Ottawa, Pre-mixed

Monday, 7 May 2018

Falling Down


Spring brings the renewed demolition of the London Arms Apartments (originally the "Midtown") built in 1938 at the corner of Gloucester and Metcalfe (see Chris Ryan's article). A fresh assault on the southeast corner of the building reveals extensive use of concrete cinder-block.

the Ottawa Journal, September 10 1938
at May 07, 2018
Email ThisBlogThis!Share to XShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest
Labels: apartments, cinder-block, demolition, Harry Hayley, London Arms, Midtown Apartments, Ottawa
Location: 151 Metcalfe St, Ottawa, ON K2P 1N8, Canada
Newer Post Older Post Home

Search This Blog

Blog Archive

  • December 2018 (5)
  • November 2018 (8)
  • October 2018 (19)
  • September 2018 (9)
  • August 2018 (13)
  • July 2018 (20)
  • June 2018 (4)
  • May 2018 (20)
  • April 2018 (29)

hey, check these out...

  • A History of Ottawa East
  • apt613
  • Bytown or Bust
  • Géo-Outaouais
  • Geology and Scenery, Natonal Capital — D.M. Baird (PDF)
  • Geology.com
  • geoOttawa maps
  • Glebe Historical Timeline
  • Heritage Ottawa
  • Kevin Ballantyne Geomantics
  • Linda Seccaspina remembers the invention of the wheel
  • MCM and 1970s Era Ottawa
  • Ottawa Magazine
  • Ottawa Rewind
  • Ottawa's Building and Monument Stones Quentin Gall (PDF)
  • Paleourbana
  • Remember This?
  • Sandatlas
  • Sandy Hill History
  • The Gloucester Historical Society
  • The Kitchissippi Museum
  • The Margins of History
  • Today in Ottawa History
  • Urbsite
  • West Side Action
Travel theme. Powered by Blogger.