May 13, 2005 - Glebe Report
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21 <strong>Glebe</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>May</strong> <strong>13</strong>, <strong>2005</strong> THE<br />
Hot topics in the <strong>Glebe</strong> <strong>Report</strong> News from 1<br />
Volume 3, Number 5, <strong>May</strong> 17, 1975<br />
BY IAN MCKERCHER<br />
Two front-page articles and two<br />
letters to the editor cried out against<br />
the ravenous appetite of Lansdowne<br />
Park for expansion thirty years ago.<br />
Lansdowne general manager,<br />
Charles Sim, was anxious to annex<br />
more parking space by expanding<br />
Lansdowne Park north of Holmwood<br />
between Bank and O'Connor.<br />
Ottawa's Board of Control voted<br />
against expropriating housing on the<br />
north side of Holmwood for<br />
parking, but agreed to prioritizing a<br />
multi-level parking garage in the<br />
south-west corner of the park near<br />
the Bank Street bridge. Second<br />
priority would be an amateur sports<br />
hall to be built near O'Connor and<br />
Adelaide. This building, to be<br />
designed with citizen input, would<br />
replace the Coliseum which,<br />
although heavily used, needed major<br />
repairs.<br />
77.11r.R7., '<br />
Dave and Lee 's Country Store<br />
There was $10,000 in the Lansdowne<br />
Park budget for "prettying the<br />
dusty lot at the south-east corner of<br />
Bank and Holmwood". The GCA,<br />
which worked on a plan three years<br />
ago for the same lot, said they hadn't<br />
been told of the new proposal but<br />
would like to see the area made more<br />
attractive and usable.<br />
The new C.A. Fitzsimmons<br />
Company building was under<br />
construction at the corner of Bronson<br />
and Carling. The eight-storey<br />
office tower was to be completed by<br />
December 1975.<br />
David and Lee Hudson, of Dave<br />
and Lee's Country Store, at 855<br />
Bank Street, were holding an<br />
organizational meeting to consider<br />
organizing a food co-op in the <strong>Glebe</strong>.<br />
They hoped to combat high prices<br />
for natural foods by buying in bulk<br />
from local producers. They<br />
especially wanted to attract senior<br />
citizens as members, and helpers, as<br />
people on fixed incomes are hard hit<br />
by high food prices.<br />
Full-page gardening ads from both<br />
Capital Home Hardware (850 Bank<br />
Street at Fifth), and McKeen-Willis<br />
Garden Centre, (behind the store at<br />
754 Bank Street) competed for the<br />
attention of green thumbs in the<br />
<strong>Glebe</strong>.<br />
CAN'T TALK TO THE WORLD'S<br />
FINANCIAL LEADERS?<br />
GOOD OLD DAYS<br />
THE OTTAWA EVENING CITIZEN,<br />
LATE MAY-EARLY JUNE, 1928<br />
FILED BY IAN MCKERCHER<br />
FEATURES<br />
Serialized fiction stories seem to<br />
have been a popular Citizen feature<br />
in 1928. Chapter XXX of Girl Alone<br />
by Anne Auston and installment LI<br />
of Three Generations by Warwick<br />
Deeping appeared in the <strong>May</strong> 30<br />
Citizen.<br />
A daily column titled On the Air<br />
listed the radio programming<br />
available that night. Only two<br />
Canadian stations were listed,<br />
CFCA and CKCW, both in Toronto.<br />
The rest were American, from as far<br />
away as Chicago and Atlanta.<br />
Daily notices of steamship movements<br />
between New York and<br />
Europe filled a column. As well, an<br />
article titled British Mails From<br />
Ottawa noting that letter mail posted<br />
by 10 p.m. in Ottawa would reach<br />
the Empress of France sailing out of<br />
Quebec City the next day.<br />
ADVERTISING<br />
Charles Ogilvy was advertising a<br />
sale of all-wool English motor rugs<br />
for $3.95, claiming these as "a<br />
splendid opportunity for the motorist-the<br />
traveler-the camper or the<br />
cottager."<br />
Freiman's Great Annual <strong>May</strong> sale<br />
was featuring three-piece chesterfield<br />
suites from $159, and ninepiece<br />
dining room suites from $159<br />
in solid oak and from $195 in<br />
walnut.<br />
Two trouser suits were available<br />
for $16.50 and women's gingham<br />
smocks and dresses were going for<br />
$1.29 or two for $2.50.<br />
The Chateau Laurier Grill advertised<br />
a businessman's lunch served<br />
daily from 12-2:30 p.m. for $1.<br />
Canadian National Railways<br />
advertised The Washingtonian,<br />
luxurious through-train service<br />
leaving Ottawa's Union Station<br />
every day at 3:30 p.m. for Washington<br />
via New York and Philadelphia.<br />
Every refinement of accommoda-<br />
9289 Part 2<br />
Freiman's Great Annual <strong>May</strong> sale<br />
(1928).<br />
tion was available, including<br />
drawing room-sleeping cars, dining<br />
cars and first-class coaches.<br />
REAL ESTATE<br />
Second Avenue house, four<br />
bedrooms, basement laundry tubs,<br />
unfinished attic, built in 1926,<br />
$7,500.<br />
New, brick veneer, 7 rooms, bath,<br />
First Avenue, exceptionally good<br />
location, $8,000. Easy terms.<br />
Woodlawn Avenue: A very<br />
desirable home with southern<br />
exposure and unobstructed view is<br />
offered on this quiet avenue. There<br />
are five bedrooms and den, with hot<br />
water heating, two fuel fireplaces,<br />
heavy wiring, hardwood floors, good<br />
garage, rear lane. Price reduced to<br />
$7,800 for a quick sale.<br />
RENTALS<br />
<strong>Glebe</strong>, 6 rooms, sublet, good<br />
condition $30 (a month).<br />
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