Advocacy
Heritage Ottawa promotes the preservation of Ottawa’s distinctive built heritage and cultural landscapes. We speak out for and defend worthy heritage properties that are at risk of inappropriate intervention or loss.
Heritage Ottawa maintains contact with the City of Ottawa Heritage Department and makes regular presentations to the Built Heritage Committee, the Planning and Housing Committee, and Finance and Corporate Services committees at Ottawa City Hall relating to the rezoning, alteration and intensification of properties and areas protected by the Ontario Heritage Act.
We respond and comment on federal plans and studies as they relate to heritage properties in the National Capital Region: 24 Sussex Drive, Alexandra Bridge, Central Experimental Farm, Rideau Canal UNESCO World Heritage Site, and others.
We respond to dozens of media interview requests relating to the above properties as well as Lansdowne 2.0, Somerset House, Saint Brigid's, and the ongoing challenge of heritage demolition-by-neglect in our neighbourhoods.
To learn more about our major advocacy efforts, visit 50 Years | 50 Stories on our website.
By Leslie Maitland, Heritage Ottawa
Yesterday the City announced its 2014-2018 Council Governance Review.
Now, before your eyelids start to get heavy, it’s worth putting on that pot…
Hartin Hotel, Bell’s Corners
Heritage Ottawa is delighted to see this fine structure come forward for designation, and warmly encourages the Sub-Committee to recommend this for designation…
HERITAGE OTTAWA, By Leslie Maitland
The Civic Campus of the Ottawa Hospital on Carling Road is a Frankenstein among hospital buildings. A new facility is well warranted and the Ottawa…
Certain features of this proposal are promising, specifically, the retention of the existing residence, and the role that the design could play as a transitional element between commercial and…
Heritage Ottawa would like to take this opportunity to express our support for the observations and recommendations of the Urban Design Review Panel as expressed the October 2nd 2013 document “137…
From: Heritage Ottawa
To: Community and Protective Services Committee Meeting - September 19, 2013
Re: Agenda Item #9 - Strategy to Address Vacant Buildings – Update, September 12,…
Observations:
The decision to retain the facade of this building as a surface ornamentation of a modern structure is reminiscent of the similar decision made for the Ogilvy Building,…
Heritage Ottawa’s position with respect to the original de-designation and moving of the Horticulture Building is a matter of public record. Our position was supported by the recommendation of the…
Ms Angela Bogdan
Chief of Protocol, Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development
125 Sussex Drive
Ottawa, ON
K1A 0G2
Dear Ms. Bogdan
It has come…
From a heritage perspective, our concerns are two.
1. Protection of Class 1 & 2 Heritage BuildingsWe are all agreed that the HCD needs to be re-evaluated to bring it in line with…
re: ACS2013-PAI-PGM-0066: Centretown CDP
Heritage Ottawa was pleased to participate in the development of this plan, and appreciate that this document’s support for heritage in the…
Heritage Ottawa is disturbed that the condition of this building has gotten to this point. Since it is likely that demolition of the existing structure will be approved, Heritage Ottawa…
A curious and undoubtedly unique situation, indeed! Heritage Ottawa appreciates this innovative approach to enhancing the heritage qualities of a building, and respecting the Heritage Conservation…
Heritage Ottawa appreciates that the City was willing to support a review of the building’s structural condition.
In addition to our comments provided in December, 2013, as noted in the…
To: Planning Committee, 23 Oct 2012 Re: Proposed Demolition of 273 and 275-279 Sussex Drive
Ref No: ACS2012-PAI-PGM-0217
Thank you, Chair and Councillors for this opportunity to…
Report from Councillor Georges Bédard to the Local Architectural Advisory Committee (LACAC) and Planning and Environment Committee and Ottawa City Council, on the subject of HERITAGE DEMOLITION BY…
Dear Mayor O’Brien and Members of Council:
In my remarks at last Monday’s Committee of the Whole Meeting I suggested the need for the City to have an efficient and timely emergency protocol…