Major four-tower development breaks ground at 320 Lees Avenue Long-planned, transit-oriented project will bring 3,000 residents, new rentals and commercial space to Sandy Hill and Old Ottawa East JOHN DANCE Just across the Lees Avenue...
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Art Beat TANISBROWNING-SHELP TANIS@BROWNING-SHELP.COM A finger on the pulse of the arts in OOE OOE ARTIST FEATURE: Symphony of Colours: Portuguese-Canadian Perspectives: Behind the scenes with Joana Pimental at the Embassy of Portugal There are currently 131 embassies, high commissions and consulates in Ottawa that are dedicated to promoting the...
Petition campaign to save the school boasts some 500 signatures 120-year-old Lady Evelyn School faces closure under school board plan Parents, community push back against planned grade-by-grade phase-out of Old Ottawa East’s only English public school. JOHN DANCE The rich 120-year history of Lady Evelyn School (LES) on Evelyn...
OLD OTTAWA EATS Part 2 of 2: Flat crust-style pizzerias ranked A slice of the City: The Mainstreeter’s Ottawa pizza taste-off In this final instalment, Quinn Abugov checks in on five of Ottawa’s trendy new-ish pizza parlours to sample and rank their delicious thin-crust Neapolitan, Roman and New-York style pizzas....
OLD OTTAWA EATS Help Now, Eat Later: Community micro-loans funding expansion Sula Wok cooks up a creative financing plan – and neighbours are buying in LORNE ABUGOV Sula Wok, the much-loved Asian fusion restaurant at 184 Main Street, is midway through building its House of Dreams, rising from...
Local family takes the stage in musical theatre romp, Something Rotten! GNAG Theatre’s spring musical mixes Tudor history, modern humour and some Old Ottawa East talent. CLARE DAVIDSON ROGERS GNAG Theatre will be producing the amazingly popular musical theatre production, Something Rotten! this April. This frolic of a musical...
When rejection becomes an invitation Old Ottawa East couple launch a new literary journal for writers finding their way Off Season is an online literary journal that celebrates the rough patches of creative life and turns author’s dry spells into opportunity LORI GANDY Old Ottawa East resident Sophia Ross Eckert...
Art Beat TIM HUNT’SMAIN STREETSKETCHES Tim Hunt explores his community outfitted with a small sketchbook, pen, and watercolour kit. In our regular feature, he shares the pages from his sketchbook and tells the stories behind his work. TIM HUNT The view looking north towards Immaculata High School at the end...
OUR CHANGING COMMUNITY Conversations that could shape Indigenous reconciliation in Old Ottawa East A December gathering organized by The Mainstreeter highlighted emerging initiatives and projects – and a growing desire to work together on the community’s Truth and Reconciliation efforts. SARAH PLEDGE DICKSON Community members gathered in...
How Old Ottawa East compares to the rest of Ottawa New neighbourhood data confirms what OOE residents already suspect – we’re kind of different! From housing and education to trees, transit and travel habits, new Ottawa Neighbourhood Study data paints a revealing picture of Old Ottawa East and provides evidence...
OUR CHANGING COMMUNITY Higher, denser, closer: How Ottawa’s new zoning by-law will dramatically reshape housing, streetscapes of Old Ottawa East The City’s new zoning rules boost housing density throughout our community while triggering debate over height, sunlight and neighbourhood character. JOHN DANCE After three years of public and developer “engagement,”...
OOE COMMUNITY UPDATES John Dance is TheMainstreeter’s chiefreporter and the formerChair of the Old OttawaEast CommunityAssociation’s PlanningCommittee. With hisextensive experience,he keeps our readersinformed of a widerange of communitydevelopments. Canal Skateway season a success In stark contrast to 2023, when the Rideau Canal Skateway wasn’t open for even a single day,...