In brief

A witness to French-Canadian heritage saved

When the reconstruction of Sussex Drive begins in 2013, a 100-year-old building avoids expropriation thanks to the intervention of the Lowertown Community Association. 

Colour photograph of a two-storey, red-brick townhouse with a flat roof. The house has three doors on the ground floor, with small balconies above the doors. To the left, a two-storey single-family home.

A French-Canadian heritage building in Lowertown on Sussex Drive (275, 277 and 279) is saved from demolition because of its heritage value. Photograph illustrating an article by François Pierre Dufault, “Un édifice centenaire”, Le Droit, April 17, 2012. Photo: Patrick Woodbury, Le Droit.

Le Droit, 120413 patrimoine ottawa 0012.

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