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Heritage Ottawa brings you heritage-related news and developments from Ottawa and the National Capital Region.
OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Barry Padolsky
An open letter to Prime Minister Stephen Harper:
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Ottawa Citizen, By Don Butler
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Ottawa Citizen, By Marie-Danielle Smith
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Ottawa East News, By Laura Mueller
The city wants to add more heft to the first "experimental" heritage districts it designated…
Ottawa Citizen, by Carys Mills
Lowertown landowner Claude Lauzon wants to demolish his deteriorated and empty residential property on King Edward Avenue, between Murray and Clarence Streets…
OTTAWA COMMUNITY NEWS, By Laura Mueller
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Ottawa Citizen, by Joanne Chianello
OTTAWA - The fifth floor of the National Capital Commission's offices on Elgin Street - space that was previously occupied by the folks who…
Carleton Place Almonte Canadian Gazette, By Kelly Kent
Since Almonte was established in the 1800s, many of its original buildings have stood the test of time and remain preserved as iconic…
Heritage Ottawa celebrated Heritage Day at Ottawa City Hall on February 18th by awarding two $1000 Gordon Cullingham Research Grants to David Noble and Titania Truesdale.
The…
HERITAGE OTTAWA, By David B. Flemming
In April 2013, the Mayor and a few members of Council suddenly recognized the growing number of vacant and boarded-up buildings in Ottawa and…
OTTAWA SUN, By Ron Corbett
I have a question for Tony Shahrasebi and when I phone he tells me to drop by the car wash, he’ll be there mid-morning.
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OTTAWA SUN, By Jon Willing
City gives green light to restart redevelopment of historic building
The only thing missing at City Hall on Thursday was a celebratory pint after a vote in…
OTTAWA SUN, By Jon Willing
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CBC NEWS - Historic cottages in Ottawa's Lowertown neighbourhood are caught in a unique predicament: They have to be claimed for free and moved away from the site of a future condo, or be…
OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Dave Reevely
Having received permission for a major renovation to turn the Union du Canada headquarters on the edge of the ByWard Market into a hotel, Claridge Homes is…
OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Maria Cook
W.E. Noffke designed so many of Ottawa's buildings that from cradle to grave "you could live in a Noffke world," says Ottawa architectural historian…
The Globe and Mail, by Dave LeBlanc
Pop the cork and grab a cigar: Two weeks ago, Canada’s first protected mid-century modern neighbourhood was born.
Weighing in at 23 homes on two…
According to a news report in the Ottawa Citizen dated Feb. 4, 2013, a Lowertown schoolhouse is at risk of collapse.
The city has ordered that the building at 287 Cumberland Street, the…
OTTAWA MAGAZINE
Just 10 years ago, the Duke of Somerset and its downstairs neighbour, the Lockmaster Tavern, had the highest daily beer sales of any bar in the city. Today, the Bank Street…
Maria Cook, OTTAWA CITIZEN / POSTMEDIA NEWS
The planned renewal of Parliament Hill’s West Block, including a new building in the courtyard, passed a milestone on Friday with approval of the…
THE NEW YORK TIMES, by Katie Arnold
OTTAWA has always had image problems. Back in 1857, when it beat out its rivals Toronto and Montreal in a bid to become Canada's national…
THE GLOBE AND MAIL, by Dave LeBlanc
Once in a while, a reminder of modernism's awesome reach as an architectural movement -- into practically every city on the globe -- is in order. I'll…