Archive 1997-2016
Ottawa is filled with an array of diverse streets — residential and business, quiet and loud — you name it. O'Connor Street captures all of this, starting as a bustling part of the downtown core and expanding south into a calm residential street in the Glebe.
A community of Italian-Canadians emerged in central Ottawa beginning around 1900 as immigrants from Italy settled in the area.
City of Ottawa ArchivesFire at 90 Preston Street in 1954.
Connecting the houses that line Gilmour and Lewis streets is Salisbury Place. This road is home to just four houses, and is no longer than five cars parked in a row.
Colour is one thing that’s not missing along Somerset Street West. Striking red lamp posts with yellow banners line the busy, four-lane road. City of Ottawa ArchivesThese businesses from 373-375 1/2 Somerset Street are typical of the 'mom and pop' establishments that lined the busy street in 1960.
