Todmorden Developments Brings ‘Bachelorama’ to the Rosedale Valley (1956)
Here is another short one. This time, it’s from Toronto and about an apartment that I’ve noticed every time I walk by.
Author: Chris
Carleton County/City of (Ville de) Vanier/City of Ottawa/Federal District (National Capital) Commission/Gloucester Township/Intermunicipal Affairs/Murray Jones/Ottawa/Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton/Transcript
Second City, Second Metro: Cumberland Council Seeks Divorce From Prescott and Russell
Had nearly all the other voices in Cumberland Township not been enough to drive the point home that alignment with Carleton County, rather than remaining with P...
Panda Associates Captures The Sandringham
A few weeks back, I wrote a bit on the Sandringham Apartments in Sandy Hill. While browsing the Panda Associates collection at the University of Calgary, I came...
Carleton County/City of (Ville de) Vanier/City of Ottawa/Federal District (National Capital) Commission/Gloucester Township/Greenbelt (Ottawa)/Intermunicipal Affairs/Murray Jones/Nepean/Office/Ottawa/Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton/Transcript
Second City, Second Metro: Carleton County “is a form of regional government”
Carleton County Council, as the representative body most geographically aligned with the study area, had a whole lot to say to Commissioner Jones in its favour....
City of (Ville de) Vanier/City of Ottawa/Federal District (National Capital) Commission/Gloucester Township/Greenbelt (Ottawa)/Intermunicipal Affairs/Jacques Gréber/Murray Jones/Nepean/Ottawa/Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton/Transcript
Second City, Second Metro: Parish of Bearbrook Joins the Chorus
Bearbrook Parish in Cumberland Township joined the existing chorus of township figures (somewhat reluctantly, it seems) and set out its conditions for joining w...
City of (Ville de) Vanier/Federal District (National Capital) Commission/Intermunicipal Affairs/Murray Jones/Ottawa/Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton/Rockcliffe Park/Transcript
Second City, Second Metro: Eastview Planning Board – “[Eastview] feels more like a family”
When it came to discussions about what a Metropolitan or Regional Government would mean for the Ottawa region, the small municipalities that came to be surround...
Dixie Lee Nut Shop Gets Cracked
Here is another short one from Vanier.
City of (Ville de) Vanier/City of Ottawa/Gloucester Township/Intermunicipal Affairs/Murray Jones/Nepean/Ottawa/Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton/Transcript
Second City, Second Metro: Electrical Contractors’ Association wants Regulatory Harmony
The Electrical Contractors’ Association of Ottawa appeared before Jones with one request: that any Metropolitan style city that emerges from the process r...
City of Ottawa/Federal District (National Capital) Commission/Gloucester Township/Greenbelt (Ottawa)/Intermunicipal Affairs/Jacques Gréber/Murray Jones/Nepean/Ottawa/Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton/Transcript
Second City, Second Metro: The Green Belt Property Owners’ Association – ‘victims of government’
It was not just the Townships of Nepean and Gloucester that had a hard time with the National Capital Commission’s approach to the Greenbelt: those who ow...
Second City, Second Metro: The Civic Hospital Wants [More] Independence
When a small team of administrators from the Ottawa Civic Hospital appeared before the Jones Commission on March 31, 1965, it was pretty clear that they did so ...
Blog: Another Social Media Departure
I’ve never had any particular fear of social media. It has served a purpose and I’ve had a good time over the years on many platforms. I surprised m...
City of (Ville de) Vanier/City of Ottawa/Federal District (National Capital) Commission/Gloucester Township/Greenbelt (Ottawa)/Intermunicipal Affairs/Murray Jones/Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton/Transcript
Second City, Second Metro: The Women’s Institute of Navan Seconds the Call for Alignment with Carleton County
Presenting on the same day as the Navan Lion’s Club, the Women’s Institute of Navan appeared before Murray Jones on March 31 to make the case for se...