# Urbanism Online: #capital

By [Brandon Donnelly](https://brandondonnelly.com) · 2016-01-11

150-elgin-street, architect-this-city, architecture, atc, athiscity, blogging, canada-council-for-the-arts, cities, city-building, development, kpmg, morguard, national-capital-commission, ncc, online-discussions, ottawa, shopify, social-media, toronto, uncategorized, urban-design, urbanism, vancouver

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For those of you from Ottawa, I’m going to be in town this Thursday evening talking at an event put on by the National Capital Commission called [Urbanism Online](http://www.ncc-ccn.gc.ca/about-ncc/urbanism-lab/calendar-events/urbanism-online-capital#registration). It’s all about how blogging, social media, and online discussions can and are contributing to the betterment of cities.

The other bloggers include:

\- Marc-André Carignan, Montreal, [Kollectif.net](http://kollectif.net/)

\- Jillian Glover, Vancouver, [This City Life](http://thiscitylife.tumblr.com/)

\- Robert Smythe, Ottawa, [UrbSite](http://urbsite.blogspot.ca/)

The event is now full, but [email them](mailto:info@ncc-ccn.ca) or [tweet me](https://twitter.com/donnelly_b) if you’d really like to come and I’ll certainly ask about space availability. I’m sure it’s going to be a great discussion.

I have a bit of a soft spot for Ottawa. I used to spend a lot of time there when I was working on an office building at [150 Elgin Street](https://www.google.ca/maps/@45.4205975,-75.692741,3a,79.2y,244.95h,95.98t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sNS1JivbCMz4gClec4NV-Sw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656). (Key tenants include The Canada Council for the Arts, KPMG, and Shopify.)

I haven’t been back since the building was completed, so I’m excited to see how it turned out.

_Update: The event will also be streamed on Periscope,_ [_here_](https://www.periscope.tv/ncc_ccn).

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*Originally published on [Brandon Donnelly](https://brandondonnelly.com/urbanism-online-capital)*