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August 12, 2018

The Edgewater Apartments: Ken Greene Ruffles a few Feathers Along the ‘Royal Route’ (1951)

Posted on Sunday, August 12, 2018 by Chris Apartment City of Ottawa Development Federal District (National Capital) Commission Midcentury New Edinburgh Ottawa Transcript
The Edgewater Apartments, located at 60 Stanley Avenue in Ottawa, as it appears today. Image: C. Ryan, August 7, 2018.

I’ve always appreciated the Edgewater Apartments in New Edinburgh. In most other settings, it would be a tidy (if unremarkable) mid-century apartment block, but set in New Edinburgh – theĀ northern portion of New Edinburgh – it takes on a whole different meaning.

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