Whalesbone
December 12th, 2009
I’m so glad to see the construction on Bank St. finally finished, the sidewalks teeming with walkers, and the businesses (those that survived) coming back to life. Here’s Whalesbone Oyster House, 430 Bank.
I like the new artist-designed bike racks, like the one you can see in this picture. But other than that, this streetscape renovation is oblivious to bikes. If anything, the widened sidewalks leave cyclists with even less room than they had before to try and pass by the parked cars without getting doored. It’s the same in Westboro and on the redesigned Preston — Ottawa city planners stubbornly do not get it about bikes.
Oh well…
Watawa life has reached the final round of voting for a 2009 Canadian Blog Award in the Photo/Art category. Click the banner to reach the voting site. (You can vote more than once.)
A year ago today:
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The shot
December 12, 2008
December 13th, 2009 at 10:54 am
Well Robin, did you go into the WhalesBone?
December 13th, 2009 at 11:09 am
No Nancy, I was just walking down the street.
December 13th, 2009 at 12:39 pm
And I wonder why it is that those new bike racks are just about exactly the size of car doors? Okay. With the windows rolled down, but still…
December 13th, 2009 at 12:54 pm
Congratulations on making the CBA short list Robin!
December 13th, 2009 at 2:02 pm
Congrats to you too zoom, for making the short list in Best Blog Post and Best Personal Blog. Go zoom!
December 13th, 2009 at 7:20 pm
coyote: hmm.