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Author: Centretown Staff
Landmark hotel turns 75
Courtesy Lord Elgin Hotel
Then-prime minister William Lyon Mackenzie King and then-Ottawa mayor Stanley Lewis at the laying of the cornerstone.The Lord Elgin Hotel, built not only to alleviate a chronic wartime shortage of visitor accommodations in the city but also to reflect then-prime minister Mackenzie King’s vision of a vibrant modern capital, is celebrating its 75th anniversary this summer.
City to reintroduce bike corrals on trial basis
City of Ottawa A bike corral along Wellington Street West in Hintonburg.Bike corrals — metal contraptions that provide parking for a dozen bikes in the space of one on-street car-parking spot — may be coming to Centretown.
NAC renovations cause program cancellations
The National Arts Centre has cancelled its student matinee performances and is offering fewer parking spaces amidst the $110-million renovation project that broke ground in February.