

I completely forgot about all the work being done to the pumping station.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...a8a570db_b.jpg

A wild Ponyboy admires some recently built Gardens. You can see the construction hording at Cathedral Hill to the left.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...bbafc931_b.jpg

About.. 17 pixels of actual Cathedral Hill. Must have been below grade still and had no shot.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...1ba96549_b.jpg

Welp. Until I find some more random hard drives or folders that's all I got for the moment.

Was a big year for the Elgin face of the skyline.

I haven't been very active on this forum, but I have quite a few Ottawa construction pics as well. It's amazing to see how far Ottawa has come over the past 15 years. They were exciting times.

Ottawa Convention Centre - November 8, 2010
https://i.postimg.cc/brzZg1dX/IMG008...01108-1342.jpg

Gotham - July 3, 2012
https://i.postimg.cc/3rB4Rffz/IMG-3447-2.jpg

Alt Hotel Downtown - July 27, 2012
https://i.postimg.cc/1XJfj4NN/Slater2.jpg

The Merit
July 19, 2012
https://i.postimg.cc/J0PG2tBn/Merit1.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/0jcbBrKT/Merit3.jpg

November 11, 2012
https://i.postimg.cc/tJXskFJm/Merit1a.jpg

Cathedral Hill - August 13, 2012
https://i.postimg.cc/GpG91Xs6/IMG-3852.jpg

QWest - September 27, 2012
https://i.postimg.cc/0NDrqVJc/QWest.jpg

Re Residences - August 17, 2012
https://i.postimg.cc/rpxzLfr6/IMG-3877-1.jpg

Lansdowne Park - December 7, 2012
https://i.postimg.cc/BndtyrtT/IMG-5927.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/NFgKDRFx/IMG-5914.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/SRyndcRV/IMG-5921.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/Bbqjp2bh/IMG-5924.jpg

Tribeca

April 22, 2013
https://i.postimg.cc/DwmbRQgB/IMG-00000253.jpg

July 12, 2013
https://i.postimg.cc/Cxdf9CNJ/IMG-00000843.jpg

Lebreton Flats - August 21, 2013
https://i.postimg.cc/8PZ6yXhX/Lebreton2.jpg

Rideau Centre

March 29, 2014
https://i.postimg.cc/RZqn21RR/IMG-20140329-164113.jpg

November 21, 2014
https://i.postimg.cc/VLKC7ZjF/IMG-20141101-114328.jpg

These are awesome. Thank you for sharing.

Wow was super fun checking all those pics you've shared Thanks!