history

_ ** Editor’s note: ** Today’s guest blog is from Dave Allston, an Ottawa writer and researcher. Dave is a history buff who runs a service called House Story Co. , providing research about old homes and businesses in the Kitchissippi area. ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: A long-time Glen Cairn resident told me recently about an old swing set that he once saw in the greenbelt along the Old Quarry Trail on the south side of Robertson Road. He said he thought it was part of one of an old motel that used to be along the road, before the NCC bought the land and designated it as Greenbelt. ...

The newly renovated, century-old Horticulture Building and a programmable art installation called _ Moving Surfaces _ were officially opened today at the new Lansdowne Park.  Mayor Jim Watson, Councillor Mark Taylor, Chair of the Community and Protective Services Committee, and Councillor David Chernushenko cut the ribbon to officially open the Horticulture Building. ...

Here is the message from Her Majesty The Queen on the Rededication of the National War Memorial in Ottawa, as delivered by Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal during the Remembrance Day ceremony: “Seventy five years ago, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth dedicated this National War Memorial in honour of all those who paid the supreme sacrifice in the Great War. ...

The Auto-Sky Drive-In was located at the corner of Baseline and Fisher. Image: geoOttawa (1958) Aerial. Although they have come to occupy a somewhat legendary position in North American popular culture, the glory days of the drive-in theatre were actually somewhat short-lived, being largely confined to the 1950s. ...

War of 1812 Monument by Don Douglas, on the OttawaStart Flickr Pool The Honourable Shelly Glover, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages, along with Toronto artist Adrienne Alison, today officially inaugurated the War of 1812 Monument on Parliament Hill. ...

_ A regular feature by Christopher Ryan , a local photographer, blogger and researcher. It appears every Friday on our blog. _ _ _ [  ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/01.-2B2014-08-19-Corner-Elgin-Cooper.jpg) _ 1 There are a number of stories to be told of this diminutive midcentury commercial block. ...

_ A regular feature by Christopher Ryan , a local photographer, blogger and researcher. _ [ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/01.-From-Somerset.jpg) _ Originally known as the Laurentian Towers, the Suites of Somerset has seen its share of action. Image: July 2014. _ With the significant number of apartment towers that were constructed around Ottawa during the 1960s and 1970s, it would be easy to forget that for every two constructed, there is probably one that didn’t make it off the drawing board. ...

OttawaStart received this note from Paul Tierney in the United Kingdom: Hi my name is Paul Tierney and I am looking for a photograph of the Mackenzie-Papineau Brigade Memorial showing my uncle's name Frank Tierney. My Dad lives in England too and would welcome a photo of his brother's name on the memorial. ...

** UPDATE: ** Andrew King edited a short video of our search… About 15 minutes south-west of Richmond, there’s an old pioneer cemetery buried in the Marlborough forest, all but forgotten except for a small historic plaque. It’s called the “Dwyer Hill Pioneer Roman Catholic Burial Ground” and was in use up to around 1867. ...