MacLaren Street, which runs through Centretown from Bronson Avenue to the Queen Elizabeth Driveway, was named after James MacLaren, a Scottish-born lumber baron who lived in Quebec in the 19th century.
MacLaren Street
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O’Connor Street
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.
Preston Street
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.
Salisbury Place
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.