Tag Archives: Ottawa Hydro

Ottawa Art Deco: Substation #4

Posted on August 20, 2014 by natalie

Months ago on a very cold day I went and took pictures of the old Ottawa Hydro HQ building designed by W.C. Beattie and I talked about a couple of my favourite substations which he also designed. I recently visited Substation … Continue reading →

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Deco design in progress

Posted on March 19, 2014 by natalie

I showed you this lovely blue Indigodragonfly Merino Silk 4 ply sock yarn before it became anything. I wound it into a ball at the start of the Olympics and I used about 90% of the skein to become this … Continue reading →

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Downtown Ottawa Art Deco

Posted on February 18, 2014 by natalie

A couple of weeks ago I used a lunch outing as an excuse to go check out a building in downtown Ottawa I’d been meaning to visit: 109 Bank St. This building was originally built for Ottawa Hydro back in … Continue reading →

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