There has been a lot of debate lately about whether or not Ottawa is a great city. On one side of the coin you have Andrew Cohen with his usual Ottawa-bashing pieces, while on the other side you have Paul Wells of Maclean’s who doesn’t share Cohen’s views on the city. After calling Toronto home for […]
Post by Peter Boyle There were 1,036 days in the presidency of John F. Kennedy. This is the story of two of them that changed history forever. Two Days In June: John F. Kennedy And The 48 Hours That Made History by Ottawa-based writer Andrew Cohen is a dense, sometimes joyful, sometimes bored, but constantly energetic book. Cohen […]
This is the fourth part in our week-long series The Future of Ottawa. In this guest column, journalism professor and Ottawa Citizen columnist Andrew Cohen argues that Ottawa is still making poor urban planning choices, notwithstanding a few notable exceptions. Twitter users: use hashtag #futott if you want to discuss this series on Twitter. Ottawa is full of […]
Ottawa is on the verge of becoming an extraordinary city. Over the next few years, billions of dollars will be spent on several projects that will transform our region. These initiatives include: ? The $2.1 billion Light Rail Transit (LRT) system currently under construction; ? The $110 million planned renovation of the National Arts Centre; ? The proposed phase II redevelopment […]
This week, Apartment613 and OpenFile have partnered to present a series of stories—apologies for Ottawa—that show off what makes Ottawa a great place to live. We drew inspiration from ideas readers submitted to both websites. Today, Jonathan Migneault writes about the strength of neighbourhoods. This past March, Apartment613 ran one of the most popular series […]
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