Heritage Ottawa brings you heritage-related news and developments from Ottawa and the National Capital Region.
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Aboriginal Culture And History To Be Highlighted At LebretonThursday, June 12, 2014OTTAWA COMMUNITY NEWS, By Laura Mueller
The National Capital Commission wants to know which elements of three themes - history, aboriginal culture and art - people...
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Chianello: Ceo Kristmanson Giving Ncc A New Urban FocusThursday, April 24, 2014Ottawa 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 organized...
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Almonte Considers a Heritage Conservation District StudyThursday, March 27, 2014Carleton 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...
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HERITAGE OTTAWA AWARDS RESEARCH GRANTSTuesday, February 18, 2014Heritage 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 grants are...
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A Modest Beginning For Ending "Demolition By Neglect"Thursday, January 2, 2014HERITAGE 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...
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Duke Of Somerset Future Looks BrightSunday, December 8, 2013OTTAWA 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.
“It’s about the anniversary, right...
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Partial Schoolhouse Demolition, Fee Break Gets Committee NodTuesday, October 8, 2013OTTAWA SUN, By Jon Willing
The historic Lowertown schoolhouse at the centre of a legal battle between the city and owner can be partially demolished, council's planning committee decided...
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Historic Lowertown Cottages Must Be Moved Or Torn DownTuesday, September 10, 2013CBC 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...
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Book Fetes Work of W.E. NoffkeFriday, April 12, 2013OTTAWA 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 Shannon...
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A Lesson In Zoned Architectural Protection From OttawaThursday, March 14, 2013The 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...