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  • Letter re Representation on City Committees

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    Please see the attached letter from the Lowertown Community Association sent to the Mayor in January 2019 regarding Standing Committee membership and representation. lca_letter_to_mayor_watson_re_committees_1-26-19docx.pdfDownload File

  • Park Events, Bingham, Jules-Morin

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    Bingham Park Ice RinkFamily Skating Party Every SundayPicture3rd annual La Coupe Bingham Cup CompetitionSaturday, February 9th1 pmcurrent cup holdersTeam US EmbassyvsParliamentary Press Gallery Coffee and cold drinks provided Jules-Morin Park Stay tuned for information onWinterfest,Family Day, February 18

  • You’re invited: Keynote presentation on Byward Market Public Realm Plan

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    Keynote Presentation: ByWard Market Public Realm PlanTuesday, January 22, 20196:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. (doors open at 6 p.m.)National Gallery of Canada, Auditorium, 380 Sussex DriveThe City of Ottawa invites all to an inspiring keynote presentation by renowned placemaking expert Gil Penalosa, Founder and Chair of 8-80 Cities, followed by a facilitated question and answer…

  • September 3

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    Parc Bingham Park Families for the Byward Marketare organizing a garage sale that will take place on Monday September 3th 2018for the Labour Day.Everyone is welcome to join usto bring things or buy someat Bingham Park from 9am to 3pm.————————–Les familles du Marche By organize une vente de garage qui aura lieu le jour fériédu…

  • 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:

  • The February Lowertown Echo de la Basse-ville

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    The February edition of the Lowertown Echo de la Basse-ville will focus on Arts & Culture in Lowertown – past and present. If you know of any venues (galleries, theatres and so on) or any people in our community engaged in these areas (artists, actors, dancers, authors, photographers, sculptors, musicians) or annual cultural events it…

  • The charm of my Lowertown

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    This joyful ride along Heney Street, on the north side of Macdonald Gardens Park, was filmed on January 31st, 2015, by Lowertown resident Amber Clarke. The horses and carriage are from Cundell Stables, located at 118 York Street. The current owner, John Cundell, is the third generation of the Cundell family to operate the stables,…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Ice blasting has begun

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    Every year in March, city staff spend a couple of weeks on the Rideau River just upstream from the Rideau Falls, cutting key lines for ice floes that are first blasted apart, then freed to float down into the Ottawa River. It’s a flood management strategy that has saved many a property in Lowertown and…