Doors Open Ottawa 2024

[urbanforest]

The list of buildings for Doors Open Ottawa has been published. A few unique ones here. https://ottawa.ca/en/arts-heritage-a...2024-buildings

[J.OT13]

Originally Posted by urbanforest

The list of buildings for Doors Open Ottawa has been published. A few unique ones here. https://ottawa.ca/en/arts-heritage-a...2024-buildings

Not part of Doors Open, but this weekend, the Gatineau Preservation Centre is hosting an Open House:

https://library-archives.canada.ca/e...-Gatineau.aspx

[ponyboycurtis]

Where did everyone end up going?

I did the Hostel, Supreme Court and then the Archives next door.

What I really wanted to do was Chaudière Dam but I didn't realize it was 1 day only guided tour. I thought I just had to register a timeslot or something. Very limited spots as well so I imagine those were gone very earlier.

So my second choice.. Imperium? The archives building next to the Museum of Science and Tech was the same thing. Next year I will be sitting on the cities website when it goes live. It was interesting to note that those bookings were handled by EventBrite.

The Hostel was pretty small, just a staircase with a gallows and then 3 cells up top. Supreme Court has a very impressive lobby. Seeing the main court with the 7? judges seats was interesting. Lots of cool construction photos and elevation drawings in the lobby. I don't know if those displays are normally there. They also had airport style security although that was hardly a surprise. The Archives building has a lobby that is a time capsule from the late 60s early 70s. I loved the light/tile panel ceiling.

[LRTeverywhere]

Originally Posted by ponyboycurtis

What I really wanted to do was Chaudière Dam but I didn't realize it was 1 day only guided tour. I thought I just had to register a timeslot or something. Very limited spots as well so I imagine those were gone very earlier.

Didn't miss much in my opinion, just a tour of all the already publically accessible locations with a bit of history. Kinda missed the open doors part of it. Wish they would have shown off the old workroom / turbine house near the dam, or show off the control room or the turbine level (which clearly has info signs like they planned to let people down there at some point).

[ponyboycurtis]

Originally Posted by LRTeverywhere

Didn't miss much in my opinion, just a tour of all the already publically accessible locations with a bit of history. Kinda missed the open doors part of it. Wish they would have shown off the old workroom / turbine house near the dam, or show off the control room or the turbine level (which clearly has info signs like they planned to let people down there at some point).

I was hoping to walk across the ring dam. I don't know if that was part of it.

[Uhuniau]

Originally Posted by ponyboycurtis

I was hoping to walk across the ring dam. I don't know if that was part of it.

Ring dam! Ring dam! Ring dam!

Accessing the dam and the rocks below should be the next phase of opening up the Chaudière to humans.

[LRTeverywhere]

Originally Posted by ponyboycurtis

I was hoping to walk across the ring dam. I don't know if that was part of it.

Was not unfortunetly

[zzptichka]

Originally Posted by LRTeverywhere

Didn't miss much in my opinion, just a tour of all the already publically accessible locations with a bit of history. Kinda missed the open doors part of it. Wish they would have shown off the old workroom / turbine house near the dam, or show off the control room or the turbine level (which clearly has info signs like they planned to let people down there at some point).

They used to do tours in the turbine rooms before the pandemic.

Originally Posted by Uhuniau

Ring dam! Ring dam! Ring dam!

Accessing the dam and the rocks below should be the next phase of opening up the Chaudière to humans.

But what if you jump or fall down and die???

(somehow this question doesn't apply to all the other potentially deadly bridges in the vicinity)