Trip to Ottawa, Sept 17 2017

A quick trip to Ottawa from Winnipeg to shoot some art in Senator Pat Bovey’s office. She is turning her corner of the East Block into a kind of Manitoban Embassy where art and culture are the language of diplomacy.

Ottawa man hole cover

 

Ghost sign in Ottawa on Bank street

 

Office blocks in Ottawa make a canyon feeling downtown

 

Ottawa pedestrian

 

Somerset House, 1896, Ottawa

 

Chamberlain House, 1894, Ottawa Victorian Mansion

 

 

Mid Century Modern Architecture, Ottawa, The Attache

 

The Rideau Canal, Ottawa

 

 

 

The Rideau Canal and The Fairmont Chateau Laurier, Ottawa

 

 

Laurier looking out over Ottawa

 

1812 war statue, Parliament Hill, Ottawa

 

 

Victorian High Gothic Architecture style, 1866, Ottawa East Block

 

 

The peace tower, Ottawa

 

Parliament Hill, Centre Block, built 196-1927. Gothic Revival style architecture

 

 

The wonderful old Library on Parliament Hill, 1876, Ottawa


 

Library of Parliament, Ottawa

 

PM Teresa May had just visited Ottawa, so there were Union Jacks all around.