Wednesday, January 21, 2015 - 19:00
Ottawa is home to some of the loveliest shoreline driveways in the world with the Rideau Canal Driveway, the first beautification project of the capital. This lecture will present the history of the driveways and parkways that grace the Rideau Canal and the Ottawa River, and position their significance as cultural landscapes to be treasured and as a source of pride here and among capital cities.
Photo: Linda Dicaire
Speaker(s):
Linda Dicaire is a landscape architect, Consultant in Cultural Resources Management, and Fellow of the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects.
The lecture is free and there is no need to pre-register.
Address:
Auditorium, Ottawa Public Library
120 Metcalfe Street
Ottawa, ON K1P 5M2
Canada