Ottawa's CBD in 1938. All taken from atop the Hunter Building. Today the site is occupied by the Sun Life Financial Centre Tower 2 at the corner of Queen and O'Connor.
Looking east down Queen (Confederation Line runs under Queen today). On this first pic, the four tallest structures on the left side of the street remain. Next to nothing is otherwise left on Queen, but Sparks remains more or less intact.
Queen looking west. On this image, the first block of buildings to the right are still around, with one building centre, left with the turret (Bank Street Chambers) altered beyond recognition today. Bank of Canada on the upper, right today encased by the 1979 Arthur Erikson designed BoC office complex. Little else if left in the CBD or one block further west.
Best preserved collection of buildings, with nearly all of them still around in one form or another with the exception of the one on the lower, right corner and the three storey structure across the street to the right of the BMO banking hall. The lower portion of the building with only the roof visible has been replaced by an office tower (Heritage Place), part of a project which restored the top portion on Sparks (Poulin Department store, later Zellers and now Winners).