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BYGONE MEMORIES BOUNTIFUL AT BYTOWN DAYSWednesday, July 29, 2015OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Patrick Smith
Time travel machines may not exist, but the organizers of Bytown Days don't think that should stop you from taking a trip back in time.
The annual...
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In Conversation with Urban Design Guru Larry Beasley on a Monumental ControversyThursday, July 23, 2015MACLEANS, By John Geddes
Larry Beasley, Vancouver’s celebrated former director of planning, is in demand for his expertise on urban design everywhere from Dallas to Rotterdam, Moscow to Abu...
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NCC Begins Work on Lighting Plan that will "Transform" Capital at NightThursday, July 23, 2015 -
NCC Begins Work on Lighting Plan that will "Transform" the Capital at NightThursday, July 23, 2015
OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Don Butler
The National Capital Commission has begun work with a team of consultants on an illumination plan for the capital that NCC chief executive Mark Kristmanson...
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Islands of Ottawa: The Once-Dismal Isolation of Porter's IslandMonday, July 20, 2015OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Bruce Deachman
Bell Island. Ile Young. Clifford Allen Island. Kedey’s. Bate. Upper and Lower Duck. Dinelle Twins Island. The Ottawa area might not boast an archipelago as...
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Heritage Walks to Celebrate Dalhousie StreetTuesday, July 14, 2015HERITAGE OTTAWA
The Lowertown Community Association / Basseville Association Communitaire will celebrate the lively history of Dalhousie Street with free Heritage Walks in both English and...
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Continued Advocacy Efforts to Protect The Central Experimental FarmTuesday, July 14, 2015HERITAGE OTTAWA
At the public meeting of the Ottawa Hospital held on June 24, 2015 Leslie Maitland, Past President of Heritage Ottawa and Dr. Clarke Topp, Professor Emeritus presented the...
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Inappropriate Repairs to Aberdeen Pavilion A Compromise To Heritage CharacterMonday, July 6, 2015UPDATE, JULY 6, 2015 - Heritage Ottawa has followed up with City of Ottawa heritage staff concerning roof repairs underway on the Aberdeen Pavilion National Historic Site of Canada. Heritage...
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Transforming Ottawa: How Jacques Greber's Plan Forever Changed the Capital, For Better And WorseMonday, July 6, 2015OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Bruce Deachman
It’s difficult to imagine what Ottawa would look like today had city planner Jacques Gréber never set foot here. We would most certainly not have the...
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"Move the Memorial" Fund Accepting Donations Toward Cost of Legal ActionTuesday, June 30, 2015HERITAGE OTTAWA
On June 26, 2015 the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada, Heritage Ottawa, and architects Barry Padolsky and Shirley Blumberg filed an application in the Federal Court...