Ottawa's downtown landmarks, the Chateau Laurier and former Union Station, (Government Conference Centre), are celebrating their 100th anniversary in 2012. A century earlier they represented the expansion of the Grand Trunk Railway into the capital and across the country and brought to prominence a new Montreal architectural firm, Ross & MacFarlane/Macdonald, the largest in Canada by the 1930's. Heritage Ottawa Vice-President David Jeanes, who has known both buildings since his youth and has studied them in great detail, particularly the Beaux-Arts station, will share his in-depth knowledge of these significant monuments.
Date: Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Time: 7:00 pm
Location: Ottawa Public Library Auditorium
120 Metcalfe St., corner of Laurier Ave. W.
19 November 2012
Heritage Ottawa presentation on Ottawa Union Station and the Chateau Laurier at 100
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