Ottawa is finally getting a subway... Its opening is still a year away.
To prepare us for the idea - and to celebrate our 150th anniversary, both as a city and Canada as a country - Ottawa has put on a downtown sound and light show called "
Kontinuum" in one of the yet-unfinished subway stations.
And it's free!
Terry and I recently decided to head downtown to see it. We wandered down Sparks Street, a pedestrian mall.
Signs in the sidewalk showed us the way.
It was interesting to see what the future subway will look like, even in misty twilight...
The first part reminded me of an IMAX sound and light voyage through space.
Lots of moving sound and lights.
I think kids would love it - though there are a lot of flashing lights.
When we got to the subway level, we paused for a while, as phantom trains and passengers (all light projections) sped down the track...
A smoke machine added to the sense that this was all an illusion - which, of course, it was!
An interesting surprise was seeing ourselves as holograms among the ghostly crowds...
Then, by escalator or stairway, we headed out into the sunshine again.
The event is a popular one. But it ends in a few weeks.
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