Heritage Ottawa brings you heritage-related news and developments from Ottawa and the National Capital Region.
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Call for entries: New book on Monuments and Statues in Canada's Capital RegionTuesday, December 1, 2020HERITAGE OTTAWA
Carleton University professors Tonya Davidson (Sociology) and David Dean (History), editors of a book entitled Monumental Memories: A Critical Reading of Memorials,...
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Canada risks burning its bridges to its architectural and cultural historyFriday, November 27, 2020GLOBE AND MAIL | Opinion, by Toon Dreessen, OAA, FRAIC
Our built heritage – the cultural institutions that house our democracy, our collections of art or our...
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EARNSCLIFFE: A New Chancery and Gatehouse on Grounds of National Historic SiteTuesday, November 24, 2020HERITAGE OTTAWA NEW CONSTRUCTIONThe British High Commission (BHC) recently announced it has awarded the contract for the construction of a new office building and gatehouse on the grounds of...
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New rules could open door to more low-rise apartments in established neighbourhoodsThursday, September 10, 2020OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Jon Willing
The complicated work of encouraging home construction, shoehorning small apartment complexes into Ottawa’s oldest neighbourhoods and satisfying neighbours...
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Committee split over chapel demolition at Oblates propertyTuesday, September 8, 2020CBC Ottawa, by Kate Porter
A city committee that deals with heritage buildings was evenly divided Tuesday over a plan to alter a former school for priests in Old Ottawa East to make way...
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Heritage panel split on proposal to demolish chapel wing of Deschâtelets BuildingTuesday, September 8, 2020OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Jon Willing
The built-heritage subcommittee on Tuesday was deadlocked on a decision to allow a developer, on the request of a school board, to demolish part of the...
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Coffman: New Château Laurier design is evidence of a system that failedMonday, August 17, 2020OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Peter Coffman
After nearly four years of resistance, re-design, protest and even legal action, we now have a proposal for the addition to the Château Laurier that has...
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Media Coverage: Heritage Ottawa Announces Agreement re: Château Laurier AdditionFriday, August 14, 2020HERITAGE OTTAWA
Read the media coverage of Heritage Ottawa's announcement of having reached an agreement with the owner of the Château Laurier hotel on a new design for the proposed...
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Château Laurier Addition: Heritage Ottawa Announces Settlement Agreement with Hotel Owner and New Design for Proposed AdditionThursday, August 13, 2020HERITAGE OTTAWA | Media Release
HERITAGE OTTAWA is pleased to announce that it has reached an agreement with Capital Hotel Limited Partnership, an affiliate of Larco Investments Ltd., and...
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Heritage Ottawa Announces the Recipients of 2020 Gordon Cullingham GrantsMonday, July 27, 2020HERITAGE OTTAWA
Heritage Ottawa is delighted to announce the awarding of two Gordon Cullingham Research and Publication Grants.
Susan Ross, associate professor with Carleton...