Re: Street may make way for green space, Dec. 10
Ah yes, Commissioner Street. What a great memory as a child and teen growing up in that area.
We were not confused at all about the three corners: Slater, Bronson at Commissioner streets. It’s where we all met on the weekend, especially in winter.
There we were with our pieces of cardboard to slide down Nanny goat hill behind St. Vincent’s Hospital where our slide ended abruptly at the bottom of Slater Street.
How we remember the cuts and bruises from the ice and rocks coming down that hill.
Right on Slater stands a long cement wall that ends at Commmish which still stands today. We would run that wall until we came to Commish and Bronson. This whole area was our playground.
We’d hop onto the back of street cars in winter for a ride down Bronson to Commish to bring us home. That’s until the conductor stopped and chased us away.
I can still hear the voices calling out “See you at 7 at the corner of Commish.”
It’s a good thing we have memories because Ottawa is not the place where we grew up and remember with fondness, it’s only a big city now with hidden memories that will always be held Dear to our hearts.
Joanne D. Sampson,
Gladstone Avenue