#bike #pedestriansFinalist names for pedestrian bridge announcedCity Journal reports today that the Rideau Canal Pedestrian Bridge Committee has announced the three names in the running for the bridge. After receiving 50 suggestions, the final three choices are: ** ** * Somerset Footbridge * Charlotte Whitton Footbridge * Corktown Footbridge Previously: ...
#media #radioHappy 60th birthday CFRACFRA is celebrating is 60th birthday today. On Saturday, May 3, 1947, the station went live on the airwaves just after 8:00pm. CFRA has a great 60th Anniversary web site with archival audio, photos, other artifacts from their 60 years in our community. ...
Weekend reading #2: Building houses in Meadowlands, circa 1956From Nepean This Week , and article about early developments in Nepean’s Meadowlands area in the 1950’s: Meadowlands residents remember the houses they built together when the area was farmland. … This year marks the 50th anniversary of a group of families in Nepean, mostly of young scientists in their late 20s from Radio Propagation Laboratory in Shirleys Bay, who organized themselves into a co-operative and built homes in the Meadowlands area when it was still dirt roads and farmland. ...
Weekend reading #1: Lorne Street resident says "au revoir" after 93 yearsFrom the Centretown Buzz , here’s a story about Adrienne Brunet, a resident of Lorne Street (in Chinatown) for the past 93 years: Mlle Brunet is the longest living resident on Lorne Avenue, having been in her home at 125 Lorne Avenue for about 93 years. ...