Dear Editor, I was surprised by your paper’s reporting on the redevelopment of Lion’s Park (December issue), which only presented one side of the highly contentious and precedent-setting proposal. This redevelopment – I call it encroachment – has a great impact on our community, for adjacent residents and […]
In 2018, Domicile Developments applied to the City of Ottawa to rezone three addresses on Roosevelt Avenue from three to six storeys. The developer plans to demolish three single-family homes and build a six-storey mixed-use building with 35 condo units with retail businesses on the first two floors […]
Congratulations to Councillor Jeff Leiper and the City of Ottawa for conducting the Westboro Infill Study. There is only one problem, the title of the study is wrong. The term “infill” is defined as the development of vacant parcels of land within previously built areas. In direct contrast […]
Story and photos By Anita Grace Living in one of the “hottest” neighbourhoods can be both a blessing and a curse. Westboro is hailed as a prime destination for shopping and fine dining. Hintonburg is the latest “it” neighbourhood, a vibrant community with craft breweries and other trendy […]
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if Kitchissippi had more residents like Anna Jahn, who was featured in the Humans of Kitchissipi segment of the October KT! She wanted to build community, to get to know her neighbours better, so she organized a neighbourhood dinner, with almost 130 residents in […]
By Bradley Turcotte – Approximately 50 passionate Kitchissippi residents attended an open house hosted by Domicile Developments on February 20 to communicate their concerns regarding the intensification the company’s proposed plan for 398, 402 and 406 Roosevelt Avenue would bring. Domicile has filed a proposal with the City […]
By Alyson Queen – Westboro is a hot destination for new business and development in Ottawa, especially as it prepares for its next chapter with LRT later this year. But a new proposal received for 398, 402 and 406 Roosevelt Avenue has once again highlights the lack of […]
By Jared Davidson – After 27 years, one of Westboro’s most iconic landmarks is about to come down. Earlier this year, Ottawa’s city council approved a new 24-storey development that will take the place of the old Trailhead location, a post and beam building at the corner of […]
By Allegra Newman – At the corner of Island Park and Wellington, enveloped by often heavy and noisy traffic, is a tiny irregular piece of greenspace that buffers a residential neighbourhood. It’s partly owned by the City of Ottawa and the NCC. On June 9, Kitchissippi Councillor Jeff […]
Special to KT by Andrew King – I read with great interest the proposal that has been submitted for the former Champlain Oil Gas Station at 70 Richmond Road. This 1934 former gas station incorporates a style of architecture and a history that we see slowly dwindling as […]
Kitchissippi is one step closer to another heritage designation. One day after council voted to approve the designation of Broadview Public School, the Built Heritage Sub-Committee began the process to designate the Bayview Yards building at 7 Bayview for heritage status. Heritage planner Lesley Collins says the building, […]
Dear Editor, On January 14, 2015, I was able to witness democracy in action at a City of Ottawa Committee of Adjustment hearing on the proposed redevelopment at 526 Kenwood Ave. For those not familiar with the 10,140 square foot property, it is a two storey, 3,500 square […]
Dear Editor, I am writing to you this morning, because the gas company contractors are installing gas lines to two new semi-detached houses across the street and they are trampling on my garden plants. They were asked kindly yesterday to be careful with the plants, but it never […]
By Anita Grace – Municipal Works Building #4 in Mechanicsville’s Bayview Yards is a 1940s-era industrial warehouse made of brick and steel. Its interior walls are covered with graffiti. Pigeons roost in the exposed rafters. But plans are underway to transform this building into a world-class Innovation Centre. […]
Q: I was wondering what is going in at 401 Richmond Road on the site of the old Heather’s… Thanks, Laurie A: Thanks for your question Laurie! Kitchissippi has seen so much commercial development along the main strip, and this is really just one example of some of […]
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