{"id":7005,"date":"2011-10-26T13:19:27","date_gmt":"2011-10-26T17:19:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingottawa.ca\/?p=7005"},"modified":"2013-01-21T09:13:10","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T14:13:10","slug":"the-rink-that-was-in-centretown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/2011\/10\/26\/the-rink-that-was-in-centretown\/","title":{"rendered":"The Rink That Was, In Centretown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!---Can we get one of those \"then and now\" shots I've been seeing of other parts of Toronto and Montreal that have been appearing occasionally in their respecting SpacingBlogs? Here's the visual probably best suited to work from for the \"then\" portion: hhttp:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/0\/01\/Ottawa_Arena_1910.jpg\/800px-Ottawa_Arena_1910.jpg ---><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-7021\" title=\"1902-34\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/network\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/1902-34-600x637.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"638\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/1902-34-600x637.jpg 600w, https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/1902-34-282x300.jpg 282w, https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/1902-34.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Many regular readers will already be aware of the<a href=\"http:\/\/ottawa.ctv.ca\/servlet\/an\/local\/CTVNews\/20110520\/OTT_Rink_Dreams_110520\/20110520\/?hub=OttawaHome\"> work now underway to build an outdoor ice rink as part of Marion Dewar Plaza in front of Ottawa City Hall<\/a>. This has come as welcome news to many Ottawans for a number of reasons: once finished, the rink will be easily accessible and obviously central; a perfect compliment to the &#8220;world&#8217;s biggest outdoor rink&#8221; just a block away under the Laurier bridge.<\/p>\n<p>But if won&#8217;t be the first time the advantages of having a outdoor skating rink in the downtown core have occurred to City planners.<\/p>\n<p>This is something that most Ottawa hockey historians likely already know. But given the fact that it&#8217;s not yet formally marked with any kind of plaque &#8211; at least not the last we checked &#8211; it might be easy for most of the rest of us to miss this detail of Ottawa&#8217;s athletic history.<\/p>\n<p><!---include the specific map file I sent Evan here---><\/p>\n<p>Whilst checking out the fire insurance maps for Ottawa as published in 1902 and revised in 1912, one would notice an ice rink just across Laurier from the Drill Hall, where Confederation Park&#8217;s southeastern quarter is today. (<em>the grey-shaded area in lower left of image &#8211; Ed.<\/em> )This was the third rink built under the auspices of the Dey Brothers&#8217; shipbuilding operation in Ottawa, and the second arena to house the team we know today as <a href=\"https:\/\/secure.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/en\/wiki\/Ottawa_Senators_(original)\">the original Ottawa Senators<\/a>. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Back when it was built, it was <em>the largest hockey-supporting ice rink in Canada<\/em>. The Arena lasted twenty years, from 1907 to 1927. The Original Sens played there from 1908 to 1923, and those days were considered by many to be the heyday of that club: the transition from amateur to professional club via their membership in the National Hockey Association (forerunner to the NHL), the best days of players such as Fred &#8220;Cyclone&#8221; Taylor, Corb Dennehy, and Art Ross.<\/p>\n<p>The Arena hosted two Stanley Cup challenges in 1910 and 1911 &#8211; back then teams challenged one another for the trophy &#8211; and a Stanley Cup final playoff series closer to the modern standard in 1920. The Original Sens won the Cup in all three of those seasons.<\/p>\n<p><!---Insert graphic of Arena floor plan as displayed on Wikipedia: https:\/\/secure.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/en\/wiki\/File:Ottawa-Arena-Plan-1907.jpg ---><\/p>\n<p>The Arena was demolished by federal authority in 1927 to make way for the beginnings of what&#8217;s now called the Queen Elizabeth Parkway.<\/p>\n<p>And here&#8217;s an interesting sidebar: its direct predecessor? That was built <em>directly across the Canal<\/em> on the site of the present-day National Defence Headquarters Building.<\/p>\n<p>One wonders if the brass have ever considered hiving off part of the grounds for a makeshift rink for the troops over the decades.<\/p>\n<p><em>image: <a href=\" http:\/\/collectionscanada.gc.ca\/pam_archives\/index.php?fuseaction=genitem.displayItem&amp;lang=eng&amp;rec_nbr=3816060&amp;rec_nbr_list=3816060,3816030,3827534,3827532,3827531\">Library and Archives Canada<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many regular readers will already be aware of the work now underway to build an outdoor ice rink as part of Marion Dewar Plaza in front of Ottawa City Hall. This has come as welcome news to many Ottawans for a number of reasons: once finished, the rink will be easily accessible and obviously central;<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/2011\/10\/26\/the-rink-that-was-in-centretown\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;The Rink That Was, In Centretown&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7055,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5304],"tags":[4092,687,444,515,4093,4091,336,393,514,520,517,4095,516,394,518,4096,519,750,4094,752],"class_list":["post-7005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-history","tag-art-ross","tag-canada","tag-centretown","tag-confederation-park","tag-corb-dennehy","tag-fred-cyclone-taylor","tag-historical","tag-history-x","tag-hockey","tag-hockey-rinks","tag-laurier-avenue","tag-national-hockey-association","tag-nhl","tag-ottawa","tag-ottawa-senators","tag-rink-that-was","tag-sports-facilities","tag-stanley-cup","tag-the-national-hockey-association","tag-the-nhl"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Rink That Was, In Centretown - Spacing Ottawa<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/2011\/10\/26\/the-rink-that-was-in-centretown\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Rink That Was, In Centretown - Spacing Ottawa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Many regular readers will already be aware of the work now underway to build an outdoor ice rink as part of Marion Dewar Plaza in front of Ottawa City Hall. 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