Ottawa's past in pictures: Looking back on lost landmarks

They were the ornate designs of another age.

Fire, commercial development and urban planning have forever altered the skyline andstreetscapeof the nation's capital, and many, if not most, of the architectural gems that were once commonplace in Ottawa are long gone.

With many of these buildings no longer even a memory for most residents, we look back at a heritage that, for the most part, now survives only in photographs.