Heritage Ottawa brings you heritage-related news and developments from Ottawa and the National Capital Region.
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CBC News: Hintonburg community calls for sidewalk to reopen near Magee HouseMonday, March 11, 2019CBC NEWS, By Krystalle Ramlakhan
People in Hintonburg are still calling for the sidewalk around the partially-collapsed Magee House to be reopened.
Ever since the wall of the old...
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Heritage Ottawa: Letter to PM | 24 Sussex DriveFriday, March 8, 2019HERITAGE OTTAWA
On February 6, Heritage Ottawa submitted a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau regarding the future of 24 Sussex Drive. The letter was copied to the leaders of the...
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Canadian Architect | Editorial: It's Time to Tackle 24 SussexFriday, March 8, 2019Heritage Ottawa has been advocating for years for the conservation of 24 Sussex Drive, a classified federal heritage building. ( See our recent letter of February 6, 2019 to the PM.) The following...
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HERITAGE OTTAWA | Response to Latest Design for Proposed Addition to Château Laurier | March 2019Monday, March 4, 2019HERITAGE OTTAWA | STATEMENT OF MARCH 4, 2019
For more than two years, Canadians have been witnessing with growing concern a sequence of various design proposals for an addition to the...
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CBC NEWS: Back Again—New Château Laurier design tweaks headed for Urban Design Review PanelMonday, February 25, 2019Following today's release of the latest design for the Chateau Laurier addition, the following report was posted to CBCNews.ca
CBC NEWS, By Ryan Tumilty
The developer behind the...
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Ottawa Heritage Awards Recognize Outstanding Preservation EffortsSaturday, February 23, 2019HERITAGE OTTAWA
Excellence in preservation of Ottawa's architectural heritage was recognized at last week's 2019 Ottawa Heritage Awards, held at the University of Ottawa's Alex Trebek...
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Heritage Ottawa Awards 2019 Cullingham Grants for Research and PublicationWednesday, February 20, 2019HERITAGE OTTAWA
Heritage Ottawa took advantage of the celebratory Heritage Day mood at City Hall on February 19 to present our annual Gordon Cullingham Research and Publication Fund to...
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Booth Street Complex One Step Closer to Designation under Ontario Heritage ActMonday, February 11, 2019HERITAGE 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...
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Ontario Backtracks on Bill 66: Contentious Content Affecting Environment, Heritage to be Deleted from Second ReadingThursday, January 31, 2019BILL 66 AND ALL THAT
OHA+M BLOG (Ontario Heritage Act and More), By Dan Schneider
I have been putting off writing about Bill 66, the proposed Restoring Ontario's Competitiveness Act...
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Heritage Ottawa to Co-Host NCC Urbanism Lab on Adaptive ReuseWednesday, January 30, 2019HERITAGE OTTAWA
Heritage Ottawa is pleased to co-host a two-part event at the next NCC Urbanism Lab.
Reuse and Renewal: Designing Futures for Historic PlacesThursday, February 14,...