photos 20230123. An 1882-installed cast iron water main burst over the weekend closing the King/University intersection for 2-3 weeks depending on whether tracks need moving or not. The burst caused a large shallow hole and TTC routes 504, 503 are affected. Image January 23, 2023 Vik
photos 20221217. A long view of the TTC’s most outdoor station Rosedale (John B. Parkin, 1950). From 2011. Image December 17, 2022 Vik
photos 20221120. An attractive TTC traction power substation near Finch Station. Image November 20, 2022 Vik
photos 20221030. The Canada Post Ottawa Mail Processing Plant (OMPP). D’Arcy Helmer, 1970. Image November 1, 2022 Vik
photos 20221022. Construction and rehabilitation of the Royal Alexandra Bridge (1900) between Ottawa and Gatineau, a National Historic Civil Engineering Site. From 2010. Image October 22, 2022 Vik
photos 20221017. Interesting angles, exposed pipes and smokestack at the Power Plant (Murray and Murray, 1973), providing district heating and cooling at University of Ottawa. Image October 17, 2022 Vik
photos 20221016. One of a series of 3 spans called the Minto Bridges crossing the Rideau River and connecting Green and Maple Islands to the mainland. Dominion Bridge Company of Montreal, 1900. Image October 15, 2022 Vik
photos 20221013. The centre deck of the Royal Alexandra Bridge (1900) between Ottawa and Gatineau carried CPR trains while the side decks carried electric trolleys and carriages. It is a National Historic Civil Engineering Site. From 2010. Image October 14, 2022 Vik
photos 20220928. The old school modernist concrete and brick bus shelters of the large and sparse Confederation Heights public service campus in Ottawa Image September 28, 2022 Vik
photos 20220920. Not only do the Ontario Power Building and the TTC Orde transformer substation have power in common, they look good together too. Image September 20, 2022 Vik
photos 20220909. As part of the Signalling and Train Contril improvement program for the Union Station Rail Corridor, this signal tower has been restored and obscured by a new south facing wall. Image September 9, 2022 Vik
photos 20220725. This Bell Canada exchange building was once a four storey streamlined art deco building (1937). It lost its top and gained three floors in the 1960s. Image July 28, 2022 Vik
photos 20220713. Ottawa Hydro Electric Sub-Station No 4 in the Modern Classical Style, a variant of Art Deco often used for public buildings (William C. Beattie, 1931). Image July 14, 2022 Vik
photos 20220525. The Toronto Hydro-Electric System Windsor Station shadow font. Image May 26, 2022 Vik
photos 20220325. The new entrance to Kennedy station and the Eglinton Crosstown is an excellent place to mount a cell tower. Image March 25, 2022 Vik
photos 20220315. As the GO grows. GO Expansion includes the Davenport Guideway and Greenway (a park under an elevated railway). Once past Wallace Ave, the guideway returns to ground. Image March 16, 2022 Vik
photos 20220314. As the GO grows. GO Expansion includes the Davenport Guideway and Greenway – a park created by an elevated railway crossing over the CP Rail tracks at the Davenport Diamond. Image March 14, 2022 Vik
photos 20220308. The Don Mouth Naturalization and Port Lands Flood Protection Project is progressing (https://bit.ly/3CrbrZs). Image March 8, 2022 Vik
photos 20220304. There is now a new yellow bridge in the Toronto Port Lands where the T&T Supermarket parking lot was. The Don Mouth Naturalization Project continues. Image March 4, 2022 Vik