HERITAGE OTTAWA | Media Release

Heritage Ottawa  is pleased to announce that its recent fundraising campaign has raised $65,000 to date towards fighting the incompatible and…

OTTAWA SUN, By Antonella Artuso

A majority of Canadians want the most famous residence in the country — 24 Sussex Drive — to be renovated rather than torn down, a new poll shows.

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OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Jacob Hoytema

We’ve known all along that the history was beneath our feet. We just weren’t sure what it would look like.

All summer, archeologists have been…

Heritage Ottawa, in collaboration with the Friends of the Château Laurier and Carleton University, invites you to a Special Forum Event on September 5, 2019:

CBC NEWS, By Krystalle Ramlakhan

Businesses in the ByWard Market that were destroyed by a fire in April can start the cleanup and restoration process soon.

The William Street…

Federal lawmakers have talked for years about a law to protect historic sites. The Château Laurier fiasco shows that it’s time to finally act.

POLICY…

CBC NEWS

Ottawa heritage advocates have hired a legal team as they try to stop what they call an "inappropriate" addition to the Château Laurier hotel.

The addition at the rear of…

HERITAGE OTTAWA | MEDIA RELEASE

Heritage Ottawa  has retained legal representation in its ongoing efforts to protect the Château Laurier from a proposed inappropriate addition.…

CBC NEWS, By David Thurton

Canadian celebrity comedian Tom Green drew in the crowds at a sunset picnic in Ottawa on Saturday– in the shadow of the Château Laurier and its looming…

Three layers of regulatory protections could not prevent the approval of an incompatible addition to an iconic heritage site, the Château Laurier.

POLICY OPTIONS | By Peter Coffman

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Global News | By Christopher Whan

In the wake of the city of Ottawa’s decision to move out of the way of the much-maligned addition to the Château Laurier, Ottawa-born comedian Tom Green is…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

The following letter of concern for the proposed Chateau Laurier addition was sent by The Honourable Serge Joyal and architect Phyllis Lambert, Founding Director Emeritus of…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

The following letter was sent by Dr. Christina Cameron to the City of Ottawa's Planning Committee, the Mayor and all Councillors in advance of  Planning Committee's…

Originally published June 6, 2019

HERITAGE OTTAWA

Architectural visionary Phyllis Lambert, widely considered one of the world's most influential figures in architecture, has written…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

On June 10, Heritage Ottawa submitted the following letter to the Hon. Pablo Rodriguez, Minister of Canadian Heritage, responsible for the National Capital Commission (NCC…

The following letter was written by François LeBlanc, former Chief Architect of the National Capital Commission (NCC) and Advisor to ICOMOS and UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee.

July 8,…

CBC NEWS, By Jonathon Gatehouse

It's been more than 1,360 days since a Canadian prime minister has lived at 24 Sussex Drive. The way things are shaping up, we won't see one move back in…

Originally published on May 30, 2019. The following French/English statement against the proposed Château Laurier addition was delivered in the Senate of Canada on May 30 by Senator Serge Joyal.…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

The following letter concerning the proposed Château Laurier addition was sent by Dr. Ian Holloway, Dean of Law at the University of Calgary, to Councillor Jan Harder, Chair…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

The following letter of concern for the Château Laurier addition was sent to Mayor Jim Watson and Ottawa City Councillors by conservation architect Lyette Fortin.

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HERITAGE OTTAWA

The following letter of concern for the proposed Chateau Laurier addition was sent by architect Barry Padolsky to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

WHY THE PROPOSED…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

The following letter was sent by Thomas d'Aquino, noted entrepreneur and Member of the Order of Ottawa, to Mayor Jim Watson and all Ottawa City Councillors.

July 4,…

This situation at the doorstep of Environment Minister Catherine McKenna’s riding should be a call to action for her, as the federal leader on national historic sites, to address this blatant…

Originally published on May 25, 2019

HERITAGE OTTAWA | STATEMENT OF MAY 25, 2019

Heritage Ottawa has reviewed the fifth ‘’official’’ proposal for an addition to the Château Laurier…

The expansion can and must still be stopped – and better ideas explored toward a new premier hotel for the next century.

OTTAWA CITIZEN | OPINION, By Alastair Gillespie

In the wake…

CBC RADIO | THE HOUSE, Chris Hall

An architectural historian says the contentious planned addition to the Château Laurier could be the wake-up call Canada needs to better protect historic…

Its role is limited, but given the stakes, the public would welcome any leverage

CBC NEWS, By Joanne Chianello

It was the first time in three years that Mayor Jim Watson came even…

THE CANADIAN PRESS, By David Reevely

OTTAWA—Environment Minister Catherine McKenna wants the owners of the iconic Chateau Laurier by Parliament Hill to come up with another plan for an…

CONVIVIUM, By Raymond J. de Souza

The Château Laurier fight is over. The hideous extension will be built and Major’s Hill Park will be despoiled as it will now dwell in the shadow of an…

CBC NEWS, By Kate Porter

Critics opposing the proposed addition to the Château Laurier hotel in Ottawa say their fight is not over, and federal representatives say they're interested in…

CBC NEWS | By Joanne Chianello, Kate Porter

Ottawa city council has upheld a decision to allow a reviled addition to the historic Château Laurier hotel, voting down an attempt to reopen the…

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Jon Willing

Cries of “shame” howled from the public gallery Thursday after the majority of city council refused to reconsider a decision that allows the owner of the…

CBC NEWS, By Joanne Chianello

The three-year debacle over the controversial addition to the Château Laurier hotel came to a quasi-end late Wednesday afternoon in a split vote, though…

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Jon Willing

City council on Wednesday was poised to let Larco Investments forge ahead with a controversial, boxy design for a seven-storey addition to the Château Laurier…

THE PROVINCE, By Kelly Egan

There was something sad and circus-like about how the Château Laurier saga unfolded on Wednesday, strangled in procedural knots — with a touch of poison — to its…

CBC NEWS, By Joanne Chianello

City council narrowly defeated a last-ditch attempt to block a…

OTTAWA CITIZEN | OPINION, By Randall Denley

For members of Ottawa Council, Wednesday’s vote on the much-maligned addition to the Château Laurier is not about architecture, or process or…

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Jon Willing

A national spotlight will shine on Ottawa city council Wednesday when municipal politicians decide whether the latest design concept for a contemporary…

OTTAWA CITIZEN | Opinion, By Kelly Egan

I checked into the Château Laurier for the first time on a muggy Saturday in June 1991, a nervous groom with a fresh haircut, and left the next day a…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

National advocacy group FRIENDS OF THE CHÂTEAU LAURIER has retained legal representation in the course of ongoing efforts to protect the Château Laurier from the…

OTTAWA SUN | OPINION, By Rick Gibbons

It’s been called everything from an overgrown storage container to an homage to Soviet-style brutalism (thank you, Monte Solberg.) Whatever your…

THE STAR, By Susan Delacourt

The most fervent political fight in Canada’s capital this week has absolutely nothing to do with the coming federal election.

It revolves around the…

Thanks to Daniel Bezalel Richardsen for sharing his letter sent to Mayor Watson and City Councillors, which he titled "An Immigrant's Perspective on Why You Should Support the Château Laurier…

CONVIVIUM, By Raymond de Souza

When Cardus opened our Ottawa office three years back, we were proud to be in the neighbourhood – Parliament a short walk west, the National Gallery and Notre…