Back in March, I transcribed the list of apartment buildings from the 1945 Might’s Directory of the City of Ottawa and ran some minor analysis of the proportion of apartment buildings in each of Ottawa’s neighbourhoods. I decided to jump ahead to 1955, as a massive transition in the Canadian housing market was well underway.
As was the case for the 1945 list, I transcribed the 1955 list into an Excel spreadsheet and added to this site using TablePress.1Thus continuing the proud tradition of using Excel for projects that it really was not designed for. Aside from the 1955 list counting some 1198 apartment buildings (a 74.9% increase over 1945), there was an issue that may have been present in the 1945 list but was much less obvious.
One of the questions that I had become curious about while assigning a neighbourhood to the buildings in the list was of what proportion of these new buildings were part of large developments. Something dealt with at some length below. While counting those apartments that were constructed in Westboro, it became quite clear that Might’s apartment list was incomplete. Just how incomplete would not become clear until I decided to take the long way through the street directory, printed on the pink pages at the back of the book.
The conclusion? Well, as I noted above, the list at the front counted 990 individual buildings. The final tally by including the street directory was 1198 buildings. A 208 building difference. A note of caution, however. The apartment list at the front contains a number of 3 unit apartments – most often in the case that they were named. When collecting the unlisted apartments from the street directory, I did not collect additional 3 unit apartments that were not present on the list. Therefore, there will be some blend of apartment type in the list of apartments reproduced at the bottom of this page. Admittedly, this is much less discomforting than it could otherwise be, as it is also clear that Might’s clearly did not employ a rigorous method with which to classify what is an “apartment” and what is not.2As this is just the beginning of a very long project, once I have the data that I wish to have, I intend to look at each building in more detail to determine the number of units. For the time being, this is all quite preliminary and contingent on additional information.
Because of this, while I will be drawing some comparisons between 1945 and 1955, there is the caveat that I have not given 1945 the same treatment of going through the street directory. The 1945 apartment list could have been similarly incomplete leaving the number of apartments in Ottawa somewhat underreported for the time. The impression that I get, however, is that given the generally lethargic pace of construction through the Depression and Second World War, that this was much less of a problem for the 1945 edition.
Last time around, I identified apartments in the following neighbourhoods:
- Centretown3Defined by Gloucester (N), Bronson (W), Rideau Canal (E), Queensway (S). I plan to later break it down into Centretown “proper”, Golden Triangle, and the eastern portion of Chinatown.
- Downtown4Defined by the Ottawa River (N), Bronson (W), Rideau Canal (E), and Laurier (S). This can be broken down to some degree into portions, such as the old Upper Town and Midtown. “Downtown” has been subject to much shifting over the years.
- Sandy Hill5Defined by the south side of Rideau (N), Rideau Canal (W), Rideau River (E), and Mann Avenue (S). This will be further divided into Sandy Hill North, Sandy Hill South, and the University of Ottawa.
- Lowertown6Defined by Ottawa River (N), Rideau Canal/Entry Bay (W), Rideau River (E), north side of Rideau street (S). This will be further divided into The Byward Market, Lowertown West, Lowertown East, and Macdonald Gardens.
- The Glebe7Defined by Queensway (N), Dow’s Lake (W), Rideau Canal (E & S). This will be further divided into The Glebe and the Glebe Annex (much to my chagrin that west of Bronson didn’t get to create/retain its own identity).
- Ottawa South8Defined by the Rideau Canal (N), Bronson (W), Avenue Road (E), and the Rideau River (S).
- Ottawa East9Defined by Mann Avenue (N), Rideau Canal (W), Rideau River (E), and Avenue Road/Rideau River (S).
- Eastview (Vanier)10Defined by the borders of the former City of Vanier.
- Dalhousie11This one’s defined a little fuzzier, but it’s roughly in line with the Dalhousie Community Association. Roughly, Ottawa River (N), O-Train Tracks (W), Bronson (E), and Carling (W). I intend to further divide into something along the lines of LeBreton Flats, Little Italy, Nanny Goat Hill, Chinatown, and Mount Sherwood. This will likely change when it happens though.
- Hintonburg12Defined by Ottawa River (N), Holland Avenue (W), O-Train Tracks (E), and the Queensway (S). This will be further divided into Hintonburg and Mechanicsville.
- Wellington West13Defined as by Ottawa River (N), Island Park Drive (W), Holland Avenue (E), and the Queensway (S). This one’s also somewhat fuzzy, it did not experience much apartment construction until after the Second World War, so refinements will come later.
- New Edinburgh14Defined by the Ottawa River (N), Rideau River (W), Lisgar Road/Maple/Acacia (E), and the north side of Beechwood Avenue (S).
- Rockcliffe Park15Defined by the borders of the former Village of Rockcliffe Park.
Commensurate with development and the 1950 annexation, for this edition, I have added the following:
- Westboro16Defined by the current borders of the Westboro Community Association (plus some), roughly being Island Park to the east, Carling to the south, Denbury to the west, and the Ottawa River to the north.
- Overbrook 17Defined roughly as that area between the Rideau River to the west, Donald St. to the north, St. Laurent to the east, and the Queensway to the south.
- Laurentian View18Laurentian View / McKellar Park. Defined roughly by Woodroffe to the west, Richmond to the north, Denbury to the east, and Carling to the south.
- Carlington19Defined roughly by Maitland to the west, Carling to the north, Kingston and Caldwell to the south, and Fisher to the east.
- Woodroffe20Defined roughly by the Sir John A. Macdonald Parkway to the west, Ottawa River to the north, Dominion to the east, and Richmond to the south.
- Manor Park21Defined by the Aviation Parkway to the east, Hemlock to the south, Birch to the west, and Sandridge to the north.
- Alta-Vista22Defined roughly by the unused corridor to the east, Heron to the south, the Rideau River to the east, and Smyth to the north.
- Cummings23Defined by the Aviation Parkway to the west, the Queensway to the south, St. Laurent to the west, and Montreal Road to the north.
The table below represents a tally of the number of apartment buildings identified in the 1955 Might’s Directory. As the 1945 tally was 685 apartment buildings, 1955’s 1198 buildings24The database above contains 1198 entries. Might’s collected a number of larger-scale developments into single listings and I have broken them out for the purposes of this tabulation. represents a 74.9% increase. As I will briefly discuss below, this is only part of the story.
We can see here that Centretown retained its position atop the list as the neighbourhood with the greatest share of apartment buildings. Sandy Hill retained its position as the second, though its “lead” above the next would have been considerably less had it not been for the construction of the CMHC’s Strathcona Heights apartment cluster at the south end of the neighbourhood, which totaled 52 buildings.
For my own purposes, it was the explosion of apartment construction in neighbourhoods like Eastview (Vanier), Westboro, and Carlington that really came to stand out. Eastview, for example, had just 5 apartments listed in the 1945 edition of Might’s. By 1955, there were 129 listed, a 2480% change in a decade.25In this case, I did review the 1945 edition of Might’s for apartments listed in the street directory. On its own, the increase would be something to take notice of. The form and delivery of this increase is also worth note and is ultimately what captured my attention.
The 1955 List
Name | Address | Neighbourhood |
---|---|---|
Aberfeldy | 226 O'Connor | Centretown |
Acadia | 229 Waverley | Centretown |
Acon | 60 Stewart | Sandy Hill |
Addison | 2 Driveway | Centretown |
Afton | 165 Florence | Centretown |
Ahearn | 64 Arthur | Dalhousie |
Ajax | 331 MacLaren | Centretown |
Albany | 340 Somerset W | Centretown |
Alden | 207-211 O'Connor | Centretown |
Aletea | 422 Queen | Downtown |
Allison | 126 Somerset W | Centretown |
Almonte | 31 Florence | Centretown |
Altro | 375 McKay | New Edinburgh |
Ambassador Court | 612 Bank | Glebe |
Amberleigh | 70 College | Sandy Hill |
Amherst | 458 Laurier W | Downtown |
Andrew | 50 MacLaren | Centretown |
Anna | 315 Wilbrod | Sandy Hill |
Annadale | 586 Kirkwood | Westboro |
Antrim | 181 Waller | Sandy Hill |
Appin | 243 McLeod | Centretown |
Apsley Hall | 188 Metcalfe | Centretown |
Arcadian | 137 Bay | Downtown |
Archambault | 73 Clarence | Lowertown |
Argyle | 37 Argyle | Centretown |
Argyle | 467 Laurier W | Downtown |
Arlington | 15 Arlington | Centretown |
Armstrong | 149 Laurier W | Downtown |
Arrondale | 584 Chapel | Sandy Hill |
Arthur | 83 Arthur | Dalhousie |
Ashburnham | 11 Primrose | Dalhousie |
Ashton | 18 Somerset W | Centretown |
Astor | 248 Elgin | Centretown |
Athlone | 225 MacLaren | Centretown |
Attleborough | 258 Laurier W | Downtown |
Auger | 236 Bradley | Eastview |
Auger | 266 Marier | Eastview |
Augusta | 542 Rideau | Sandy Hill |
Aurora | 794½ Bank | Glebe |
Avenue | 127 Second | Glebe |
Avilla | 334 Besserer | Sandy Hill |
Bachelor | 280 Laurier E | Sandy Hill |
Badali | 138 Second | Glebe |
Balfour | 254 Cooper | Centretown |
Ballyshannon | 343½ Lisgar | Centretown |
Bancroft | 36 Third | Glebe |
Bay | 135 Bay | Downtown |
Beach | 196 Metcalfe | Centretown |
Beaconsfield Place | 240 Gilmour | Centretown |
Beatrice | 150 Rideau | Sandy Hill |
Beaudry | 263 St. Andrew | Lowertown |
Beaulieu | 24 McDougal | Sandy Hill |
Beechwood | 94 Beechwood | Eastview |
Belgarde | 385 Besserer | Sandy Hill |
Belgrave Terrace | 322 Frank | Centretown |
Bell | 765 Bank | Glebe |
Belle | 152 Osgoode | Sandy Hill |
Bellevue | 530 King Edward | Sandy Hill |
Belmont | 174 Clarence | Lowertown |
Belmont | 385 Waverley | Centretown |
Belvedere | 154 Daly | Sandy Hill |
Benmore | 325 Cooper | Centretown |
Berkley | 261 Laurier E | Sandy Hill |
Bernice | 131-133 Chapel | Sandy Hill |
Bessborough | 215 Gladstone | Centretown |
Bethany | 1188 Gladstone | Hintonburg |
Beverley | 265 Daly | Sandy Hill |
Beverley | 346 Somerset W | Centretown |
Biltmore | 215 Percy | Centretown |
Binrock | 1 Flora | Centretown |
Blackburn | 92-94-94 Blackburn | Sandy Hill |
Blackburn | 223 Somerset W | Centretown |
Blackburn Court | 99 Blackburn | Sandy Hill |
Blake View | 280 Blake | Eastview |
Bonnie Brae | 574 Kirkwood | Westboro |
Bordley | 188 Stewart | Sandy Hill |
Boulanger | 143 Nepean | Centretown |
Bourque | 346-352 Bruyere | Lowertown |
Bower | 157 James | Centretown |
Bradley | 140 Arthur | Dalhousie |
Braemar | 171 Lisgar | Centretown |
Brentwood | 221 Gilmour | Centretown |
Brock | 167 Florence | Centretown |
Brockton Court | 126 Catherine | Centretown |
Bromley | 459-465 Metcalfe | Centretown |
Bronson | 292 Bronson | Dalhousie |
Brunswick | 280 Crichton | New Edinburgh |
Buckingham | 400 Cumberland | Sandy Hill |
Burg | 253 Crichton | Sandy Hill |
Cairo | 269 Slater | Downtown |
Calgarian | 353-357 Frank | Centretown |
Cameron | 1210-1216 Bank | Old Ottawa South |
Campbell | 139-141 Preston | Dalhousie |
Carisbrooke | 216½ Bank | Centretown |
Carisbrooke Annex | 212½ Bank | Centretown |
Carleton Manor | 210 Chapel | Sandy Hill |
Carling | 114-116 Carling | Glebe |
Carlrita | 883 Somerset W | Dalhousie |
Carlyle | 46 Carlyle | Old Ottawa South |
Carman | 185 Stewart | Sandy Hill |
Carmen | 140 Friel | Lowertown |
Cartler | 117-119 Cooper | Centretown |
Cavendish | 260 Laurier E | Sandy Hill |
Cayer | 80 Duke | Dalhousie |
Central | 360-370 Slater | Downtown |
Chalmers | 335 Cooper | Centretown |
Chamberlain Manor | 333 Metcalfe | Centretown |
Chapel | 243 Chapel | Sandy Hill |
Chapel Court | 309-311 Daly | Sandy Hill |
Chapel Hill | 350 Chapel | Sandy Hill |
Charbonneau | 218 Dalhousie | Lowertown |
Charles | 301 Wilbrod | Sandy Hill |
Charlotte | 106 Charlotte | Lowertown |
Charlotte Court | 430 Daly | Sandy Hill |
Chateau | 781 Somerset W | Dalhousie |
Chateauguay | 95 Gloucester | Centretown |
Chattan | 171 Frank | Centretown |
Churchill | 327 Cambridge | Dalhousie |
Churchill Annex | 329-331 Cambridge | Dalhousie |
Churchill | 127 Catherine | Centretown |
Churchill Court | 275 Friel | Sandy Hill |
Clairemount | 60 Cobourg | Lowertown |
Clarence | 110½ Clarence | Lowertown |
Clarendon | 5 Florence | Centretown |
Clarey | 26 Clarey | Glebe |
Clark | 201 MacLaren | Centretown |
Claudette | 100 King Edward | Lowertown |
Clayton | 416 Laurier W | Downtown |
Clemow Court | 325 Clemow | Glebe |
Cleveland | 345 Laurier W | Downtown |
Clifford | 344 Gladstone | Centretown |
Cliffview | 68 Bronson | Dalhousie |
Clifton | 591 O'Connor | Glebe |
Clovelly Court | 199 Chapel | Sandy Hill |
Cobourg | 124 Cobourg | Lowertown |
Colonial | 179 Cobourg | Sandy Hill |
Commodore | 428 Rideau | Sandy Hill |
Condon | 544 Rideau | Sandy Hill |
Congress | 172 MacLaren | Centretown |
Connaught | 455 Besserer | Sandy Hill |
Connor Court | 250 O'Connor | Centretown |
Corona | 253 Daly | Sandy Hill |
Coronation | 260½ Dalhousie | Lowertown |
Cosy Court | 465 McLeod | Centretown |
Cosy Home | 390 Frank | Centretown |
Courtland Arms | 225 Kent | Centretown |
Cowan | 47 Cameron | Old Ottawa South |
Creighton | 245 Crichton | New Edinburgh |
Crescent | 53 Primrose | Dalhousie |
Crofton | 265 Queen | Downtown |
Crown | 376 Elgin | Centretown |
Cumberland | 412 Cumberland | Sandy Hill |
Cundell | 58 Hastey | Sandy Hill |
Curtis | 98 O'Connor | Downtown |
Cypress | 474 Cooper | Centretown |
Dalhousie | 281 Dalhousie | Lowertown |
Davidson | 518 MacLaren | Centretown |
Davidson Place | 571 Wellington | Dalhousie |
Delta | 173 Daly | Sandy Hill |
Derby Court | 352 Gilmour | Centretown |
Derlingcourt | 136-138 Slater | Downtown |
Desmonde | 214 Gloucester | Centretown |
De Valois | 178 Clarence | Lowertown |
De Vere | 480 Cooper | Centretown |
Devonshire | 285½ Laurier W | Downtown |
Devonshire Annex | 279½ Laurier W | Downtown |
Dorchester | 220 Waverley | Centretown |
Doric | 185½ Rideau | Lowertown |
Dorwick | 201-207 Besserer | Sandy Hill |
Douglas | 552 Gilmour | Centretown |
Douglas | 139 Stewart | Sandy Hill |
Dresden | 222 Elgin | Centretown |
Dubois | 48 Daly | Sandy Hill |
Duke | 347-351 Gladstone | Centretown |
Duncannon | 216 Metcalfe | Centretown |
Dundee | 381 Kent | Centretown |
Dundonald | 487 MacLaren | Centretown |
Dunne | 305 Gloucester | Centretown |
Dunne Annex | 217 Lyon | Centretown |
Earlscourt | 383 Albert | Downtown |
East Arm | 195 Osgoode | Sandy Hill |
Edgar | 800½ Bank | Glebe |
Edgar | 225 St. Patrick | Lowertown |
Edgewater | 60 Stanley | New Edinburgh |
Edgewood | 297 Richmond | Westboro |
Edmond | 453 Lewis | Centretown |
Edward | 326 Lyon | Centretown |
Eileen | 468 Clarence | Lowertown |
Eleanorcourt | 359 Gilmour | Centretown |
Elgin | 370 Elgin | Centretown |
Elinora | 210 Somerset E | Sandy Hill |
Elinore | 179 Bank | Centretown |
Ellen O | 110 Nepean | Centretown |
Ellsworth | 366 Frank | Centretown |
Elm | 200 Friel | Lowertown |
Elmcrest Court | 135A-135B Bay | Downtown |
Elmdale Court | 1270 Wellington | Wellington West |
Elmscourt | 189 Laurier E | Sandy Hill |
Elmire | 144-146 Slater | Downtown |
Eloise | 108 Murray | Lowertown |
Elsona | 60 First | Glebe |
Embassy Court | 345 Laurier E | Sandy Hill |
Empire | 507 Besserer | Sandy Hill |
Erindale | 173 Cooper | Centretown |
Ermac | 135 Concord | Old Ottawa East |
Errol | 202A Gloucester | Centretown |
Esther | 122 Cobourg | Lowertown |
Estherel | 300 Wilbrod | Sandy Hill |
Etta | 180 Augusta | Sandy Hill |
Evelyn | 231-233 Argyle | Centretown |
Excello | 475 Somerset W | Centretown |
Fairmont | 60 Fairmont | Hintonburg |
Fermoy | 304 Cumberland | Lowertown |
Ferncourt | 376 MacLaren | Centretown |
Fifth Avenue | 344 Fifth | Glebe |
Fleur-de-Lys | 209 Friel | Lowertown |
Florence | 221 Florence | Centretown |
Foch | 33 College | Sandy Hill |
Foster Hall | 329 Kent | Centretown |
Foster's Triplex | 258 Kent | Centretown |
Francis | 424 Lisgar | Centretown |
Franklin | 318 Laurier W | Downtown |
Frontenac | 840 Somerset | Dalhousie |
G-W Apartments | 373 Cooper | Centretown |
Gainsborough | 285-289 Metcalfe | Centretown |
Gartmore | 84 Carling | Glebe |
Gaulin | 307 Dalhousie | Lowertown |
George | 49 Rose | Lowertown |
Gervais | 380 Murray | Lowertown |
Gilbert | 293 Lisgar | Centretown |
Gilbert | 180 Clarence | Lowertown |
Gilmour | 225 Gilmour | Centretown |
Glademore | 221 Gladstone | Centretown |
Gladstone | 309 Gladstone | Centretown |
Gladstone | 374 Gladstone | Centretown |
Glenarvon | 236 Lisgar | Centretown |
Glen Eagle Court | 328 Clemow | Glebe |
Glenholm | 168 First | Glebe |
Glenwood | 67 Daly | Sandy Hill |
Gloucester | 140 Gloucester | Centretown |
Goldwyn | 1230 Wellington | Wellington West |
Gordon | 203 Fifth | Glebe |
Goulburn | 177 Goulburn | Sandy Hill |
Graham Chambers | 206 Laurier W | Downtown |
Grant | 132 St. Patrick | Lowertown |
Grayce | 352 Gladstone | Centretown |
Graziadeis | 58 Parent | Lowertown |
Grendley | 292 Frank | Centretown |
Grenville | 147 Fifth | Glebe |
Grenville Annex | 149 Fifth | Glebe |
Grenville | 444 Cumberland | Sandy Hill |
Greylock | 445-447 Somerset W | Centretown |
Greystone | 136 Bay | Downtown |
Grimbsy | 260 Somerset W | Centretown |
Grosvenor | 416 Somerset W | Centretown |
Guigues | 90 Guigues | Lowertown |
Hammond | 707 Albert | Dalhousie |
Hampton | 377 Gladstone | Centretown |
Harman | 279½ Elgin | Centretown |
Hart | 328 Gloucester | Centretown |
Hart Court | 131 Hawthorne | Old Ottawa East |
Harvey | 430 MacLaren | Centretown |
Hawthorne | 96 Hawthorne | Old Ottawa East |
Heather | 303 Cambridge | Dalhousie |
Helena | 125 Glenora | Old Ottawa East |
Helena | 231 Waverley | Centretown |
Hickman | 105-107 Preston | Dalhousie |
Hillcrest | 316 Besserer | Sandy Hill |
Hillview | 352 Bell | Dalhousie |
Hillview | 481 Slater | Downtown |
Himsworth | 81 Somerset W | Centretown |
Holbrook | 404-406 Elgin | Centretown |
Hollywood | 233 Nepean | Centretown |
Holmdene | 465 Somerset W | Centretown |
Holmleigh | 66 Fifth | Glebe |
Homelike | 126 Cambridge | Dalhousie |
Hopeworth Court | 170 Laurier E | Sandy Hill |
Hunter | 126 Albert | Downtown |
Hyde Court | 290 Mona | Eastview |
Ida | 15 Osgoode | Sandy Hill |
Imperial | 273 Slater | Downtown |
Intercolonial Court | 253-257 York | Lowertown |
Iona | 122-124 Second | Glebe |
Iona Mansions | 1127 Wellington | Hintonburg |
Iroquois | 152 First | Glebe |
Irving | 114 Irving | Hintonburg |
Ivanhoe | 320 Waverley | Centretown |
James Court | 250 Cooper | Centretown |
Jewel | 550 O'Connor | Glebe |
Joanisse | 32 Marier | Eastview |
Jock | 142-146 Primrose | Dalhousie |
Johnston Court | 580 Kirkwood | Westboro |
Joy | 208 Somerset W | Centretown |
Jocelyn | 1102 Somerset W | Hintonburg |
Julien | 134 Guigues | Lowertown |
Juliette | 12 Electric | New Edinburgh |
Kay | 579 Somerset W | Centretown |
Kealey | 17 McDougal | Sandy Hill |
Keefer | 121 Keefer | New Edinburgh |
Kelso | 53 MacLaren | Centretown |
Kelvin Court | 311 Lisgar | Centretown |
Kemnay | 221 Queen | Downtown |
Kenilworth | 200 Elgin | Centretown |
Kenmore | 90-92 Marlborough | Sandy Hill |
Kenneway | 293 Somerset W | Centretown |
Kenniston | 341-359 Elgin | Centretown |
Kenniston | 200 Waverley | Centretown |
Kent House | 293 Kent | Centretown |
Kentbrook | 151 Gloucester | Centretown |
Kenwood | 155 O'Connor | Centretown |
Kert | 433 Besserer | Sandy Hill |
Kertstone Court | 195 Cooper | Centretown |
Killarney | 367 Stewart | Sandy Hill |
Kincora | 130 MacLaren | Centretown |
King | 232 Cooper | Centretown |
King Edward | 135 King Edward | Lowertown |
King's Arms | 305 Laurier E | Sandy Hill |
Kingsbury | 396 Lisgar | Centretown |
Kingston | 256 Bank | Centretown |
Kingsway | 160 Lyon | Downtown |
Kitchener | 198 O'Connor | Centretown |
Lady Hamilton | 151 Nelson | Lowertown |
Lafontaine | 503 Cumberland | Sandy Hill |
Lafontaine | 333 Lafontaine | Eastview |
Lake View | 346 Fifth | Glebe |
Lancaster | 342 Frank | Centretown |
Landriault | 36 Russell | Sandy Hill |
Landriault | 54-56 Rideau | Sandy Hill |
Lansdowne | 38 Monk | Glebe |
La Salle | 252 Frank | Centretown |
Latouraine | 34 Electric | New Edinburgh |
Laurentian | 71 Spadina | Hintonburg |
Laurier | 455 Laurier W | Downtown |
Laurin | 294 Waverley | Centretown |
Lauzon | 257 Sussex | Lowertown |
Laval Court | 32 Irving | Hintonburg |
LeBel | 33 Heney | Lowertown |
LeBel Annex | 35 Heney | Lowertown |
Le Breton | 121 LeBreton | Dalhousie |
Lecours J.L.C. | 101 Parent | Lowertown |
Leinster | 26 Gloucester | Centretown |
Lemay | 175 Dalhousie | Lowertown |
Leonard | 10 Leonard | Old Ottawa South |
Lincoln | 356 Rideau | Sandy Hill |
Linden | 503 King Edward | Sandy Hill |
Linton | 271 Laurier E | Sandy Hill |
Lisgar | 227 Bank | Centretown |
Livingstone | 280 Carling | Glebe |
Lochmore | 419-423 Third | Glebe |
Lots | 287 Somerset E | Sandy Hill |
London Arms | 151 Metcalfe | Centretown |
Lord Amherst | 38-40 Nepean | Centretown |
Lord Nelson | 157 Nelson | Lowertown |
Loretta | 96 Charlotte | Lowertown |
Lorne | 233 Waverley | Centretown |
Lorraine | 28 Gilmour | Centretown |
Lorraine | 54 Spadina | Hintonburg |
Louise | 47 Marguerite | Overbrook |
Louvain | 120 Rochester | Dalhousie |
Lucerne | 207 Charlotte | Sandy Hill |
Lyngar | 310 Byron | Westboro |
Lynwood | 395 Chapel | Sandy Hill |
MAE Apartments | 677 Somerset W | Dalhousie |
MacDonald | 107 Metcalfe | Downtown |
MacKenzie | 191 McLeod | Centretown |
MacLaren | 52 MacLaren | Centretown |
MacLaren | 171 MacLaren | Centretown |
Maclyn | 88 Nepean | Centretown |
Major | 175-179 Wilbrod | Sandy Hill |
Major Hill | 431 Sussex | Lowertown |
Manchester | 278 Wilbrod | Sandy Hill |
Manhattan | 235 Cooper | Centretown |
Manoir Champlain | 125 Sussex | Lowertown |
Manor Courts | 296 Mona | Eastview |
Maple Court | 534 King Edward | Sandy Hill |
Maplevere | 173 Florence | Centretown |
Marlborough | 34-36 Cooper | Centretown |
Marlborough | 110 Marlborough | Sandy Hill |
Martin | 230 Besserer | Sandy Hill |
Martin Terrace | 521 King Edward | Sandy Hill |
Mary | 459 MacLaren | Centretown |
Marymount | 101-105 Waverley | Centretown |
Math | 328 St. Andrew | Lowertown |
Maurice | 183 Waverley | Centretown |
Mavis | 184 Osgoode | Sandy Hill |
Mayfair | 260 Metcalfe | Centretown |
Maymar | 77 Florence | Centretown |
Maymont | 86 Empress | Dalhousie |
Maytime | 408 Sunnyside | Old Ottawa South |
McClintock | 220 Wurtemburg | Sandy Hill |
McCord | 374-380 Somerset W | Centretown |
McCormick | 54 Somerset W | Centretown |
McCullough | 8 Tormey | Lowertown |
McIntosh | 305 Waverley | Centretown |
McKay Court | 350 McKay | New Edinburgh |
McKegg Court | 334 Bronson | Dalhousie |
McKinley | 489 Cooper | Centretown |
McLennan | 85 Nepean | Centretown |
Merton | 169 Laurier W | Downtown |
Metcalfe | 81 Metcalfe | Downtown |
Metcalfe Terrace | 340-342 Metcalfe | Centretown |
Milo Court | 145 Echo | Old Ottawa East |
Minto | 342 McKay | New Edinburgh |
Molot | 20 Heney | Lowertown |
Mons | 834 Bank | Glebe |
Montcalm | 215 Friel | Lowertown |
Montrose | 358 Lisgar | Centretown |
Moretta | 480 Rideau | Sandy Hill |
Morin | 52 St. Andrew | Lowertown |
Mount Sherwood | 414½ Arlington | Dalhousie |
Mount Sherwood | 438 Cambridge | Dalhousie |
Mountbatten | 314 Somerset E | Sandy Hill |
Namur | 117 Chapel | Lowertown |
Nepean Court | 255 Nepean | Centretown |
Nerbank | 360 Gladstone | Centretown |
New Ross | 204 Laurier E | Sandy Hill |
Nicholas | 393 Nelson | Sandy Hill |
Norman Court | 201 Cooper | Centretown |
Normandie | 485 King Edward | Sandy Hill |
North York | 209 York | Lowertown |
Northcliffe | 600 Laurier W | Dalhousie |
Norway | 178 Nepean | Centretown |
Nottingham Court | 351 Friel | Sandy Hill |
Oak Hill Lodge | 480 Oak Hill | Rockcliffe Park |
Oakland | 1119 Bank | Old Ottawa South |
Oliver | 170 Second | Glebe |
O'Neill | 414 Slater | Downtown |
Osgoode | 79 Goulburn | Sandy Hill |
Osnabruck | 514 Bay | Centretown |
Ossington | 1192 Bank | Old Ottawa South |
Ottawa | 901 Somerset | Dalhousie |
Pacific House | 173 Broad | Dalhousie |
Palace Court | 407 Elgin | Centretown |
Park | 262 Park | Eastview |
Park Square | 425 Elgin | Centretown |
Parkdale | 390-392 Elgin | Centretown |
Parkview | 126 Cobourg | Lowertown |
Parkview | 143 Echo | Old Ottawa East |
Parkview Manor | 155 Gilmour | Centretown |
Parma Hall | 295 Frank | Centretown |
Peerless | 72 Metcalfe | Downtown |
Percival | 55-59 Laurier E | Sandy Hill |
Percival | 1-3 Percy | Centretown |
Peter | 21½ York | Lowertown |
Phillip | 278 Crichton | New Edinburgh |
Pleydell | 360 Slater | Downtown |
Poirier | 160 St. Patrick | Lowertown |
Pothier | 14-16 Bruyere | Lowertown |
Powell | 215 Gilmour | Centretown |
Premier | 117 O'Connor | Downtown |
Preston | 219 Rideau | Lowertown |
Pretoria | 217 Pretoria | Glebe |
Pretoria | 575 Bank | Glebe |
Primrose | 787 Somerset W | Dalhousie |
Prince Albert | 2 Tormey | Lowertown |
Prince Charles Court | 641 Rideau | Lowertown |
Prince Charles Court | 643 Rideau | Lowertown |
Prince Charles Court | 645 Rideau | Lowertown |
Prince Charles Court | 647 Rideau | Lowertown |
Prince Charles Court | 649 Rideau | Lowertown |
Prince of Wales | 474 Elgin | Centretown |
Prince Rupert | 585 O'Connor | Glebe |
Putnam | 360-364 Lisgar | Centretown |
Queen | 255 Daly | Sandy Hill |
Queen Elizabeth | 201 Metcalfe | Centretown |
Queen Mary | 413 Elgin | Centretown |
Quinn | 74 Third | Sandy Hill |
Racine | 165 Dalhousie | Lowertown |
Racine | 99 Cathcart | Lowertown |
Racine Annex | 125 Bruyere | Lowertown |
Radmore | 43 Florence | Centretown |
Raeburn | 421 Lisgar | Centretown |
Raephil | 515 Cambridge | Dalhousie |
Ranger | 179 Broad | Dalhousie |
Rawdon | 158 Bank | Downtown |
Regal A | 290 Booth | Dalhousie |
Regal B | 807 Somerset W | Dalhousie |
Regal C | 811 Somerset W | Dalhousie |
Regent | 322 Cooper | Centretown |
Regent Court | 33 Regent | Glebe |
Regina | 205 Charlotte | Sandy Hill |
Rheaume | 218 Cumberland | Lowertown |
Rialto | 415 Bank | Centretown |
Richelieu | 364 Chapel | Sandy Hill |
Richmond | 470 Albert | Downtown |
Ritz Carlton | 97 Daly | Sandy Hill |
Ritzmore | 400 Friel | Sandy Hill |
Riverside | 21 Fentiman | Old Ottawa South |
Roberta | 512 Rideau | Sandy Hill |
Roberta Court | 180 Cooper | Centretown |
Rochdale | 320 Cooper | Centretown |
Rochester | 35 Rochester | Dalhousie |
Rockminster | 192 MacLaren | Centretown |
Rockwood | 22 Rockwood | Lowertown |
Rocque | 48 Bruyere | Lowertown |
Romaleen | 20 Nepean | Centretown |
Rose | 121 Nepean | Centretown |
Roseberry | 1 Roseberry | Glebe |
Rosedale | 100 Hawthorne | Old Ottawa East |
Roseleigh | 75 Third | Glebe |
Rosemill | 254 Rideau | Sandy Hill |
Rosemount | 165 Laurier E | Sandy Hill |
Rosetta | 779½ Bank | Glebe |
Ross | 468 Elgin | Centretown |
Rothesay | 135 Nepean | Centretown |
Rothesay | 172 O'Connor | Centretown |
Roxborough | 89 Laurier W | Downtown |
Royal Arms | 257 Daly | Sandy Hill |
Royal Arms | 235 Charlotte | Sandy Hill |
Royal Court | 405 Elgin | Centretown |
Royal York | 180 Lisgar | Centretown |
Royce | 112 Waverley | Centretown |
Ruskin | 479 Cooper | Centretown |
Russell | 255 Metcalfe | Centretown |
Russell Court | 320 Montreal Road | Eastview |
Rutland | 264 Lisgar | Centretown |
Sagamore | 382 Gladstone | Centretown |
St. Cadoc | 218 Waverley | Centretown |
St. Jean | 41 Main | Old Ottawa East |
St. Pierre | 51 St. Andrew | Lowertown |
St. Regis | 183 Somerset W | Centretown |
Saslove | 8 Chapel | Lowertown |
Scanborough | 579 Lisgar | Centretown |
Scobie | 203 Gladstone | Centretown |
Selkirk | 46 MacLaren | Centretown |
Selton | 288 Nelson | Sandy Hill |
Seymour | 360 Friel | Sandy Hill |
Shaftesbury | 210 Stewart | Sandy Hill |
Shalom | 259 Daly | Sandy Hill |
Shane | 75 Holland | Hintonburg |
Shefford | 300 Cooper | Centretown |
Shelbourne | 196 James | Centretown |
Shirland | 21 Florence | Centretown |
Shirley Court | 82 Friel | Lowertown |
Shorncliffe | 384 MacLaren | Centretown |
Sidenham Court | 234 Charlotte | Sandy Hill |
Sidmore | 300½ Wilbrod | Sandy Hill |
Slater | 374-378 Slater | Downtown |
Sorrento | 315 Frank | Centretown |
Spadina | 63-65 Spadina | Hintonburg |
Springfield | 2 Beechwood | Eastview |
Springfield Lodge | Ardmore | Woodroffe |
Standish | 258 Elgin | Centretown |
Stanford | 246 Gilmour | Centretown |
Stanley | 281 Laurier E | Sandy Hill |
Stanley | 190 Stanley | New Edinburgh |
Stanwix | 404 Daly | Sandy Hill |
Statesman | 145 Stewart | Sandy Hill |
Stevens | 300 Somerset W | Centretown |
Stewart | 258 Stewart | Sandy Hill |
Stewarton | 527 Bank | Centretown |
Stonehall | 214 Metcalfe | Centretown |
Stratford | 318 Cooper | Centretown |
Strathcona | 148 Goulburn | Sandy Hill |
Strathcona | 404 Laurier E | Sandy Hill |
Strathcona Block | 310 Somerset E | Sandy Hill |
Sula | 263-265 Slater | Downtown |
Sunny Court | 228 Fifth | Glebe |
Sunset Court | 921 Bronson | Glebe |
Surrey | 137 Second | Glebe |
Sussex | 461 Sussex | Lowertown |
Sutherland | 216 Cooper | Centretown |
Sweetland | 2 Sweetland | Sandy Hill |
Taillefer | 47 Heney | Lowertown |
Tate | 28 Roseberry | Glebe |
Temple Court | 186 Waverley | Centretown |
Tetbury | 389 Cooper | Centretown |
Theresa | 261 Fifth | Glebe |
Tiffany | 150 Driveway | Centretown |
Tillie | 1070 Wellington | Wellington West |
Titley | 52 Russell | Sandy Hill |
Tormey and Annex | 179 Laurier E | Sandy Hill |
Town House | 188 Lisgar | Centretown |
Towner | 111 Arlington | Centretown |
Tracy | 238 Gilmour | Centretown |
Trafalgar | 335 Metcalfe | Centretown |
Traymore | 262 Friel | Sandy Hill |
Trianon | 275 Laurier E | Sandy Hill |
Trio | 32 MacLaren | Centretown |
Troy | 424 Bank | Centretown |
Tweedsmuir | 475 King Edward | Sandy Hill |
Union St. Joseph | 325 Dalhousie | Lowertown |
Val Cartier | 61 Cartier | Centretown |
Valin | 435 Sussex | Lowertown |
Valiquette | 58-60 Blackburn | Sandy Hill |
Valmar | 25 Clarence | Lowertown |
Venn | 69-71 Elm | Dalhousie |
Verdun | 589½ Bank | Glebe |
Vermont | 240 Osgoode | Sandy Hill |
Victoria | 250 Frank | Centretown |
Victory | 20 Charlotte | Lowertown |
Viking | 129 Concord | Old Ottawa East |
Vimy | 244 Charlotte | Sandy Hill |
Vimy Annex | 489 Wilbrod | Sandy Hill |
Virginia | 213 Frank | Centretown |
Waldemar | 290 Gloucester | Centretown |
Waldemar | 114 Somerset W | Centretown |
Waldo | 200 Laurier E | Sandy Hill |
Waldron | 408 Slater | Downtown |
Wallace | 417 Elgin | Centretown |
Walsh | 555 Somerset W | Centretown |
Walton | 205 O'Connor | Centretown |
Waltonia | 114 Cambridge | Dalhousie |
Wanita | 152 Goulburn | Sandy Hill |
Warren | 515 Laurier W | Downtown |
Warrington | 415 Elgin | Centretown |
Washington | 275 Dalhousie | Lowertown |
Waterbury | 509 Rideau | Lowertown |
Waterton | 408 Albert | Downtown |
Waverley | 216 Waverley | Centretown |
Wayne | 22-24 St. Francis | Hintonburg |
Weldon Court | 424 Laurier W | Downtown |
Welland | 344 Frank | Centretown |
Wellington Court | 633 Wellington | Dalhousie |
Welwyn | 414 Albert | Downtown |
Wembley | 201 O'Connor | Centretown |
Wentworth | 202 Elgin | Centretown |
Western | 118 Rochester | Dalhousie |
Westhaven | 1424 Carling | Carlington |
Westhaven | 1382 Coldrey | Carlington |
Westhaven | 1398 Coldrey | Carlington |
Westhaven | 1381 Coldrey | Carlington |
Westhaven | 1397 Coldrey | Carlington |
Westhaven | 815 Kirkwood | Carlington |
Westhaven | 825 Kirkwood | Carlington |
Westhaven | 831 Kirkwood | Carlington |
Westhaven | 839 Kirkwood | Carlington |
Westhaven | 845 Kirkwood | Carlington |
Westhaven | 851 Kirkwood | Carlington |
Westhaven | 873 Kirkwood | Carlington |
Westhaven | 879 Kirkwood | Carlington |
Westhaven | 887 Kirkwood | Carlington |
Westhaven | 812 Kirkwood | Carlington |
Westhaven | 824 Kirkwood | Carlington |
Westhaven | 830 Kirkwood | Carlington |
Westhaven | 838 Kirkwood | Carlington |
Westhaven | 844 Kirkwood | Carlington |
Westhaven | 852 Kirkwood | Carlington |
Westhaven | 874 Kirkwood | Carlington |
Westhaven | 880 Kirkwood | Carlington |
Westhaven | 888 Kirkwood | Carlington |
Westview | 700 Cole | Westboro |
Westwood | 298 Arlington | Centretown |
Whitehall | 655 Rideau | Lowertown |
Wilbrod | 302 Wilbrod | Sandy Hill |
Will Court | 81 Plymouth | Dalhousie |
Williams | 651 Cumberland | Sandy Hill |
Willingdon | 265 Laurier E | Sandy Hill |
Willowdale | 441-443 Echo | Old Ottawa East |
Winchester | 324 O'Connor | Centretown |
Windermere | 206 Bronson | Dalhousie |
Windsor | 366 Laurier W | Downtown |
Windsor | 30 Windsor | Old Ottawa South |
Windsor Arms | 150 Argyle | Centretown |
Winona | 508 Besserer | Sandy Hill |
Winsome | 353 Lyon | Centretown |
Winston | 110 Gloucester | Centretown |
Woodlawn | 12 Woodlawn | Glebe |
Worthing | 154 Chapel | Lowertown |
Wright Court | 698 Bronson | Dalhousie |
Wurtemberg | 120 Wurtemberg | Lowertown |
Wycliffe | 361 Wilbrod | Sandy Hill |
Wyndham | 200 Stewart | Sandy Hill |
York | 328 Osgoode | Sandy Hill |
395 Albert | Downtown | |
397 Albert | Downtown | |
399 Albert | Downtown | |
401 Albert | Downtown | |
403 Albert | Downtown | |
485 Albert | Downtown | |
486-488 Albert | Downtown | |
504 Albert | Downtown | |
525 Albert | Downtown | |
83 Alice | Eastview | |
91 Alice | Eastview | |
100 Alice | Eastview | |
101 Alice | Eastview | |
110 Alice | Eastview | |
288 Altha | Eastview | |
252 Argyle | Centretown | |
72 Arlington | Centretown | |
270 Arlington | Centretown | |
371 Arlington | Centretown | |
106 Armstrong | Hintonburg | |
303 Arthur | Dalhousie | |
103 Bank | Downtown | |
180½ Bank | Centretown | |
245½ Bank | Centretown | |
581½ Bank | Glebe | |
931 Bank | Glebe | |
242 Bay | Centretown | |
75 Beechwood | New Edinburgh | |
279 Blake | Eastview | |
285 Blake | Eastview | |
291 Blake | Eastview | |
292 Blake | Eastview | |
296 Blake | Eastview | |
297 Blake | Eastview | |
298 Blake | Eastview | |
303 Blake | Eastview | |
308 Blake | Eastview | |
309 Blake | Eastview | |
310 Blake | Eastview | |
311 Blake | Eastview | |
315 Blake | Eastview | |
316 Blake | Eastview | |
368 Blake | Eastview | |
372 Blake | Eastview | |
376 Blake | Eastview | |
380 Blake | Eastview | |
384 Blake | Eastview | |
388 Blake | Eastview | |
392 Blake | Eastview | |
396 Blake | Eastview | |
400 Blake | Eastview | |
404 Blake | Eastview | |
412 Blake | Eastview | |
416 Blake | Eastview | |
420 Blake | Eastview | |
265 Booth | Dalhousie | |
155 Broad | Dalhousie | |
99 Bronson | Downtown | |
72-74 Bronson | Dalhousie | |
100 Bronson | Dalhousie | |
140 Bronson | Dalhousie | |
197 Bronson | Centretown | |
865 Bronson | Glebe | |
272 Byron | Westboro | |
454 Byron | Westboro | |
458 Byron | Westboro | |
99 Carling | Dalhousie | |
152 Carling | Glebe | |
25 Cartier | Centretown | |
30 Cartier | Centretown | |
63 Cartier | Centretown | |
20 Champlain | New Edinburgh | |
21 Champlain | New Edinburgh | |
24 Champlain | New Edinburgh | |
25 Champlain | New Edinburgh | |
28 Champlain | New Edinburgh | |
360 Chapel | Sandy Hill | |
Strathcona Heights | 700 Chapel Crescent | Sandy Hill |
Strathcona Heights | 702 Chapel Crescent | Sandy Hill |
Strathcona Heights | 725-727 Chapel Crescent | Sandy Hill |
Strathcona Heights | 728 Chapel Crescent | Sandy Hill |
Strathcona Heights | 730 Chapel Crescent | Sandy Hill |
Strathcona Heights | 736-742 Chapel Crescent | Sandy Hill |
Strathcona Heights | 743-747 Chapel Crescent | Sandy Hill |
Strathcona Heights | 746-752 Chapel Crescent | Sandy Hill |
Strathcona Heights | 755 Chapel Crescent | Sandy Hill |
Strathcona Heights | 765 Chapel Crescent | Sandy Hill |
557 Churchill | Westboro | |
105 Clarence | Lowertown | |
269 Clarence | Lowertown | |
20 Clarey | Glebe | |
38 Clarey | Glebe | |
Riverside Terrace | 181 Clearview | Westboro |
Riverside Terrace | 187 Clearview | Westboro |
Riverside Terrace | 201 Clearview | Westboro |
Riverside Terrace | 209 Clearview | Westboro |
Riverside Terrace | 225 Clearview | Westboro |
Riverside Terrace | 226 Clearview | Westboro |
21 Cooper | Centretown | |
160 Cooper | Centretown | |
170 Cooper | Centretown | |
224 Cooper | Centretown | |
359 Cooper | Centretown | |
Riverside Terrace | 225 Corbett | Westboro |
314 Crichton | New Edinburgh | |
89 Daly | Sandy Hill | |
115 Daly | Sandy Hill | |
119 Daly | Sandy Hill | |
209 Daly | Sandy Hill | |
315-317 Daly | Sandy Hill | |
344 Daly | Sandy Hill | |
425-429 Daly | Sandy Hill | |
31 Desjardins | Lowertown | |
86 Donald | Overbrook | |
94 Donald | Overbrook | |
133 Donald | Overbrook | |
416 Dovercourt | Westboro | |
4 Eccles | Dalhousie | |
37 Eccles | Dalhousie | |
Tillbury Terrace | 726 Edison | Westboro |
Riverside Terrace | 190 Ellendale Crescent | Westboro |
Riverside Terrace | 191 Ellendale Crescent | Westboro |
Riverside Terrace | 194 Ellendale Crescent | Westboro |
Riverside Terrace | 197 Ellendale Crescent | Westboro |
Riverside Terrace | 207 Ellendale Crescent | Westboro |
Riverside Terrace | 208 Ellendale Crescent | Westboro |
Riverside Terrace | 212 Ellendale Crescent | Westboro |
Riverside Terrace | 214 Ellendale Crescent | Westboro |
Riverside Terrace | 216 Ellendale Crescent | Westboro |
Riverside Terrace | 218 Ellendale Crescent | Westboro |
Riverside Terrace | 220 Ellendale Crescent | Westboro |
72 Fifth | Glebe | |
74 Fifth | Glebe | |
76-78 Fifth | Glebe | |
157 First | Glebe | |
163 First | Glebe | |
141 Fleet | Dalhousie | |
157 Flora | Centretown | |
306 Frank | Centretown | |
309 Frank | Centretown | |
93 Genest | Eastview | |
526 Gladstone | Centretown | |
Strathcona Heights | 305 Goulburn Crescent | Sandy Hill |
Strathcona Heights | 307 Goulburn Crescent | Sandy Hill |
Strathcona Heights | 309 Goulburn Crescent | Sandy Hill |
Strathcona Heights | 310 Goulburn Crescent | Sandy Hill |
Strathcona Heights | 311 Goulburn Crescent | Sandy Hill |
Strathcona Heights | 312 Goulburn Crescent | Sandy Hill |
Strathcona Heights | 315 Goulburn Crescent | Sandy Hill |
Strathcona Heights | 317 Goulburn Crescent | Sandy Hill |
Strathcona Heights | 319 Goulburn Crescent | Sandy Hill |
Strathcona Heights | 321 Goulburn Crescent | Sandy Hill |
Strathcona Heights | 325 Goulburn Crescent | Sandy Hill |
Strathcona Heights | 327 Goulburn Crescent | Sandy Hill |
Strathcona Heights | 328 Goulburn Crescent | Sandy Hill |
Strathcona Heights | 329 Goulburn Crescent | Sandy Hill |
Strathcona Heights | 330 Goulburn Crescent | Sandy Hill |
Strathcona Heights | 331 Goulburn Crescent | Sandy Hill |
Strathcona Heights | 332 Goulburn Crescent | Sandy Hill |
Strathcona Heights | 335 Goulburn Crescent | Sandy Hill |
Strathcona Heights | 337 Goulburn Crescent | Sandy Hill |
Strathcona Heights | 350 Goulburn Crescent | Sandy Hill |
Strathcona Heights | 353 Goulburn Crescent | Sandy Hill |
Strathcona Heights | 360 Goulburn Crescent | Sandy Hill |
Strathcona Heights | 362 Goulburn Crescent | Sandy Hill |
Strathcona Heights | 368 Goulburn Crescent | Sandy Hill |
267 Greensway | Eastview | |
168 Hawthorne | Old Ottawa East | |
15 Hill | Dalhousie | |
151 Holmwood | Glebe | |
4 Howick Place | Glebe | |
14 Howick Place | Glebe | |
526 King Edward | Sandy Hill | |
75 Landry | Eastview | |
33 Langevin | New Edinburgh | |
61 Langevin | New Edinburgh | |
64 Langevin | New Edinburgh | |
65 Langevin | New Edinburgh | |
Riverside Terrace | 212 Latchford | Westboro |
Riverside Terrace | 214 Latchford | Westboro |
Riverside Terrace | 216 Latchford | Westboro |
Riverside Terrace | 218 Latchford | Westboro |
Riverside Terrace | 220 Latchford | Westboro |
557 Laurier W | Downtown | |
576 Laurier W | Downtown | |
601 Laurier W | Dalhousie | |
603 Laudier W | Dalhousie | |
1349 Leaside | Carlington | |
252 Lisgar | Centretown | |
91 MacLaren | Centretown | |
217 MacLaren | Centretown | |
591 MacLaren | Centretown | |
Strathcona Heights | 80 Mann | Sandy Hill |
Strathcona Heights | 82 Mann | Sandy Hill |
Strathcona Heights | 84 Mann | Sandy Hill |
Strathcona Heights | 86 Mann | Sandy Hill |
Strathcona Heights | 90 Mann | Sandy Hill |
Strathcona Heights | 118 Mann | Sandy Hill |
Strathcona Heights | 120 Mann | Sandy Hill |
Strathcona Heights | 122 Mann | Sandy Hill |
49 Marier | Eastview | |
Kingsview Gardens | 29 Mark | Eastview |
Kingsview Gardens | 30 Mark | Eastview |
Kingsview Gardens | 39 Mark | Eastview |
Kingsview Gardens | 40 Mark | Eastview |
Kingsview Gardens | 49 Mark | Eastview |
Kingsview Gardens | 50 Mark | Eastview |
Kingsview Gardens | 59 Mark | Eastview |
Kingsview Gardens | 60 Mark | Eastview |
Kingsview Gardens | 69 Mark | Eastview |
Kingsview Gardens | 70 Mark | Eastview |
Kingsview Gardens | 80 Mark | Eastview |
19 McDougal | Sandy Hill | |
Tillbury Terrace | 725 Melbourne | Westboro |
100 Metcalfe | Downtown | |
280 Metcalfe | Centretown | |
283 Metcalfe | Centretown | |
287 Metcalfe | Centretown | |
289 Metcalfe | Centretown | |
379 Metcalfe | Centretown | |
120 Murray | Lowertown | |
46 Nelson | Lowertown | |
36 Nepean | Centretown | |
123 Nepean | Centretown | |
174 Nepean | Centretown | |
237 Nepean | Centretown | |
333 Nepean | Centretown | |
263 O'Connor | Centretown | |
274 O'Connor | Centretown | |
276 O'Connor | Centretown | |
281 O'Connor | Centretown | |
508 O'Connor | Glebe | |
495 Percy | Centretown | |
Strathcona Heights | 3 Philip Court | Sandy Hill |
Strathcona Heights | 5 Philip Court | Sandy Hill |
Strathcona Heights | 10 Philip Court | Sandy Hill |
Strathcona Heights | 12 Philip Court | Sandy Hill |
Strathcona Heights | 15 Philip Court | Sandy Hill |
Strathcona Heights | 17 Philip Court | Sandy Hill |
Strathcona Heights | 18 Philip Court | Sandy Hill |
Strathcona Heights | 20 Philip Court | Sandy Hill |
Strathcona Heights | 25 Philip Court | Sandy Hill |
Strathcona Heights | 26 Philip Court | Sandy Hill |
181 Preston | Dalhousie | |
72 Pretoria | Glebe | |
29 Putman | New Edinburgh | |
69 Putman | New Edinburgh | |
73 Putman | New Edinburgh | |
77 Putman | New Edinburgh | |
81 Putman | New Edinburgh | |
403 Queen | Downtown | |
31 Regent | Glebe | |
176½ Rideau | Sandy Hill | |
216 Rideau Terrace | New Edinburgh | |
563 Riverdale | Old Ottawa South | |
565 Riverdale | Old Ottawa South | |
571 Riverdale | Old Ottawa South | |
573 Riverdale | Old Ottawa South | |
279 St. Andrew | Lowertown | |
348-350 St. Andrew | Lowertown | |
66 St. Charles | Eastview | |
156 St. Patrick | Lowertown | |
635 St. Patrick | Lowertown | |
637 St. Patrick | Lowertown | |
661 St. Patrick | Lowertown | |
192 Second | Glebe | |
135 Slater | Downtown | |
137 Slater | Downtown | |
146 Slater | Downtown | |
350 Slater | Downtown | |
380 Slater | Downtown | |
412 Slater | Downtown | |
467 Slater | Downtown | |
327 Somerset E | Sandy Hill | |
329-331 Somerset E | Sandy Hill | |
40 Somerset W | Centretown | |
68 Somerset W | Centretown | |
138 Somerset W | Centretown | |
141 Somerset W | Centretown | |
149 Somerset W | Centretown | |
185 Somerset W | Centretown | |
191 Somerset W | Centretown | |
215 Somerset W | Centretown | |
418 Somerset W | Centretown | |
425 Somerset W | Centretown | |
471 Somerset W | Centretown | |
509-511 Somerset W | Centretown | |
887 Somerset W | Dalhousie | |
105 Springfield | New Edinburgh | |
63 Spruce | Dalhousie | |
98 Stewart | Sandy Hill | |
140 Stewart | Sandy Hill | |
256 Stewart | Sandy Hill | |
381 Stewart | Sandy Hill | |
19 Strathcona | Glebe | |
251 Sussex | Lowertown | |
327 Sussex | Lowertown | |
120 Tabor | Eastview | |
125 Tabor | Eastview | |
130 Tabor | Eastview | |
140 Tabor | Eastview | |
50 Third | Glebe | |
111 Third | Glebe | |
Tillbury Terrace | 340 Tillbury | Westboro |
Tillbury Terrace | 341 Tillbury | Westboro |
Tillbury Terrace | 346 Tillbury | Westboro |
Tillbury Terrace | 347 Tillbury | Westboro |
Tillbury Terrace | 352 Tillbury | Westboro |
Tillbury Terrace | 358 Tillbury | Westboro |
Tillbury Terrace | 364 Tillbury | Westboro |
Tillbury Terrace | 370 Tillbury | Westboro |
Tillbury Terrace | 376 Tillbury | Westboro |
Carling Court | 381 Tillbury | Westboro |
Carling Court | 391 Tillbury | Westboro |
Carling Court | 401 Tillbury | Westboro |
Carling Court | 407 Tillbury | Westboro |
Carling Court | 426 Tillbury | Westboro |
Carling Court | 432 Tillbury | Westboro |
105 Vachon | Eastview | |
115 Vachon | Eastview | |
959 Wellington | Hintonburg | |
963 Wellington | Hintonburg | |
209 Wilbrod | Sandy Hill | |
305 Wilbrod | Sandy Hill | |
474 Wilbrod | Sandy Hill | |
96 Wurtemberg | Lowertown | |
Carling Court | 1691 Carling | Westboro |
Carling Court | 1695 Carling | Westboro |
Carling Court | 1699 Carling | Westboro |
Carling Court | 1703 Carling | Westboro |
649 Cole | Westboro | |
Carling Court | 737 Cole | Westboro |
Carling Court | 745 Cole | Westboro |
690 Cole | Westboro | |
Carling Court | 748 Cole | Westboro |
371 Churchill | Westboro | |
381 Churchill | Westboro | |
449 Churchill | Westboro | |
451 Churchill | Westboro | |
463 Churchill | Westboro | |
533 Churchill | Westboro | |
557 Churchill | Westboro | |
673 Churchill | Westboro | |
683 Churchill | Westboro | |
715 Churchill | Westboro | |
408 Churchill | Westboro | |
472 Churchill | Westboro | |
706 Churchill | Westboro | |
710 Churchill | Westboro | |
Irene Crescent | 277 Irene | Westboro |
Irene Crescent | 283 Irene | Westboro |
Irene Crescent | 289 Irene | Westboro |
Irene Crescent | 305 Irene | Westboro |
Irene Crescent | 313 Irene | Westboro |
Irene Crescent | 321 Irene | Westboro |
Irene Crescent | 683 Irene | Westboro |
Irene Crescent | 691 Irene | Westboro |
Irene Crescent | 284 Irene | Westboro |
Irene Crescent | 306 Irene | Westboro |
Irene Crescent | 314 Irene | Westboro |
Irene Crescent | 322 Irene | Westboro |
Irene Crescent | 682 Irene | Westboro |
Carling Court | 724 Melbourne | Westboro |
Carling Court | 721 Roosevelt | Westboro |
Carling Court | 727 Roosevelt | Westboro |
Carling Court | 732 Roosevelt | Westboro |
Saxony Apartments | 177 Macy | Westboro |
Saxony Apartments | 182 Macy | Westboro |
Saxony Apartments | 183 Macy | Westboro |
Saxony Apartments | 188 Macy | Westboro |
Saxony Apartments | 189 Macy | Westboro |
Saxony Apartments | 194 Macy | Westboro |
Saxony Apartments | 195 Macy | Westboro |
Alvin Heights | 1090 Blasdell | Manor Park |
Alvin Heights | 1094 Blasdell | Manor Park |
245 Alfred | Eastview | |
120 Alice | Eastview | |
Alvin Heights | 235 Alvin | Manor Park |
Alvin Heights | 239 Alvin | Manor Park |
501 Athlone | Westboro | |
508 Athlone | Westboro | |
512 Athlone | Westboro | |
8 Aylmer | Old Ottawa South | |
170 Breezehill | Hintonburg | |
310 Breezehill | Dalhousie | |
314 Breezehill | Dalhousie | |
318 Breezehill | Dalhousie | |
16 Bullman | Hintonburg | |
7 Bullock | Old Ottawa South | |
282 Byron | Westboro | |
288 Byron | Westboro | |
Byron Estates | 890 Byron | Laurentian View |
Lockhart Estates | 1012 Byron | Laurentian View |
5 Charlevoix | Eastview | |
154-156 Dagmar | Eastview | |
54 Centennial | Old Ottawa South | |
196 Donald | Overbrook | |
200 Donald | Overbrook | |
8 Driveway | Centretown | |
94 Driveway | Centretown | |
104 Driveway | Centretown | |
108 Driveway | Centretown | |
550 Driveway | Glebe | |
554 Driveway | Glebe | |
611 Ducharme | Eastview | |
615 Ducharme | Eastview | |
280 Ducharme | Eastview | |
286 Ducharme | Eastview | |
Eastwood Park | 3 Eastwood Place | Eastview |
Eastwood Park | 4 Eastwood Place | Eastview |
Eastwood Park | 5 Eastwood Place | Eastview |
Eastwood Park | 6 Eastwood Place | Eastview |
Eastwood Park | 7 Eastwood Place | Eastview |
Eastwood Park | 8 Eastwood Place | Eastview |
Eastwood Park | 9 Eastwood Place | Eastview |
Eastwood Park | 10 Eastwood Place | Eastview |
Eastwood Park | 11 Eastwood Place | Eastview |
Eastwood Park | 12 Eastwood Place | Eastview |
Eastwood Park | 14 Eastwood Place | Eastview |
Eastwood Park | 15 Eastwood Place | Eastview |
Eastwood Park | 16 Eastwood Place | Eastview |
Eastwood Park | 17 Eastwood Place | Eastview |
Eastwood Park | 18 Eastwood Place | Eastview |
Eastwood Park | 19 Eastwood Place | Eastview |
164 Ethel | Eastview | |
114 Forward | Hintonburg | |
124 Forward | Hintonburg | |
520 Hilson | Westboro | |
177 Hopewell | Old Ottawa South | |
Lockhart Estates | 2123 Honeywell | Laurentian View |
Lockhart Estates | 2129 Honeywell | Laurentian View |
220 Iona | Westboro | |
32 Irving | Hintonburg | |
36 Irving | Hintonburg | |
33 Deschamps | Eastview | |
51 Deschamps | Eastview | |
143 Deschamps | Eastview | |
147 Deschamps | Eastview | |
165 Deschamps | Eastview | |
8 King George | Overbrook | |
184 Laval | Eastview | |
161 Lavergne | Eastview | |
195 Lavergne | Eastview | |
9 Lenore Pl | Eastview | |
15 Lenore Pl | Eastview | |
20 Lenore Pl | Eastview | |
24 Lenore Pl | Eastview | |
351 Levis | Eastview | |
Lockhart Estates | 117 Lockhart | Laurentian View |
Lockhart Estates | 121 Lockhart | Laurentian View |
Alvin Heights | 354 London Terrace | Manor Park |
Alvin Heights | 358 London Terrace | Manor Park |
44 Loyer | Eastview | |
149 Marquette | Eastview | |
155 Marquette | Eastview | |
Alvin Heights | 301 Mart Circle | Manor Park |
Alvin Heights | 303 Mart Circle | Manor Park |
375 Mayfair | Wellington West | |
Eastwood Park | 331 McArthur | Eastview |
Eastwood Park | 335 McArthur | Eastview |
Eastwood Park | 339 McArthur | Eastview |
296 McArthur | Eastview | |
29 Melgund | Glebe | |
276 Montreal Road | Eastview | |
278 Montreal Road | Eastview | |
280 Montreal Road | Eastview | |
380 Montreal Road | Eastview | |
382 Montreal Road | Eastview | |
384 Montreal Road | Eastview | |
390 Montreal Road | Eastview | |
33 Patterson | Glebe | |
Alvin Heights | 1010 Peel | Manor Park |
Alvin Heights | 1024 Peel | Manor Park |
Alvin Heights | 1045 Peel | Manor Park |
Alvin Heights | 1049 Peel | Manor Park |
411 Pie XII | Eastview | |
338 Pleasant Park | Alta-Vista | |
12 Raymond | Dalhousie | |
Byron Estates | 542 Redwood | Laurentian View |
Byron Estates | 550 Redwood | Laurentian View |
Byron Estates | 560 Redwood | Laurentian View |
Byron Estates | 568 Redwood | Laurentian View |
329 Richelieu | Eastview | |
322 Richelieu | Eastview | |
285A Richmond | Westboro | |
54 Rideau Terrace | New Edinburgh | |
56 Rideau Terrace | New Edinburgh | |
62 Rideau Terrace | New Edinburgh | |
234 Rideau Terrace | New Edinburgh | |
236 Rideau Terrace | New Edinburgh | |
65 Riverdale | Old Ottawa South | |
965 Riverside | Overbrook | |
1123 Riverside | Overbrook | |
1089 Riverside | Overbrook | |
65 Robert | Centretown | |
114 Ste-Cecile | Eastview | |
71 St-Charles | Eastview | |
66 St-Charles | Eastview | |
255 St-Denis | Eastview | |
271 St-Jacques | Eastview | |
Alvin Heights | 287 St. Laurent | Manor Park |
Alvin Heights | 291 St. Laurent | Manor Park |
969 St. Laurent | Cummings | |
321 Shakespeare | Eastview | |
260 Shakespeare | Eastview | |
Byron Estates | 455 Sherbourne | Laurentian View |
Byron Estates | 463 Sherbourne | Laurentian View |
Byron Estates | 471 Sherbourne | Laurentian View |
Byron Estates | 483 Sherbourne | Laurentian View |
1176 Shillington | Carlington | |
1186 Shillington | Carlington | |
62 Springfield | New Edinburgh | |
65 Sweetland | Sandy Hill | |
67 Sweetland | Sandy Hill | |
16 Sweetland | Sandy Hill | |
48 Sweetland | Sandy Hill | |
58 Sweetland | Sandy Hill | |
43 Templeton | Sandy Hill | |
1276 Thames | Carlington | |
Thames Court | 1290 Thames | Carlington |
Thames Court | 1292 Thames | Carlington |
Thames Court | 1294 Thames | Carlington |
97 Vachon | Eastview | |
1182 Wellington | Hintonburg | |
546 Wellington | Dalhousie | |
Alvin Heights | 1061 Yule Lane | Manor Park |
Alvin Heights | 1065 Yule Lane | Manor Park |
Crescent Hill | 20 Chapleau | New Edinburgh |
Crescent Hill | 21 Chapleau | New Edinburgh |
Crescent Hill | 22 Chapleau | New Edinburgh |
Crescent Hill | 23 Chapleau | New Edinburgh |
Crescent Hill | 24 Chapleau | New Edinburgh |
Crescent Hill | 26 Chapleau | New Edinburgh |
Crescent Hill | 28 Chapleau | New Edinburgh |
Rational and Large Scale: Apartment Clusters
The Depression slowed the construction of housing in Canada to something approximating molasses in January and the diversion of both labour and material towards the war effort effectively froze it.26See O.J. Firestone, Residential Real Estate in Canada. Toronto (University of Toronto Press, 1951). Should that not have been enough, Canada’s industrialization had been but relatively recent phenomenon and the construction industry had not yet, in general, come to operate with the same rationalism and efficiency that American builders had. That Canadian builders were in general smaller and less well organized did not escape notice.27Humphrey Carver. Houses for Canadians: A Study of Housing Problems in the Toronto Area (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1948).
In the same way that Levittown changed the scale of – and approach to – the construction of single family homes across the world, so too did the large-scale apartment projects, such as Queensbridge Houses, Riverton Houses, and Parkchester,28Parkchester was, in particular, an attractive model for large-scale apartment construction in Canada. The short-lived Economy Housing of Canada Ltd. was modeled on the approach pioneered by the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company for its Parkchester and Riverton Houses projects. See John C. Bacher. Keeping to the Marketplace (Montreal: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 1993): 173-74. constructed in New York by public and private interests alike.29European public housing projects dating back to the 1920s were also highly successful. For most North American authorities, such projects were too closely associated with a socialist ethos to be considered as a model for housing construction.
It would not be correct to suggest that Ottawa’s apartment builders were entirely unaware, uninterested, and incapable of constructing apartment clusters. As I wrote back in March, Wolf Shenkman, who was notably productive during the Depression, developed at Gladstone and Metcalfe what might properly be characterized as Ottawa’s first cluster development of apartment buildings. Located on the site of the old Chamberlin residence, Shenkman constructed six buildings on the 0.94 acre site between 1931 and 1934.
Six buildings on a lot just short of an acre is not quite what was needed, nor is it what officials had in mind to solve the housing shortage. Developers would have to think big. Much bigger.
Cluster Development in Ottawa
By the mid-1950s, builders in Ottawa had cottoned to the idea and thinking big meant that larger lots had to be secured. For this to happen, developers had to set their sites to the rapidly-growing suburban areas. It wouldn’t come as a surprise that greenfields development came at less of a premium (land prices, often tax and regulatory differences) than the same development would have in the more established parts of town. Because of this, the proportion of apartments that were constructed as part of a cluster development in these neighbourhoods is considerable. In addition to a brief description of the developments, I have provided pie charts that illustrate the proportion of apartments in the neighbourhood that each identified development represents.
Carlington
I’ve decided to begin with Carlington, which was the site of much attention both during the Second World War, and afterwards, in terms of housing. Before the War the neighbourhood, bisected by Merivale Road, was definitively rural on the west and home to J.R. Booth’s sprawling lumber yards on the east. Precious little development took place in the area previously, but in the years following the War it became a particularly attractive location for housing.
In 1955, there were two cluster developments identified in Carlington, both to the west of Merivale. The largest one was Robert Campeau’s 23-building Westhaven Apartments, and the second was Thames Court, a much smaller 3 building cluster at Thames and Archibald.
Westhaven Apartments
The Westhaven Apartments was just the sort of project that both the market and officials were looking for. Comprised of 23 apartment buildings and two duplexes, it was constructed in 1953 by Campeau Construction and officially opened that November. Never one to shy from the spotlight, Public Works Minister Robert Winters attended the official ribbon cutting.30”$1,500,000 Home Project Opened,” Ottawa Citizen, November 18, 1952, p. 12.
It’s clear that Campeau did not intend at this point to get into the business of being a landlord. He put the apartments up for sale in the following year31Ottawa Journal, September 16, 1954, p. 38.. Once the Dominion Mammoth supermarket was completed on the other side of what is now the Queensway, advertisements reflected the proximity and convenience.32Ottawa Journal, October 4, 1954, p. 32.
Thames Court
I’m not currently certain about who built Thames Court, though the three-building cluster made up 10% of all Carlington’s apartments in 1955.
As is the case with most of these cluster developments, very little has changed in the ensuing years.
Monthly rents were on point for the time and place ($90-$110), and advertisements most often stressed to proximity to Westgate Mall.33Ottawa Journal, January 12, 1956, p. 35.
Eastview (Vanier)
Eastview (Vanier) is probably the most interesting areas of town (and in this case a former municipality) in terms of postwar development. Not only does the Francophone neighbourhood have a load of unique midcentury architecture, but its cluster developments are most interesting.
“For a town which had a $700,000 deficit and very little to recommend itself 10 years ago, Eastview has made a remarkable come-back as a municipality.”34Lorne Manchester. “Eastview Grows Up – Expansion of Ottawa Suburb Attracts New Homes, Industry,” Ottawa Journal, November 13, 1946, p. 7.
In the wake of the Second World War, Eastview was hot. White hot. The Depression had been hard on the small municipality, having the dubious distinction of defaulting on its obligations in 1935 and being placed on the province’s list of so-called “supervised municipalities”.35”Payment Certain By Municipalities Now in Default,” Ottawa Journal, January 24, 1936, p. 15; “Is Hopeful Croll to Straighten Out Difficulties Here,” Ottawa Journal, February 1, 1936, p. 2; Almos Tassonyi. “Education Finance in the Slump: Ontario 1921-1939,” Paper Presented at the CNEH, May 2011. http://www.economichistory.ca/pdfs/cneh2011_tassonyi_02.pdf. As Eastview predominantly served as a working class bedroom community for Ottawa, it is not entirely surprising that it was hit hard by the Depression.36Canada. Royal Commission on Dominion-Provincial Relations, Chapter 7: Municipal Finances, p. 147.
By the end of the War, that horror was becoming a distant memory. Reporting in the Journal, Lorne Manchester described the municipality’s turnaround. Not only was land plentiful in Eastview, but its taxes and other costs were lower, building regulations relaxed compared to Ottawa, and if you were a veteran with a Certificate of Honourable Dischange, the municipality offered building lots for one dollar in a scheme that was reminiscent of the Dominion Lands Act’s tradition. If that was not enough, Eastview merchants, such as Capital Lumber, were well-equipped to supply all the necessary materials to see that as many homes as possible were constructed.37Manchester (1946). In the Citizen, Fred Inglis cast the plucky underdog Eastview as having been overlooked by Ottawa in the 1950 annexation:
“When Ottawa annexed 22,000 acres of Nepean and Gloucester townships in 1950, it took in Westboro, Billings Bridge and Overbrook, but it stuck up its nose at Eastview – although took the area surrounding it.
Ottawa, suffering from growing pains, wanted vacant land on which to expand. It didn’t want any part of a place considered only a blot on the map in 1933 when it had 1,000 of its 4,000 breadwinners on relief. In trouble that year, Eastview asked to be annexed by Ottawa. Now it’s not so sure.”38Fred Inglis. “Community Filled Up With Overflow of Ottawa Firms And Home Seekers,” Ottawa Journal, December 3, 1953, p. 25.
At the end of the War, there remained plenty of development land available in its one square mile, which made larger cluster developments like the Vachon Apartments and Eastwood Park attractive propositions.
As the pie chart above demonstrates, Eastview’s (Vanier’s) share of apartments located in cluster developments totaled 45%. The single largest project in 1955 was Eastwood Park, which was constructed by Doug O’Connell in 1954 for about $2,000,000.39CITE
Eastwood Park
“Filling up of these 200 new apartments will produce more shoppers for Eastview stores, more people for Eastview churches, more children for Eastview schools, both public and separate and the new high school, all of them close to the new project.”40Fred Inglis. “New Eastview Homes for 210 Families,” Ottawa Citizen, February 12, 1954, p. 20.
As was the case with most of the active builders of apartment clusters, Douglas O’Connell was as quick as he was ambitious. The first mention I was able to find in the local papers was in 1951, when he was credited as the general contractor for the Beamish store on Montreal Road in Eastview.41”Another New Modern Beamish Store to Serve,” Ottawa Journal, March 14, 1951, p. 34. He then went on to construct one of the 10-unit apartments at Lenore Place, also in Eastview, a project for which he received a $47,000 loan from the CMHC.42”CMHC Loans Total $6,000,000 in Ottawa For 6-Month Period,” Ottawa Journal, August 5, 1952, p. 3. The pages of both the Citizen and Journal show that O’Connell was quite busy, but more on that in a moment.
The public was properly introduced to O’Connell’s Eastwood Park Apartments in the winter of 1954. Fred Inglis of the Citizen reported that the first eight buildings would be complete for April or May and that the tenants could expect to pay about $100 per month for a 2-bedroom unit. Once completed, the total cost of the project was supposed to be $2,000,000. As the final project contained 19 very similar buildings, O’Connell planned to give each entrance a unique style. The kitchens selected were a feature, with steel cabinetry, as opposed to the more traditional wood. As a measure of convenience, laundry rooms in the basement were made complete with a rest room.43Inglis (1954).
Although no apartment project in this time (or in subsequent years) failed to feature the amenities that would have been appreciated by “the lady of the house”, O’Connell and his exclusive realtor, Rhodes and Radcliff were careful to put them front-and-centre. As the first buildings were poised to open, ad copy stressed that the amenities made housekeeping “a pleasure.” The Youngstown kitchens were the star of the show,44As a brand-name kitchen system, it was quite a catch. For some fun visuals, see the following two sites. and were equipped with an overhead sink light. The Formica counter tops and enamelled steel cabinets made clean-up a breeze. All together, it made “the kitchen an exciting place to work.”45Ottawa Journal, April 20, 1954, p. 28. Subsequent ad copy became more general, though was quite happy to stress the presence of the Youngstown kitchens. As the apartments became available, rents came in between $92.50 and $98.50 per month.46Ottawa Journal, June 14, 1954, p. 33.
As was the tradition, O’Connell had not intention of remaining a landlord. In December of 1955, he sold the entire project to an anonymous local group of buyers represented by realtor Bert Katz for $1.5 million.47”$1,500,000 Apartment Deal in Eastview,” Ottawa Journal, December 13, 1955, p. 2. Katz was the president of the Ottawa Real Estate Board at the time. See “Bert Katz Again Heads Ottawa Real Estate Board,” Ottawa Citizen, January 14, 1954, p. 3. O’Connell, for his own part, had a much larger program in mind: commercial and institutional construction.
While O’Connell was occupied with completing Eastwood Park, he was also planning a number of other projects. He was the general contractor on Nepean Township’s fire station in Bells Corners, for example.48”Nepean Fire Hall – Smart! Modern! Equipped to Serve Nepean Township,” Ottawa Journal, October 2, 1954, p. 9. In January of 1954, through Beacon Realty, he secured M. Landreville’s garage on Albert street for $170,000.49”Sales of Apartment Blocks Feature of January Deals,” Ottawa Journal, February 23, 1954, p. 9. With that purchase, O’Connell got into a dispute with Garfield Weston’s Whittingdon Investments, who was constructing the Commonwealth Building next door to what was then a parking lot.50”Battle Over 15-Foot Parking Strip At Excavation Ended By Injunction,” Ottawa Citizen, July 14, 1954, p. 1; “Tresspass Injunction Issued Against Centre Town Builders,” Ottawa Journal, July 15, 1954, p. 16. Later that year, he was the contractor for Cormet Limited’s Doctors’ Building at MacLaren and O’Connor.51”Issue $450,000 Permit for Medical Building,” Ottawa Journal, November 29, 1954, p. 32.
The Beacon Arms (now Capital Hill Hotel) is what O’Connell was up to. It first opened as an Apartment-Hotel in 1956 (seemingly operated or owned by Toronto General Trust), only to re-open the following year as a Hotel. The ad copy for the Hotel re-launch identifies O’Connell as the President, and Lyle Beamish as the vice-president.52”Beacon Arms Hotel A Distinguished Addition to Capital,” Ottawa Citizen, July 31, 1957, p. 22. I will leave O’Connell here for the time being. We will see him again soon, as he came to be entangled in other, much less successful ventures with his brother-in-law, Bertram Witt.
Blakeview Apartments
The man who put the “Blake” in “Blake Boulevard”, Samuel G. Blake was an exceptionally busy builder in the immediate postwar period. According to an article published in the Ottawa Citizen on the announcement of his “Project No. 4” (which included the Blakeview Apartments), Blake was an electrician by trade who entered the building business, working on slimmer margins.53Fred Inglis. “$1,500,000 Housing Project in Eastview,” Ottawa Citizen, January 27, 1950, pp. 1, 12. Before he turned to the street named for him, he had constructed homes in the Champlain Park area of Wellington West and a number of homes and apartments on Dagmar, St. Ambroise, St. Charles, Lynn, and Landry.54Ibid, 12. The Blakeview Apartments were to join Marius Vachon’s ambitious Vachon Apartments project, situated to the east and described below. Inglis stressed in his article that Blake had no connection to them.
Under “Project No. 4”, there were to be 23 Blakeview Apartments with eight units apiece. The development was a complete greenfield effort, with stress being placed on the the rear placement of utility poles and that the street lights were powered by underground conduit. Moreover, the “attractive new community” was “free from slum areas, commercial enterprises, or industries.” The $65,000 apartments were to rent at $65-$85 per month, placing them in the same range as Vachon’s apartments down the street.55Ibid, 1. As was the case for so much development at the time, preference would be given to veterans.56Ibid, 12.
“Veterans have preference in buying homes or renting apartments in the Blake project but some thought that Mr. Blake was crazy or that they had misunderstood him when he told them that parents with children were preferred in his new apartments.”57Ibid, 12.
So far, it has only been the two Blake Boulevard apartment clusters that I have seen such up-front acceptance and clarity about the topic of children being welcome in the apartments.
“As revolutionary as tomorrow but as sound as a silver dollar.” J.C. Paradis and Howard Glover of the CMHC attended the grand opening of the Blakeview apartment and expressed great pleasure at the final results. Glover claimed that “this is an example of what the corporation is trying to encourage.”58”Eastview Mayor Opens New Blakeview Apartment Plan,” Ottawa Citizen, August 9, 1950, p.19. Although it is not made specific, it appears to be the case that, like Vachon’s project and the later Riverview Terrace, the Blakeview was completed under the CMHC’s Rental Insurance Plan, as the ads do make mention of the rent ceilings.59Ottawa Citizen, August 17, 1950, p. 30.
Like most of Eastview’s builders, Sam Blake placed himself at the centre of the municipality’s efforts in boosterism. The rapid pace of development in Eastview was frequently associated with the community’s numerous benefits: largely space to grow, numerous amenities, and – never absent from the lips of the boosters – lower tax rates, a lower cost of building, and even the lower price of public transit.60Eastview Bus Service, until it was taken over by the OTC that December retained its 5c fare. The OTC implemented service improvements through the 1950s, though brought Eastview into its fare structure, which included zones and was 12½ cents (17½ in the far outer zones). See “Lower Taxes, City Facilities – Eastview Happy,” Ottawa Journal, August 25, 1950, p. 11; “Plan Better Bus Service in Eastview,” Ottawa Journal, December 3, 1959, p. 9; “All OTC Zone Fares Except Two Remain Unchanged,” Ottawa Journal, December 29, 1950, p. 1. As labour costs increased through the 1950s, so too did the OTC’s fares. See Ottawa Journal, June 29, 1954, p. 9; “Eastview Annoyed: Higher Fares, Zoning Booms Taxi Trade,” Ottawa Journal, February 2, 1956, p. 3; “OTC To Consider Zone Fares Effect on Eastview,” Ottawa Journal, February 18, 1956, p. 15. In one example of such “native advertising”, the Blakeview served as “an example of the town’s ‘modern as tomorrow’ trend” and that “town engineers [were] not quite able to keep up with Eastview’s housing projects, but paved streets [weren’t] far behind.”61”Lower Taxes, City Facilities” (1950).
Just an embarrassment of riches that would come to fill the pages of the Journal and the Citizen with regularity during the 1950s. Although all builders were able to make sure their names were associated with Eastview’s runaway success, it seems to be the case that it was Sam Blake at the front of the line.62Fred Inglis. “Community Filled Up With Overflow Of Ottawa Firms And Home Seekers,” Ottawa Citizen, December 3, 1953, p. 25. Indeed, in 1958, he claimed that a pictorial map he had Gerard Sincennes produce nearly a decade previous (above) has “done more to sell Eastview than millions of words” and “did more to convince financiers that Eastview really has something on the ball than could have been done in hours of talking.”63W.M. Arnott. “Builder Blake’s Map of Eastview Resulted in Ultra-Modern Layout,” Ottawa Citizen, May 2, 1958, p. 7.
It seems to be the case that Blake had nowhere to go but down. I lack the details, but by 1959, his marriage had soured considerably and the legal thrust and parry was reproduced in the local papers until his death in Kingtson, Jamaica (where he had been living) in July 1962.64See “Requests Transfer of Blake Shares,” Ottawa Journal, November 24, 1959, p. 36; “Contractor’s Wife Wins Concessions in Ruling,” Ottawa Citizen, March 2, 1961, p. 7; “Gets $125 Weekly In Alimony Suit,” Ottawa Journal, March 4, 1961, p. 3; “Notice to Creditors,” Ottawa Journal, July 21, 1962, p. 24; “May reach compromise in ‘enticement’ lawsuit,” Ottawa Citizen, February 22, 1964, p. 2.
Vachon Apartments
Development of apartments Eastview’s southern sections around McArthur Avenue was actually kicked off by Marius Vachon and his Morley Investments and Capital Lumber in 1949. Beyond Eastview finding its place in the sun, Vachon’s plan had another Phoenix-like quality. In January 1947, the Capital Lumber plant, which was then located at 255 Montreal Road burnt to the ground thanks to an exhaust fan in one of the kilns. The loss was pegged at $75,000, with a third of it being finished stock.65”Eastview Lumber Plant Gutted In Spectacular $75,000 Fire,” Ottawa Journal, January 20, 1947, p. 24. The estimate for lost product came from the kiln, with a 25,000 foot capacity, being half full at the time of the fire.66”12,000 Feet of Lumber Destroyed By Fire,” Ottawa Journal, May 3, 1947, p. 32. Perhaps Vachon and his staff were inspired by their attendance at the Marian Congres, which was held in Ottawa that year.67Vachon actually closed to plant entirely from June 14 to the 23 so that the employees may “follow all the demonstrations in connection with” it. See Ottawa Journal, June 9, 1947, p. 8. Also see Maureen Ward. “Ottawa Marian Congress, 1947” January 7, 2014. https://sites.google.com/site/mariancongress1947/ Whatever the motivation, Vachon’s proposed construction program was significant.
40 8-unit buildings in the new Blake Boulevard district. The scheme was to be funded under the CMHC’s Rental Insurance Plan68According to the CMHC, the Rental Insurance Plan was “designed to encourage builders and investors to provide and additional supply of rental accommodation by removing some of the attendant risk. To qualify for a rental insurance contract, the housing units of the project must have an average floor area in excess of 700 square feet and contain an average of 3.5 standard rooms and 1.5 bedrooms. The maximum rent may not exceed $80 per month for a fully-serviced housing unit of 800 square feet; exceptions are allowed in high taxation areas and for fireproof construction, in which cases, the maximum rent may not exceed $84.”See Canada. Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation. Annual Report to the Minister of Resources and Development for the Year 1950. (Ottawa: CMHC, 1950): 11-12. The idea more specifically was that the CMHC “guarantees to the builders or owners of approved projects, for a period not exceeding 30 years, an annual return of rentals calculated to equal 2 per cent of the owner’s investment in the project.” See Canada. Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation, Economic Research Department. Housing in Canada: A Factual Summary, April 1949 (Ottawa: CMHC, April 1949): 9-10. According to John Bacher (1993), approximately 19,000 units were constructed under the scheme. and was to cost $2,700,000 in all. Rents were to run from $61 to $91.50 per month and it the first six four-storey cinderblock and stucco buildings were completed in October of 1949. With 125 employed on the project, Vachon speculated that the entire project would be completed by the following spring. The full plan was said to be “one of the largest real estate developments in Ontario.”69”$2,700,000 Housing For Eastview: Will Care For 320 Families,” Ottawa Citizen, July 21, 1949, pp. 1, 14.
One way in which Vachon’s practice as a landlord was somewhat novel was that like Sam Blake, he was both up-front and explicit that “children will offer no difficulty when seeking accommodation.” He claimed that he “had no intention of barring children from [his] apartments,” that there “are children in the apartments [he] already [owned] and [he would] continue to lease to tenants with families.”70Ibid, p. 14. He even went as far as to throw an annual Christmas party for his tenants, complete with “presents and treats for the youngsters.”71Ben Dworkin. “Landlord Loves Children Throws Two Big Parties,” Ottawa Citizen, January 2, 1952, p. 12.
Unfortunately, what was billed as “one of the largest real estate developments in Ontario”72Ottawa Citizen, September 17, 1949, p. 17. did not quite make it to those dizzying heights, completing only 14 buildings.
Kingsview Gardens
The smallest individual cluster development at this time was Leon Petegorsky’s Kingsview Gardens, constructed in 1950. For what it might have lacked in impressive scope – 12 buildings and 108 units in total on 2.5 acres – it more than made up for in unit size. This is to say nothing of Petegorsky himself: no stranger Eastview or apartment construction. The story of Leon “Pete” Petegorsky is one, as Joe Finn of the Citizen characterized it, that has a “distinctive Horatio Alger flavor. [sic]”73Joe Finn. “Leon Petegorsky Made Rapid Climb Up Ladder,” Ottawa Citizen, August 16, 1952, p. 6. When he was not the Reeve of Eastview or the owner and operator of Eastview Bus Service (which proudly kept fares at a nickel), Petegorsky spent time in property development.74Ibid.; The Eastview Chamber of Commerce launched an expansion campaign during the War and Petegorsky’s bus service was prominent. See Ottawa Journal, August 14, 1943, pp. 21-24; “Eastview Bus Service Sold for ‘$150,000’,” Ottawa Citizen, September 2, 1946, p. 1; Petegorsky was remembered among Eastview’s mayors who laid the foundation for the postwar turnaround. See Joe Finn. “Realty Development Is Now Situated In Area,” Ottawa Citizen, November 7, 1946, p. 22.
Petegorsky had constructed a number of buildings, but perhaps the Beverley Apartments (named after his daughter and designed by the very busy J. Morris Woolfson) at the corner of Chapel and Daly in Sandy Hill was his best known at the time.75Beverley, his daughter, was the wife of Marvin Chodikoff, developer of the Mark Building (which was in turn named after their son) at Cooper and Elgin. Also see “$250,000 Apartment For Sandy Hill,” Ottawa Journal, September 20, 1947, p. 1; “Two New Apartment Buildings Largest Permits for September,” Ottawa Journal, October 10, 1947, p. 26; “Suites to Be Added to Apartment House,” Ottawa Journal, January 3, 1949, p. 14. The remainder of the Kingsview Park neighbourhood, comprised of single family homes had been a project of Clairson Construction, a development arm of Eastview’s Clairson lumber company.76See “Building Homes on River Road,” Ottawa Journal, February 24, 1943, p. 10; “30 New Homes Now Building In Beautiful Kingsview Park by Clarison Construction,” Ottawa Journal, August 14, 1943, p. 24.
The project was announced in January 1950. According to a report in the Journal, Petegorsky described the $1,000,000 project as including “14 two-storey buildings each containing eight apartment units, along the lines of the Mann avenue project.” The project would be serviced by two new streets (Mark Avenue and perhaps a link to Greenway Avenue), and it was hoped that it would “round out the development of the Kingsview Park area.” The contractor for the project was the always-busy Kenneth J. Greene.77”Plan $1,000,000 Housing Project For Eastview,” Ottawa Journal, January 17, 1950, p. 12. The size, price, and quality of the development suggests that the characterization of the project as being along the lines of the Mann Avenue Project was probably not something that was carried out with. It was not for long that the name stuck, although the distinction is not a particularly strong one. In what must be the shortest marketing effort I have seen for a cluster development in this period, the name “Kingsview Garden Apartments” was applied for a mere two days: the two Petegorsky ran advertisements on, December 8 and 9, 1950. Most of the time, the individual buildings were referred to by their municipal address in advertisements and in other examples of reporting.
There were a considerable number of apartment cluster developments that continued to appear following the four outlined above. Of note are Millcraft Village (1958) and and Castle Court (1956).
Sandy Hill
From today’s standpoint, Sandy Hill has long been a popular location for the construction of apartment buildings. Home to such builders as Wolf Shenkman and the Petergorskys, it has run behind only Centretown in the total number of the style of housing. In addition to its proximity to the Rideau street commercial district and Byward Market, the neighbourhood has been host to the University of Ottawa since 1856. Originally the estate of Louis Besserer,78Whose house still stands at the corner of King Edward and Daly. the neighbourhood quickly became a haven for the upper income brackets during the late 19th century.79John H. Taylor. Ottawa: An Illustrated History (Toronto: Lorimer, 1984): 84, 94. As Ottawa entered the 1920s and 1930s, Sandy Hill, like Centretown, began to attract a greater proportion of commercial and apartment construction.80Taylor suggests that this was predominantly following the Second World War. Though I’d agree about commercial development, it’s quite clear that apartments had become common long before. See Taylor (1984): 186.
Strathcona Heights (Mann Avenue Project)
The land at the far southern extent of Sandy Hill, on the southern side of Mann Avenue, had been for decades owned by the Dominion.81I am uncertain at the moment as to the specific date at which the Dominion purchased (or expropriated) the land from either Archibald Stewart or his estate. It may have been around 1925. See “Revives Question of Industrial Site,” Ottawa Journal, January 14, 1925, p. 20; Illustrated Historical Atlas of the County of Carleton, 1879 (Toronto: H. Belden & Co.): Ottawa City. In the years before Strathcona Heights was constructed, a number of projects were envisioned, including the construction of a Dominion Government records storage facility.82”Consider Sites for New Building,” Ottawa Journal, November 26, 1934, p. 18. Following the Second World War, however, it was housing that was understood to be the best and highest use of the property. In 1945, the Canadian Legion’s Social Service Committee suggested using the site for the erection of 30-40 of Wartime Housing Ltd.’s temporary homes.83”Legion Group Asks Action On Sites for Veterans’ Homes,” Ottawa Journal, February 13, 1945, p. 18. In the following year, it was announced that the RCMP was to construct five apartments on the lot for their personnel.84”5 Apartments in Sandy Hill To House 100 RCMP Families,” Ottawa Journal, March 18, 1946, p. 8. In the end, however, neither scheme came to pass.
The significant project would comprise 25% of all apartment buildings in the Sandy Hill neighbourhood in 1955.
Strathcona Heights,85It was renamed “Strathcona Heights” in 1950 at the request of the Mann Avenue Community Council, a group of residents formed the previous fall. See “Community Council Being Formed at Mann Avenue,” Ottawa Journal, September 26, 1949, p. 21; “Mann Avenue Project Now Becomes Strathcona Heights,” Ottawa Journal, November 8, 1950, p. 1. or the Mann Avenue housing project as it was called at first, was originally an initiative of Housing Enterprises of Canada (HEL), a development company owned and operated by a consortium of Canadian insurance companies.86Cassie Doyle. Municipal Housing Initiatives in Housing 1900-1970, City of Ottawa. Ottawa: City of Ottawa Non-Profit Housing Corporation, 1982; John Sewell. The Shape of the City: Toronto Struggles with Modern Planning (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1993): 72; “Life Insurance Companies Aim to Enter Housing Field,” The Globe and Mail, September 13, 1945, p. 18; “Housing Finance Companies Proposed by Insurance Firms,” Ottawa Journal, September 12, 1945, p. 12; “Mann Avenue Site Selected For Big Ottawa Housing Project,” Ottawa Journal, January 9, 1947, pp. 1, 15; “FDC Approves Housing Project,” Ottawa Journal, February 14, 1947, p. 1. As alluded to above, the inspiration for Housing Enterprises’ approach to develop rental properties was Metropolitan Life’s projects in New York.87Bacher (1993), 173-174. While the entirety of the housing market was in a state of acute shortage, preference was given to veterans in the project.88”Mann Avenue Selected For Housing Project,” Ottawa Citizen, January 9, 1947, p. 3; “Mann Avenue Site Selected For Big Ottawa Housing Project,” Ottawa Journal, January 9, 1947, p. 15. Perhaps most interesting is that the Journal was quite supportive of the housing initiative itself, but was disappointed in the chosen site, as it would not also contribute to the clearance of slums.89”The Mann Avenue Scheme,” Ottawa Journal, January 14, 1947, p. 4.
Although there were 32 Housing Enterprises projects in total in locations across Canada, Toronto’s Regent Park North (completed in 1947) was probably the most famous project.90The long and winding road from the 1934 Bruce Report to the construction of Regent Park North is such that the project was more a public housing project than the sort of limited dividend HEL project originally envisioned. See Jamie Bradburn. “Historicist: Moving into Regent Park,” Torontoist. http://torontoist.com/2013/09/historicist-moving-into-regent-park/; John Sewell. The Shape of the City: Toronto Struggles with Modern Planning (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1993): 67-74.
By the spring of 1947, it had become increasingly clear to Housing Enterprises that, under their business model, it was simply not possible to deliver housing at the price both needed and demanded. Because of this, the company wound up and transferred all assets and projects to the CMHC that summer.91Housing Enterprises of Canada Limited was transferred from the consortium to the CMHC’s portfolio during the summer of 1947. According to the CMHC’s 1947 Annual Report, “early in 1947 it became apparent that Housing Enterprises of Canada Ltd. could not produce a desirable type of housing at the cost levels originally contemplated.” See Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation. Annual Report to the Minister of Reconstruction and Supply for the Year 1947 (Ottawa: Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation, 1947): 10. Also See “Central Mortgage to Control Housing Enterprises Ltd.” Ottawa Journal, August 5, 1947, p. 3. For the Mann Avenue Project, Housing Enterprises had only drawn up the plans, but not yet procured the materials or labour. Although the project was cancelled just before the transition, civic officials petitioned federal authorities to resume the project.92”Mr. King Writes Mayor Lewis On Ottawa Housing,” Ottawa Journal, June 4, 1947, p. 3. When the CMHC took the project over, it largely retained HEL’s plans and delivered on the design. The project was completed in 1948 and contained 404 units in 52 (largely identical) 3-storey walk-up apartment buildings.93”Mann Avenue Housing Will Begin At Once,” Ottawa Citizen, August 5, 1947, p. 11; “CMHC Negotiating to Erect New Homes in Valley Towns, Ottawa Journal, June 14, 1949, p. 23; “Move in 21 Families at Mann Ave. Project,” Ottawa Journal, June 3, 1948, p. 1; “307 Ottawa Families to Get Mann Avenue Apartments,” Ottawa Journal, September 13, 1948, p. 2.
By the 1980s, in part due to mortgages being paid off and in part efforts to get out of the operation of affordable housing projects, the CMHC sold or otherwise transferred a number of projects to municipalities, non-profit organizations, and other private interests. Strathcona Heights was sold to the City of Ottawa Non-Profit Housing Corporation in 1982 and, as it had become clear that the housing stock was both in relatively poor condition and incapable of serving its clientele, an ambitious renovation and replacement program was undertaken in phases, beginning in 1989.94Canada. CMHC. Repair, Retrofit, and Renovation of Strathcona Heights, Ottawa. Ottawa: Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, n.d.; City Living Ottawa. Strathcona Heights: A Community Renewed. Ottawa: City Living Ottawa, 1994; Barry Padolsky. Strathcona Heights: Master Plan. Ottawa: City Living Ottawa, 1988.
The result of the successful rejuvenation has been to bring the project up to modern standards and to increase the number of units from 404 to 583 in total.95City Living Ottawa (1994); Ottawa Community Housing.
Westboro
Originally part of Nepean Township and a Police Village from 1903 until its annexation by Ottawa in 1950, Westboro’s most explosive growth in apartment construction came in the wake of the Second World War.96I did not count any apartments in the 1945 Might’s for the neighbourhood, but 106 in 1955. For much more detailed and interesting histories of the neighbourhood, I’d consult Bruce Elliott’s The City Beyond (1991) and Dave Allston’s collection of articles at The Kitchissippi Museum and in the Kitchissippi Times.
Like mushrooms after the rain. Apartment buildings began to appear in large numbers in Westboro beginning around 1950. Carling Court (1951-1953), Riverside Terrace (1952), Irene Crescent (1953), Saxony Apartments (1954), and Tillbury Terrace (1954) were all clusters of three-storey six unit apartments constructed during those five years. While numerous other apartment building were constructed in Westboro during those years, two thirds of them were as part of a cluster development.
Carling Court Apartments
I’ve written about them briefly before: John P. Chenier, and Jack and Irving Aaron’s Carling Court Apartments is a 17-building development, located at Carling and Cole avenues at the southwest reaches of Westboro. In the two-page advertisement published in both the Journal and the Citizen, the project was characterized as having been a gamble on Chenier’s part. He “began his building program on Carling avenue” with the first four buildings in 1951 and was concerned that the demand would just not be there. The story continues, that not only had Chenier not overestimated the demand for a residence so far away from the city centre, but he could not keep up. Soon, other builders constructed homes in the district and Chenier saw fit to construct 13 more apartments, this time along Cole, Tillbury, and Roosevelt. Chenier’s faith in the west end was “justified” in the Journal and it was “vindicated” in the Citizen. The units were priced at the heart of the market, $85-$110 per month.97”New Carling Court Apartments Fine Addition to West End,” Ottawa Citizen, January 9, 1954, pp. 6-7; Ottawa Journal, January 16, 1954, pp. 30-31.
Chenier did not name his development “Carling Court” until he undertook the second phase of his expansion in 1953. The advertisements for the four original buildings along Carling Avenue were not given a name at the outset and only small classified ads were taken out in the local papers.98See for example, Ottawa Journal, June 19, 1952, p. 26. https://i0.wp.com/www.historynerd.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/1952-06-16-CCourt-Ad-Page-26.jpg?resize=768%2C303&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/www.historynerd.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/1952-06-16-CCourt-Ad-Page-26.jpg?resize=1024%2C404&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/www.historynerd.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/1952-06-16-CCourt-Ad-Page-26.jpg?resize=1200%2C473&ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/www.historynerd.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/1952-06-16-CCourt-Ad-Page-26.jpg?w=1320&ssl=1 1320w, https://i0.wp.com/www.historynerd.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/1952-06-16-CCourt-Ad-Page-26.jpg?w=1980&ssl=1 1980w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /> Chenier’s specific activities weren’t recorded faithfully in the local papers like they were with other builders, but it was once reported that the Aarons’ Sheron Investments constructed the four buildings along Tillbury and Melbourne at a cost of $37,500 each.99“191 New Housing Units in April Building Permits,” Ottawa Journal, May 28, 1953, p. 24.
Riverside Terrace
Had all gone according to plan, it would have been Riverside Terrace that had the distinction of being the first cluster development of apartment buildings in Westboro. In March of 1951, the Journal reported that the CMHC had issued a loan of one million dollars to Riverside Terrace Limited under its rental insurance loan program for the construction of 26 brick veneer cinderblock six-plex apartments just west of Island Park drive.100Charles Lynch. “156 Apartments A Block West of Island Park,” Ottawa Journal, March 15, 1951, p. 1. The project, which was not a popular one among locals (who had just unsuccessfully fought the water tower at the other end of Island Park),101Ainslie Kerr. “On Island Park Drive.. First ‘The Thing’ ..Now ‘This’,” Ottawa Journal, May 2, 1951, p. 3. was stopped in its tracks when the CMHC turned the loan application down due to a recent policy change.102Charles Lynch. “Refuse $1 Million Loan For Island Park Blocks,” Ottawa Journal, May 24, 1951, p. 1. It should not be a surprise that the CMHC, which at the time was still somewhat reluctant to give its full support to apartment construction schemes, was otherwise quite proud to support the construction of single family homes.103Ibid. It should also be unsurprising that the delegation of Island Park homeowners led by John Harcourt was keen to see the land used for individual homes. After all, “homeowners would take great pride in their homes and properties and would strive to keep them up to high standards.”104”Want Private Home Owners Given Chance to Build Where Apartment Planned,” Ottawa Journal, May 30, 1951, p. 3.
Riverside Terrace, which was later revealed to be a project of local builder Kenneth J. Greene, was not a dead project, however. That November, the City’s Building Committee began to analyze an amended project that was considered to be more acceptable, containing 40 detached homes and 125 apartment units with rents that would start at $55 per month.105”‘Peace’ Council Finds Board Wise and Cool to its Propaganda Drive,” Ottawa Journal, November 21, 1951, p. 13. By the following summer Greene had developed a new plan, this time with 23 brick veneer cinderblock six-plexes totaling 138 units. With a total cost of just above the one million dollars first envisioned, the plan does not appear to have changed dramatically, though was considered acceptable. Construction was expected to be complete in June 1953.106”City Authorizes Building Project,” Ottawa Citizen, August 25, 1952, p. 1. Rents for the project were to be set at $74 to $104.50 per month and Greene was able to finance the project through the CMHC’s Rental Insurance Program.107”$1 Million Apartment Block Permit Issued,” Ottawa Journal, August 26, 1952, p. 3. The Journal’s editorial board came out in support of the project, largely because it would provide housing that was conveniently close to the Dominion Bureau of Statistics’ new office at Tunney’s Pasture and that the buildings would be “set some distance back from Island Park, so that the parkway effect of that beautiful street will not be impaired.”108”Housing on Island Park Drive,” Ottawa Journal, August 28, 1952, p. 6.
Unlike most of the cluster apartment developments constructed during the first half of the 1950s, Riverview Terrace was not only the hardest to fight for, but it was also the shortest living. By the mid-1960s, Greene had submitted a proposal to replace the 23 six-plexes with two modern towers: one 24-storey and one 12-storey. Following a battle in front of the Ontario Municipal Board, Greene was given the okay.109”West End Complex To Get OK,” Ottawa Journal, January 26, 1966, p. 33.
Construction began that year and it was completed in early 1968.110Ottawa Journal, May 24, 1968, p. 28. The architects for the project were Toronto’s Crang and Boake, designers of the Air Canada Pavilion at Expo ’67 in Montreal.111”Island Park Towers – 14 Million Dollar Apartment Complex,” Ottawa Journal, October 21, 1966, p. 25; Charles Lynch. “Real Estate: Shopping Centre Starts Soon,” Ottawa Journal, December 10, 1966, p. 29; Crang and Boake produced a variety of styles, though Island Park Towers appears to have been representative of their day-to-day output during the period. For additional, potentially more exciting examples, Robert Moffatt. “A Touch of Wright in Rosedale,” Toronto Modern (September 23, 2010). Also see Rebecca Delvesco. “Architecture and Flight: Air Canada’s Pavilion at Expo ’67,” Semiotics (2003): 266-275; Jason Stocki. “Air Canada Pavilion,” Expo 67 Lounge (August 1, 2006). https://i0.wp.com/www.historynerd.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/CBAC.jpg?resize=300%2C164&ssl=1 300w" sizes="(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px" />
Advertisements for the Island Park Towers characterized them as a “distinguished addition to the modern concept of culture and fine architecture in the National Capital area” and highlighted their proximity to the golf courses across the Champlain bridge.112Ottawa Journal, September 29, 1967, p. 41. Ads for the complex began in 1968 to stress that Greene was behind the Kenson Towers project in Centretown as well, as opposed to just Riverview Terrace. It’s worth your while to take a look at Robert Smythe’s article on the Kenson Towers project.113Ottawa Journal, May 24, 1968, p. 28.
The third Island Park Tower was completed and began renting in 1971.114Ottawa Journal, August 4, 1971, p. 38. I’ve approximated the view from the third tower’s advertisement. https://i0.wp.com/www.historynerd.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/20151971.png?resize=205%2C300&ssl=1 205w" sizes="(max-width: 536px) 100vw, 536px" />
Tillbury Terrace
It seems to be the case that the “other builders” that J.P. Chenier found to be particularly motivating for his 13-building expansion of Carling Court was none other than Robert Campeau. In February 1952, the Journal announced that Campeau Construction was to start work on a cluster of 11 6-unit apartment buildings at the corner of Carling and Churchill at a total cost of approximately $600,000. It was stated that the buildings would be constructed in the same style as the ones Campeau had already built in Old Ottawa South, on Riverdale at Bank.115”Work on 11 Six-Suite Blocks to Start,” Ottawa Journal, February 13, 1952, p. 30.
Campeau Construction operated the buildings in the same way that it would the Westhaven Apartments / Terrace on Kirkwood. They were first rented out (on a two-year lease), and subsequently sold. Rents ranged from $82.50 to $100 per month.116Ottawa Journal, June 19, 1952, p. 26; Ottawa Journal, April 11, 1953, p. 33. The speed at which Campeau had been working at the time left civic officials frustrated: the poor condition of Tillbury Avenue’s construction catalyzed a fight at City Council between Alderman Henry and Conroller Tardiff.117”Campeau Firm Roads Draw Blast in Council,” Ottawa Journal, June 16, 1953, p. 3.
It is most likely that by 1955/1956, they were sold to an individual investor, as the development was then Christened Tillbury Terrace.118Ottawa Citizen, June 19, 1956, p. 31; Ottawa Journal, December 1, 1956, p. 46.
Irene Crescent
The cluster of apartments along Irene Crescent, off Churchill Avenue, was the project of then New Edinburgh-based builder Leopold Beaudoin.119”15 Apartment Buildings Going Up in West End,” Ottawa Journal, August 29, 1952, p. 16; Ottawa Journal, May 19, 1953, p. 28; Ottawa Journal, September 29, 1953, p. 32. Although there are 17 buildings present on the site today, there are 13 listed in the 1955 Might’s. It is most likely that the name of the street – Irene – was chosen by Beaudoin himself, being the name of his wife.120Ottawa Journal, February 28, 1974, p. 37. It appears to be the case that Irene Crescent was Beaudoin’s first real foray into the west end. He was an experienced builder whose first project was a triplex on Vaughan street in New Edinburgh in 1943.121”54 New Home Units Being Constructed,” Ottawa Journal, November 3, 1943, p. 22. Through the early 1950s, Beaudoin was quite busy constructing homes122Ottawa Journal, September 11, 1945, p. 18; Ottawa Journal, November 3, 1945, p.22; Ottawa Journal, April 3, 1946, p. 9; Ottawa Journal, August 9, 1946, p. 20; Ottawa Journal, October 7, 1947, p. 26; Ottawa Journal, September 11, 1948, p. 40. and apartments.123Ottawa Journal, May 9, 1950, p. 9; Ottawa Journal, September 15, 1951, p. 32; Ottawa Journal, April 17, 1952, p. 1. He was also ambitious, successfully bidding on much larger contracts for renovations and restorations such large clients as the federal government.124Ottawa Journal, October 2, 1959, p. 21; Ottawa Journal, January 13, 1960, p. 4; Ottawa Journal, October 16, 1961, p. 3. Beaudoin also took on larger commercial and institutional construction projects, like the rebuilding of the LaSalle Hotel on Dalhousie125Ottawa Journal, December 19, 1953, p. 37. and the Knights of Columbus Hall at 212 Murray street.126Ottawa Journal, November 18, 1960, p. 12.
Much like Robert Campeau, Beaudoin was clearly a builder first and foremost. The apartments at Irene Crescent were first rented out and subsequently sold. The first of the buildings were rented out in June of 1953, with additional buildings opening monthly thereafter.127Ottawa Journal, May 6, 1953, p. 33; Ottawa Journal, May 19, 1953, p. 28; Ottawa Journal, August 1, 1953, p. 32.
In September, apartments largely filled, Beaudoin began to sell them off.128Ottawa Journal, September 29, 1953, p. 32. The sale of a number of them was reported in the local papers through 1954 and the summer of 1955.129Ottawa Journal, February 23, 1954, p. 9; Ottawa Journal, April 27, 1954, p. 10; Ottawa Journal, August 31, 1954, p. 4; Ottawa Journal, January 12, 1955, p. 11. In July, Beaudoin handed off the sale of the final six buildings to Sam Macy.130Ottawa Journal, July 29, 1955, p. 26.
Saxony Apartments
Samuel G. Macy’s project off Kirkwood Avenue was announced in the winter of 1954. The Journal reported on January 28 that a permit had been issued to Samuel G. Macy, authorizing him “to build seven two-storey apartment block containing six suites each.” The whole project was to cost $273,000 ($39,000 each) and the architect on the project was J. Morris Woolfson.131”Permit Issued For 42 Apartment Suites on Kirkwood,” Ottawa Journal, January 28, 1954, p. 20. Work had commenced on the project by the spring.132”New Construction in Ottawa Likely To Set a Record,” Ottawa Journal, March 19, 1954, p. 30. The project was initially named for the street it was on: Macy’s Boulevard.133Ottawa Journal, August 17, 1954, p. 24.
The second phase of the project, planned to be a 9-storey 55-unit apartment at the back of the property, was announced in February of 1955. Woolfson was once again retained for the design and it was to come at a cost of $425,000.134”$425,000 Apartment For Kirkwood Avenue,” Ottawa Journal, February 2, 1955 p. 18. The project was lated revised downward, to a 48-unit building of that was both shorter and longer.135”New Ottawa Home Units Total 233,” Ottawa Journal, November 15, 1955, p. 21. Upon its completion, Macy officially gave it its name of Saxony Apartments.136Admittedly, I have taken a liberty here. Advertisements run in the Journal seem to consistently refer to the larger second phase as the Saxony Apartments where I refer to the entire development. Ottawa Journal, October 17, 1956, p. 44.
Laurentian View
For the purposes of this story, I have collected the neighbourhoods of Carlingwood, Laurentian View, and McKellar Park. As I note above, I acknowledge that these borders are somewhat arbitrary, but that’s the breakdown that made the most sense to me, given modern CA boundaries in particular.137Defining neighbourhoods is always an exercise in arbitrary definition, so I’m a little less concerned about the specifics in this case. I went with the Westboro Community Association’s definition because it is suggestive that those engaged citizens within its defined boundaries see themselves belonging to the Westboro community. In the period following the War, residents of Highland and McKellar Parks fought hard to oppose the construction of apartments in the district, keeping it the preserve of single family homes.138Numerous local residents strongly opposed the construction of an Ontario Hydro office building on Byron because it might “set a precedent that could be used to give the district apartment houses and gas stations.” See “Hydro Takes Second Thought,” Ottawa Journal, September 22, 1951, p. 6. It seems to be the case that this was a losing battle, however, as in 1952 and 1953, A. Bosclair and E.J. Spincks began apartment construction projects along Byron Avenue.139”CMHC Loans Total $6,000,000 in Ottawa for 6-Month Period,” Ottawa Journal, August 5, 1952, p. 3; “March Building Permits Valued at $3,323,565,” Ottawa Journal, April 30, 1953, p. 14.
So far as I can tell, in 1955, Laurentian View (which also included the McKellar and Carlingwood140Also known as Westwood during the 1950s and as the old Honeywell Farm before that. areas) contained no apartments developed outside of a cluster scheme. All of the 14 buildings either part of the Byron Estates (Byron and Sherbourne) or the Lockhart Estates (Byron and Lockhart). There is one additional 6 building cluster, adjacent to Lockhart Estates, now called the Byron West Apartments. They don’t appear to have been completed until after the 1955 data was compiled and have therefore not been included.
The names and developers of these clusters do not appear to have been published in the local papers and I have not yet had the opportunity to visit the Land Registry for the location. Although it may have been Spincks and Bosclair, I haven’t anything to suggest that it was. It may have also been the case that these lots were part of the Honeywell Farm (ie. Carlingwood) development and constructed by its developer.141Local residents also took issue with the potential for there being apartments at the north and south ends of the Honeywell Farm development and took the developer to the OMB. See “Home Owners Protest Honeywell Plan,” Ottawa Journal, May 20, 1953, p. 33.
To complicate matters further, in January 1955, advertisements were run for the “Woodroffe” and “West End-Woodroffe” Apartments on Byron Avenue “across from the Waltz Inn“. Since all three clusters are located at the northern extent of the Honeywell Farm development and can all be appreciably understood as having been located “across from the Waltz Inn,” this provides little additional clarity. The rental agent was Rhodes and Radcliff, the exclusive agents for the Honeywell Farm development, so that may be both indicative and inconclusive at the same time.142Ottawa Journal, January 5, 1955, p. 34; Ottawa Journal, February 18, 1955, p. 33.
I will return to these clusters soon in order to sort it all out.
Manor Park
Manor Park was arguably among the first of the master planned postwar suburbs. Situated to the east of Rockcliffe Park and to the north of Beechwood Cemetery, the community was planned by Gloucester Engineer and local planner Norman B. MacRostie143MacRostie submitted the plan on March 17, 1947. See By-Laws of the Council of the Corporation of the City of Ottawa, 1947. By-Law No. 9801, pp. 219-232. on the site of a failed 1911 subdivision of the same name.144The name “Manor Park” was chosen by the subdivision’s speculator, Daniel J. McAnulty for its proximity to the Manor House at Rockcliffe Park. As was the case with so many of the pre-WW1 subdivisions, it was quite easy to purchase land and subdivide it, but much less easy to actually sell the lots. McAnulty subdivided a number of lots around Ottawa during this period, but did not find much success, save for a portion of The Glebe. He left Ottawa in 1913 for greater potential of Montreal and subsequently for Boston. See Ottawa Journal, May 17, 1911, p. 2; Ottawa Journal, May 18, 1911, p. 7; Ottawa Journal, May 19, 1911, p. 7; “Leaving Ottawa,” Ottawa Journal, October 10, 1913, p. 2. When he died at his home in Boston in 1939, the Journal remembered the 56 year old as “one of the first real estate men to realize the value of developing suburban areas.” See. “D.J. McA’Nulty Colourful Realtor Dies in Boston,” Ottawa Journal, March 28, 1939, p. 1. The 1946 plan called primarily for single family homes, with a garden homes, a shopping centre, and school clustered at the southeast corner of the property, St. Laurent and Hemlock.145See “Planning 650 Housing Units in Manor Park,” Ottawa Citizen, December 21, 1956, p.13; “Reach Agreement on $3 Million Housing Plan in Gloucester,” Ottawa Journal, December 24, 1946, p. 17; “Designate Area in Gloucester Residential Site,” Ottawa Journal, March 6, 1947, p. 15; “Manor Park Division Is Approved By Board,” Ottawa Citizen, March 6, 1947, p. 12; “Housing Project Goes Ahead,” Ottawa Journal, March 18, 1947, p. 7; Thomas H. Turner. “The Fantastic Tale of Manor Park Village – 100 Acres of Natural Beauty,” Ottawa Citizen, October 10, 1947, p. 13; M.A. Seymour. Ottawa Land Enquiry: Report of the Commissioner, M.A. Seymour, Esq., Q.C. 1953. City of Ottawa Archives Accession 2010.0049.1 Box A2010-0431 File 2010.0049.1.1.1.
Manor Park is not (and was not) known for its apartments. The popular image of the neighbourhood has been, from its beginning in 1947, of the single family homes that line its curvilinear streets, predominantly on the west side of St. Laurent Boulevard. Development on the east side (known as “Manor Park Extension”), however, was largely completed by A.L. Vineberg’s146”Mayor Wants Probe of Realty Group’s Operations: Fears ‘Monopoly’ Being Sought,” Ottawa Journal, December 16, 1952, p. 21. Montreal-based Alvin Enterprises for his imaginatively named Alvin Heights rental housing project. Most of the units were of the rowhouse form and have not been captured in this study, but for those who preferred and apartment, Alvin constructed 14 6-plexes on Blasdell, Alvin, London Terrace, Mart Circle, Peel, and Yule Lane.
Below is the relatively simple pie chart that breaks down the share. The “other” category is comprised of two small apartments along St. Laurent Boulevard.147287 and 291 St. Laurent.
Alvin Heights (Six-Plexes)
When Alvin first submitted the 464-unit plans for a housing project of garden homes and apartments to be located on the east side of St. Laurent (considered to be an expansion of Manor Park), they were turned down flat. Officials felt that while they were considered acceptable to Gloucester Township the previous year, they did not meet Ottawa’s fire regulations, which came to apply after the 1950 annexation.148”Still Deadlocked Over Manor Park Housing Project,” Ottawa Journal, May 5, 1950, p. 32. The developer and City remained at odds through a tense May week, with their legal team (led by Warwick Beament, also for Manor Park’s developers) even arguing that not only had the CMHC accepted their proposal, but it had even refused to allow substantial changes, as it would come at a great expense and push the rents out of reach.149”Drop Manor Park Housing Plan When City Hall Stands by Staff,” Ottawa Journal, May 5, 1950, p. 14. It appears to be the case that it was Alvin that blinked and they submitted revised plans, which were accepted by the City.150”Permits Issued for Apartments in Manor Park,” Ottawa Journal, May 12, 1950, p. 1. Alvin Enterprises opened its Manor Park rental office in September 1950 and units in both the row houses and apartments became available weeks later in November.151Ottawa Journal, September 21, 1950, p. 42; Ottawa Journal, November 24, 1950, p. 24.
Unlike most of these cluster developments, it appears to be the case that most of these fourteen apartments have been since demolished. So far as I can tell, only those on London Terrace remain intact, with most of the Alvin Heights development being substantially replaced. Perhaps a case of changing fashion, or perhaps, as the development did get the reputation feared when first proposed, the quality was not there.152The usual anxieties were expressed through the usual accusations, like Alvin was “attempting to build ‘slums'”, and they were “fire traps.” See “Permits Issued for Apartments in Manor Park,” Ottawa Journal, May 12, 1950, p. 1. For later concerns about building condition, see Don Whitely. “House crumbles, drought blamed,” Ottawa Journal, September 9, 1978, p. 8; Don Whitely. “Repairs to crumbling homes may be delayed until spring,” Ottawa Journal, September 15, 1978, p. 33. Whatever the case may be, the area has experienced considerable replacement and construction. There is comparatively little left of the original building stock.
Notes
↥1 | Thus continuing the proud tradition of using Excel for projects that it really was not designed for. |
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↥2 | As this is just the beginning of a very long project, once I have the data that I wish to have, I intend to look at each building in more detail to determine the number of units. For the time being, this is all quite preliminary and contingent on additional information. |
↥3 | Defined by Gloucester (N), Bronson (W), Rideau Canal (E), Queensway (S). I plan to later break it down into Centretown “proper”, Golden Triangle, and the eastern portion of Chinatown. |
↥4 | Defined by the Ottawa River (N), Bronson (W), Rideau Canal (E), and Laurier (S). This can be broken down to some degree into portions, such as the old Upper Town and Midtown. “Downtown” has been subject to much shifting over the years. |
↥5 | Defined by the south side of Rideau (N), Rideau Canal (W), Rideau River (E), and Mann Avenue (S). This will be further divided into Sandy Hill North, Sandy Hill South, and the University of Ottawa. |
↥6 | Defined by Ottawa River (N), Rideau Canal/Entry Bay (W), Rideau River (E), north side of Rideau street (S). This will be further divided into The Byward Market, Lowertown West, Lowertown East, and Macdonald Gardens. |
↥7 | Defined by Queensway (N), Dow’s Lake (W), Rideau Canal (E & S). This will be further divided into The Glebe and the Glebe Annex (much to my chagrin that west of Bronson didn’t get to create/retain its own identity). |
↥8 | Defined by the Rideau Canal (N), Bronson (W), Avenue Road (E), and the Rideau River (S). |
↥9 | Defined by Mann Avenue (N), Rideau Canal (W), Rideau River (E), and Avenue Road/Rideau River (S). |
↥10 | Defined by the borders of the former City of Vanier. |
↥11 | This one’s defined a little fuzzier, but it’s roughly in line with the Dalhousie Community Association. Roughly, Ottawa River (N), O-Train Tracks (W), Bronson (E), and Carling (W). I intend to further divide into something along the lines of LeBreton Flats, Little Italy, Nanny Goat Hill, Chinatown, and Mount Sherwood. This will likely change when it happens though. |
↥12 | Defined by Ottawa River (N), Holland Avenue (W), O-Train Tracks (E), and the Queensway (S). This will be further divided into Hintonburg and Mechanicsville. |
↥13 | Defined as by Ottawa River (N), Island Park Drive (W), Holland Avenue (E), and the Queensway (S). This one’s also somewhat fuzzy, it did not experience much apartment construction until after the Second World War, so refinements will come later. |
↥14 | Defined by the Ottawa River (N), Rideau River (W), Lisgar Road/Maple/Acacia (E), and the north side of Beechwood Avenue (S). |
↥15 | Defined by the borders of the former Village of Rockcliffe Park. |
↥16 | Defined by the current borders of the Westboro Community Association (plus some), roughly being Island Park to the east, Carling to the south, Denbury to the west, and the Ottawa River to the north. |
↥17 | Defined roughly as that area between the Rideau River to the west, Donald St. to the north, St. Laurent to the east, and the Queensway to the south. |
↥18 | Laurentian View / McKellar Park. Defined roughly by Woodroffe to the west, Richmond to the north, Denbury to the east, and Carling to the south. |
↥19 | Defined roughly by Maitland to the west, Carling to the north, Kingston and Caldwell to the south, and Fisher to the east. |
↥20 | Defined roughly by the Sir John A. Macdonald Parkway to the west, Ottawa River to the north, Dominion to the east, and Richmond to the south. |
↥21 | Defined by the Aviation Parkway to the east, Hemlock to the south, Birch to the west, and Sandridge to the north. |
↥22 | Defined roughly by the unused corridor to the east, Heron to the south, the Rideau River to the east, and Smyth to the north. |
↥23 | Defined by the Aviation Parkway to the west, the Queensway to the south, St. Laurent to the west, and Montreal Road to the north. |
↥24 | The database above contains 1198 entries. Might’s collected a number of larger-scale developments into single listings and I have broken them out for the purposes of this tabulation. |
↥25 | In this case, I did review the 1945 edition of Might’s for apartments listed in the street directory. |
↥26 | See O.J. Firestone, Residential Real Estate in Canada. Toronto (University of Toronto Press, 1951). |
↥27 | Humphrey Carver. Houses for Canadians: A Study of Housing Problems in the Toronto Area (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1948). |
↥28 | Parkchester was, in particular, an attractive model for large-scale apartment construction in Canada. The short-lived Economy Housing of Canada Ltd. was modeled on the approach pioneered by the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company for its Parkchester and Riverton Houses projects. See John C. Bacher. Keeping to the Marketplace (Montreal: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 1993): 173-74. |
↥29 | European public housing projects dating back to the 1920s were also highly successful. For most North American authorities, such projects were too closely associated with a socialist ethos to be considered as a model for housing construction. |
↥30 | ”$1,500,000 Home Project Opened,” Ottawa Citizen, November 18, 1952, p. 12. |
↥31 | Ottawa Journal, September 16, 1954, p. 38. |
↥32 | Ottawa Journal, October 4, 1954, p. 32. |
↥33 | Ottawa Journal, January 12, 1956, p. 35. |
↥34 | Lorne Manchester. “Eastview Grows Up – Expansion of Ottawa Suburb Attracts New Homes, Industry,” Ottawa Journal, November 13, 1946, p. 7. |
↥35 | ”Payment Certain By Municipalities Now in Default,” Ottawa Journal, January 24, 1936, p. 15; “Is Hopeful Croll to Straighten Out Difficulties Here,” Ottawa Journal, February 1, 1936, p. 2; Almos Tassonyi. “Education Finance in the Slump: Ontario 1921-1939,” Paper Presented at the CNEH, May 2011. http://www.economichistory.ca/pdfs/cneh2011_tassonyi_02.pdf. |
↥36 | Canada. Royal Commission on Dominion-Provincial Relations, Chapter 7: Municipal Finances, p. 147. |
↥37 | Manchester (1946). |
↥38 | Fred Inglis. “Community Filled Up With Overflow of Ottawa Firms And Home Seekers,” Ottawa Journal, December 3, 1953, p. 25. |
↥39 | CITE |
↥40 | Fred Inglis. “New Eastview Homes for 210 Families,” Ottawa Citizen, February 12, 1954, p. 20. |
↥41 | ”Another New Modern Beamish Store to Serve,” Ottawa Journal, March 14, 1951, p. 34. |
↥42 | ”CMHC Loans Total $6,000,000 in Ottawa For 6-Month Period,” Ottawa Journal, August 5, 1952, p. 3. |
↥43 | Inglis (1954). |
↥44 | As a brand-name kitchen system, it was quite a catch. For some fun visuals, see the following two sites. |
↥45 | Ottawa Journal, April 20, 1954, p. 28. |
↥46 | Ottawa Journal, June 14, 1954, p. 33. |
↥47 | ”$1,500,000 Apartment Deal in Eastview,” Ottawa Journal, December 13, 1955, p. 2. Katz was the president of the Ottawa Real Estate Board at the time. See “Bert Katz Again Heads Ottawa Real Estate Board,” Ottawa Citizen, January 14, 1954, p. 3. |
↥48 | ”Nepean Fire Hall – Smart! Modern! Equipped to Serve Nepean Township,” Ottawa Journal, October 2, 1954, p. 9. |
↥49 | ”Sales of Apartment Blocks Feature of January Deals,” Ottawa Journal, February 23, 1954, p. 9. |
↥50 | ”Battle Over 15-Foot Parking Strip At Excavation Ended By Injunction,” Ottawa Citizen, July 14, 1954, p. 1; “Tresspass Injunction Issued Against Centre Town Builders,” Ottawa Journal, July 15, 1954, p. 16. |
↥51 | ”Issue $450,000 Permit for Medical Building,” Ottawa Journal, November 29, 1954, p. 32. |
↥52 | ”Beacon Arms Hotel A Distinguished Addition to Capital,” Ottawa Citizen, July 31, 1957, p. 22. |
↥53 | Fred Inglis. “$1,500,000 Housing Project in Eastview,” Ottawa Citizen, January 27, 1950, pp. 1, 12. |
↥54 | Ibid, 12. |
↥55 | Ibid, 1. |
↥56 | Ibid, 12. |
↥57 | Ibid, 12. |
↥58 | ”Eastview Mayor Opens New Blakeview Apartment Plan,” Ottawa Citizen, August 9, 1950, p.19. |
↥59 | Ottawa Citizen, August 17, 1950, p. 30. |
↥60 | Eastview Bus Service, until it was taken over by the OTC that December retained its 5c fare. The OTC implemented service improvements through the 1950s, though brought Eastview into its fare structure, which included zones and was 12½ cents (17½ in the far outer zones). See “Lower Taxes, City Facilities – Eastview Happy,” Ottawa Journal, August 25, 1950, p. 11; “Plan Better Bus Service in Eastview,” Ottawa Journal, December 3, 1959, p. 9; “All OTC Zone Fares Except Two Remain Unchanged,” Ottawa Journal, December 29, 1950, p. 1. As labour costs increased through the 1950s, so too did the OTC’s fares. See Ottawa Journal, June 29, 1954, p. 9; “Eastview Annoyed: Higher Fares, Zoning Booms Taxi Trade,” Ottawa Journal, February 2, 1956, p. 3; “OTC To Consider Zone Fares Effect on Eastview,” Ottawa Journal, February 18, 1956, p. 15. |
↥61 | ”Lower Taxes, City Facilities” (1950). |
↥62 | Fred Inglis. “Community Filled Up With Overflow Of Ottawa Firms And Home Seekers,” Ottawa Citizen, December 3, 1953, p. 25. |
↥63 | W.M. Arnott. “Builder Blake’s Map of Eastview Resulted in Ultra-Modern Layout,” Ottawa Citizen, May 2, 1958, p. 7. |
↥64 | See “Requests Transfer of Blake Shares,” Ottawa Journal, November 24, 1959, p. 36; “Contractor’s Wife Wins Concessions in Ruling,” Ottawa Citizen, March 2, 1961, p. 7; “Gets $125 Weekly In Alimony Suit,” Ottawa Journal, March 4, 1961, p. 3; “Notice to Creditors,” Ottawa Journal, July 21, 1962, p. 24; “May reach compromise in ‘enticement’ lawsuit,” Ottawa Citizen, February 22, 1964, p. 2. |
↥65 | ”Eastview Lumber Plant Gutted In Spectacular $75,000 Fire,” Ottawa Journal, January 20, 1947, p. 24. |
↥66 | ”12,000 Feet of Lumber Destroyed By Fire,” Ottawa Journal, May 3, 1947, p. 32. |
↥67 | Vachon actually closed to plant entirely from June 14 to the 23 so that the employees may “follow all the demonstrations in connection with” it. See Ottawa Journal, June 9, 1947, p. 8. Also see Maureen Ward. “Ottawa Marian Congress, 1947” January 7, 2014. https://sites.google.com/site/mariancongress1947/ |
↥68 | According to the CMHC, the Rental Insurance Plan was “designed to encourage builders and investors to provide and additional supply of rental accommodation by removing some of the attendant risk. To qualify for a rental insurance contract, the housing units of the project must have an average floor area in excess of 700 square feet and contain an average of 3.5 standard rooms and 1.5 bedrooms. The maximum rent may not exceed $80 per month for a fully-serviced housing unit of 800 square feet; exceptions are allowed in high taxation areas and for fireproof construction, in which cases, the maximum rent may not exceed $84.”See Canada. Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation. Annual Report to the Minister of Resources and Development for the Year 1950. (Ottawa: CMHC, 1950): 11-12. The idea more specifically was that the CMHC “guarantees to the builders or owners of approved projects, for a period not exceeding 30 years, an annual return of rentals calculated to equal 2 per cent of the owner’s investment in the project.” See Canada. Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation, Economic Research Department. Housing in Canada: A Factual Summary, April 1949 (Ottawa: CMHC, April 1949): 9-10. According to John Bacher (1993), approximately 19,000 units were constructed under the scheme. |
↥69 | ”$2,700,000 Housing For Eastview: Will Care For 320 Families,” Ottawa Citizen, July 21, 1949, pp. 1, 14. |
↥70 | Ibid, p. 14. |
↥71 | Ben Dworkin. “Landlord Loves Children Throws Two Big Parties,” Ottawa Citizen, January 2, 1952, p. 12. |
↥72 | Ottawa Citizen, September 17, 1949, p. 17. |
↥73 | Joe Finn. “Leon Petegorsky Made Rapid Climb Up Ladder,” Ottawa Citizen, August 16, 1952, p. 6. |
↥74 | Ibid.; The Eastview Chamber of Commerce launched an expansion campaign during the War and Petegorsky’s bus service was prominent. See Ottawa Journal, August 14, 1943, pp. 21-24; “Eastview Bus Service Sold for ‘$150,000’,” Ottawa Citizen, September 2, 1946, p. 1; Petegorsky was remembered among Eastview’s mayors who laid the foundation for the postwar turnaround. See Joe Finn. “Realty Development Is Now Situated In Area,” Ottawa Citizen, November 7, 1946, p. 22. |
↥75 | Beverley, his daughter, was the wife of Marvin Chodikoff, developer of the Mark Building (which was in turn named after their son) at Cooper and Elgin. Also see “$250,000 Apartment For Sandy Hill,” Ottawa Journal, September 20, 1947, p. 1; “Two New Apartment Buildings Largest Permits for September,” Ottawa Journal, October 10, 1947, p. 26; “Suites to Be Added to Apartment House,” Ottawa Journal, January 3, 1949, p. 14. |
↥76 | See “Building Homes on River Road,” Ottawa Journal, February 24, 1943, p. 10; “30 New Homes Now Building In Beautiful Kingsview Park by Clarison Construction,” Ottawa Journal, August 14, 1943, p. 24. |
↥77 | ”Plan $1,000,000 Housing Project For Eastview,” Ottawa Journal, January 17, 1950, p. 12. |
↥78 | Whose house still stands at the corner of King Edward and Daly. |
↥79 | John H. Taylor. Ottawa: An Illustrated History (Toronto: Lorimer, 1984): 84, 94. |
↥80 | Taylor suggests that this was predominantly following the Second World War. Though I’d agree about commercial development, it’s quite clear that apartments had become common long before. See Taylor (1984): 186. |
↥81 | I am uncertain at the moment as to the specific date at which the Dominion purchased (or expropriated) the land from either Archibald Stewart or his estate. It may have been around 1925. See “Revives Question of Industrial Site,” Ottawa Journal, January 14, 1925, p. 20; Illustrated Historical Atlas of the County of Carleton, 1879 (Toronto: H. Belden & Co.): Ottawa City. |
↥82 | ”Consider Sites for New Building,” Ottawa Journal, November 26, 1934, p. 18. |
↥83 | ”Legion Group Asks Action On Sites for Veterans’ Homes,” Ottawa Journal, February 13, 1945, p. 18. |
↥84 | ”5 Apartments in Sandy Hill To House 100 RCMP Families,” Ottawa Journal, March 18, 1946, p. 8. |
↥85 | It was renamed “Strathcona Heights” in 1950 at the request of the Mann Avenue Community Council, a group of residents formed the previous fall. See “Community Council Being Formed at Mann Avenue,” Ottawa Journal, September 26, 1949, p. 21; “Mann Avenue Project Now Becomes Strathcona Heights,” Ottawa Journal, November 8, 1950, p. 1. |
↥86 | Cassie Doyle. Municipal Housing Initiatives in Housing 1900-1970, City of Ottawa. Ottawa: City of Ottawa Non-Profit Housing Corporation, 1982; John Sewell. The Shape of the City: Toronto Struggles with Modern Planning (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1993): 72; “Life Insurance Companies Aim to Enter Housing Field,” The Globe and Mail, September 13, 1945, p. 18; “Housing Finance Companies Proposed by Insurance Firms,” Ottawa Journal, September 12, 1945, p. 12; “Mann Avenue Site Selected For Big Ottawa Housing Project,” Ottawa Journal, January 9, 1947, pp. 1, 15; “FDC Approves Housing Project,” Ottawa Journal, February 14, 1947, p. 1. |
↥87 | Bacher (1993), 173-174. |
↥88 | ”Mann Avenue Selected For Housing Project,” Ottawa Citizen, January 9, 1947, p. 3; “Mann Avenue Site Selected For Big Ottawa Housing Project,” Ottawa Journal, January 9, 1947, p. 15. |
↥89 | ”The Mann Avenue Scheme,” Ottawa Journal, January 14, 1947, p. 4. |
↥90 | The long and winding road from the 1934 Bruce Report to the construction of Regent Park North is such that the project was more a public housing project than the sort of limited dividend HEL project originally envisioned. See Jamie Bradburn. “Historicist: Moving into Regent Park,” Torontoist. http://torontoist.com/2013/09/historicist-moving-into-regent-park/; John Sewell. The Shape of the City: Toronto Struggles with Modern Planning (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1993): 67-74. |
↥91 | Housing Enterprises of Canada Limited was transferred from the consortium to the CMHC’s portfolio during the summer of 1947. According to the CMHC’s 1947 Annual Report, “early in 1947 it became apparent that Housing Enterprises of Canada Ltd. could not produce a desirable type of housing at the cost levels originally contemplated.” See Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation. Annual Report to the Minister of Reconstruction and Supply for the Year 1947 (Ottawa: Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation, 1947): 10. Also See “Central Mortgage to Control Housing Enterprises Ltd.” Ottawa Journal, August 5, 1947, p. 3. |
↥92 | ”Mr. King Writes Mayor Lewis On Ottawa Housing,” Ottawa Journal, June 4, 1947, p. 3. |
↥93 | ”Mann Avenue Housing Will Begin At Once,” Ottawa Citizen, August 5, 1947, p. 11; “CMHC Negotiating to Erect New Homes in Valley Towns, Ottawa Journal, June 14, 1949, p. 23; “Move in 21 Families at Mann Ave. Project,” Ottawa Journal, June 3, 1948, p. 1; “307 Ottawa Families to Get Mann Avenue Apartments,” Ottawa Journal, September 13, 1948, p. 2. |
↥94 | Canada. CMHC. Repair, Retrofit, and Renovation of Strathcona Heights, Ottawa. Ottawa: Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, n.d.; City Living Ottawa. Strathcona Heights: A Community Renewed. Ottawa: City Living Ottawa, 1994; Barry Padolsky. Strathcona Heights: Master Plan. Ottawa: City Living Ottawa, 1988. |
↥95 | City Living Ottawa (1994); Ottawa Community Housing. |
↥96 | I did not count any apartments in the 1945 Might’s for the neighbourhood, but 106 in 1955. |
↥97 | ”New Carling Court Apartments Fine Addition to West End,” Ottawa Citizen, January 9, 1954, pp. 6-7; Ottawa Journal, January 16, 1954, pp. 30-31. |
↥98 | See for example, Ottawa Journal, June 19, 1952, p. 26. https://i0.wp.com/www.historynerd.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/1952-06-16-CCourt-Ad-Page-26.jpg?resize=768%2C303&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/www.historynerd.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/1952-06-16-CCourt-Ad-Page-26.jpg?resize=1024%2C404&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/www.historynerd.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/1952-06-16-CCourt-Ad-Page-26.jpg?resize=1200%2C473&ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/www.historynerd.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/1952-06-16-CCourt-Ad-Page-26.jpg?w=1320&ssl=1 1320w, https://i0.wp.com/www.historynerd.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/1952-06-16-CCourt-Ad-Page-26.jpg?w=1980&ssl=1 1980w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /> |
↥99 | “191 New Housing Units in April Building Permits,” Ottawa Journal, May 28, 1953, p. 24. |
↥100 | Charles Lynch. “156 Apartments A Block West of Island Park,” Ottawa Journal, March 15, 1951, p. 1. |
↥101 | Ainslie Kerr. “On Island Park Drive.. First ‘The Thing’ ..Now ‘This’,” Ottawa Journal, May 2, 1951, p. 3. |
↥102 | Charles Lynch. “Refuse $1 Million Loan For Island Park Blocks,” Ottawa Journal, May 24, 1951, p. 1. |
↥103 | Ibid. |
↥104 | ”Want Private Home Owners Given Chance to Build Where Apartment Planned,” Ottawa Journal, May 30, 1951, p. 3. |
↥105 | ”‘Peace’ Council Finds Board Wise and Cool to its Propaganda Drive,” Ottawa Journal, November 21, 1951, p. 13. |
↥106 | ”City Authorizes Building Project,” Ottawa Citizen, August 25, 1952, p. 1. |
↥107 | ”$1 Million Apartment Block Permit Issued,” Ottawa Journal, August 26, 1952, p. 3. |
↥108 | ”Housing on Island Park Drive,” Ottawa Journal, August 28, 1952, p. 6. |
↥109 | ”West End Complex To Get OK,” Ottawa Journal, January 26, 1966, p. 33. |
↥110 | Ottawa Journal, May 24, 1968, p. 28. |
↥111 | ”Island Park Towers – 14 Million Dollar Apartment Complex,” Ottawa Journal, October 21, 1966, p. 25; Charles Lynch. “Real Estate: Shopping Centre Starts Soon,” Ottawa Journal, December 10, 1966, p. 29; Crang and Boake produced a variety of styles, though Island Park Towers appears to have been representative of their day-to-day output during the period. For additional, potentially more exciting examples, Robert Moffatt. “A Touch of Wright in Rosedale,” Toronto Modern (September 23, 2010). Also see Rebecca Delvesco. “Architecture and Flight: Air Canada’s Pavilion at Expo ’67,” Semiotics (2003): 266-275; Jason Stocki. “Air Canada Pavilion,” Expo 67 Lounge (August 1, 2006). https://i0.wp.com/www.historynerd.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/CBAC.jpg?resize=300%2C164&ssl=1 300w" sizes="(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px" /> |
↥112 | Ottawa Journal, September 29, 1967, p. 41. |
↥113 | Ottawa Journal, May 24, 1968, p. 28. |
↥114 | Ottawa Journal, August 4, 1971, p. 38. I’ve approximated the view from the third tower’s advertisement. https://i0.wp.com/www.historynerd.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/20151971.png?resize=205%2C300&ssl=1 205w" sizes="(max-width: 536px) 100vw, 536px" /> |
↥115 | ”Work on 11 Six-Suite Blocks to Start,” Ottawa Journal, February 13, 1952, p. 30. |
↥116 | Ottawa Journal, June 19, 1952, p. 26; Ottawa Journal, April 11, 1953, p. 33. |
↥117 | ”Campeau Firm Roads Draw Blast in Council,” Ottawa Journal, June 16, 1953, p. 3. |
↥118 | Ottawa Citizen, June 19, 1956, p. 31; Ottawa Journal, December 1, 1956, p. 46. |
↥119 | ”15 Apartment Buildings Going Up in West End,” Ottawa Journal, August 29, 1952, p. 16; Ottawa Journal, May 19, 1953, p. 28; Ottawa Journal, September 29, 1953, p. 32. |
↥120 | Ottawa Journal, February 28, 1974, p. 37. |
↥121 | ”54 New Home Units Being Constructed,” Ottawa Journal, November 3, 1943, p. 22. |
↥122 | Ottawa Journal, September 11, 1945, p. 18; Ottawa Journal, November 3, 1945, p.22; Ottawa Journal, April 3, 1946, p. 9; Ottawa Journal, August 9, 1946, p. 20; Ottawa Journal, October 7, 1947, p. 26; Ottawa Journal, September 11, 1948, p. 40. |
↥123 | Ottawa Journal, May 9, 1950, p. 9; Ottawa Journal, September 15, 1951, p. 32; Ottawa Journal, April 17, 1952, p. 1. |
↥124 | Ottawa Journal, October 2, 1959, p. 21; Ottawa Journal, January 13, 1960, p. 4; Ottawa Journal, October 16, 1961, p. 3. |
↥125 | Ottawa Journal, December 19, 1953, p. 37. |
↥126 | Ottawa Journal, November 18, 1960, p. 12. |
↥127 | Ottawa Journal, May 6, 1953, p. 33; Ottawa Journal, May 19, 1953, p. 28; Ottawa Journal, August 1, 1953, p. 32. |
↥128 | Ottawa Journal, September 29, 1953, p. 32. |
↥129 | Ottawa Journal, February 23, 1954, p. 9; Ottawa Journal, April 27, 1954, p. 10; Ottawa Journal, August 31, 1954, p. 4; Ottawa Journal, January 12, 1955, p. 11. |
↥130 | Ottawa Journal, July 29, 1955, p. 26. |
↥131 | ”Permit Issued For 42 Apartment Suites on Kirkwood,” Ottawa Journal, January 28, 1954, p. 20. |
↥132 | ”New Construction in Ottawa Likely To Set a Record,” Ottawa Journal, March 19, 1954, p. 30. |
↥133 | Ottawa Journal, August 17, 1954, p. 24. |
↥134 | ”$425,000 Apartment For Kirkwood Avenue,” Ottawa Journal, February 2, 1955 p. 18. |
↥135 | ”New Ottawa Home Units Total 233,” Ottawa Journal, November 15, 1955, p. 21. |
↥136 | Admittedly, I have taken a liberty here. Advertisements run in the Journal seem to consistently refer to the larger second phase as the Saxony Apartments where I refer to the entire development. Ottawa Journal, October 17, 1956, p. 44. |
↥137 | Defining neighbourhoods is always an exercise in arbitrary definition, so I’m a little less concerned about the specifics in this case. I went with the Westboro Community Association’s definition because it is suggestive that those engaged citizens within its defined boundaries see themselves belonging to the Westboro community. |
↥138 | Numerous local residents strongly opposed the construction of an Ontario Hydro office building on Byron because it might “set a precedent that could be used to give the district apartment houses and gas stations.” See “Hydro Takes Second Thought,” Ottawa Journal, September 22, 1951, p. 6. |
↥139 | ”CMHC Loans Total $6,000,000 in Ottawa for 6-Month Period,” Ottawa Journal, August 5, 1952, p. 3; “March Building Permits Valued at $3,323,565,” Ottawa Journal, April 30, 1953, p. 14. |
↥140 | Also known as Westwood during the 1950s and as the old Honeywell Farm before that. |
↥141 | Local residents also took issue with the potential for there being apartments at the north and south ends of the Honeywell Farm development and took the developer to the OMB. See “Home Owners Protest Honeywell Plan,” Ottawa Journal, May 20, 1953, p. 33. |
↥142 | Ottawa Journal, January 5, 1955, p. 34; Ottawa Journal, February 18, 1955, p. 33. |
↥143 | MacRostie submitted the plan on March 17, 1947. See By-Laws of the Council of the Corporation of the City of Ottawa, 1947. By-Law No. 9801, pp. 219-232. |
↥144 | The name “Manor Park” was chosen by the subdivision’s speculator, Daniel J. McAnulty for its proximity to the Manor House at Rockcliffe Park. As was the case with so many of the pre-WW1 subdivisions, it was quite easy to purchase land and subdivide it, but much less easy to actually sell the lots. McAnulty subdivided a number of lots around Ottawa during this period, but did not find much success, save for a portion of The Glebe. He left Ottawa in 1913 for greater potential of Montreal and subsequently for Boston. See Ottawa Journal, May 17, 1911, p. 2; Ottawa Journal, May 18, 1911, p. 7; Ottawa Journal, May 19, 1911, p. 7; “Leaving Ottawa,” Ottawa Journal, October 10, 1913, p. 2. When he died at his home in Boston in 1939, the Journal remembered the 56 year old as “one of the first real estate men to realize the value of developing suburban areas.” See. “D.J. McA’Nulty Colourful Realtor Dies in Boston,” Ottawa Journal, March 28, 1939, p. 1. |
↥145 | See “Planning 650 Housing Units in Manor Park,” Ottawa Citizen, December 21, 1956, p.13; “Reach Agreement on $3 Million Housing Plan in Gloucester,” Ottawa Journal, December 24, 1946, p. 17; “Designate Area in Gloucester Residential Site,” Ottawa Journal, March 6, 1947, p. 15; “Manor Park Division Is Approved By Board,” Ottawa Citizen, March 6, 1947, p. 12; “Housing Project Goes Ahead,” Ottawa Journal, March 18, 1947, p. 7; Thomas H. Turner. “The Fantastic Tale of Manor Park Village – 100 Acres of Natural Beauty,” Ottawa Citizen, October 10, 1947, p. 13; M.A. Seymour. Ottawa Land Enquiry: Report of the Commissioner, M.A. Seymour, Esq., Q.C. 1953. City of Ottawa Archives Accession 2010.0049.1 Box A2010-0431 File 2010.0049.1.1.1. |
↥146 | ”Mayor Wants Probe of Realty Group’s Operations: Fears ‘Monopoly’ Being Sought,” Ottawa Journal, December 16, 1952, p. 21. |
↥147 | 287 and 291 St. Laurent. |
↥148 | ”Still Deadlocked Over Manor Park Housing Project,” Ottawa Journal, May 5, 1950, p. 32. |
↥149 | ”Drop Manor Park Housing Plan When City Hall Stands by Staff,” Ottawa Journal, May 5, 1950, p. 14. |
↥150 | ”Permits Issued for Apartments in Manor Park,” Ottawa Journal, May 12, 1950, p. 1. |
↥151 | Ottawa Journal, September 21, 1950, p. 42; Ottawa Journal, November 24, 1950, p. 24. |
↥152 | The usual anxieties were expressed through the usual accusations, like Alvin was “attempting to build ‘slums'”, and they were “fire traps.” See “Permits Issued for Apartments in Manor Park,” Ottawa Journal, May 12, 1950, p. 1. For later concerns about building condition, see Don Whitely. “House crumbles, drought blamed,” Ottawa Journal, September 9, 1978, p. 8; Don Whitely. “Repairs to crumbling homes may be delayed until spring,” Ottawa Journal, September 15, 1978, p. 33. |