Roxborough Appartments

1910
2014
Roxborough Appartments on Laurier in 1939
Conferation Park in Ottawa in 2014
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The Way We Were
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The Roxborough Apartments were the most luxurious in Ottawa. Emptiness now stands were they were.
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The Roxborough Apartments were "the" place to live in Ottawa in 1910.  Its 82 units were renting between 35 and 40$ a month, complete maid service included.Mackenzie King, Lous St.Laurent and General Georges Vanier all lived at the Roxborough at one time or another. The NCC expropriated the building since they...
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~1900
2013
Maria Street and Roxborough Apartments in Ottawa around 1900
Laurier Street and Confédération Parc in Ottawa in 2013
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City of Ottawa
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Destruction of Roxborough Apartmets. Car is king on Elgin now.
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This photo of Laurier Street, formerly Maria Street, shows on of the most luxurious apartment building never been built in Ottawa; the Roxborough Apartments. Maria Street had its worldly moments in the past as a series of trees separated both of its lanes. The area around the Roxborough Apartments was...
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