centretown

** A HERITAGE OTTAWA BOOK LAUNCH ** Wednesday, December 13, 2017 - 19:00 to 21:00 Join Heritage Ottawa as we launch our newest book with this special presentation by two of its contributors, Shannon Ricketts and Susan Ross. The fascinating story of how apartment house living emerged in 20th century Ottawa focuses on Centretown, Sandy Hill and parts of Lowertown East. ...

Around four years ago, I wrote a short piece for Ottawa Start about the Elphin Apartments, at the corner of Gladstone and Metcalfe in Ottawa’s Centretown. Given the parameters, I was generally pleased with the results but one thing really bothered me: just who was behind the apartment? ...

A Centretown board game cafè may have closed, but their doors will reopen Wednesday to sell off its game library. Monopolatte announced on Facebook Sept. 19 they would close at the end of September. Owner David Narbaitz told the _ Ottawa Citizen _ his business did not generate enough business to pay his employees livable wages. ...

_ “Upper floor public assembly halls were once a feature of social and political life on Bank Street. At their peak, around 1900, there were at least half a dozen public halls on top of commercial storefronts. These halls were rented out for entertainments, social functions, public lectures, and political rallies. ...

You are invited to attend an open house for the proposed cycling facility along O’Connor Street, from Wellington Street to Glebe Avenue.  The open house will take place in Jean Pigott Place at City Hall (110 Laurier Avenue West) on Thursday, April 9. ...

_ A weekly feature by Christopher Ryan , a local photographer, blogger and researcher. _ _ _ [ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/01.-New-Trafalgar-House.jpg) _ Trafalgar House, the former home of the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 16. Image: May 2014 _ In 1918, seeking a club house for returned soldiers of the trenches, the Great War Veterans' Association (GWVA) successfully convinced the City of Ottawa to purchase the a large stone home on the southeast corner of Cartier and Cooper streets in Centretown. ...

A weekly feature by Christopher Ryan, a local photographer, blogger and researcher. The entrance to the Connor Court Apartments, 250 O’Connor St. Photo: April 2014. O’Connor Street today is not normally one where we stop and smell the roses. The one-way street tends to be much quicker than Metcalfe, its counterpart to the east and as much of the traffic is bound for the Queensway, speed is the key. ...

Thanks to illustrator Colin White for letting us publish this sketch he did of Ada’s Diner on Bank Street. About a decade ago I lived just around the corner from Ada’s on Arlington Avenue. It was always a cozy place to have some coffee and eggs. ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/centretown-buzz.jpg) Saw today that the Centretown Buzz has a new website – and some good new content too. It’s the work of new editor Frank Appleyard , who also created a new look for the newspaper and a Twitter feed too . ...