Heritage Ottawa brings you heritage-related news and developments from Ottawa and the National Capital Region.
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Somerset House Redesign gets nod from Heritage CommitteeThursday, April 13, 2017CBC News, By Kate Porter
Somerset House on Bank Street is a step closer to being rebuilt, a decade after it partly collapsed, after a city subcommittee approved a redesign of the heritage...
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Heritage panel OKs another design for Somerset House, with no timeline in sightThursday, April 13, 2017OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Jon Willing
The latest renovation concept for the historic Somerset House received approval from the city’s heritage panel Thursday, but members walked away, again, with...
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Majority of Senate asks Trudeau for portrait gallery at 100 WellingtonWednesday, April 12, 2017OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Dylan C. Robertson
More than half of Canada’s sitting senators have asked Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to create a National Portrait Gallery in the former U.S. embassy...
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Centretown House Doesn't Need Saving, Planning Committee DecidesTuesday, April 11, 2017OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Jon Willing
An old, fire-damaged house in the Centretown heritage conservation district shouldn’t be saved, the planning committee decided Tuesday.
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Centretown House OK'd for DemolitionTuesday, April 11, 2017CBC NEWS OTTAWA, By Kate Porter
The City of Ottawa has wrapped up an exhaustive inventory of vacant heritage buildings, but that won't save one such structure in Centretown from the...
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Registration Now Open for 12th Annual Graduate Student Heritage Conservation SymposiumTuesday, April 11, 2017HERITAGE OTTAWA
The School of Indigenous and Canadian Studies at Carleton University presents its 12th annual Graduate Student Heritage Conservation Symposium on April 22, 2017.
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Une maison patrimoniale rayée du paysageTuesday, April 11, 2017Le Droit, by Daniel Leblanc
Une maison victorienne abandonnée dont la construction remonte à la fin du 19e siècle dans le quartier Centretown à Ottawa ne sera pas sauvegardée et risque de...
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Concerns for Loss of Historical Connections as Kitchissippi Streets Face Name ChangesMonday, April 10, 2017HERITAGE OTTAWA
In a move that is not sitting well with all residents, over 20 streets in Ottawa's Kitchissippi Ward are currently targeted for renaming.
Since amalgamation in 2001,...
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Ceremonies in Ottawa and France to Mark the 100th Anniversary of the Battle of Vimy RidgeFriday, April 7, 2017HERITAGE OTTAWA
This weekend, as we mark the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge, we remember the efforts and sacrifices of all those who served during the First World War.
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Somerset House Redesign Abandons Brick Facade Replica after Staff ErrorFriday, April 7, 2017CBC 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...