{"id":1853,"date":"2015-06-08T14:00:30","date_gmt":"2015-06-08T18:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ottawahh.com\/?p=1853"},"modified":"2015-06-08T14:35:42","modified_gmt":"2015-06-08T18:35:42","slug":"scottish-ontario-chambers-1895-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ottawahh.com\/?p=1853","title":{"rendered":"Scottish Ontario Chambers &#8211; 1895 &#038; 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Original photograph by William James Topley.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<div id='wpgslider1853_0' class='wpgslider-container wpgalignleft'><div id='wpgslider1853_0_slider' class='nivoSlider'><a href='http:\/\/www.ottawahh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/ScottishOntarioChambers-a-1.jpg' title='DCIM100GOPROG0158529.' class='wpg_slide_image' ><img src='http:\/\/www.ottawahh.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wordpress-gallery-plugin\/timthumb.php?src=\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/ScottishOntarioChambers-a-1.jpg&a=t&w=900&h=910&q=100' alt='DCIM100GOPROG0158529.'   \/><\/a><a href='http:\/\/www.ottawahh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/ScottishOntarioChambers-a-2.jpg' title='DCIM100GOPROG0158529.' class='wpg_slide_image' ><img src='http:\/\/www.ottawahh.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wordpress-gallery-plugin\/timthumb.php?src=\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/ScottishOntarioChambers-a-2.jpg&a=t&w=900&h=910&q=100' alt='DCIM100GOPROG0158529.'   \/><\/a><a href='http:\/\/www.ottawahh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/ScottishOntarioChambers-a-blend.jpg' title='DCIM100GOPROG0158529.' class='wpg_slide_image' ><img src='http:\/\/www.ottawahh.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wordpress-gallery-plugin\/timthumb.php?src=\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/ScottishOntarioChambers-a-blend.jpg&a=t&w=900&h=910&q=100' alt='DCIM100GOPROG0158529.'   \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> var jqu = jQuery.noConflict(); \tjqu(document).ready(function() { jqu(\"#wpgslider1853_0_slider\").nivoSlider({ \n effect:'fade' \n, slices:15, \nboxCols: 8, \nboxRows: 4, \nanimSpeed:2000, \npauseTime:5000, \nstartSlide:0, \ndirectionNav:false, \ndirectionNavHide:false, \ncontrolNav:false, \ncontrolNavThumbs:false, \nkeyboardNav:false, \npauseOnHover:false, \nmanualAdvance:false, \ncaptionOpacity:0.8, \nprevText: 'Prev', \nnextText: 'Next' \n}); \njqu(\"#wpgslider1853_0 a.wpg_slide_image\").colorbox({transition:\"fade\"});});<\/script><style type=\"text\/css\">#wpgslider1853_0_slider { width:900px; height:910px; border:0px solid #; }<\/style><br \/>\n<div id='wpg_thumb_gallery1853_1' class='wpg-thumb-container'><a href='http:\/\/www.ottawahh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/ScottishOntarioChambers-a-1.jpg' rel='wpg_thumb_gallery1853_1_rel' title='DCIM100GOPROG0158529. 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(1857)'><img src='http:\/\/www.ottawahh.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wordpress-gallery-plugin\/timthumb.php?src=\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/ScottishOntarioChambers-a-blend.jpg&a=t&h=180&w=220&zc=1' alt='DCIM100GOPROG0158529.'  class='last_thumb'  \/><\/a><div class=\"clear\"><\/div><\/div><style type='text\/css'>#content img{max-width: none;}#wpg_thumb_gallery1853_1 img {width: 220px; height: 180px; border: 0px solid ##000000; overflow:hidden; float:left; margin:0px 15px 15px 0px;} #wpg_thumb_gallery1853_1 img:hover {border-color: ##800000;} #wpg_thumb_gallery1853_1 img.last_thumb {margin-right:0px;} <\/style><script type='text\/javascript'>jQuery(document).ready(\tfunction() {\tjQuery('#wpg_thumb_gallery1853_1 a').colorbox({transition:'elastic', width:'90%', height:'90%'\t\t});});<\/script><\/p>\n<p><div id='wpgslider1853_1' class='wpgslider-container wpgalignleft'><div id='wpgslider1853_1_slider' class='nivoSlider'><a href='http:\/\/www.ottawahh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/ScottishOntarioChambers-b-1.jpg' title='DCIM100GOPROG0158529.' class='wpg_slide_image' ><img src='http:\/\/www.ottawahh.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wordpress-gallery-plugin\/timthumb.php?src=\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/ScottishOntarioChambers-b-1.jpg&a=t&w=900&h=594&q=100' alt='DCIM100GOPROG0158529.'   \/><\/a><a href='http:\/\/www.ottawahh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/ScottishOntarioChambers-b-2.jpg' title='DCIM100GOPROG0158529.' class='wpg_slide_image' ><img src='http:\/\/www.ottawahh.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wordpress-gallery-plugin\/timthumb.php?src=\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/ScottishOntarioChambers-b-2.jpg&a=t&w=900&h=594&q=100' alt='DCIM100GOPROG0158529.'   \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> var jqu = jQuery.noConflict(); \tjqu(document).ready(function() { jqu(\"#wpgslider1853_1_slider\").nivoSlider({ \n effect:'fade' \n, slices:15, \nboxCols: 8, \nboxRows: 4, \nanimSpeed:2000, \npauseTime:5000, \nstartSlide:0, \ndirectionNav:false, \ndirectionNavHide:false, \ncontrolNav:false, \ncontrolNavThumbs:false, \nkeyboardNav:false, \npauseOnHover:false, \nmanualAdvance:false, \ncaptionOpacity:0.8, \nprevText: 'Prev', \nnextText: 'Next' \n}); \njqu(\"#wpgslider1853_1 a.wpg_slide_image\").colorbox({transition:\"fade\"});});<\/script><style type=\"text\/css\">#wpgslider1853_1_slider { width:900px; height:594px; border:0px solid #; }<\/style><br \/>\n<div id='wpg_thumb_gallery1853_2' class='wpg-thumb-container'><a href='http:\/\/www.ottawahh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/ScottishOntarioChambers-b-1.jpg' rel='wpg_thumb_gallery1853_2_rel' title='DCIM100GOPROG0158529. (1864)'><img src='http:\/\/www.ottawahh.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wordpress-gallery-plugin\/timthumb.php?src=\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/ScottishOntarioChambers-b-1.jpg&a=t&h=180&w=220&zc=1' alt='DCIM100GOPROG0158529.'  \/><\/a><a href='http:\/\/www.ottawahh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/ScottishOntarioChambers-b-2.jpg' rel='wpg_thumb_gallery1853_2_rel' title='DCIM100GOPROG0158529. (1865)'><img src='http:\/\/www.ottawahh.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wordpress-gallery-plugin\/timthumb.php?src=\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/ScottishOntarioChambers-b-2.jpg&a=t&h=180&w=220&zc=1' alt='DCIM100GOPROG0158529.'  \/><\/a><\/div><style type='text\/css'>#content img{max-width: none;}#wpg_thumb_gallery1853_2 img {width: 220px; height: 180px; border: 0px solid ##000000; overflow:hidden; float:left; margin:0px 15px 15px 0px;} #wpg_thumb_gallery1853_2 img:hover {border-color: ##800000;} #wpg_thumb_gallery1853_2 img.last_thumb {margin-right:0px;} <\/style><script type='text\/javascript'>jQuery(document).ready(\tfunction() {\tjQuery('#wpg_thumb_gallery1853_2 a').colorbox({transition:'elastic', width:'90%', height:'90%'\t\t});});<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The original shot was taken from the second story of a building that is no longer standing so this was taken from about 18 feet above street level using a GoPro mounted on top of an eleven foot monopod held above the head.<\/p>\n<p>Here is the street level version posted back in 2013:<\/p>\n<p><div id='wpgslider1853_2' class='wpgslider-container wpgalignleft'><div id='wpgslider1853_2_slider' class='nivoSlider'><a href='http:\/\/www.ottawahh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/ScottishOntarioChambers-2013-1.jpg' title='ScottishOntarioChambers-2013-1' class='wpg_slide_image' ><img src='http:\/\/www.ottawahh.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wordpress-gallery-plugin\/timthumb.php?src=\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/ScottishOntarioChambers-2013-1.jpg&a=t&w=895&h=728&q=100' alt='ScottishOntarioChambers-2013-1'   \/><\/a><a href='http:\/\/www.ottawahh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/ScottishOntarioChambers-2013-2.jpg' title='ScottishOntarioChambers-2013-2' class='wpg_slide_image' ><img src='http:\/\/www.ottawahh.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wordpress-gallery-plugin\/timthumb.php?src=\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/ScottishOntarioChambers-2013-2.jpg&a=t&w=895&h=728&q=100' alt='ScottishOntarioChambers-2013-2'   \/><\/a><a href='http:\/\/www.ottawahh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/ScottishOntarioChambers-2013-blend.jpg' title='ScottishOntarioChambers-2013-blend' class='wpg_slide_image' ><img src='http:\/\/www.ottawahh.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wordpress-gallery-plugin\/timthumb.php?src=\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/ScottishOntarioChambers-2013-blend.jpg&a=t&w=895&h=728&q=100' alt='ScottishOntarioChambers-2013-blend'   \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> var jqu = jQuery.noConflict(); 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height: 180px; border: 0px solid ##000000; overflow:hidden; float:left; margin:0px 15px 15px 0px;} #wpg_thumb_gallery1853_3 img:hover {border-color: ##800000;} #wpg_thumb_gallery1853_3 img.last_thumb {margin-right:0px;} <\/style><script type='text\/javascript'>jQuery(document).ready(\tfunction() {\tjQuery('#wpg_thumb_gallery1853_3 a').colorbox({transition:'elastic', width:'90%', height:'90%'\t\t});});<\/script><\/p>\n<p>HistoricPlaces.ca &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.historicplaces.ca\/en\/rep-reg\/place-lieu.aspx?id=4623&#038;pid=0\" target=\"_blank\">Scottish Ontario Chambers<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nCharacter-Defining Elements<\/p>\n<p>The following character-defining elements of the Scottish Ontario Chambers should be respected.<\/p>\n<p>Its very good Victorian Italianate style, good functional design and very good materials and craftsmanship, for example:<br \/>\n-the four-storey, massing, including a high ground storey and three upper floors;<br \/>\n-the features of its roofline, including the heavy bracketing, decorative cornice and corner tower in the Second Empire style;<br \/>\n-the balanced composition of the long fa\u00e7ade;<br \/>\n-the brick masonry construction;<br \/>\n-the elaborate stonework of the high ground storey and the radiating voussoirs of multicoloured brick above the double-hung sash windows of the upper three floors;<br \/>\n-its interior layout of ground floor retail space and office space for the upper three floors.<\/p>\n<p>The manner in which the Scottish Ontario Chambers reinforces the character of its Confederation Square streetscape setting in downtown Ottawa and is a well-known landmark within the immediate area, as evidenced by:<br \/>\n-its Victorian Italianate style, prominent corner tower and long decorated fa\u00e7ade which contribute to the character of the Confederation Square streetscape;<br \/>\n-its overall massing, design and materials which are compatible with its surrounding buildings in the Confederation Square streetscape;<br \/>\n-its visibility and familiarity to residents of and visitors to Ottawa, because of its prominent location on Confederation Square.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Wikipedia: <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_Chambers\" target=\"_blank\">Central Chambers<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"900\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/maps.google.ca\/?ie=UTF8&amp;t=h&amp;ll=45.423408,-75.695074&amp;spn=0.001198,0.002411&amp;z=19&amp;output=embed\"><\/iframe><br \/><small><a href=\"https:\/\/maps.google.ca\/?ie=UTF8&amp;t=h&amp;ll=45.423408,-75.695074&amp;spn=0.001198,0.002411&amp;z=19&amp;source=embed\" style=\"color:#0000FF;text-align:left\">View Larger Map<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Original photograph by William James Topley.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1855,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ottawahh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1853"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ottawahh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ottawahh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ottawahh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ottawahh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1853"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/www.ottawahh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1853\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1873,"href":"http:\/\/www.ottawahh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1853\/revisions\/1873"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ottawahh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ottawahh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ottawahh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ottawahh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}