History
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Image of the Past: Dalhousie Street 1882
Image: Railroad House and St. Lawrence Hotel Location: Dalhousie Street, Ottawa Date of image: April 1882 Source: William James Topley, Topley...
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Image of the Past: A Snowy Ottawa street car
Image: Street Car #17 Location: Queen Street, Ottawa Date of image: February, 1892 Source: William James Topley, Topley Studio, Library and Archives Canada
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Image of the Past: Ottawa 1855
Title: Ottawa City, Canada West (Upper Town) Artist: Edwin Whitefield, 1816-1892 Location: Ottawa, Upper Town Date of image: 1855 Medium: Tinted...
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Affordable Housing in Ottawa: Always in demand, short supply, and in disrepair
Today, a large majority of the affordable housing we see in Ottawa is owned and operated by Ottawa Community Housing Corporation (OCH), an organization...
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Image of the Past: The Citizen Building
Image: The Citizen Building Location: Sparks Street, Ottawa Date of photo: August 1909 Photographer/Source: Library and Archives Canada For a wonderful...
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This day in history: The 98th anniversary of the Parliament Hill fire
Nearly a century ago today, on February 3rd, 1916, a Member of Parliament noticed smoke in the House of Commons Reading Room, located in the Centre Block...
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Ottawa’s Winterlude: A rich history of winter carnivals in the Nation’s Capital
With Winterlude 2014 set to open this weekend, we take a look back at the history of the winter festival. Having been celebrated in Ottawa and Gatineau...
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Image of the Moment: Eaton’s at Rideau – The last remnant
Location: The Rideau Centre Date of photo: January 24, 2014 Photographer: Dwight Williams During the process of remodelling those portions of the Rideau...
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Across the Ottawa Spaces – 24 January 2014
In light of the closing of Ottawa’s “last downtown movie theatre”, the World Exchange Plaza, Ottawa Rewind takes a look at another...
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Image of the Past: Ottawa’s horse-drawn street cars
Image: Ottawa City Passenger Railway Company’s horse-drawn street car, in the winter Location: Ottawa (Exact location unknown) Date of photo: 1871...
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Strathcona Park: A look back
On the edge of the Rideau River, and embraced by the community of Sandy Hill, is Strathcona Park; an urban oasis which has been a popular outdoor retreat...
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What’s in a name? Or rather, how much does it cost? The renaming of Lansdowne Park
Yesterday’s reported news that the historic and landmark site of Lansdowne Park is expected to be renamed TD Place, upon its reopening later this...
By Kristen Gagnon