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Heritage Ottawa asks Minister to intervene to save heritage buildings at Lansdowne Park

19 July 2010

The Honourable Michael Chan,
Minister of Tourism and Culture
Hearst Block, 9th Floor
900 Bay Street
Toronto, ON M7A 2E1
General_Info@mtr.gov.on.ca

Dear Sir,

I am contacting you with respect to plans for the development of Lansdowne Park in Ottawa, plans which pose a threat to heritage resources at this site, and which have serious implications for heritage conservation in the province as a whole.

Join Heritage Ottawa for our Walking Tour of Parliament Hill

Download a PDF of the 2010 Walking Tour Schedule here

Sunday, September 5, 2:00 pm – MEET: Centennial Flame

$10.00 ($5.00 for Heritage Ottawa members)

Heritage Ottawa opens doors to ideas for future of Lansdowne Park

OTTAWA, June 7 2010 – From farmers market to fancy dress period balls and big band concerts, art and artisans to music festivals and Oktoberfest, people of Ottawa have plenty of ideas of how to use the space and grandeur of the Aberdeen Pavilion.

Save the Horticulture Building Facebook Group

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Lansdowne Park inflicted with lack of vision

Please download this document here

Ottawa, May 27 2010 - It is the heritage of Lansdowne Park that is its value - historic, cultural and commercial. The City and OSEG, the developers, have prescribed a future Lansdowne that squanders that value to car parks, bad faith and damaged history.

Join Heritage Ottawa at Lansdowne Park for Doors Open Ottawa June 5 and 6, 2010

Join Heritage Ottawa on June 5th and 6th at the Horticulture Building and the Aberdeen Pavillion at Lansdowne Park for Doors Open Ottawa 2010.

Please visit the City of Ottawa's website for details and for more information on sites participating in this year's Doors Open events.

2010 Walking Tours

Heritage Ottawa's 2010 Walking Tours

Join Heritage Ottawa's experienced guides for walks highlighting  some of Ottawa's finest architecture  

Download a PDF of the 2010 Walking Tour Schedule here

Doors Open Ottawa – June 5 & 6, 2010

The success of Doors Open Ottawa – the region’s largest heritage and architectural event -- is simply a no-brainer. Who doesn’t like to peer behind closed doors? slip through barricades? or walk right past ‘not open to the public’ signage?

Designation of the Soeurs de la Visitation d’Ottawa Monastery, 114 Richmond Road, under part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act

Designation of the Soeurs de la Visitation d’Ottawa Monastery, 114 Richmond Road,

under  part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act

Heritage Ottawa supports the heritage designation of the Soeurs de la Visitation d’Ottawa Monastery at 114 Richmond Road. We agree with the information in the Statement of Cultural Heritage Value and the Description of Heritage Attributes. We have met with the City’s heritage planners and the community and appeared at the Ottawa Built Heritage Advisory Committee and the Planning and Environment Committee. We support the recommendations adopted by both Committees,

The Loss of 456 Landowne

In November 2007, City Council rejected a staff recommendation that the owner of 456 Lansdowne Road North be permitted to demolish one of the oldest homes in the Rockcliffe Park Heritage Conservation District (RPHCD). After agreeing to save the house and build an addition, the owner decided to appeal Council’s decision to the Ontario Municipal Board. The City defended its decision but because Council had overturned a staff recommendation, their own heritage planner was called an expert witness for the owner.

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