Posted by: Kathy Krywicki
John West has developed a creative hobby — he re-takes old photographs of Ottawa and then creates an animated dissolve between the old and new photograph. He posts his work on his website www.Ottawahh.com.
Have a look at some of the images of the Old Ottawa South area.
Bank Street Bridge – 1916 & 2012
http://www.ottawahh.com/?p=253
Hopewell Avenue Public School – 1910 & 2013
http://www.ottawahh.com/?p=602
Billings Bridge – 1890s & 2013
http://www.ottawahh.com/?p=1999
Cannery Near Dow’s Lake – 1894 & 2013
http://www.ottawahh.com/?p=402
Canal Above Swing Bridge – 1891 & 2013
http://www.ottawahh.com/?p=246
Bank Street at Sunnyside Avenue – 1956 & 2013
http://www.ottawahh.com/?p=1564
Carleton University Railway bridge over the Rideau River – 1892 & 2013
http://www.ottawahh.com/?p=1487
Plus, nearby Billings Bridge Plaza, photos from 1954, 1962, and late 1960s (that were were on display at the mall in the summer of 2014 to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Billings Bridge Plaza)
http://www.ottawahh.com/?p=1722
Another historic neighbourhood snapshot via OttawaHH, a 1965 photo of Sunnyside Avenue at Bellwood: http://www.ottawahh.com/galleries/CMHC-1/1965-313.jpg (from a CMHC-Canadian Mortgage & Housing Corporation collection of archived images)
From near by Old Ottawa South:
Lansdowne Park 1958 – 2015
http://www.ottawahh.com/?p=1961
Aberdeen Pavilion – 1903 & 2015
http://www.ottawahh.com/?p=1908
George McIlraith Bridge (Main Street-Smyth Road) 1958 – 2014
http://www.ottawahh.com/?p=2246