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…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

On April 9, Heritage Ottawa submitted a letter to Dr. Mechtild Rössler, director of the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, and Dr. Isabelle Anatole-Gabriel, Chief of Europe…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

Contact Our Elected Officials before Wednesday, June 26, 2019

Your Voice Matters—Ask Our Elected Officials to Support the Chateau Laurier Motion on June 26

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HERITAGE OTTAWA

Heritage Ottawa recently learned that at least two of the city's most important heritage structures appear on a list of city-owned buildings available for corporate naming…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

A city staff report recommending designation of the Booth Street Complex as a property of cultural heritage value under the Ontario Heritage Act (OHA) received the support…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

An exhibition of alternative designs for an addition to the Château Laurier Hotel, created by students of Carleton University's Azrieli School of Architecture and Urbanism,…

OTTAWA CITIZEN | EDITORIAL BOARD, By David Jeanes

Re: Owner of Somerset House would rather tear it down, build a replica building, Nov. 16, 2018

So the owner of Somerset House has…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

The municipal elections on October 22 provided an opportunity to consider the vital role of heritage places in our urban, suburban and rural environments.

To see…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

In a media release today, Heritage Ottawa expressed support for strong measures being put in place to protect Somerset House from further deterioration.  Located at the…

CBC NEWS, By Joanne Chianello

Worried about leaving a former convent in Westboro empty too long, city councillors on Ottawa's planning committee approved a plan Monday to attach a nine-…

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By David B. Flemming

The recent partial collapse of the late 19th-century Magee House – a heritage designated building on Wellington Street West – raises the question of how…

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Jon Willing

The old Westboro convent is still at the centre of a development controversy, with the owner on Thursday failing to win approval from the city’s heritage…

GLOBAL NEWS | OTTAWA, By Beatrice Britneff

The committee that reviews applications to redevelop Ottawa’s heritage properties has rejected Ashcroft Homes’ latest bid to repurpose the site of…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

The following text was formally submitted by Heritage Ottawa to the Built Heritage Sub-committee for consideration at its meeting of June 18, 2018. President David Jeanes…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

Architectural visionary Phyllis Lambert, widely considered one of the world's most influential figures in architecture, has written a letter to Mayor Jim Watson to express…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

The Built Heritage Subcommittee (BHSC) met on April 12 to consider two heritage applications.

The first was an application to alter 132 Lisgar Road in the Rockcliffe…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

The City of Ottawa's Built Heritage Sub-Committee (BHSC) met on March 8, 2018 to consider an application to alter the former Grant Consolidated School at 2720…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

Last week, architects for owners of the Château Laurier Hotel revealed their latest design for a proposed expansion of the hotel, a National Historic Site of Canada.

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HERITAGE OTTAWA

Our heritage stands at a critical crossroads.


A controversial application for major alterations to Ottawa's Château Laurier Hotel, if allowed to proceed as proposed…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

The City of Ottawa's Built Heritage Sub-Committee (BHSC) met on February 8, 2018 to consider current heritage applications and related recommendations of city…

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Jon Willing

The city’s built-heritage subcommittee on Thursday turned down the Uganda High Commission’s application to demolish a Sandy Hill building that was once home…

CBC NEWS, By Laura Osman

The City of Ottawa is taking Richcraft Homes to court, alleging the builder has neglected to make necessary repairs to a historic barn in the city's west end.

HERITAGE OTTAWA

The City of Ottawa’s Built Heritage Subcommittee (BHSC) meets on Thursday, January 11 with three items on the agenda.

• An application to demolish…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

What do you think the City should consider as it develops a plan for the revitalization of the Sparks Street Pedestrian Mall?

Share your ideas and comments! Take a…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

Ashcroft Homes, owner of the Sisters of the Visitation Convent at 114 Richmond Road, is proposing to partially demolish the heritage-designated convent building and to…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

The next meeting of the City of Ottawa’s Built Heritage Sub-Committee (BHSC) takes place on Friday, December 1 at 9:30 am at Ottawa City Hall.

Agenda…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

The City of Ottawa's Built Heritage Sub-Committee (BHSC) meets monthly at Ottawa City Hall to review heritage applications and provide its recommendations.

The next…

THE HTA BLOG / By Peter Coffman

I addressed the City’s Planning Committee today as it met to vote on additions to the Heritage Register recommended last month by City staff. I blogged about…

HERITAGE OTTAWA, By Leslie Maitland, Co-Chair

The Heritage Inventory Project is a priority for the City of Ottawa. The Inventory Project was created to develop a proper Heritage Register to…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

Cities value their unique heritage. Cultural and ecological benefits aside, studies have shown that designated heritage properties perform better than average in the real…

THE HTA BLOG / By Peter Coffman

Early last year, the City of Ottawa began what’s known as the Heritage Inventory Project. The idea was to enable…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

The City of Ottawa's Built Heritage Sub-Committee (BHSC) meets monthly at Ottawa City Hall to review heritage applications and provide its recommendations.

There was…

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Matthew Pearson

Downtown Ottawa’s most infamous eyesore has made a national list of endangered heritage landmarks.

Somerset House is among 10 spots included on the…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

UPDATE | May 24:  Ottawa City Council has voted in favour of the recommendations of city staff, the Built Heritage Subcommittee and Heritage Ottawa to refuse the…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

Update: Read Heritage Ottawa's position statement of March 5, 2018 regarding the latest proposed addition to the Château Laurier.

A summary of public comments…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

The City of Ottawa's Built Heritage Sub-Committee (BHSC) meets monthly at Ottawa City Hall to review heritage applications and provide its recommendations.…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

At its meeting today at City Hall, Heritage Ottawa president David Jeanes told the City of Ottawa's Finance and Economic Development Committee (FEDCO) that municipal…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

The City of Ottawa's Built Heritage Sub-Committee (BHSC) meets monthly at Ottawa City Hall to review heritage applications and provide its recommendations.…

CBC NEWS OTTAWA, By Paul Jay

If a proposed addition to Ottawa's historic Somerset House doesn't look quite like the original red brick facade the city tore down last summer, there appears…