Sunday, May 23, 2010

Downtown Ottawa


Have not been in Ottawa for sometime
so it was interesting to see many new
attractive buildings.

Saturday, May 22, 2010

Voice of Fire


In the National Gallery this acryllic expressionist painting by Barnett Nieman was purchased by the Gallery
in 1990 for $1.8 million. It created quite a controversy at the time. The American artist produced the painting in 1967 he died 3 years later in 1970

Friday, May 21, 2010

The National Art Gallery


The Main Entrance
The Solarium

The Gallery opened in 1988.
It was designed by Moshe Safdie,
the same archetic that designed the Habitat Apartments at Expo '67

LILAC LANE


It's May and
the lilacs are blooming
all over the County.

Sunday, May 16, 2010

The Peace Tower

The Peace Tower was dedicated in 1927 replacing an earlier tower that burned down in 1916.

It rises to a height of 302ft and houses a 53 bell carillon and a memorial to those Canadians who gave their lives to preserve our freedom.
This is taken from the observation on top of the Peace Tower and shows the roof of the Library and the Ottawa River. On the far side of the river to the left of the bridge is The Museum of Civilization.

Terry Fox statue across street from Parliament Buildings

Saturday, May 15, 2010

War Museum Ottawa

Actual insignia taken from Canadian Fighter Aircraft flown in WW11
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