When the Alexander Fleck House was first built in 1902 on Laurier Avenue West, its owner and namesake would have been able to gaze through the red brick mansion’s ornate, stained-glass windows and see his foundry’s workforce in the industrial neighbourhood of LeBreton Flats below. 
Catherine Cross, Centretown NewsThe Alexander Fleck House on Laurier Avenue.
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Victorian heritage building undergoes makeover
The Hungarian embassy in Centretown – a century-old heritage building on Metcalfe Street –– will be undergoing construction to its sunroom after it sustained damage in the earthquake that struck Ottawa in 2010. 
Veronika Gorlova, Centretown NewsDamage to the sunroom of the Hungarian embassy building. They were sustained in an earthquake three years ago and have not yetbeen repaired.
Documentaries record river quality
A pilot project raising awareness about the Ottawa River’s water quality culminated this month in the filming of three mini-documentaries about the importance of maintaining the river. 
Michelle Kwan, Centretown NewsMeredith Brown (left) and Alexandra Cousteau test the water quality of the Ottawa River .
Hope for Elgin concert hall evaporates as city leases space
Centretown’s last hope for a concert hall was extinguished when city council approved a motion that allows Ottawa Tourism to move into space in a new office building at 150 Elgin St.