Council abdicated political responsibility by approving it, sight unseen

CBC NEWS, By Joanne Chianello

If you hate the latest version of the Château Laurier hotel addition, and if…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

Heritage Ottawa calls upon the province of Ontario to remove Schedule 11, which proposes changes to the Ontario Heritage Act, from Bill 108.

Regulations introduced to…

The Château Laurier is the linchpin of a historic capital city that Canadians can be proud of. Ottawa is about to wreck it.

Maclean's, By Stephen Maher

If you have never walked…

OTTAWA CITIZEN | OPINION By Peter Coffman

City staff has decreed that the latest design for an addition to the Château Laurier meets the standard of compatibility with the historic hotel…

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Jon Willing

The company that owns the Château Laurier is “tone-deaf” to criticisms piling up over the proposed addition to the historic hotel, Mayor Jim Watson said…

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Jon Willing

City planners back the latest design of an addition to the Château Laurier, despite criticism that the expansion would sully the image of the heritage hotel…

CBC NEWS, By Joanne Chianello

The fifth — and possibly final — version of the controversial addition to Ottawa's iconic Château Laurier is now public, and while it's smaller in scale than…

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Jon Willing

The owner of the Château Laurier has filed what it hopes will be its last attempt at designing an addition to the historic hotel.

City staff on…

LE DROIT, Charles-Antoine Gagnon

Henry Cyr devra se trouver un nouvel endroit où jouer de la guitare.

Ce qu’il reste de l’immeuble où il s’était installé samedi matin à l’angle des…

CBC NEWS, By Kimberley Molina

Buried beneath the flowers, trees and statues dotting the grounds of Parliament Hill are the remnants of a military complex that predates both Confederation…

OPINION | OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Barry Padolsky

In 2027, The citizens of Ottawa will celebrate the 200th anniversary of the founding of Ottawa’s historic ByWard Market, one of Canada’s oldest…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

On April 29, 2019, the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal (LPAT) – the regulatory body created to replace the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) – ordered the City of Ottawa to issue…

HERITAGE OTTAWA NEWSLETTER (page 4), By Carolyn Quinn

Last December I had the privilege of touring the new Senate of Canada Building with some of the talented and committed people who…

and the

WHEN: Saturday, May 25, 2019 | 8:30am to 4:30pm

HERITAGE OTTAWA

Jane's Walk is an annual weekend festival of free neighbourhood walking tours throughout Ottawa-Gatineau, led by local citizens who care…

HERITAGE OTTAWA, By Peter Coffman

The following article by Heritage Ottawa Board Member Peter Coffman also appears in today's Ottawa Citizen.

The world watched transfixed as Notre…

CBC NEWS Ottawa

More properties in Centretown could be designated as heritage buildings, as the city embarks on a heritage study of a much wider area than is currently recognized.

CBC NEWS Ottawa

Fire crews in Ottawa have a major blaze in the city's historic ByWard Market area under control.

Flames were first reported around 11:30 a.m. ET on the roof of…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

The International Day of Monuments and Sites, also known as World Heritage Day, is marked each year on April 18.

On April 18, 2019 , ICOMOS Canada and NSERC CREATE…

The Aberdeen Pavilion, a National Historic Site of Canada also designated under the Ontario Heritage Act, requires repairs and major rehabilitation work.  The following is excerpted from an…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

Members of the public are invited to attend two upcoming heritage events organized by Carleton University, taking place on April 26 and 27, 2019: the 2019 Herb Stovel…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

Heritage Ottawa is pleased to report that City Council has passed a long-overdue increase to the Heritage Grant Program for Building Restoration in the 2019 City budget.…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

Heritage Ottawa's Leslie Maitland appeared on CTV NEWS OTTAWA this morning to discuss two local heritage structures each facing a critical crossroads.

The latest…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

Heritage Ottawa recently learned that at least two of the city's most important heritage structures appear on a list of city-owned buildings available for corporate naming…

CBC NEWS, By Krystalle Ramlakhan

People in Hintonburg are still calling for the sidewalk around the partially-collapsed Magee House to be reopened.

Ever since the wall of the old…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

On February 6, Heritage Ottawa submitted a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau regarding the future of 24 Sussex Drive. The letter was copied to the leaders of the…

Heritage Ottawa has been advocating for years for the conservation of 24 Sussex Drive, a classified federal heritage building. ( See our recent letter of February 6, 2019 to the PM.) The following…

HERITAGE OTTAWA | STATEMENT OF MARCH 4, 2019

For more than two years, Canadians have been witnessing with growing concern a sequence of various design proposals for an addition to the…

Following today's release of the latest design for the Chateau Laurier addition, the following report was posted to CBCNews.ca

CBC NEWS, By Ryan Tumilty

The developer behind the…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

Excellence in preservation of Ottawa's architectural heritage was recognized at last week's 2019 Ottawa Heritage Awards, held at the University of Ottawa's Alex Trebek…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

Heritage Ottawa took advantage of the celebratory Heritage Day mood at City Hall on February 19 to present our annual Gordon Cullingham Research and Publication Fund to…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

A city staff report recommending designation of the Booth Street Complex as a property of cultural heritage value under the Ontario Heritage Act (OHA) received the support…

BILL 66 AND ALL THAT

OHA+M BLOG (Ontario Heritage Act and More), By Dan Schneider

I have been putting off writing about Bill 66, the proposed Restoring Ontario's Competitiveness Act.…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

Heritage Ottawa is pleased to co-host a two-part event at the next NCC Urbanism Lab.

Thursday, February 14,…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

The School of Indigenous and Canadian Studies invites submissions from related scholars and practitioners of Architecture, Curatorial Studies, Engineering, Heritage…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

Last November, Liberal MP John Aldag tabled Petition E-1778 (National Historic Sites) calling upon the Minister of Environment and Climate Change to work with the Minister…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

More than ten years have passed since an Auditor General's report called for urgent repairs to 24 Sussex, the official residence of Canada's prime ministers. …

HERITAGE OTTAWA

Heritage Ottawa warmly congratulates Dr. Christina Cameron on her recent award of the Prix-Gérard Morisset 2018 for Heritage, one of the cultural awards bestowed by Les Prix…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

An exhibition of alternative designs for an addition to the Château Laurier Hotel, created by students of Carleton University's Azrieli School of Architecture and Urbanism,…

THE HTA BLOG, By Peter Coffman

I’ve believed for a long time that the proposed addition to the Château Laurier was based on faulty premises that need to be re-thought.  So, just what…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

Ever since the first design proposal for an addition to the Château Laurier was unveiled over two years ago, frustrated Ottawans have been asking, “can’t it be something…

OTTAWA CITIZEN | EDITORIAL BOARD, By David Jeanes

Re: Owner of Somerset House would rather tear it down, build a replica building, Nov. 16, 2018

So the owner of Somerset House has…

Heritage Ottawa is pleased to be hosting an exhibit of designs for an addition to the Château Laurier created by students at Carleton University’s Azrieli School of Architecture and…

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Jon Willing

The owner of Somerset House, the ramshackle building at a landmark downtown intersection, says he wants to demolish it and construct something that reflects…

CBC NEWS, By Joanne Chianello

The city should make a definitive decision on whether it will demolish a privately owned heritage building in…

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Jon Willing

Ovidio Sbrissa is prepared to fight city hall if Ottawa’s chief building official orders the total destruction of his Magee House in Hintonburg.

“That…

OTTAWA CITIZEN | Editorial, By Liz MacKenzie and Gail McEachern

Ottawa has 20 heritage conservation districts, ranging in size from the enclave of 23 modernist houses in Briarcliffe and…

CTV NEWS Montreal

The City of Montreal is celebrating a big win after a Superior Court judge has compelled the owner of two crumbling heritage buildings to take action.

The two…

CBC NEWS, By Kate Porter

The owner of Magee House is once again vowing to save the historic building, barely two weeks before it's…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

The municipal elections on October 22 provided an opportunity to consider the vital role of heritage places in our urban, suburban and rural environments.

To see…