History

24-hours and 10-cent burgers: A step back in time to a classic diner on Wellington Street West

By Dave Allston For forty years, one of the most popular and unique restaurants in...

Early Days: Scott Street — How one of Ottawa’s oldest roadways took shape

By Dave Allston Scott Street is undergoing a significant face lift over the next few...

‘Connecting pieces:’ Remembering 150 years of history on Richmond Road

By Dave Allston One of Westboro’s most recognizable buildings, situated at the neighbourhood’s busiest intersection,...

Early Days: Checking out — Motels, hotels and the end of a historic era. 

By Dave Allston The closure and pending demolition of Webb’s Motel on Carling Avenue represents...

Quick to act: How Ottawa quelled the Spanish flu in 1918

By Dave Allston In a short span of time, the COVID-19 virus has changed all...

Early Days: Fisher Park celebrates 100 years

By Dave Allston 2020 is a historic year for Fisher Park, the centerpiece of Kitchissippi....

Early Days: Furniture store thrived in early Hintonburg

By Dave Allston The intersection of Gladstone and Loretta is steeped in history, as many...

Eearly Days: The life and times of Patrick Mears, Westboro’s ‘Mr. Everything’

Blacksmith, community-minded citizen and fire chief instrumental in building the neighbourhood By Dave Allston When Patrick...
- Advertisement -

Early Days: History continues for Elmgrove Arena

By Dave Allston One of Kitchissippi’s hidden gems is Lions Park, a recreational outdoor park,...

Kitchissippi’s early automobile pioneers

Westboro, Hintonburg businesses thrive as the ‘oil age’ arrives in Ottawa By Dave Allston One hundred...

Digging into Kitchissippi’s vault of banking history

By Dave Allston - These days, the Wellington-Richmond corridor through Kitchissippi features a bank seemingly...

The Wellington Village neighbourhood that never was

  By Dave Allston - History fever has hit Wellington Village this summer as the neighbourhood...