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Farewell to the ByWard Fruit Market, and hello to Hard 2 Find, Hard 2 Get!
By Nadia Stuewer Owners Isaac and Miriam Farbiasz are sad to be closing the ByWard Fruit Market this spring, after 26 years of purveying fresh produce and gourmet foods to residents of the ByWard Market, Lowertown, and beyond. Their customers are sad to see them go too. Isaac and Miriam bought the fruit market…
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New consequences for demolition by neglect
By Allen Brown Representatives from the Lowertown Community Association (LCA) and Heritage Ottawa (HO) expressed their concerns about the proposed demolition of 79 Guigues Street at the December 10, 2024, meeting of the city’s Built Heritage Committee (BHC). The 125-year-old home is only a block away from three other buildings on St. Patrick Street lost…
Gentlemen, stop your engines!
By Heather Matthews When we bought our house on King Edward Avenue two years ago, we were well aware of the traffic situation and all the noise and potential danger of such a busy street. We tried to balance these negatives against the desire to remain downtown on a relatively small budget, we were moving…
King Edward Avenue and the speed camera: what it revealed and what we’ve taken away
By Josiah Frith As I write this, a few blocks from King Edward Avenue, the sound of a truck engine brakes cut through the morning. It’s a familiar interruption here – not occasional, but routine – and it says more about the street than any traffic report. King Edward is not behaving like an ordinary…