Former 12 Metcalfe Street
Rideau Club, Metcalfe Street, NCC
NCC could not think of anything better than a statue and tourism info centre.
12 Metcalfe Street used to host the Merchant Bank of Canada. It was destroyed by a fire in 1979 which also took down the Rideau Club on the right-hand side of the archival photo.For the last 30 years, the NCC kept the lot empty and is trying to figure out...
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Langevin Block with Rideau Club
Wellington street, Rideau Club, Langevin Block
Title: Langevin Block, Ottawa, Ont. Reference number: 3319263
This archival photo shows the Langevin Block, the first federal building to be built outside the hill. The building on the West side of the Langevin Block is the former Rideau Club which was demolished in 1979 after it had been damaged by a fire. Forty years later, Public Works...
Roxborough Apartments on Laurier
Confederation Park, Roxborough Apartments, Laurier Street, Elgin Street
The Roxborough was the most luxurious. An underused park can be found where it once stood.