Club Laurentien

07 mar
2015
Snowed up Elgin Street

Centretown

Aylmer Apartments, Laurentian Club, Grand Union Hotel, NAC, Elgin Street

~1945

2015

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National Capital Commission

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Much wider Elgin Street and lost of several heritage buildings.

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This photo shows how snow removal was done in the streets of Ottawa around 1945.The landscape around Elgin Street was then quite different and the only still standing building in both photo is the Lord Elgin Hotel (1941). The Laurentian Club, the Grand Union Hotel and the Aylmer Apartments (on...

22 fév
2015
Laurentian Club at the Corner of Elgin and Albert Streets

Centretown

Elgin Street, Albert Street, Laurentian Club, Jim Flaherty Building

~1920

2015

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Library & Archives Canada

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Building with rich architectural detaisl replaced by one with "saveur du jour".

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Social class segregation was common in Ottawa at the turn of the previous century. Entrance to gentlemen's club was only granted to those belonging to a certain class or profession. Sick of that questionable behavior and frustrated that business partners and clients were excluded from those elitist clubs, three businessmen...