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Category: Early Days

  • Early Days

Loads of history: If the walls of Laundry Land could talk

  • by editorkitchissippicom
  • Posted on August 9, 2021September 9, 2021

By Dave Allston Laundry Land has been a staple atop of the Churchill Avenue hill…

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A black and white photo from 1935 showing two men standing outside of Kelmans Bookstore on Wellington West Street
  • Early Days

A welcoming place: The growth of Kitchissippi’s Jewish community in the 20th century

  • by editorkitchissippicom
  • Posted on June 4, 2021October 5, 2022

By Dave Allston Though Kitchissippi’s first Jewish residents had arrived in 1903, by the onset…

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A sepia tone photo of the Lieff family is seen in 1910
  • Early Days

A new home: Kitchissippi’s first Jewish residents

  • by editorkitchissippicom
  • Posted on May 5, 2021June 4, 2021

By Dave Allston The Jewish community in Ottawa has a deep appreciation for its past,…

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A black and white article from the Ottawa Journal in 1899 discussing the purchase of land for an abattoir.
  • Early Days

The story of the short-lived Tunney’s Pasture stockyards and slaughterhouse

  • by editorkitchissippicom
  • Posted on April 10, 2021

By Dave Allston Tunney’s Pasture will see a major redevelopment in the relatively near future,…

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A black and white newspaper clipping discussing the debate about the placement of the Ottawa cemetery in the April 22 edition of the Ottawa Daily Citizen
  • Early Days

How Beechwood Cemetery nearly called Westboro ‘home’

  • by editorkitchissippicom
  • Posted on March 3, 2021

By Dave Allston Beechwood Cemetery is a picturesque cemetery that, for the past 148 years,…

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A black and white illustration of people skating in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper
  • Early Days

Winter ward fun: The history of outdoor recreation in Kitchissippi

  • by editorkitchissippicom
  • Posted on February 4, 2021March 1, 2021

By Dave Allston As we approach a full year of living in a pandemic, one…

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A picture of a black and white painting of Stewart farm in the 1870s.
  • Early Days

Home for the holidays in 1880s Hintonburg

  • by editorkitchissippicom
  • Posted on November 30, 2020February 1, 2021

By Dave Allston 140 years ago, Christmastime arrived in Hintonburg. The villagers gathered with their…

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A photo of the Nepean Police station on a sepia postcard from 1947.
  • Early Days

Early Days: The 20th century tale of the Churchill Avenue police station

  • by editorkitchissippicom
  • Posted on November 16, 2020November 16, 2020

By Dave Allston Now a neighbourhood in central Ottawa, there was a time when Westboro…

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A Top Hat ad on hamburgers that ran in the Ottawa Citizen.
  • Early Days

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

  • by editorkitchissippicom
  • Posted on October 7, 2020October 7, 2020

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

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A photo of Scott Street looking east, near Holland, in 1979.
  • Early Days

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

  • by editorkitchissippicom
  • Posted on September 10, 2020

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

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A picture of the Westboro Sports Centre in the 1970s.
  • Early Days

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

  • by editorkitchissippicom
  • Posted on August 6, 2020April 20, 2021

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

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  • Early Days

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

  • by editorkitchissippicom
  • Posted on May 25, 2020April 20, 2021

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

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  • Early Days

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

  • by editorkitchissippicom
  • Posted on April 5, 2020April 11, 2020

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

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  • Early Days

Early Days: Fisher Park celebrates 100 years

  • by editorkitchissippicom
  • Posted on March 6, 2020April 5, 2020

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

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An aerial photo from 1933 which shows the Standard Bread factory on the top and Olivers on the bottom, with Gladstone running between them. National Aerial Photo Library image
  • Early Days

Early Days: Furniture store thrived in early Hintonburg

  • by editorkitchissippicom
  • Posted on January 31, 2020April 5, 2020

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

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