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1002 Somerset is the home of the Vietnamese Unified Buddhist Congregation

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1000 Somerset Street is the "Wine Garden"

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The Wine Garden is a home brewing company  located across the street from Musca wine making supplies and about a block west o0f Preston street. Musca wine making is a business closely connected to the Italian community and  I suspect that this business may also share the same clientele.

West of 1010 , over the O train and south of the bridge

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This view looks  east to 1010 Somerset and a Public Works and Government Services storage compound which is partly under an inflated building. The O train tracks are below the photographer's feet.

The bridge on Somerset, take 2

click image to enlarge The image on the left is a view to the City Centre which is light office and industrial space ( and the Orange Monkey which is a pretty decent poolroom.)The right photograph is another image of the vacant Robert Tape   machine shop at 989 Somerset. While I was making these photos I was approached by two young men who were also photographers. They were using film and a skateboard - old school stuff.

On the bridge over the traintracks on Somerset Street

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There is a bridge on Somerset Street which passes over the O-train tracks. The O train tracks terminate at the Prince of Wales Bridge which crosses the Ottawa River. Robert Tape at 989 Somerset was a precision machine shop built on stilts with a funky little ramp on the bridge for parking.  The Musca winemaking supply company is a testament to the nearby Preston Street area which is an important node for the Italian community here in Ottawa. Both of these buildings are on the north side of the bridge. My landlord fo many years was named Musca and I believe the apartment we lived in was where he raised his family many years ago.