To find out, now you can take a stroll through the past just by walking by a Bytown Museum installation on Rideau Street.
Throughout time, storefronts have been a window into what a community or city can offer, according to Bytown Museum‘s exhibition and collections manager, Chloe Dennis.
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Dennis and a team at the Ottawa Art Gallery spent countless hours flipping through old photos from the museum and the City of Ottawa Archives before inspiration struck: “What did a day on Rideau (Street) look like back then?” Dennis asked.
What better way to mark Ottawa’s 200th birthday than to roll back time?
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In just 10 large black-and-white images displayed on the windows of the iconic building once occupied by Hudson’s Bay, the installation called “Ottawa 200+ Portraits, Places, and People” transports viewers into the city of the past.
Literally and figuratively, the installation is a window into what Ottawa’s community might have looked like decades ago.
“The windows themselves act as frames into what the city can offer,” Dennis said. “I kept seeing recurring themes (in the archival photos) of Rideau Street as a place where people came to move, shop or gather.”
