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Month: December 2015

  • The charm of my Lowertown

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    This joyful ride along Heney Street, on the north side of Macdonald Gardens Park, was filmed on January 31st, 2015, by Lowertown resident Amber Clarke. The horses and carriage are from Cundell Stables, located at 118 York Street. The current owner, John Cundell, is the third generation of the Cundell family to operate the stables,…

  • Echos of a lost building

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    The CapitalModern.ca website publishes features about “modern architecture” in the national capital region, generally regarding works constructed during the years of 1945-1975.  The site has dedicated a page to before and after pictures of the Union du Canada demolition and the new construction site at Dalhousie and York streets in Lowertown. Last month Capital Modern added a research document…

  • LCA annual general meeting

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    Date: Monday, May 25, 2015Location: Jules Morin Park Fieldhouse, 400 Clarence StreetTime: 6:00 – 8:30 pm The business meeting will include the election of the board of directors The Lowertown Community Association board of directors includes the following positions: President (must have previously served on the board of directors), two Vice Presidents, Secretary, Treasurer, three…

  • First public timepiece in Ottawa

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    Anyone interested in Lowertown history should read the April 28, 2014 article on Urbsite about the former General Hospital–now called Bruyère Hospital–at the corner of Sussex and Bruyère.It includes this fascinating fact: ‘The addition on the second storey of a matching pair of sundials, in 1851, was designed by Father Jean-François Allard, a geometry teacher. These…

  • Ice blasting has begun

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    Every year in March, city staff spend a couple of weeks on the Rideau River just upstream from the Rideau Falls, cutting key lines for ice floes that are first blasted apart, then freed to float down into the Ottawa River. It’s a flood management strategy that has saved many a property in Lowertown and…

  • Two firsts for The Lowertown Echo

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    Thanks to the support of both longstanding and new advertisers, our community newspaper has taken two leaps forward this month. For the first time, the February-March 2015 edition of The Lowertown Echo – L’Écho de la Basse-Ville includes four colour pages. Another first: it’s being delivered by Canada Post. This allows us to reach all the residential addresses…