Come for a walk around Ottawa's iconic grand hotel. We will consider the building structure, architectural style and architects from the original design proposals and 1912 building by the Grand Trunk Railway, the 1927 expansion by Canadian National Railways, other changes over the last fifty years, and the current proposals to replace the 1960s-era parking […]
Architectural historians Andrew Waldron and Peter Coffman – author and photographer, respectively, of the recently published guidebook Exploring the Capital: An Architectural Guide to the Ottawa Gatineau Region – will lead an evening of storytelling about some of Ottawa’s most interesting buildings and places. The event, entitled Built Ottawa: Our Places, Our Stories, will be […]
Come join the Workers' History Museum and partners as we celebrate the launch of our newest project, Capital History Comics, The Wong Brothers Make Their Mark, a comic book highlighting an Ottawa history story. Meet the illustrator and descendants of the Wong brothers, and more about the project and purchase your own copy (French and […]
A foundation of the Arms-Length Cultural Development Feasibility Study is community consultation. Your views are important! Please participate in the study’s first community feedback session - and share this invitation widely. Date: Thurs, May 10, 2018 Time: 7:00PM-8:30PM Location: Impact Hub Ottawa, 123 Slater Street, 6th floor To register: [email protected] We will share information about the study and research so far, learn more about […]
Discover the best gardening practices for growing a home vegetable garden. Learn some alternative plant profiles that you can try for fun to spice it up! Esther Bryan has been with the Master Gardeners of Ottawa- Carleton for three years now. The Master Gardeners are an organization of experienced gardeners dedicated to garden education; they give […]