Have Your Say Emergency and Protective Services is conducting a review of the City of Ottawa’s 2013 Vacant Building Strategy. This strategy introduced a proactive inspection and enforcement regime for vacant buildings and lots, with the aim of reducing community nuisance and public health and safety issues for these properties.
The two-storey building at 1123-1125 Bank Street has now sat vacant and boarded up for 12 years. It was gutted by fire in 2009 and has been a challenge ever since, a significant concern for us in Old Ottawa South and for small businesses on Bank Street. There has been regular graffiti on the building, bylaw complaints about garbage left out, leaks, animals, and other issues.
We are very excited to see the transformation of a venerable business in the Sunnyside/Seneca area, from what seems to have been a “corner store” forever…or at least since we arrived in the neighbourhood in 1995! The transformation began, when the new owners started clearing out junk in the back of the store. This is where the brothers Fares and Tamer discovered an old butchers block. They realized they were continuing an Old Ottawa…
As we sit at home in this second lockdown, many of us have been enjoying the chance to watch movies together more than ever. For a lot of us, that means renting DVDs from a local small business, Glebe Video International. Film lovers in Ottawa know that Glebe Video International is an irreplaceable gem, the place where one can find thousands of films from around the world and through the decades—films no streaming service…
In this announcement from the October 1978 OSCAR, Larry McDonald reports on a new name in the neighbourhood. What’s in a name? In this case $150.00. At least that’s what it means to Mr. Stuart Heibein of Scotia Place whose slogan, “Bank Between the Bridges” is the new name for the Ottawa South stretch of Bank Street.
Property Title: The Corner of Sunnyside Avenue and Seneca Street Address: 431, 435, 437 Sunnyside Avenue and 41, 43, and 44 Seneca Street, Ottawa, Ontario. Introduction The corner of Sunnyside Avenue and Seneca Street currently comprises four buildings which combine commercial and domestic spaces. In the early period of Old Ottawa South’s development (pre-1950) this corner had particular importance as one on which Ottawa’s streetcars turned. It has continuously included commercial spaces since 1907.
A beloved Bank Street establishment, owned and operated by former local resident Arthur McGregor, closed in 2015. The folk music community in Ottawa, in Ontario, and, indeed, across Canada, was dealt a harsh blow with the announcement that the Ottawa Folklore Centre has fallen into bankruptcy and has closed. The announcement came in a letter to the community (see below) from Arthur McGregor, who founded the Ottawa Folklore Centre in 1976 and ran it…
This excerpt from April 1979 OSCAR tells of the local business establishment: J.D. Gervin & Sons Ltd. Strolling down Bank St, on a balmy spring evening, when you get to the Cameron Ave. area—Trinity Church, Hillary’s, The House of Era, and the Savannah, you’ll see Gervin’s—the plumbing and heating business of J. D. Gervin & Sons Ltd. a real Ottawa South landmark. The Gervin firm has been at its present location, 1227 Bank St.,…
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