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