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Author: John Chenier

  • Shake off those post-Christmas, cold winter blues

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    Maintenant, une toute nouvelle destination pour Winterlude / Bal de Neige, en plein cœur de votre marché public By! En février, Patrimoine canadien déménagera le Concours international de sculpture sur glace, le Concours de la Société canadienne des sculpteurs sur glace et d’autres démonstrations de sculpture sur glace à notre historique marché By. Des activités…

  • Basse-Ville en fête! Lowertown Summer Celebration!

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    Venez rencontrer vos voisins lors de la fête de la Basse-Ville! Comme meet your neighbours during the Lowertown Celebration! Event this Saturday May 27th at Jules Morin Park from 10:00am to 2:00pm. Détails ci-dessous:

  • Echos of a lost building

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    The CapitalModern.ca website publishes features about “modern architecture” in the national capital region, generally regarding works constructed during the years of 1945-1975.  The site has dedicated a page to before and after pictures of the Union du Canada demolition and the new construction site at Dalhousie and York streets in Lowertown. Last month Capital Modern added a research document…

  • LCA annual general meeting

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    Date: Monday, May 25, 2015Location: Jules Morin Park Fieldhouse, 400 Clarence StreetTime: 6:00 – 8:30 pm The business meeting will include the election of the board of directors The Lowertown Community Association board of directors includes the following positions: President (must have previously served on the board of directors), two Vice Presidents, Secretary, Treasurer, three…

  • First public timepiece in Ottawa

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    Anyone interested in Lowertown history should read the April 28, 2014 article on Urbsite about the former General Hospital–now called Bruyère Hospital–at the corner of Sussex and Bruyère.It includes this fascinating fact: ‘The addition on the second storey of a matching pair of sundials, in 1851, was designed by Father Jean-François Allard, a geometry teacher. These…

  • Two firsts for The Lowertown Echo

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    Thanks to the support of both longstanding and new advertisers, our community newspaper has taken two leaps forward this month. For the first time, the February-March 2015 edition of The Lowertown Echo – L’Écho de la Basse-Ville includes four colour pages. Another first: it’s being delivered by Canada Post. This allows us to reach all the residential addresses…

  • How our community is changing

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  • Winter walkability audit

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    This week Lowertown community members invited Councillor Mathieu Fleury to join us on a winter walkability audit. Led by John Woodhouse, we gathered on William Street and noted issues with the construction barricades up for the LRT station and delivery trucks when parked in front of the Highlander which prohibited pedestrian access. It would be…

  • We’ve been yarn-bombed

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    Written by Michelle Ramsay-Borg; photos by Greta Grip Waller Mall, which runs between Rideau and George east of Dalhousie, was yarn-bombed on February 10th by Lowertown resident Greta Grip. The art installation, which is supported by the City of Ottawa, is meant to be up until the end of March. Greta recounts that while she…

  • Notre Dame

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    Residents on the west side of ‪Lowertown‬ have an interactive art work in their sights 24-7. The colour and brilliance of the spires of Notre-Dame Cathedral transform continuously. On bright summer days, they reflect blindingly white rays. They turn peach at sunrise and mauve at sunset. They’re often sterling silver or steel grey. Rarely, they…