St. Patrick Street Irish: The Whelans at 332
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St. Patrick Street Irish: The Whelans at 332

ByJennifer Campbell

By Nancy Miller Chenier A magnificent, repurposed church, St. Brigid’s Centre for the Arts, home of the National Irish Canadian Cultural Centre, and the ruins of Our Lady’s, a former Roman Catholic school, now serve as monuments to the Irish Catholic settlers of Lowertown. Along the south side of St. Patrick Street between Cumberland and…

Books by or about Lowertowners – Paddling the Boreal Forest: Rediscovering A.P. Low
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Books by or about Lowertowners – Paddling the Boreal Forest: Rediscovering A.P. Low

ByJennifer Campbell

By Nancy Miller-Chenier Max Finkelstein and James Stone, Paddling the Boreal Forest: Rediscovering A.P Low, Dundurn Press, 2004. This book has two Lowertown connections – Jim Stone, a co-author and current resident of Lowertown and Albert Peter (A.P.) Low, former employee of the Geological Survey of Canada located from 1881 to 1911 at 541 Sussex…

Sculptures winging through Lowertown
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Sculptures winging through Lowertown

ByJennifer Campbell

By Nancy Miller Chenier Viewing these sculptural pieces may give you a slight kink in the neck but looking up in Lowertown is worth the effort. Our quartier has a proliferation of outdoor public art featuring winged creatures. Some are representations of our feathered bird friends while others have human forms. All seem content to…

Graziadei, Mandia, and Moroni – three performing artists from Lowertown’s Italian community
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Graziadei, Mandia, and Moroni – three performing artists from Lowertown’s Italian community

ByJennifer Campbell

By Nancy Miller Chenier Though few in numbers, the Italian community in Lowertown made a noticeable contribution to the performing arts. A census of Lowertown residents identified Italian families as early as 1851 and by 1900, an estimated 700 Italians had settled here. This article focuses on members of three families. Rocco Graziadei played music,…