20220703. The semi-detached trapezoid.
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20220702. The church with the long pointy hat. First Unitarian Congregation of Ottawa (1967).
20220701. The Major-General George R. Pearkes Building, occupied by National Defence. Happy Canada Day!
20220630. The original NAC is far more impressive to me than its addition however contemporary.
20220629. A face among the stained concrete and wires at McEwan Terrace in Carlingwood, Lincoln Heights or Ambleside.
20220628. Jim Strut’s Trinity United Church is said to represent Noah’s Ark, with the high copper roof, the pointed structure at the south end simulating the bow and the interior laminated redwood pillars representing the spars.
20220627. The shiny Parkdale Medical Tower and its decaying parking garage. Sadly, there is a proposal to tear it down.
20220626. The Ottawa Church of God in profile.
20220625. Selections of abstract glass tower reflections.
20220624. Pinecrest Public School features two concentric circles of zig zag roof. Craig Madill Abram & Ingleson, 1961.
20220623. An abstract bronze sculpture by Charles Daudelin (1969) at the National Arts Centre. Anyone know what it’s called?
20220622. Enter the First Unitarian Congregation of Ottawa – built in 1967 for $45,000.
20220621. The 1090 Ambleside Drive parking garage with striated concrete and matching window bars.
20220620. The Belltown Dome is an experimental skating arena with a geodesic external structure in the shape of a half capsule with hemispherical ends.
20220612. Balconies at the Bay Charles tower (at 57 Charles St) cast the perfect shadows resulting in diagonal stripes between them.
20220611. Muscular Modernist Midrise.
20220607. The dodecagon pavilion at Corvette Junior Public School (Jerome Markson, 1954).
20220606. Harbourview Apartments, the curved modern highrise.
20220605. The Woodbine Acres Senior Housing Unit looks very much like a school.
202020604. These days a lot of modern churches need protection from the elements. Ti Agia Maria & St Demiana Church.
20220603. The one-of-a-kind 1959 Church of Saint Demetrius the Great Martyr (Byzantine Ukrainian Catholic).
20220602. Tower Hill East (left, 1966) vs. Tower Hill West (1969) – both fully enclosed in balconies.
20220601. Coming upon an apartment building hexagon. June is Modernist Month featuring images from Toronto and Ottawa.
20220531. There’s a haunted house on the Queensway called Martino Manor.
20220530. The googie ice cream bar (@tomsdairyfreeze, The Queensway, 1969). Googie architecture (AKA expressionist, mid-century modern, space age, populuxe, doo wop) originated in 1930s Los Angeles and features curvilinear geometric shapes and upswept roofs.
