Heritage Ottawa brings you heritage-related news and developments from Ottawa and the National Capital Region.
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Central Experimental Farm A Contender for Canada's List of Top Ten Endangered SitesMonday, March 9, 2015HERITAGE OTTAWA
Ottawa's Central Experimental Farm (CEF), a National Historic Site of Canada, is currently under serious threat.
The federal government has offered 60 acres of the...
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A Monumental Controversy: History of the Memorial to Victims of CommunismFriday, March 6, 2015OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Don Butler
In the summer of 2007, Jason Kenney was touring Masaryktown, a private nine-hectare park in Scarborough owned by Toronto's Czech and Slovak communities.
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Canadian Institute of Planners Joins Chorus Urging New Site for Communism MemorialTuesday, March 3, 2015OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Don Butler
The national voice of Canada’s planning profession has joined those calling on the federal government to reconsider the site for the planned Memorial to the...
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Heritage Ottawa Awards 2015 Gordon Cullingham Research GrantsSunday, March 1, 2015HERITAGE OTTAWA, By David B. Flemming
Heritage Ottawa celebrated Heritage Day at Ottawa City Hall on February 17th by supporting two projects with $1000 each from the Gordon Cullingham...
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An Immodest Proposal Rankles a Capital Known For ModestyFriday, February 27, 2015NEW YORK TIMES, By Ian Austen
You can make out Canadians' reputation for modesty in their capital, a city that has largely avoided erecting anything you might call monumental. None of...
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City Presents Awards for Outstanding Architectural ConservationFriday, February 20, 2015HERITAGE OTTAWA
Excellence in preservation of Ottawa's architectural heritage was recognized this week at the Ottawa Architectural Conservation Awards.
This year's ceremony and...
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Victims of Communism Memorial Land Worth at Least $16M, Ottawa Architect SaysThursday, February 19, 2015OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Don Butler
The prestigious Wellington Street site the federal government has made available for the planned Memorial to the Victims of Communism is worth at least $16...
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The Ottawa That Was: CMHC Uploading its Vast Photo Archive to the WebThursday, February 19, 2015OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Blair Crawford
Lines of laundry hanging in the sunshine behind a ramshackle Lowertown house …
A long-forgotten lunch counter advertising “crystal clear, crystal...
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Second Architects Association Protests Memorial LocationWednesday, February 18, 2015OTTAWA CITIZEN, BY Robert Bostelaar
The Ontario Association of Architects has joined its national counterpart in urging the federal government to find a new home for a memorial scheduled to...
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The Way Forward For Heritage in the Capital: Beginning a New ConversationTuesday, February 17, 2015The National Capital Commission (NCC) and Heritage Ottawa are proud to present a panel discussion about emerging ideas in Canadian and international heritage conservation, and how these ideas...