somerset street prototype

Close to Bank Street , 401 and 393 Somerset

click images to enlarge Located on the north side of the street in the ground floor of a high rise apartmnt building are several "mini or 'strip mall' type units including the Ottawa Addiction Treatment Centre (a methadone clinic) and a community Police Station almost next door. The intersection of Somerset and Bank Street is a busy business area with a very different sense of community from the parts of the street further to the west. This is  the eastern edge of the Somerset street images being added to the aregeebee blog.

Dixie Lee Chicken is at 648 Somerset Street West

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Formerly, this was  One for One Pizza which is still in business, but that company is no longer on Somerset . Mainstream fast food chains are rare on this street although there is a Pizza Pizza  franchise on the corner of Bronson where the La Roma Italian restaurant was formerly located in the 1970's. La Roma was a local landmark.

India grocery store at the corner of Bronson and Somerset

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621 Somerset Street

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854 Somerset Street West

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Vietnamese "Pho" restaurants at 765, 784 and 761 Somerset Street

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Vietnamese Pho soup restaurants are all up and down the street, I will count them later, but I am sure there must be at least 15 of them. Their popularity is easy to understand, the food  tastes good, is quick to make and is inexpensive. 25 years ago there were almost no Vietnamese restaurants in this city .

797 Somerset Street West

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This view shows the busines located on the northeast corner of Booth street which is a major node for Somerset. It is also a bus stop. I am not  sure  how long the  pharmacy has been here, but it's Italian name is a reminder of the ebb and flow of the various ethnic groups who have colonized this area.

St Lukes Anglican Church and St. Peter's Chinese Anglican Church at 760 Somerset Street

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St Luke's and St Peter's  Anglican Churches are important  members of the spiritual communities on the street. The church(es) - housed in a single building -  are at the intersection of Bell street.

Part of 618 and all of 622 Somerset Street

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Self propelled wheelchairs and tiny little personal vehicles are becoming commonplace, I am amazed at the bravado of people riding these things in traffic - no safety equipment whatsoever, maybe if they continue to proliferate there will be some regulatory laws enacted (or enforced) that will regulate them on roadways.

577 and 575 Somerset Street west

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Two well groomed little homes, right beside a big funeral home, across the street from another funeral home and close to two different flower shops.