Bank Street
Answering the question on Reddit r/Ottawa, " What is your favorite part of Ottawa? " Bank Street For me, it has been everything up and down Bank Street (when I was young I lived in Metcalfe and for me Ottawa *was* Bank Street). - Vernon, where my Grandmother lived, - Spring Hill, where my father and brother rest now, - Ernie's on what was then highway 31, where I worked as a breakfast cook, - the Old Ottawa sign, - the Quarry where we swam on what is now John Quinn Road at Stone School Road, - Leo's Livestock, where the Metcalfe Walk would begin, - Greely, - Rideau-Carleton Raceway (where I once worked; I'd walk to Bank Street and hitchhike home), - the old K-Mart in Blossom Park (now a FarmBoy - big improvements), - the Conroy Pit (and the rest of the Green Belt), - shwarma corner at Hunt Club Road, - the old McDomalds at Alta Vista Plaza (across from where I bought my first car), - Canadian Tire at Heron, - Wild Birds Unlimited, - and the big Bell