HERITAGE OTTAWA

On June 10, Heritage Ottawa submitted the following letter to the Hon. Pablo Rodriguez, Minister of Canadian Heritage, responsible for the National Capital Commission (NCC),…

CBC NEWS, By Jonathon Gatehouse

It's been more than 1,360 days since a Canadian prime minister has lived at 24 Sussex Drive. The way things are shaping up, we won't see one move back in…

Originally published on May 30, 2019. The following French/English statement against the proposed Château Laurier addition was delivered in the Senate of Canada on May 30 by Senator Serge Joyal.…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

The following letter of concern for the Château Laurier addition was sent to Mayor Jim Watson and Ottawa City Councillors by conservation architect Lyette Fortin.

HERITAGE OTTAWA

The following letter of concern for the proposed Chateau Laurier addition was sent by architect Barry Padolsky to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

WHY THE PROPOSED…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

The following letter was sent by Thomas d'Aquino, noted entrepreneur and Member of the Order of Ottawa, to Mayor Jim Watson and all Ottawa City Councillors.

July 4,…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

The following letter concerning the proposed Château Laurier addition was sent by Dr. Ian Holloway, Dean of Law at the University of Calgary, to Councillor Jan Harder, Chair…

This situation at the doorstep of Environment Minister Catherine McKenna’s riding should be a call to action for her, as the federal leader on national historic sites, to address this blatant…

Originally published on May 25, 2019

HERITAGE OTTAWA | STATEMENT OF MAY 25, 2019

Heritage Ottawa has reviewed the fifth ‘’official’’ proposal for an addition to the Château Laurier…

The expansion can and must still be stopped – and better ideas explored toward a new premier hotel for the next century.

OTTAWA CITIZEN | OPINION, By Alastair Gillespie

In the wake…

Its role is limited, but given the stakes, the public would welcome any leverage

CBC NEWS, By Joanne Chianello

It was the first time in three years that Mayor Jim Watson came even…

CBC RADIO | THE HOUSE, Chris Hall

An architectural historian says the contentious planned addition to the Château Laurier could be the wake-up call Canada needs to better protect historic…

CONVIVIUM, By Raymond J. de Souza

The Château Laurier fight is over. The hideous extension will be built and Major’s Hill Park will be despoiled as it will now dwell in the shadow of an…

CBC NEWS, By Kate Porter

Critics opposing the proposed addition to the Château Laurier hotel in Ottawa say their fight is not over, and federal representatives say they're interested in…

THE CANADIAN PRESS, By David Reevely

OTTAWA—Environment Minister Catherine McKenna wants the owners of the iconic Chateau Laurier by Parliament Hill to come up with another plan for an…

CBC NEWS | By Joanne Chianello, Kate Porter

Ottawa city council has upheld a decision to allow a reviled addition to the historic Château Laurier hotel, voting down an attempt to reopen the…

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Jon Willing

Cries of “shame” howled from the public gallery Thursday after the majority of city council refused to reconsider a decision that allows the owner of the…

CBC NEWS, By Joanne Chianello

The three-year debacle over the controversial addition to the Château Laurier hotel came to a quasi-end late Wednesday afternoon in a split vote, though…

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Jon Willing

City council on Wednesday was poised to let Larco Investments forge ahead with a controversial, boxy design for a seven-storey addition to the Château Laurier…

THE PROVINCE, By Kelly Egan

There was something sad and circus-like about how the Château Laurier saga unfolded on Wednesday, strangled in procedural knots — with a touch of poison — to its…

CBC NEWS, By Joanne Chianello

City council narrowly defeated a last-ditch attempt to block a…

OTTAWA CITIZEN | OPINION, By Randall Denley

For members of Ottawa Council, Wednesday’s vote on the much-maligned addition to the Château Laurier is not about architecture, or process or…

THE STAR, By Susan Delacourt

The most fervent political fight in Canada’s capital this week has absolutely nothing to do with the coming federal election.

It revolves around the…

OTTAWA SUN | OPINION, By Rick Gibbons

It’s been called everything from an overgrown storage container to an homage to Soviet-style brutalism (thank you, Monte Solberg.) Whatever your…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

National advocacy group FRIENDS OF THE CHÂTEAU LAURIER has retained legal representation in the course of ongoing efforts to protect the Château Laurier from the…

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Jon Willing

A national spotlight will shine on Ottawa city council Wednesday when municipal politicians decide whether the latest design concept for a contemporary…

OTTAWA CITIZEN | Opinion, By Kelly Egan

I checked into the Château Laurier for the first time on a muggy Saturday in June 1991, a nervous groom with a fresh haircut, and left the next day a…

Thanks to Daniel Bezalel Richardsen for sharing his letter sent to Mayor Watson and City Councillors, which he titled "An Immigrant's Perspective on Why You Should Support the Château Laurier…

CONVIVIUM, By Raymond de Souza

When Cardus opened our Ottawa office three years back, we were proud to be in the neighbourhood – Parliament a short walk west, the National Gallery and Notre…

CBC NEWS, By Joanne Chianello

The planners behind the controversial Château Laurier hotel expansion have threatened legal action if Ottawa city council reverses its decision to allow the…

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Kelly Egan

The National Capital Commission has made it clear it won’t influence the proposed addition to the Château Laurier — come hell or the highly hideous — only days…

National Post, By Brian Platt

Under normal circumstances, a three-year planning dispute in Ottawa wouldn’t make the national news.

But when it involves the landmark Chateau Laurier…

FRIENDS OF THE CHÂTEAU LAURIER, Media Advisory

Taking action to bring about the redesign of the proposed addition to the iconic Château Laurier Hotel located across from Parliament Hill, a…

OTTAWA SUN | EDITORIAL

On Canada Day, we conjure up images of the big red-and-white birthday bash in front of Parliament, the crowds partying along Rideau Street, the families spilling into…

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Joanne Laucius

Ottawa architect and heritage consultant Barry Padolsky has written an open letter to Justin Trudeau, asking the prime minister to step in to convince…

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Kelly Egan

We don’t know much about the real people behind the Château Laurier addition. And we likely never will.

Larco Investments bought the historic property…

Councillor Mathieu Fleury tabled his "notice of motion" at the June 26 Council meeting, which passed by a narrow vote of 12-10.  As a result, the…

OTTAWA CITIZEN | By Kelly Egan

A neighbour asked a good question the other day.

If the National Capital Commission can’t influence the design of the Château Laurier addition, can’t…

GLOBE AND MAIL, By Penny Collenette

Can you ever fight city hall? It’s not easy, especially when the future of a national iconic symbol is relegated and degraded to a simple municipal…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

The Board of Directors of Heritage Ottawa is pleased to announce the selection on May 27, 2019, of Richard Belliveau as its new president. Richard has served on the board…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

As part of Welcoming Ottawa Week (WOW), June 17 to 30, 2019, the Ottawa Local Immigration Partnership, Heritage Ottawa, City of Ottawa and the Department of Canadian…

CBC NEWS | By Kate Porter

The hugely controversial addition to the historic Château Laurier hotel can go ahead, Ottawa's planning committee voted Thursday.

Several city councillors…

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Jon Willing

It might land the City of Ottawa in court, but a councillor will try to get city council to make a final decision on the Château Laurier’s controversial…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

Click here for details: https://heritageottawa.org/chateau-laurier…

OTTAWA CITIZEN | OPINION, By Bob Plamondon

"The building’s completely out of whack with what would be expected in a heritage district … It’s a ridiculous looking structure.”

These…

DAILY COMMERCIAL NEWS, By Grant Cameron

A controversial design being proposed for an addition to the Château Laurier hotel in Ottawa – the fifth that has now been floated for approval – is…

TORONTO STAR, By Penny Collenette

How do you protect what is perceived to be a public heritage space when it is privately owned? This very contentious issue is facing Ottawa’s City Council.…

Built heritage subcommittee pans hotel addition, but has little power

CBC NEWS, By Joanne Chianello

The owners of the Château Laurier have no intention of making substantial changes…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

Heritage Ottawa's David B. Flemming discussed the proposed addition with CTV NEWS OTTAWA this morning, in advance of today's meeting of the the Built Heritage…

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Jon Willing

An overwhelming number of the City of Ottawa’s official heritage protectors say council’s planning committee should reject the latest design of a proposed…