From Rooming House to Cozy Home

Serving the Glebe community since 1973 www.glebereport.ca ISSN 0702-7796 March 13, 2015 Vol. 43 No. 3 Issue no. 468 FREE anner m t to PHOTO: From rooming house to cozy home By Tom Tanner The sorry condition of the Glebe Avenue property should every family need their own washing machine, was not a deal breaker in 1978 when we decided to buy lawn mower or power tools? Co-operative living could We were enthused by the possibilities and prepared to the large semi-detached that operated as a rooming mean help with child care, home renovation and other overlook the reality. Well, almost – the dining room house. An opening between the two sides meant the tasks. Eventually two sets of families actually bought made an impression. The sliding doors to the foyer landlord rented 11 rooms and three apartments. Every homes in the Glebe. Of these four families, we are the were wired shut and there were three locks on the room had at least one lock. When we took possession only ones still living in our (now individualized) com- smaller door. Boxes of empty beer bottles filled the the seller rummaged through the trunk of his car where munal house. alcove and there was a mattress on the floor. But the he kept several boxes full of keys – for our new home The Glebe was quite affordable in the late 1970s. “Do- motorcycle was the biggest surprise; we did not even and his other properties. it-yourself” (DIY) was the watchword. But the Glebe notice the charming china cabinet built into the wall During the 1970s the possibility of shared housing on that side of the room. was a lively topic among our group of friends. Why Continued on page 2

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This large semi-detached brick house built on Glebe Avenue in 1909 has a storied history.

Continued from page 1 Depression made church financing a George Clark, son of George A. Clark, five, four and three when we moved challenge, and we have been told that lived in 136 from 1928 until 1946. His in) always had playmates. The open- Traffic Plan was installed in its initial our house and two others were put up mother died when he was four (the Iva ings between the houses inspired Joan temporary form, the Glebe Commun- as collateral for a loan to finish the roof. Clark mentioned above was his step- Boswell, then living on Third Avenue, ity Centre had opened and the Glebe When George A. Clark died, owner- mother) and the third stained glass to include such a feature in Cut Off His Report had been publishing since 1973. ship passed to his wife Iva until 1950 window on the west side of the St. Mat- Tale, a mystery novel set in the Glebe. The key players in the renaissance of our when Rene and Lena Cholette bought thew’s sanctuary is dedicated to her After five years, however, the passages community were in place. There were the property. There are a lot of other memory. In 2007, George showed up in were closed as Tanners were going to still improvements to come; I remember names recorded as tenants. The house our back yard and came in to see his old Australia for a year of sabbatical leave. standing at the corner of Lyon and Glebe sheltered many people – as did many home. Of course he told us some history. The two dwellings have been separate in the spring before we moved in. Melt- Glebe homes, especially during the For example, the mismatched exterior since 1983 and 138 has been sold twice. ing snow was exposing an abundance Second World War when people flocked bricks in the chimney for the foyer fire- Vision and hard work brought the of dog “dirt” on tired lawns. The “stoop to the capital to help the war effort. place had always puzzled us. It turns out Glebe back to being a desirable family and scoop” law for pet owners was not In 1960 or 1961, another era began this is where a hole was knocked in the neighbourhood. Now the battles are yet in force. when Ethel McCormick set up “Melanie wall to release George who had been over intensification, and familiar houses 136/138 Glebe Avenue reflects the Rest Inn for Aged”. We assume that this let down three storeys to clean out the are being replaced with modern multi- stages of our community. Built by Ernest is when passages were knocked through chimney. He was a “scrawny kid,” but family designs. But the cream stone A. Hurdman, secretary of the Hurd- the common wall between 136 and 138. got stuck and could not be pulled up. The walls of St. Matthew’s reflect winter sun man Lumber Company in 1909/1910, The nursing home operated until 1972 fire department was called but could not into our windows and the organ provides the building was under one deed with or 1973. By 1975, Bill Levine was run- get him free so the bricks were removed backyard concerts on summer evenings. the owners living in 136 and renting ning a rooming house. The Tanner and to release him. Thirty-seven years after viewing the run- 138. Milton H. Pettypiece, an osteo- Kuelz families purchased the property When we moved into 136/138, the pas- down rooming house in a community path, is listed as owner in 1919. There in 1978 and had it severed, Tanners buy- sage was open between the two halves then somewhat shabby, we know we were tennis courts on the east side when ing 136 while Kuelzs bought 138. The on the ground floor and in the basement. made the right decision. George A. Clarke bought the house in neighbours were pleased to see two fam- There was a lot of co-operation and shar- 1928, but that didn’t last long as the next ilies moving from the suburbs intent on ing. This pioneering phase saw constant Tom Tanner has been a Glebe Avenue year saw construction begin for the new restoring a property that needed more activity and the five children (two Tan- resident for 37 years, and is a member St. Matthew’s. The onset of the Great than a bit of TLC. ners and three Keulzs – ages seven, six, of the Glebe Report board of directors.

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Fancy footwork at Abbotsford By Pat Goyeche

Hope springs eternal and at Abbots- ford we are really hoping that spring is on its way. Many brave and indus- trious members have been singing, exercising, painting, potting, playing ping-pong and enjoying coffee klatches at Abbotsford for the past two months but now we are gearing up for spring and the programming E CH T GOY that comes with it. A Spring will bring more occasions to feel good while you get fit. We have PHOTO: P PHOTO: Folk Dancing (dances from around the Instructor Michael Markov and a few Abbotsford members trying out Latin dancing. world) and Latin Dancing Levels I and II in the new spring lineup. Susan Barker is our folk dancing instructor. She has a veritable smor- Michael Markov. His Latin Dancing light the full roster of classes that Glebe Centre Inc., a charitable, not- gasbord of varied cultural dances to classes are meant to keep you fit while begin in early April. Abbotsford pro- for-profit, organization that includes share. Barker takes her classes on an you have fun to a Latin beat. Markov grams are for adults 55+. If you have a 254-bed long-term care home. Find adventure every week, spanning the says he likes teaching “dancing rou- never visited Abbotsford please come out more about our services by drop- globe. Whether in Europe, Asia, Scan- tines in a group party atmosphere, in and look around, ask some ques- ping by 950 Bank Street (the old stone dinavia or the Americas you will have making each class a fiesta.” Everyone tions, drop in on a class you think you house) from Monday to Friday 9 a.m. travelled and feel better for it! Her is welcome. No experience is neces- might want to take and find out more to 4 p.m, telephoning 613-230-5730 or classes help develop agility, motor sary, just a willingness to try … and about us. by checking out all of the Glebe Cen- skills, rhythm, spatial awareness, bal- again no partners required. You can Current programming will continue tre facilities and community programs ance and endurance. All this while pick from Levels I or II, depending until the end of March … come see for on our website www.glebecentre.ca. having fun! And there is no need for on your personal level of fitness and yourself what you can do! partners or experience. dance acumen. Abbotsford is your community Pat Goyeche is coordinator of com- Abbotsford is also starting a new The Spring Program Guide will be support centre for adults 55+. We pro- munity programs at Abbotsford at The dance program with instructor available mid-March and will high- vide the community programs of The Glebe Centre.

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By Ben Bulmer merley retired and closed his store after three decades, Green took the You can collect planes, trains and opportunity to open up on his own. automobiles, or countries that no “This had always been a passion and longer exist, add them to your mon- when that opportunity to open up the archs and dictators, spring flowers and shop came, I thought I would take it,” Canadian wildlife and file them with says Green. your bicycles and bees – it’s all in an The Sparks Street store closed its afternoon for a philatelist. doors on the Saturday and Green Chris Green Stamps opened its opened up the following week. Green doors to philatelists and the public had amassed a collection over the

alike at the beginning of October. It years and bought a proportion of the MER B EN BUL PHOTO: is a store filled with thousands upon Sparks Street stock. Chris Green, philatelist, owner of Chris Green Stamps, surrounded by thousands of thousands of stamps, postcards and The business is tucked behind Cap- stamps, postcards and other artefacts of postal history. Green is optimistic about postal history. ital Home Hardware, but with its the future of collecting. “I like the ability to tangentially unique product, it doesn’t need the work with a piece of history,” says walk-in traffic Bank Street generates, still popular and still growing, says what you’re looking for and what you Chris Green of what attracted him to says Green. Green. Although the heyday when collect,” says Green. philately, “they’re little pieces of art.” “It’s a great neighbourhood for niche every kid had a stamp collection may Green has been collecting stamps businesses, and it’s a nice neighbour- have ended, Green is optimistic about So what do people collect? since he was a student, working at hood for my customers who come the future of collecting. “There are as many categories as Ian Kimmerley Stamps on Sparks in from out of town or other parts of “Do fewer people collect because there are collectors,” says Green. Street during the summer whilst Ottawa to pop in, find a nice place for maybe they don’t get as many letters or “You can pretty much find something at university. After several years lunch, if the weather is nice go for a they’re not as exposed to it? Or maybe is to collect in any range of budget and of working on Parliament Hill in walk along the canal.” it the other side – it’s more of a novelty interest.” communications and parliament- Although the telephone and email because you don’t see it anymore and Some collectors collect by coun- ary affairs, Green returned to have reduced the post office to a frac- there is an attraction to it because it’s try, some by topic, others just collect work for Ian Kimmerley and tion of what it once was, the sort of representative of a past way of one particular series of stamps. And when Kim- hobby of collecting stamps is communicating,” says Green. although some single stamps are a “It’s fun to look at a postcard that little pricey, you can also buy many was sent a hundred odd years ago and thousands for a dollar or two, says it just says a reminder, ‘I’m coming for Green. “That’s one of the great things tea tomorrow at two o’clock,’ because about the hobby, you can pursue a very the mail was delivered so frequently neat little niche on a limited budget,” and there was no other way to con- says Green. firm appointments. We send a text If the art of the stamp doesn’t inter- now, they sent a postcard.” est you there’s always what’s written Although Green does sell online, on the back. Some people collect many collectors still prefer to come envelopes (covers as they are known into the store to browse for stamps. in the trade) based on where they were “It’s more fun to stumble across some- sent to or sent from. “In some cases thing. There’s no serendipity [with the it’s much more interesting what was Internet],” says Green. It’s also a very written on them than the stamp itself,” social thing. “Many times on a Sat- says Green. urday afternoon it’s almost a bit of a “It all comes back to a very tangen- stamp club here with collectors.” tial way of experiencing that history “Collectors might come in for a and getting to enjoy it.” good portion of the day. They spend a bit of time going through the stock Ben Bulmer, a recent arrival to the and looking for what they’re trying Glebe, is a regular contributor of to find, but you might spend an hour “Business Buzz” articles to the Glebe chatting GMSElemAdGeoGR15.pdfwith other collectors 1 15-02-04about 1:12Report. PM

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K music Glebe Report March 13, 2015 5 David Wiffen A I R

A D in the Glebe By David MacMillan OI RSE Ottawa-based, English-born Canadian singer, guitarist and widely acclaimed songwriter David Wiffen will make a PHOTO: ER I N SA PHOTO: rare appearance at Compact Music’s Glebe location on Saturday, March 21 (11 a.m. – 1 p.m.) to sign copies of his recently released CD, Songs from the Lost & Found. Songs from the Lost & Found con- sists of 12 unreleased songs dating from the mid-1970s to the early 1980s, along with five alternative versions of songs previously released on the 1999 album, South of Somewhere. Whether recorded solo, in small combos or with a full band, they are some of the finest material Wiffen has written. These are songs of longing, experience, travel, reflection, love lost and love won, all sung with his incredible baritone voice. According to HELLO! Canada, “the David Wiffen (right) makes a point with Glebe resident Arthur II veteran Canadian singer-songwriter makes a welcome return with stellar, previously unreleased numbers from the ‘70s.” Lithium Magazine says, “The release of these previously unheard David Wiffen appearing at Compact Music tracks reiterates Wiffen’s musical leg- acy as one of Canada’s most important Saturday, March 21, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. and valuable songwriters.” On a further local note, the CD 785 1/2 Bank Street cover, photographs, layout and design 613-233-8922 of “Songs from the Lost & Found” were done by Glebe resident Arthur II. [email protected] David MacMillan is responsible for www.compactmusic.ca marketing services at True North Records, the indie record label that has released Songs from the Lost & Found.

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By Bhat Boy

I am spending the winter in London, England. I am not sure if you would expect to find Canada geese here, but they are in almost every royal park year round. Usually referred to incorrectly as “Canadian geese” in Britain, these non-passport-carrying birds are unknowingly ambassadors to Pen and ink sketch of Canada goose our home and native land. Sometimes over St. James’s Park, 2015. Buck- loved, often despised, they waddle ingham Palace is in the top centre, Canada House is in Trafalgar Square back and forth in front of Bucking- on the lower right. ham Palace playing second fiddle to their much larger cousin, the swan. All this quiet time, removed from the swans in the United Kingdom belong daily hustle and bustle of my life in to the Queen, and as such have royal the Glebe, to develop sketches for new status. Our black swans that spend paintings that I will complete later in the summer on the River Rideau are the year. Painting Canada geese fly- similarly the property of the Queen, ing over the royal parks is a way of though I am sure they would not be expressing my own identity, having able to pick her out in a crowd dur- been born in the U.K. and immigrat- ing a royal visit. Somehow their royal ing to Canada. I think of these geese status makes them seem more exotic as transient, representing the seasons nonetheless. in their comings and goings, and this As an artist, I am drawn to iconic too reflects my own migration back Canadian symbols. Canada geese, and forth across the Atlantic Ocean, along with moose and Mounties, have so they speak to me on many levels. Sketch painting of Edwin over St James’s Park. I often make smaller practice paint- long been favourite subjects of mine. I look forward to returning to my ings to work out details about colours and composition before embarking on larger Nuns have no place here in London, home on Brown’s Inlet in the spring. I scale works. 16 x 20 acrylic on panel, 2015. having mostly been banished or burnt will eagerly await the return of Edwin, by Henry VIII almost 500 years ago, my favourite Canada goose, who for sure it is, just as, mysterious to the crowd of chimney sweeps). but the presence of Canada geese is the last three years has allowed me to other geese, Edwin can distinguish tantalizing when I go out to sketch hand-feed him toast twice a day for me from other humans (unlike the Bhat Boy is an artist, Glebe resident amongst the daffodils on a sunny Feb- the month of May. I am often asked black swans on the Rideau who and frequent contributor to the Glebe ruary afternoon. I have been using how I know it is the same goose. I am couldn’t pick the Queen out of a Report.

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Deux jours, une nuit Directed by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, (Belgium, 2014)

By Paul Green There’s a lovely scene in this film in which the stressed-out couple at the centre of the story are driving in their car when a song comes on the radio. They turn up the music and for a couple of minutes, it’s as though they hadn’t a care in the world. (The song is a French- been taking. There is no escaping Mar- language version of the old Jackie ion Cotillion; repeated close-ups and DeShannon hit Needles and Pins ... relentless tracking shots place her in and it’s great!) The scene is all the more almost every frame. As she talks to her remarkable as it involves a rare release co-workers on their doorstep or in their Mr Turner father in his London studio. The elder of tension – and not only for Sandra and home, tracking them down to a soccer Writer/Director Mike Leigh Turner, a former barber, becomes his Manu, but the viewer as well. pitch or where they are moonlighting, (UK, France, Germany, 2014) studio assistant. His mother spent Belgium’s Dardenne brothers make she learns more about people over one Biographical drama of British painter time in St. Luke’s Hospital for Luna- austere, compact films about ordinary weekend than some of us do in a life- J.M.W. Turner (1775–1851) tics. As a painter, Turner experiments people faced with Hobbesian choices or time. Sandra’s co-workers are not a bad with materials, sometimes stabbing moral dilemmas; they are films about lot; they just need the bonus. the canvas with his brush. He blows the human condition that shine a harsh Some of the reasons they cite are even By Lois Siegel powder on a painting, uses his finger light on the parlous, profit-driven times plausible: someone’s husband is unem- Mr. Turner is a must-see for anyone and a cloth to rub it, and even spits to we live in. ployed, another has education expenses interested in the arts or history. The bind the pigments. Other artists laugh In Two Days, One Night, Sandra, and then there is the young wife who film covers the last quarter century of and make fun of him. He is not always portrayed by an incandescent Marion says she and her husband need a patio for the painter’s life starting when he is 51 appreciated. Cotillion, struggles to keep her job with their house. Most moving is the young years old. Nineteenth-century England But we do sometimes see his sensi- a firm that manufactures solar panels. man on the soccer pitch; he is nearly in is recreated in detail. It’s a fascinating tive side, once when he is listening to As they face stiff competition from Asia, tears as Sandra approaches: “I’m so glad history lesson with pictures of the era a woman play the piano and another management has hit upon the expedi- you came,” he says, “I voted against you and scenes of epic proportions, much time when he sketches a young prosti- ent of asking workers to choose between and I feel so ashamed. I will vote for like the paintings of Turner – sensitive tute and then cries when he discovers retaining their bonuses (1000 Euros) and you on Monday.” This one had found impressions of light and colour. she is only 22 years old. Michael terminating Sandra’s position. The out- his humanity and was grateful for the By the age of 14, Turner was in the Leigh’s screenplay: “Turner now come of this dubious exercise, held on chance to redeem himself. British Royal Academy of Arts, but breaks down. Uncontrollable tears a Friday with Sandra still away on sick In the world of the Dardenne brothers, he wasn’t like prodigies we are accus- grow into a painful howl of despair.” leave recovering from depression, was that is to say, our world, competition and tomed to. He came from a working Turner consults with a Mrs. Som- never in doubt. Only two of her 16 co- being competitive are the great “whats- class family. His demeanor was rather erville, a “natural philosopher” who workers voted to dump their bonus and its” of our age: competitiveness is why brusque. He constantly grunted, was experiments with magnetic proper- retain Sandra’s position. workers suffer wage cuts and redundan- rather sullen and quite eccentric. ties and prisms of colour. She says, And so it begins; Sandra gets a phone cies; competitiveness is why incoming Actor Timothy Spall plays a captiv- “It is my strong belief that all things call from a colleague who relays the CEOs command generous compen- ating Turner, who is intently focused on this earth are connected. Nothing bad news. There is little exposition, no sation packages; it is why outgoing on his painting. He travels in order to exists in isolation. You are a man of setting the scene or foregrounding the presidents are graced with lavish sev- find magnificent land and seascapes. great vision, Mr. Turner. The universe story ... it simply unfolds before us. This, erance payments. Sandra’s co-workers At one point we see him strapped to is chaotic and you make us see it.” I believe, is what is meant by the word are struggling to keep their head above the mast of a ship so that he can paint Spall spent almost two years learn- “austere” in the context of a Dardenne water, but some of them remember their a snowstorm. ing how to paint in preparation for his brothers film. shared humanity and in doing so, tran- An unusual character, Turner has role. He says, “Turner knew he was a Sandra and her colleague persuade scend the squalor of that struggle. lovers, but remains single. He’s not a man of destiny.” their boss to hold a second vote, which All this by way of saying that Two family man. He’s visited by a lady who This cinematographic masterpiece means she has the weekend to con- Days, One Night, in which nary a shot claims he is the father of her two chil- was nominated for four Oscars – Cine- vince 14 co-workers to change their is wasted, is essential viewing. dren. Turner will have nothing to do matography: Dick Pope, Costume vote – a daunting prospect for a young with her or her daughters. He has a Design: Jacqueline Durran, Original mother plagued with self-doubt and a Running time: 95 minutes. In French, dedicated housekeeper who occasion- Score: Gary Yershon and Production little shaky from the medication she’s with English subtitles. Rated PG. ally satisfies his sexual needs, and he Design: Suzie Davies and Charlotte frequents brothels but also mingles Watts. with aristocrats, artists and architects. Spall won Best Actor at Cannes, The film opens on a vast landscape along with Pope who won a Special with a windmill. People appear out Jury Prize for Cinematography. 30 years in the Glebe of the background. A man is sketch- A treasure for both cinophiles and ing: J.M.W. Turner. He lives with his DVD Release Date: March 2015 the every day moviegoer

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CHANGES AFOOT Glebe BIA: “We want to … make the [Glebe] even more vibrant through the development of murals and art installations. With a theme of ‘Bringing Spaces to Life’ … we are seeking compelling proposals that evoke a sense of style. Help us showcase the Glebe’s unique character and contribute to the growing number of art projects in the National Capital Region. Entries should conceptual- PHOTO: li z m c keen PHOTO: Wedding party on ice at Patterson’s Creek ize a painting, mosaic artwork or art installation applied to exterior walls. The creation of these murals will add Home, sweet Glebe to the community and an on-street experience by creating landmarks, Welcome to the first themed issue ties (the baby boomers, a number of ily the income needed to maintain demonstrating community identity of the Glebe Report on homes in the whom are retired.) On the whole, we them. The problem of lack of afford- and pride; declaring a building’s Glebe. This issue brings together sev- are well educated and well off. We able housing is acute in the Glebe, purpose, enlivening the area; and eral perspectives on homes and houses tend to have a higher than average with Glebe homes on average twice deterring graffiti and involving in our neighbourhood, including the participation in civic elections, and the price of other Ottawa homes (see youth.” (Glebe BIA blog) ins and outs of buying and selling, the are much more likely to use non-car page 15). Young adults who grew up heritage nature of many of our homes modes of transportation to get to work in the Glebe are not able to set up GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN and the stories that grow up around – 23 per cent of us walk to work and their own households here. The Alli- Juno Gems at 835 Bank Street them and their inhabitants. We also 13 per cent bike. Mind you, fewer of ance to End Homelessness Ottawa closed up shop in late February. touch on home financing and afford- us use public transit, maybe due to underlines some policies pertinent to ability (not very!), how to showcase sparse bus service between the Glebe the Glebe – the City’s Official Plan McIntosh & Watts is having a your house with gardens and plants, and Centretown. On the downside, we target that 25 per cent of new resi- “lease ending” sale. “Founded on renovation, tips on downsizing and have less than half the square metres dential development be affordable, Bank Street in 1906, McIntosh & designs for “living small” in the Glebe. of parks and paths, and our houses are and the need to monitor the loss of Watts has been an Ottawa institu- The picture of the Glebe neighbour- in somewhat more need of repair than affordable housing through demolition known for quality, service and hood, drawn in the brief statistical the average. tion and conversions. High rents are value. Gregory McIntosh and Chris- profile on page 12, is a familiar one But statistics can hide troubling also a problem, especially for stu- tina Watts were the brother and sister – compared with the overall Ottawa issues. A significant number of people dents. While I don’t wish to overstate combination which founded the com- average, our neighbourhood has have older homes, perhaps bought in the problem, we cannot lose sight of pany as a tea and spice emporium almost double the population density, the 1950s, 60s or 70s when houses these real housing issues. that also imported dinnerware and with a high proportion of people in were more affordable, and who now accessories … McIntosh & Watts their twenties (the students) and six- have solid assets but not necessar- – Liz McKeen has survived depressions and reces- sions, world wars, good times and bad ones.” (Website) CONTACT US Contributors this issue 175 Third Avenue, www.glebereport.ca Ottawa, Ontario K1S 2K2 Kathy Ablett Bob Irvine Erin Saoirse Adair Puck Janes Established in 1973, the Glebe Report, published by the Glebe Report Association is a monthly Please submit articles to Seema Akhtar Will Jessup Diane Allingham Tom Korski not for-profit community newspaper with a circulation of 7,000 copies. It is delivered free to [email protected]. Stuart Arnett John Last Glebe homes and businesses. Advertising from merchants in the Glebe and elsewhere pays all Paul Beckwith David MacMillan its costs, and the paper receives no government grants or direct subsidies. The Glebe Report, Call 613-236-4955 Bhat Boy Mike Mankowski made available at select locations such as the Glebe Community Centre and the Old Ottawa Micheline Boyle Eric Martin South Community Centre and Brewer Pool, is printed by Winchester Print. @glebereport Sheila Brady Veronica Martin Anne Brammer Christine McAllister EDITOR Liz McKeen [email protected] Ben Bulmer Diana McCarthy COPY EDITOR Gillian Campbell DEADLINES Valerie Burton Peter McKercher LAYOUT DESIGNER Jock Smith [email protected] David Chernushenko Dan Moloughney GRAPEVINE EDITOR Micheline Boyle [email protected] For Glebe Report advertising deadlines Jennifer Dawson Urszula Muntean WEB EDITOR Elizabeth Chiang [email protected] and rates, call the advertising manager. Paul Dewar Patricia Paul-Carson Clive Doucet Clare Pearson ADVERTISING MANAGER Judy Field 613-231-4938 [email protected] Advertising rates are for electronic mate- Cara Elizabeth Penelope Anne S. BUSINESS MANAGER Sheila Pocock 613-233-3047 rial supplied in pdf format with fonts Andrew Elliott Ellen Schowalter CIRCULATION MANAGER zita Taylor 613-235-1214 [email protected] embedded in the file. Ann Ellis Lois Siegel PROOFREADERS Valerie Bryce, Joann Garbig, Teena Hendelman, Carol MacLeod, Adelle Farrelly Karen Smith Fionn McKercher, Susan Bell. Deadlines for submissions: Baz Ghannoum Zenah Surani Friday, March 20 for articles Sheri Segal Glick Tom Tanner AREA CAPTAINS Martha Bowers, Donna Edwards, Judy Field, Wednesday, March 25 for advertising Pat Goyeche Julie Teskey McE and Bobby Galbreath, Gary Greenwood, Ginny Grimshaw, Paul Green Mary Tsai Jono Hamer-Wilson, Martin Harris, Christian Hurlow, Gord Yule. The next issue of the Glebe Report: Rochelle Handelman Anne Woolley Friday, April 10, 2015 Derek Hooper Zeus Please note that except for July, the paper is published monthly. An electronic version of the print publication is subsequently uploaded with text, photos, drawings and advertisements as a pdf to COVER: “Dow’s Lake in early March” Views expressed in the Glebe Report are www.glebereport.ca. Selected articles will be highlighted on the website. by Liz McKeen. those of our contributors. We reserve the right to edit all submissions. Articles selected Views expressed in the articles and letters submitted to the Glebe Report are those of our FRONT PAGE: “136/138 Glebe Avenue” for publication will be published in both a contributors. by Tom Tanner. printed version and an online version on the Glebe Report’s website: www.glebereport.ca. letters Glebe Report March 13, 2015 9 ‘Defending’ the TD sign decision Parking perils Open letter to Chris Stamper, Senior or moms pushing strollers. It was built Editor, Glebe Report Vice President, Corporate Marketing, by trappers, railroaders, lumberjacks TD Bank Group and log rollers, cattle breeders, min- I have been a resident in the Glebe for ers, farmers and swamp developers the past 40 plus years and have lived Dear Mr. Stamper, – people who saw what they wanted, on various streets during that time. I drooled and took it. You sir, are one have been in constant bother by the Be assured from the outset I am in of these. You saw an opportunity, lack of parking for residents. I rarely your corner. It bothers me when grabbed it with both hands, and plas- have lived in a home with parking and someone in your lofty position is tered the TD Bank logo at TD Place have been forced either to spend hours badgered by people who insist that on anything to which it would stick. watching the clock to avoid tickets or you tell them the truth behind your Stay with that approach, sir. It is pay for street parking. decisions. I am referring, sir, to your what got you to the dance. But avoid Currently, I live on Second Avenue, correspondence with residents of the all future attempts to appear as if you where we are in the throes of having Glebe who had the audacity to ask care about the concerns of citizens the “Glebe Parking Garage” con- why on earth you made the choice to who have to walk, drive or sail past Small businesses structed. With this construction, we put a huge lit TD sign on what was a your sign. have more vehicles – those belong- beautiful wood ribbed structure that One more thing – you switched the and speeding ing to the construction workers and screened the stadium in Ottawa. question from “Why did you make the patrons that used to park behind I know you have neither the time your decision?” to “Am I comfortable on Bank Street the Metro. To add to the chaos, there nor the inclination to explain your- with the sign’s design?” when you are the poorly ploughed streets and self to people like that, people who thought everyone had fallen asleep Editor, Glebe Report the neighbours who dump snow from enjoy the neighborhood benefits that waiting two months for your reply. their laneways onto the street. As your decisions provide and then ques- Bad form, sir. No one is concerned I don’t mean to sound grumpy but I had I am a nurse, I work various shifts tion the manner in which you provide about your level of comfort. What literally just paid the window washer, and when I finish work the last thing them. You would prefer that they just concerns them is that your sign looks and as soon as he stepped away, speed- I want to do is drive around the now thank you and go on their way – but like a humongous green zit hanging ing traffic did this! single-lane streets hoping to find they won’t do that because their kind on the face of the stadium. Small business owners are already somewhere to park that has a “per- think they are entitled to an honest Continue to pretend you are open to feeling the crunch of a bitterly cold mit holders exempt” sign posted, then answer. feedback, but make it clear that you winter, and there have been so many try and fight the snow banks and fast That thought, of course, is ludi- have no intention of backing down on business closures that the street is start- moving traffic to position my car on a crous. Every high school dropout this issue. There will be no admission ing to resemble a ghost town (in areas) rut or snow bank. Or I could always working in corporate marketing about mistakes having been made, no and now this – it’s just too much. walk along the poorly cleared side- knows that corporate decisions are not wringing of hands or rending of gar- Fellow businesses (the ones that are walks from another street and take the about touchy-feely values like beauty, ments, no sackcloth and ashes, no left!) mention OC Transpo as the culprit chance of being ticketed, as I’m out of architectural integrity or community. “Regrets, I’ve had a few.” You are the but I’ve watched many other speeding my permit zone. They are about putting the screws to man, sir. You got your sign. vehicles of assorted shapes and sizes I think Ottawa needs to look at ill-fated opponents and twisting until I dare say, sir, the locals do know that don’t resemble city buses. downtown Montreal or another city they finally give up, shut up, and open what is really going on and will con- Speeding is a real (and new) problem! with harsh snowy winters. It really is an account in your bank. tinue to stay on your case. You can All my customers need is one splash like nasty being in Canada in winter, so Well, sir, this country was not built bank on it. my windows are getting and I think they we should try and fix what we can. We by people who gave up. Nor was it won’t come back, or at least they won’t need to consider our neighbours when built by dog walkers, skaters, joggers, Mike Mankowski come back until summer, exacerbating clearing the snow, drive more slowly, kayakers, fitness trainers, artsy types Glebe resident the winter slump (in sales) exponen- give permit holders preferential park- tially! ing on their streets and make zones larger for permit holders. We can fix Anne Woolley this mess by enforcing the bylaws and Cats R Us ticket people who dump their snow on road, invent their own parking places and speed on residential streets. what will happen to O’Connor if you perceive – is that careful plans and deci- Bikeway fears remove stop signs from it. In effect, you sions about traffic-planning in the Glebe Penelope Anne S. will channel traffic onto O’Connor (in that were made through the years now Editor, Glebe Report addition to Bank), irrevocably changing seem to be up for grabs. If Karen and the character of O’Connor from a quiet I were Aboriginal elders, we would be (Letter to Glebe Community Asso- residential street to a throughway for cut- viewed as having valuable traditional I beg to differ ciation and David Chernushenko, through traffic (in the name of creating knowledge that should be tapped. Capital Ward Councillor, excerpted a bikeway). How perverse can public Re: “Brittons – a social institution that by permission) policy get? Bob Irvine and Karen Smith will not be replaced” and “How best to What is even more saddening is that pay tribute to Ted Britton?” (February Words cannot describe how distressed some of the stop signs on O’Connor Response from David Chernus- Glebe Report) and discouraged my wife Karen and I were placed there after extensive study henko: were after reading Brian [Mitchell]’s and community consultations. Take for Editor, Glebe Report report in the most recent issue of the example the north-south stop signs on Thank you Bob and Karen for your Glebe Report. Brian’s report was thor- O’Connor at Glebe Avenue (just south thorough and helpful commentary. You can imagine the comic manner ough and clear and our quarrel is not at of Patterson Creek). My wife and I and It is indeed very difficult to try and in which I spewed my coffee on read- all with Brian, the messenger. a number of other parents of children make changes in a mature neighbour- ing the moist-eyed tributes to Britton There were two points in Brian’s going to First Avenue School were con- hood with all its history and “traditional in the pages of the Glebe Report. The report that we found particularly dis- cerned in the early 1990s about the speed knowledge.” old neighbourhood will never be the tressing, both concerning the Glebe of traffic heading south on O’Connor. I What city staff has been trying to same, readers were told; no more Neighbourhood Bikeway. The first was talked to Jim Watson, our then council- do is to look not just for ways to make walkies to Brittons with sheltie; no “the possible removal … of some stop lor, who arranged for a traffic study of improvements for cycling, but to use the more “cheery” Ted. If only we’d had signs on O’Connor.” Given the amount the intersection, which showed that stop opportunity to make overall improve- a chance to say goodbye, before Brit- of traffic congestion now on Bank signs on O’Connor were indeed war- ments to pedestrian, cyclist and driver ton fled the city. Street (especially southbound on week- ranted, and were installed (parents at safety. The idea of removing one or two One writer asked what tribute would ends), non-neighbourhood drivers are First Avenue School called them “Bob’s stop signs on O’Connor would only best honour Ted Britton? I suggest we inevitably going to search for alterna- stop signs”). move forward if the net result was as engrave the names of his creditors on tive routes to travel north-south through Our second concern relates to the pro- good as the status quo, or perhaps bet- a tasteful plaque – er, better make it the Glebe. If stop signs are removed on posed “partial closure of Craig at Fifth.” ter, as a result of additional but different two plaques – and send it on to his O’Connor, you’re just going to create Because of the now-chronic congestion types of traffic calming measures. forwarding address. Good luck find- a second major channel for this non- on Bank Street, Karen and I take evas- The Fifth and Craig intersection issue ing that. neighbourhood, cut-through traffic. ive action to drive to the south part of is a complicated one, upon which the Think of what Percy would be like if the Glebe. We know little dipsy-doo- city has heard many disparate views. Tom Korski stop signs were removed from it: all of dles on the back streets of the Glebe that Any changes would certainly only be the non-neighbourhood drivers head- the suburban, cut-through drivers don’t endorsed by me if it resulted in a clearer ing northbound on Bronson would hop know. But now it sounds like our options (to all users) situation. over to Percy to get downtown (while will be reduced, again in the name of the No decisions have been made at this E avoiding traffic tie-ups on Bronson). The Glebe Neighbourhood Bikeway. time, so your input is very welcome and scenario that I’m describing is exactly What Karen and I feel – or at least helpful. 10 Glebe Report March 13, 2015 gca

GCA survey results Did you know that almost 1,400 of the 4,600 households in the Glebe are GCA members? We Join our team and were extremely pleased that over 200 completed our survey, as we seek to better understand our Christine McAllister community’s perspectives on local issues as www.glebeca.ca keep the city clean. well as perceptions of the GCA. We’ve learned some interesting things from our survey results. April 15 to May 15 Read on … Participation in the GCA One of my strong beliefs is that for the GCA to advocate on behalf of the com- Step 1: Register a project munity, we need to have a lot of involvement from residents – something we work very hard at doing. Starting March 15, register at While the most active way of being involved is by sitting on the board (which ottawa.ca/clean or by calling 3-1-1. 31 residents currently do), there are other means as well. For instance, probably another 80 or so residents sit on committees, although 75 per cent of survey respondents said they have never participated in a GCA committee. Clearly, we have some work to do in getting more residents involved in our committees. But Step 2: Get Cleaning there are other ways of being involved – residents attending monthly board meet- Encourage others to join you! ings and participating in the discussions are an important means for the board to find out what residents are thinking. Of the over 200 survey respondents, almost 45 per cent said they had attended a board meeting. Not surprisingly, 80 per cent Step 3: Win prizes! of respondents said they had attended a GCA-sponsored event. In fact, our larger community consultations are almost always very well attended – for instance, the Lansdowne traffic management meeting last spring and also our successful

2015018005_09 education forum a couple of years ago. These events correspond well with what people said were the main benefits of membership in the GCA, primarily providing knowledge about local community issues and increasing the community’s voice by advocating for local issues.

What Glebites value A few questions in our survey were to help us understand what residents value in the neighbourhood. When asked why people moved to the Glebe, the most popular reasons were its central location, its walkability and bike-friendliness, its character as a mixed-use neighbourhood and its heritage character. While there was a lot of consistency in why people moved here, there was more variety in issues of concern to people. The character of the buildings, traffic congestion, building density and bikeability all had support as high-priority issues. There was not much support for increasing density in the neighbourhood. But a survey has its limitations and while good at identifying the top issues, it doesn’t provide the reasons that underlie individual responses. We are hoping to get a better understanding of these at our March 8 GCA Community Consultation.

The role of the GCA Several people provided detailed comments about the GCA and its advocacy. I loved seeing the variety of opinions, some of which reinforced a number of responses calling on the GCA to have a “balanced approach” that can be at times “difficult to achieve, as it is hard to gauge the opinion of a neighbourhood.” This is, in fact, the key challenge for the GCA, one which I see play out in committees on a regular basis. A great example is the traffic committee, whose members represent cycling enthusiasts, residents concerned about parking (on both sides – too much and not enough), traffic experts and people new to working on traffic concerns. Generally, committees examine issues from many sides before presenting resolutions to the board for its consideration. General Interest Classes For their part, board members (committee chairs and area representatives) Spring 2015 Continuing Education contribute to lively discussion and debate on resolutions to try to find what will contribute to a strong neighbourhood. Resolutions, when passed, become pos- Register Today! itions on which the GCA advocates. Some examples of recently-passed motions include: Look for our exciting Spring courses at our many school sites. • That the City fund needed investments in local parks; Classes start the week of April 20th. • That the City undertake an Area Traffic Management Study for Powell Avenue and work with residents and the GCA to identify and implement To register call 613-239-2751 or go to measures to reduce traffic speed and improve safety on this street; and • That the City analyse more thoroughly the impact on the “downstream” https://e-connect.ocdsb.ca neighbourhoods (i.e. the Glebe) of widening the Bronson/Airport Parkway, from a traffic congestion and a pedestrian/cyclist perspective. The Glebe is a great neighbourhood to participate and live in. The GCA advocating on issues of concern to residents contributes, albeit in small ways, to the Continuing Education strength and character of the neighbourhood. I hope readers will consider dedi- cating some of their volunteer time to our community association, so that we can UPDATED 440 Albert Street for Spring ‘15 Phone: 613-239-2751 continue to grow our understanding of the issues, develop balanced responses Fax: 613-239-2679 and contribute to the ongoing liveability of the neighbourhood. interestclassesinottawa.com

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Summer Camps are GNAG’s specialty The best of the best will include Glebe Leadership, Musical Theatre, Dance, Tennis, Multisports, Art, Circus, Extreme Girls & Guys, Camping Adventure and more. We are thrilled to introduce new camps such as: Photography, Claymation Mania, App Maker Extreme, Inter- ior Design, Sculpture, Broadway Musical, Girls on Fire and Gymnastics just to name a few! We are also bringing back our old favourites like the Odyssey Camps, CAT Squad, Kinder Construction, Zoo Crew, Computer Camps by Future Kids, Vol- leyball, Badminton Camp, Magic and Fantasy Camps, DIY Fashion, Sports Leadership and more. If your child has ever attended GCC’s camps, then you know how wonderful they are and how fast they fill up. Don’t sit in front of your calendar on the last day of school wondering what you are going to be doing with your children for summer. Register now!

Spring Soccer Registration (ages 3–12) GNAG Soccer is a fun league open to boys and girls from ages 3 to 12. Over 300 children participate each year. Games are played only among GNAG soccer teams. Every player receives equal attention and playing time. We emphasize fun, and encourage a winning effort and fair play. We keep score during games, but not over the season. This is the best way to kick off your soccer season. This GNAG’s CAT Squad built a snow sculpture of the Glebe Community Centre at league is coached by parent volunteers so please sign up to help your child’s team. Lansdowne Park Snowscapes during Winterlude.

April 10 is Pub Night Three groups from the RBC Bluesfest Be in the Band program will provide Oliver! the musical exceptional entertainment at our annual Pub Night. Some lucky young Ottawa March 26 – 29, 7 p.m., March 28 at 2 p.m. musicians could end up performing at this year’s RBC Bluesfest. Come out for a good time and cheer on RBC Bluesfest Be in the Band artists during this spe- Tickets: $22 (Adults) $17 (Seniors & Students) cial showcase night. Get your tickets by calling 613-233-8713 Friday, April 10, 2015 at 7 p.m. Admission is free, cash bar for adults, light or come in person to the GCC! snacks and refreshments are provided. Thank you to executive director of the RBC Ottawa Bluesfest, Mark Monahan, March 25 dress rehearsal who launched RBC Bluesfest Be in the Band with the help of artists Todd Snel- grove and GNAG’s very own music artists, Jacob Monson and Jenn Atyeo. This is a remarkable opportunity for the youth in our community. Now Open Until St. James outdoor rink celebrates another successful season! April 19 Many Glebe families celebrated their Valentine’s Day at GNAG’s community rink party. The day started off with an energetic adult shinny hockey tourna- ment followed by a slew of winter games fit for party-goers of all ages. It was a perfect winter day and the ice conditions were excellent! One of the highlights was curling. Players big and small launched mini curling rocks down a mini sheet that was built for the day. Thank you to Rick Collins from the Rideau Curling Club for providing the mini rocks, they were very popular. Although the St. James tennis courts are covered in snow and ice, you can’t keep tennis out! Once again, mini-tennis matches on ice challenged St. James pancake house & sugar bush Dan Moloughney members to a round of tennis on skates. There was nothing mini about these Broker of Record games. Players could not help themselves to a friendly competition playing dou- Open daily 9 am - 4 pm [email protected] bles. Ofﬁce: 613.233.2323 This year’s rink project was a huge success. It could not have happened without all the commitment and enthusiasm of our staff, volunteers, friends and neigh- NEW! A Walk Through Time bours. On behalf of GNAG, the City of Ottawa and St. James Tennis Club, we on our Heritage Maple Path offer everyone a heartfelt thank you! with Chad Clifford NEW OFFICE Oliver! the musical 738 Bank St. #202 Based on Charles Dickens’ classic novel, Oliver Twist, this lively musical is about a young boy’s extraordinary adventures on the streets of London. Until Activities Every Weekend, (at Second Avenue) he is nine years old, Oliver spends his life in a workhouse orphanage, where he March Break and becomes notorious for daring to ask for more food. When he runs away to Lon- don, he falls into the company of a gang of pickpockets, including Fagin, Bill Easter Weekend Sikes and the Artful Dodger. Oliver’s future looks uncertain until a mysterious 11 am - 3 pm plot against him is unraveled by the kind Mr. Brownlow. See Client Horse drawn sleigh rides, Employment opportunity – dance instructor needed face painting, music, Guarantees @ We are seeking a talented dance instructor to grow GNAG’s dance program OttawaUrbanRealty.com for preschoolers, children and youth. GNAG believes in providing the highest and maple taffy /guarantees/ caliber of instruction to all ages. Do you have experience teaching hip-hop, bal- let, contemporary, jazz, tap, Broadway and modern, etc. for all ages? Are you Bring your skis & snowshoes! creative and flexible and possess strong interpersonal skills? Are you organized, Free Updated fun and dynamic? If so, please apply and be part of the GNAG team! Homeseller's Report: To apply, send your resumé no later than March 18, attention Mary Tsai, GNAG Come Play in Our Backyard! Executive Director. 9 Step System to Get Your By mail or in person: Glebe Community Centre, 175 Third Avenue, Ottawa, 613-256-3867 Home Sold Fast and for ON K1S 2K2. Email: [email protected]. [email protected] Top Dollar! 1-800-663-3910 and enter 4000 613-233-8713 Email: [email protected] www.fultons.ca Call Anytime 24/7 12 Glebe Report March 13, 2015 glebe today A statistical profile of the Glebe

By Rochelle Handelman Income levels are generally high. One concern is the high number of In 1980, when my husband and I homes in need of major repairs and decided to buy our first house, location the relatively high numbers of people was our prime concern since neither of who have unaffordable housing. us drove. We wanted to be in a pedes- This neighbourhood is committed trian-friendly environment near good to active transportation; many resi- public transportation and such amen- dents either walk or cycle to their ities as grocery stores, pharmacies, workplace. Residents have excel- restaurants, parks and schools. We lent access to healthy food outlets chose the Glebe. Why? Here is a brief and a very good selection of restau- look at the Glebe’s demographic pro- rants; specialty stores and restaurants file and amenities in comparison with are within easy walking distance for that of the rest of Ottawa. most residents. Residents are fortun- My main sources of informa- ate enough to have the Rideau Canal tion have been the University of bordering the neighbourhood, adding Ottawa’s Ottawa Neighbourhood to the available parkland and green Survey (ONS) (neighbourhoodstudy. space. The neighbourhood also has ca/), Statistics Canada’s 2006 and a vibrant cultural life. Reproductive 2011 censuses and the 2011 National health, self-rated health, and rates of Household Survey. ER visits and hospitalizations are all In the 1950s, Glebe went from a excellent. School readiness of chil- middle-class to a predominantly dren is also very good.” working-class neighbourhood, with The table describes the Glebe/ the houses subdivided into multiple Dow’s Lake area in statistical terms. apartments or rooming houses. In the This table includes an overall walk- 1970s it underwent significant gentri- ability score. Another walkability fication and became one of Ottawa’s index I found at www.walkscore.com elite neighbourhoods. These chan- produced these results for my postal ges are evident in the census. From code. You can try the site using your 1971 to 1996, the percentage of the own postal code. Note that the index population with university degrees is out of 100. rose from 10 to 60 per cent. White- • Walk score: 91 (Daily errands collar employment grew from less do not require a car.) than half to some 95 per cent. While • Transit score: 59 (Many nearby in 1971 Glebe residents were 14 per public transportation options.) cent poorer than the average citizen • Bike score: 78 (Flat as a pan- of Ottawa, in 1996 they were 18 per cake, good bike lanes.) cent wealthier. The Glebe is currently undergoing The Glebe neighbourhood has changes mainly due to the Lans- more recently been characterized downe Park redevelopment. It will be by the ONS as follows: “There is interesting to observe how the Glebe an extremely well educated popu- neighbourhood profile evolves, given lation who are well engaged in the the influx of new residents and amen- political process, an active com- ities. One of the major challenges the ONS for their help with this arti- away in January. munity association, good access to facing residents of the Glebe con- cle. recreational opportunities, a high tinues to be traffic congestion and a Dedicated to the memory of Mary- Rochelle Handelman is a Glebe resi- proportion of residents who feel a lack of parking. anne Webber, a Glebe resident and dent and before retirement was a strong sense of belonging to their Thanks to Trish Cillis from Sta- a talented and dedicated Statistics population analyst at Statistics Can- community and high employment. tistics Canada and David Hole from Canada employee who, sadly, passed ada.

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Days are getting longer and brighter with the winter season coming to a close. One way to get through this final cold stretch is to update your lighting throughout your home. Lighting design can make a huge impact on any space in your home and small updates on your present lighting is all you need to make dark and

dreary more bright and cheery. My no- RA PHY UL A M U N T EAN PHOTOG U RSZ S : PHOTO fail designer tricks are to update your Lighting design can make a huge bulbs, use different types of lights, impact on any space in your home. dim everything and light differently for day and night. gen incandescent. As long as you read your labels and look for tag words like Update your bulbs “warm,” “soft” or “incandescent,” you Get rid of all your “natural light” or should be fine. “daylight” bulbs. The only time you look good under bright blue light is Use different types of lights There are three main types of lights: general, task and accent – use them all! when you’re on a surgical table. I’m There are three main types of lights always surprised by the popular- to use in a space: general, task and with an electrician to replace your wall into evening functions. If we take a cue ity of these bulbs, and it even took a accent – use all of them! General is light switch to a dimmable switch in from nature, during the day overhead while to convince my own parents to your ambient lighting in a space and your most used rooms. Controlling lights are best for maximizing a space make the switch. Every dinner at their provides the basic glow in your room. your light intensity will change your (think sunlight). But at night, overhead place I would ask my Dad if he was Pot lights are a great choice for gen- life by giving you the ability to cus- lights should be minimized and floor or performing an appendectomy after eral lighting as they give a consistent tomize the lighting levels in your space. table lighting (think campfire or candle dessert. level of light throughout. Task lighting Dimmable switches can be found at light) should control the lighting lev- Replacing your light bulbs is the is important for performing certain any big or small box hardware stores. els in a space. Evening lights should be fastest and most economical way to tasks or jobs. Kitchen island pendants But there’s more – dim your floor or kept at head height and project a softer transform any space. Warm and soft or a floor lamp for reading beside a table lamps too! Most hardware stores and lighter glow. incandescent lights are best for any lounge chair are examples of task now carry plug-in dimmers into which After you make these simple person, pet, piece of furniture or art- lighting. Accent lighting is important you can plug any lamp. switches and updates, I guarantee your work. Everything looks better under for providing impact on important fea- home will feel fresher, younger and warm lighting. Standard incandescent tures of a space. If you buy art, always Light differently for day brighter, and as a bonus, you will too! bulbs are currently under review and budget for lighting the piece to accent and night there is a plan to ban these bulbs in it in a room. For the most part, what we do dur- Veronica Martin is principal interior Canada over the next few years, but ing the day is different from what we designer with Veronica Martin Design the lighting industry has made great Dim everything do at night – good lighting should flaw- Studio (www.veronicamartindesign- strides in florescent, LED and halo- This is a designer’s secret trick. Talk lessly carry you from daytime tasks studio.com).

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Glebe home affordability By Dan Moloughney not every Glebe homeowner paid the prices we’ve seen in the last 15 years. Although many homeowners from It wasn’t that long ago there was less across the Ottawa area may argue that of a discrepancy between pricing of the “affordability” of Glebe homes is homes in the core of Ottawa and those non-existent, there are those of us who further out. Those having bought in are willing (and able) to pay the price the 1990s or earlier have done well. to live in our green and central neigh- Find a neighbour that bought in the bourhood. 1960s or 1970s and ask them what According to the Ottawa Real Estate they paid! Board, the average sale price of a residential (non-condo) home in Ottawa “Maybe we could measure a in January 2015 was $370,442. For the same month and property type in neighbourhood’s Pleasant the Glebe, the average sale price was through the park, past the inlet, to a (PSI) factor per day. I don’t have sta- $617,000. The average for the Glebe Social Interaction (PSI) factor great school where I see lots of other tistics for the Glebe’s PSI (since I just for all of 2014 was just over $721,000 parents and friends taking an active made it up), but for my money, it’s one (January 2015 was an “off” month each day. I don’t have statistics role in their children’s lives. I consider of the highest around. What about PSI with a small sample size). the Glebe Community Centre and all per dollar of total home ownership For most first-time buyers or people for the Glebe’s PSI (since I just its offerings. Walking to my office cost? Again, my money is still on the moving within the city, Glebe home and seeing business owners along the Glebe being one of the most “afford- prices may seem incredibly high, but made it up), but for my money, way, I consider how many pleasant able” neighbourhoods. for families moving from some of social interactions I have with neigh- Canada’s larger cities, these numbers it’s one of the highest around.” bours, dog walkers and people living Dan Moloughney is Broker of Record, actually seem quite reasonable. For in the rental units on our block each Ottawa Urban Realty Inc., Brokerage homebuyers from international loca- day. Maybe we could measure a neigh- (Bank at Second Avenue), and a long- tions the Glebe is almost inexpensive. What about the current value prop- bourhood’s Pleasant Social Interaction time Glebe resident. What about some real statistics, you osition? We all know the saying “time may ask. You have to be careful with is money.” How do you perceive the these statistics, as there are certain worth of your time? Is that why you months where the sample size (num- pay more to be in the Glebe? Are you ber of properties sold) is low, so the walking to work, walking the kids to statistics can be deceptive (also note school and walking to get your grocer- these are for MLS sales). These statis- ies? Is it the healthier choice that keeps tics are Glebe-specific, for residential you here? The environmental impact? homes (non-condo, non-multifamily). Less time driving and less gas burned? How would you interpret these How about that neighbourhood feel? graphs? Certainly there are trends that Does every single block have a street are season dependent. The sold-to-ask party? It sure feels like it. We had at ratio is interesting as well. Remember, least two on our block last year. though, that this ratio applies only to I find value in all these aspects of homes that sold, and that the original living in the Glebe and have been asking price may have been reduced happy to pay the higher price for over prior to final sale. 13 years now. That being said, each So where is the value proposition March and June, as I pay my ever- that makes the Glebe “affordable” to increasing property taxes, I take a some? Why are you and I willing to minute to reconsider that value prop- spend possibly twice as much as the osition. I think about the traffic on average Ottawa homeowner to buy a Bank (which seems worse of late), home that probably needs more reno- the 100-year-old sewers under my vations, costs more to heat, has a street (not looking forward to the smaller yard and property taxes that summer they rebuild them), the occa- would pay for the monthly lease of a sional smog day in the summer, the nice car? urban noise factor, as well as the other The fact is that some people make unsavoury aspects of an urban life- more money than others – not a sur- style. prise. Another financial factor is that I then think about walking my kids

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By Patricia Paul-Carson if it brings the child’s down payment up to at least 20 per cent of the value of the house, which is needed My general rule of thumb for parenting is to let chil- to bypass the costs of Canada Mortgage and Hous- dren, be they 5 or 35, do as much as possible for ing loan insurance. themselves. It makes them feel strong and com- To avoid your gift being split between your petent and that goes a long way to making child and his or her spouse in the case of a them feel happy. marriage breakup, financial advisors often While many parents are quick to help suggest that couples sign an agreement their adult children buy a house, my hus- stating that the entire amount would be band and I have not helped finance our the sole property of your child and not children’s mortgages. I am happy with a marital asset to be divided between our arrangement as it leaves us with them. much less complicated relationships. Paul Stead, manager of Scotia- Our children don’t feel financially bank branch in the Glebe, suggests beholden to us and because we have that if parents are helping with a large no proprietary interest in their prop- amount, they take out a second mort- erty, we’re more likely to refrain from gage on the home. The parents will giving unwanted advice. In addition, still have a claim on that amount if a our children do not have a sense of enti- marriage breakup occurs and the prop- tlement to our other assets. I have seen erty cannot be refinanced without the this happen occasionally when parents involvement of the parents. help with mortgages and understandably, Another way of helping is to co-sign the the parents are resentful. mortgage. Boucher says this typically hap- However, our daughters and their husbands pens when the child has a poor credit rating or have been able to afford mortgages without our does not have the capacity to repay the mortgage. help. One son-in-law received a loan from his par- However, the parents could find themselves paying ents before he married our daughter. Our youngest for the entire mortgage if the child does not honour child has yet to show an interest in buying a house his or her commitment. and with his current income it would be impossible. As for us, if we do help our son, we will need to So we may yet be providing help with a mortgage. ensure we play a fair game and give our daughters If we do help, there are pitfalls to be avoided. “Eli Boucher, branch manager at the a similar gift. Stead reported that he has seen cases Scott Hannah, President and Chief Executive Offi- where children expect that when parents help one cer for Credit Counselling Society, warns parents TD branch in the Glebe, says the easiest child financially, the siblings expect the same. At that children ultimately need to be responsible for times, this can create animosity amongst the chil- their own financial well-being. and most direct way to help is to dren, he said. “You really want them to have some skin in the And for those parents who cannot afford to help game,” he says. “The worst case I’ve seen was a give a cash gift.” their children, he had the most reassuring words: woman who came to me and said she helped her son “Money can’t replace love.” and his wife with a $150,000 down payment for a $600,000 home. They ran up a line of credit that they line went silent and she said, ‘He’s 43.’” Patricia Paul-Carson is an Ottawa resident who couldn’t manage and the parents bailed them out. I Eli Boucher, branch manager at the TD branch in blogs about being a parent of adult children at www. told her ‘If you don’t help your son get financially the Glebe, says the easiest and most direct way to parentingadultchildren.ca, and writes occasionally independent, he’ll be coming to you in his 40s.’ The help is to give a cash gift. This is particularly useful for the Glebe Report.

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It takes a fine eye, imagination and a keen attention to dollars and cents to pull off a successful renovation. Sylvie Chiasson has the eye, the imagination, the fiscal control and now a charming 1900 red brick home that is snuggled up against an expanded Mutchmor Public School on Fifth Avenue. Seven months ago Chiasson, who is the senior interior designer for the House of Commons, her partner, Antonio Estable and his 10-year-old daughter, Katerina, had to bolt for the outdoors because of the overriding stench of tobacco in the Sylvie Chiasson, her partner Antonio house. Estable, and his 10-year-old daughter, The couple had been looking for a Katerina, initially walked away from the charming 1900 red-brick home on Fifth Glebe address for 14 months, initially Avenue, but returned last fall with a walked away from 195 Fifth Avenue a detailed plan to renovate it. year ago, returning last fall with new determination and a detailed plan to rehabilitate the modest house of many walls and small spaces. “I could see the potential,” says Chiasson, who already had a major renovation of a Glebe home under her belt and a smaller reno of a New Edin- burgh duplex. “You have to have a big T ARNE TT plan, but also take one step at a time.” AR TU There was some thought about S tearing down the house and starting from scratch, but it would have ended S : PHOTO up costing $1.2 million and the pair The family is comfortable in their revamped home, but is looking ahead to more did not have the money. They paid major renovations. $437,000 for the two-bedroom house that sits on a 25 by 105 foot lot, spend- Estable, an engineer and health with a working kitchen, a generous ing $50,000 gutting the main level consultant, was the project manager island and sunny spaces to relax in a and taking down walls in a back addi- and often rolled up his sleeves to tear pair of leather chairs. tion that had a laundry room, which down old kitchen cabinets and offend- It is not an elaborate renovation live for a while and then move on to was actually larger than the tiny ing walls. Today, the back addition, because the couple are thinking ahead the next step,” says Estable. kitchen, and a dark den. built in 1996, is one large open space, to possibly tearing down the single “It took someone with a renova- storey addition, adding two floors and tion history and good sense to see the extra bedroom and bathroom space potential,” says Meeka Proudfoot, on the second level. the Tracy Arnett real estate agent “You have to think in steps. Why who worked with the couple for 14 put in a lot of money to a new kitchen months to find the right house. “It is or a bathroom if you are going to tear a small house and it will always be a it all out in two years,” says Estable, small house, but it is now a charm- who realized the house would work ing small house,” says Proudfoot, who for their family when new windows says most younger buyers don’t have were installed at the front of the the money to take on major renova- house, with some being recycled to tions, while older buyers often think the back. they can do a renovation, but then pay Mrs. Boychuk doesn’t just teach drama, Chiasson, the modernist at heart, someone to finish the job. designed simple yet deep mouldings Renovations can be a dangerous SHE TEACHES GIRLS that mimicked the size of the ori- exercise, says Tracy Arnett, owner of TO FIND THEIR VOICE. ginal mouldings still visible near the Tracy Arnett Realty, with a majority front door and stairs. “I opted for sin- of buyers not keen on buying a Glebe gle hung windows to respect the age home that needs a lot of work. It is and style of the house,” says Chias- important to consider how long you son, who is actively mulling over how intend to live in the house to recoup to handle the staircase, whether to your investment, says Arnett, who open it up to the basement and show renovated six of her family’s homes, off the thick stone foundation walls. always selling them for a neat profit. “It would respect the history of the “I have never lost on a house,” house.” says Arnett, who is now renovating Chiasson is a big fan of Sarah a duplex on Ella Street, with plans to All of Elmwood’s outstanding teachers lead, inspire and encourage Susanka, the British-born architect rent the units for five years and then our students’ creativity, growth and academic excellence in our who launched a movement in the likely sell. supportive and collaborative environment. United States in the late 1990s to pare The key, Arnett says, is to find an down spaces and put money into fin- honest contractor you can trust, who At Elmwood, we go above and beyond to ensure our girls receive a well- ishing touches. passes along discounts they get when rounded, rigorous education that will prepare them for life and work beyond the classroom. The first phase of the renovation – buying materials. Keep control on the gutting, cleaning and painting the costs, make sure the structure is solid Come for a private tour, meet our faculty and see them in action. You’ll also walls to get rid of the tobacco smell – and avoid homes that need foundation have an opportunity to speak to our students and hear more about the is now complete. They also ripped out work. “You end up spending $50,000, Elmwood difference. a line of scraggly trees on the east side nobody cares. The easiest and best Call (613) 744-7783 or email of the lot and cleaned up the back- renos are kitchens, bathrooms and yard where there is now room for two floors.” [email protected] to set up your tour. cars to park. The front has also been cleaned up. A white picket fence is Sheila Brady is an amateur decora- gone, the porch has been rebuilt and tor, dedicated painter, tree pruner black trim and a black door welcome and semi-retired journalist, who spent family and guests. some of her most satisfying profes- elmwood.ca “It has been a success because our sional years as Homes Editor of the aim was to make the house liveable, Ottawa Citizen. homes Glebe Report March 13, 2015 19 Living small in the Glebe

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Sitting in Sylvie Chiasson’s beautiful living room, artfully decorated with a contemporary aesthetic, with light streaming in the big front window, you don’t feel like you’re in a small space. A tiny space really. But you are. At 900 square feet for the original home (circa 1900) and 350 square feet for a small one-floor addition that is now the kitchen, Chiasson’s house is much smaller than the average home in the Glebe. In fact, it may well be the smallest single family home in the Glebe! But, with some smart planning, a concerted effort to reduce the pleth- Can you find the dye cabinet that made it through Chiasson’s rigorous culling pro- ora of useless possessions most of us cess? The artwork over the sofa was found in a Cuban flea market. have (who really needs an asparagus steamer?), and some minor renovations that pack a big punch, as well as a few tricks and a whole lot of style, Chiasson, who is an interior designer o n v i e C hi ass by trade, has made her tiny family home feel much larger. And the best part is that Chiasson says, “Anyone Syl S : PHOTO can do this!” This painting by Chelsea artist Marie- So how exactly did Chiasson and France Nitsky makes a bold statement her family do it? in the kitchen/living area.

Culling The first, possibly most arduous step, a light colour – Decorators White by was culling possessions to eliminate Benjamin Moore – creating a sense clutter in their new smaller space. In of greater space and bringing in more the weeks and months before moving, light. And they painted the old worn- they looked through everything they out pine floors on the staircase and the owned: clothes, kitchen stuff, sports second level to give them a new lease gear, decorations, paintings, furni- on life and to keep costs under con- ture. Everything. They started sorting trol. But the house is not antiseptic, things into categories: keep because far from it. There are shots of colour, we love it and/or we use it regularly, personality and levity everywhere: in give away or sell because we don’t love the stunning one-of-a-kind (some of it anymore and we hardly use it at all, which is even inexpensive!) artwork but it might still have value for some- on the walls, in an artfully arranged one else, and recycle or throw away vase of flowers on the dining room for items that had really seen better table, in a throw cushion on the couch. days. They were ruthless. Anything they had two of, they got rid of; any- Storage thing they hadn’t used in a while, they And finally, storage. They incor- got rid of. But at the same time, they porated innovative, practical solutions held onto things of importance, like everywhere. The two bedrooms are the old cabinet to store old-fashioned tiny, but include well planned out, dyes that doesn’t serve any useful pur- personalized walls of storage to elim- pose, but that Chiasson’s grandfather inate clutter. The bathroom is so small used to have in his general store. The that it had to be divided into two bath- cabinet provides a sense of history, rooms because all of the fixtures could culture and family, not to mention joy, not fit into one space. So, they have in the modern home. two mini-bathrooms: one with a tub and sink and one with a toilet and Renovation sink. An oddity turns into a practi- Next, Chiasson and her family cality on a busy weekday morning tackled renovation. They made minor when three people are getting ready improvements that made a huge dif- for work and school! And both mini- ference: replacing all the windows bathrooms maximize storage so that and window trims and baseboards in bottles of shampoo and cream, toilet the house to create cleaner lines and paper, cleaning products, towels – all a more streamlined feeling (not to the banal but necessary things – are mention the environmental benefits hidden from view, keeping the space of new windows). They also elimin- simple and serene. Spa like, on a tiny ated non-load bearing walls in the scale. kitchen area, giving them an open- So, Chiasson and her family show concept space that does double duty: us how people who didn’t think they kitchen and informal living space could afford to own in a central down- our office at 60 Main Street where family members or friends can town neighbourhood because of rising hang out while Chiasson cooks. In the real estate costs, may be able to after kitchen, they also replaced regular- all. By carefully considering what they sized appliances with smaller ones, to need to live well, re-thinking how they old house experts allow room for more functional work- use their living spaces, keeping things f f spaces in the kitchen. They recycled simple, and throwing in a whole lot of 613 594 8888 the kitchen island from their last home creativity, it is possible to live “small” in this new kitchen to excellent effect. in a fabulous central neighbourhood But perhaps the most important like the Glebe. www.gordonconstruction.com thing Chiasson and her family did to improve the feel of the house was to Seema Akhtar also lives (somewhat) serving the community paint … and paint … and paint. They small, in the top half of a duplex in painted all of the walls in the house the Glebe. for over 25 years 20 Glebe Report March 13, 2015 homes

Immediate Occupancy PHOTO: P E T ER M C KER CH PHOTO: “My preference has always been to emphasize the fireplace as a focal point and an outstanding feature of the house.” Give your 1920s brick fireplace a facelift By Peter McKercher such as ceramic, porcelain, glass, gran- ite, cultured stone, marble or metal. I love old houses, which explains why It’s a matter of your taste, budget and I have been renovating in the Glebe for how the end result will fit with the sur- myself and others for over 25 years. It’s rounding house style and decor. hard to explain why, but even as a child For the surround and mantel, the moving around the country with my sky is the limit. For a period look, parents, I far preferred the idiosyncra- materials should blend with existing sies of a vintage house to the pristine millwork and may incorporate trad- Available character of a tract home – so many itional pilasters, plinths, coves and nooks and crannies to explore and a corbels in natural or painted finishes, unit sizes wonderful sensory patina to savour. as much a piece of heirloom furniture Our Glebe homes have this in as a part of the house. This look might 1607 - 2148 sq. ft. spades – three floors of living space also incorporate shelving or cabinetry to get lost in, formal dining and sit- flanking either side of the fireplace. priced from ting areas, millwork from a time long If you lean away from the traditional past, history and character galore. to something more contemporary, you the mid-$900S However, there is one thing that can may want to unify the look and feel detract from them and that is the of your fireplace with its surround- fireplace. Of course, I have been in ings. Rather than focusing on it as a a number of Glebe homes that have single element, the whole wall can splendid examples, but by and large, become a feature by extending mill- the majority of these homes built in work to the ceiling and finishing it in the 1920s have the original rough- the same style and colour. This makes 108 lisgar street faced brick wood-burning fireplaces, a great backdrop for artwork or other across from unbefitting the character of their sur- cherished items. Or expand laterally city hall roundings. to incorporate wall-to-wall built-ins, One simple solution is to “paint it allowing you to be drawn into it rather out.” This is sometimes effective, than towards it. but my preference has always been No matter what approach you to emphasize the fireplace as a focal choose, incorporating these ideas point and an outstanding feature of can significantly impact your living the house, rather than to make it dis- experience as well as the value of your appear, or worse, to remove it. home by enhancing both design and The options for improvement are function. limitless, with one exception. The hearth and the immediate firebox sur- Peter McKercher is a Glebe resident Viewing by Appointment round must be fireproof. That means and president of McKercher Reno- leaving a margin of the original brick vations, a general contractor in the Contact 613.567.7800 exposed or selecting an overlay from a Glebe community. www.mckercher- wide range of superb fireproof finishes renovations.ca. homes Glebe Report March 13, 2015 21 Heritage homes in the Glebe By Andrew Elliott experts, and city heritage planners will tell you that that the existence In recent issues of the Glebe Report, of a designation is mostly hassle- we’ve learned about the importance free: most protective easements apply of trees on the neighbourhood’s streets to a building’s exterior, not its inter- and about the historical significance ior. Also, minor proposed changes to of its street names. We’ve heard about a designated building’s exterior will Lansdowne traffic and parking chal- generally be accepted without much lenges, and preliminary ideas for the fuss. It is only when changes affect Glebe’s future look and feel. All these the building’s architectural charac- PHOTO: b r i an gl enn PHOTO: issues relate to one of the Glebe’s key ter that further steps for approval 20 Clemow Avenue features: it is an area of historical char- are required (see www.ottawa.ca/en/ acter. As such, its streets and buildings city-hall/planning-and-development/ are worthy of commemoration and how-develop-property/heritage- that makes no attempt to fit in with property over time ... This restoration protection. alterations). Additionally, a heritage the streetscape or existing historical project proves that heritage structures I recently read the article “Does designation allows a building owner to structure (see Glebesite for further can be brought back from the brink, Adaptive Reuse Pay? A Study of be eligible for grants of up to $5,000 details, www.glebeheritageblog.word- and should be.” the Business of Building Renova- in matching funding (for details, see press.com). Too often, we overlook the import- tion in Ontario, Canada” (www. http://goo.gl/gorZ2x). Other cities have Compare this example to the ance of things that are right in front seedengr.com/Does%20Adapt- larger grants and generous tax rebates more sensitive restoration, addition of our eyes. Isn’t it worth it to con- ive%20Reuse%20Pay.pdf). Here, a as well. or infill projects that were recently serve and reuse the old buildings trio of heritage conservation experts recognized at the city of Ottawa’s that we’ve inherited from our ances- explain, “older buildings represent Next steps Architectural Heritage Conserva- tors? Although we generally think an important aesthetic, cultural and So, if you’re interested in moving tion Awards (www.ottawa.ca/en/ we “own” our old buildings, perhaps economic resource – as well as a forward in an adaptive reuse or res- city-hall/planning-and-development/ we should start thinking of ourselves non-renewable one.” Numerous his- toration project, here are some tips to built-heritage/2012-2014-award-win- not as owners but more as responsible toric structures have been demolished assist you: ners). One award was for excellent stewards. As stewards, we are less in Ontario over the past several dec- 1. Consult Standards and Guide- work done on 20 Clemow Avenue. interested in ourselves and more inter- ades because developers have argued, lines for the Conservation of Historic Another was for stunning work done ested in community. As stewards, it is “the costs of renovating and adapt- Places in Canada (www.historic- on 31 Sweetland Avenue, an 1884 our duty to respect the work of past ing these buildings for new uses is places.ca/en/pages/standards-normes. house in Sandy Hill. The award recog- generations and pass it on in reason- too high. Demolition of the existing aspx) and for additional assistance, the nized the effort made to use historical able shape to future generations. buildings and replacement with new Ontario Heritage Toolkit (www.mtc. materials in the restoration, and to Maybe this is the radical idea for our structures ... is the only way for invest- gov.on.ca/en/heritage/heritage_toolkit. follow historical evidence in bringing times. ors to make a reasonable profit from shtml) and the Architectural Conserv- back a building that was in a “severely the land.” These heritage conserva- ancy of Ontario’s Preservation Myths degraded condition.” Andrew Elliott, Glebe resident, writes tion experts, reporting on interviews and Facts (www.arconserv.ca/build- The jury noted, “the addition harmo- for the blog Apt613 and is the creator with contractors and owners about old ings_at_risk/myths_facts.cfm). nizes well with the existing structure, of the blog Glebesite. He is a member building adaptive reuse projects, iden- 2. For further advice or guidance, and demonstrates that a combination of the Glebe Heritage Committee and tified four main constraints affecting contact the Canadian Association of of careful attention to details, materials Heritage Ottawa and is an archivist at success. One of these constraints is the Heritage Professionals (www.cahp- and scale does not add significantly to Library and Archives Canada. He can building code. acecp.ca). immediate costs but adds value to the be reached at [email protected]. 3. For inspiration, check out archi- The building code tectural design resources, such as The building code constraint Willowbank School for Restoration appears to cause the most trouble. On Arts or the Royal Architectural Insti- its own, the code is a fairly reasonable tute of Canada (www.heritageottawa. document that is meant to create stan- org/organizations/architectural-design- dards for safety, but is also meant to resources). be sufficiently flexible to permit adapt- 4. For additional historical back- ive reuse. There is even a section that ground inspiration, research local or allows inspectors to accept alternative national archives for evidence of past standards in existing older structures. architectural practices (or hire a pro- Problems arise when contractors try fessional researcher.) You might find to get the code to interact with a) vari- original designs (see www.data2. ous fire regulations, site plan approvals archives.ca/nmc/n0019042k-v6.jpg) and local zoning regulations; and b) or historic streetscape photos (see accessibility issues such as handicap this shot of Lisgar and O’Connor, compliance or parking areas. Addi- 1938: www.data2.archives.ca/e/e438/ tional problems arise because of a e010934932-v8.jpg). general lack of coordination amongst 5. Contact companies that have the the various inspectors, most of whom training and expertise to do a good do not have training in heritage prac- job: one is Denys Builds Designs tices or historic designs. (www.denys.ca/heritagerenova- As one developer noted, “The code tions.php); another is Heritage Grade is problematic; it should be handled Architectural Restoration Servi- case by case and not by fitting the pro- ces (wwwheritagegrade.com); or ject into a very general category.” the Glebe’s own 707 Construction (www.707construction.com). Heritage designation myths 6. Employ people who have taken There is a belief out there that when courses at the Algonquin Trades Herit- a building is designated as “heritage”– age Institute, located in Perth, Ontario either individually or in a conservation (see example: www.habicurious.com/ district – this limits what can be done framing-fine-carpentry/). to it, and may even result in reduced 7. Read the City of Ottawa’s policy property values. The Heritage statements, procedures and guidelines Resources Centre at the University of relating to heritage resources: (http:// Waterloo has proven that these beliefs goo.gl/70Sous). are unfounded. Two of its recent studies, entitled Heritage Districts Work! Restoration: the good, the bad (2009 – http://goo.gl/Q6etD5 and and the ugly 2012 – http://goo.gl/DAnozA) show Here’s what happens when a per- that property values of heritage-desig- fectly good-looking old building nated buildings do better in the long is ruined by a bad job. 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The Internet has changed the This is so important. Even though way people buy and sell homes so we think our homes are clean, using that now how a home shows is more a cleaning company just before you important than ever. First impressions put your house on the market or have always been important. Now with have photos taken of your home is YouTube videos, Internet ads and mul- worthwhile. Photos and videos take AZ GH ANN OU M , B G S tiple interior photos on web sites, a close-ups of such things as taps and buyer visits your home before step- flooring so everything should sparkle. B PHOTO: ping through the front door. 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Symmetrical arrange- Organize the remaining objects in You are preparing to sell a valuable Curb Appeal ments usually work well in main one area so that the basement walls asset and the time spent on getting Many of us neglect our front rooms – create a conversation area and floors are visible. Make sure your home “fit to sell” is worth it. entrance. Buyers may do a drive-by and remove oversized furniture from that the area around the electricals, and you want to make a good impres- the spaces. plumbing stack and furnace is eas- Julie Teskey ([email protected]) is an sion. Paint or stain the front steps, ily accessible and visible. Sweep the award-winning realtor with Re/max railing, and porches; paint the front Think hotel floor and paint the concrete if the Metro City and has specialized in door a colour that accents the home; When sprucing up a bathroom, stay area is not finished. If you have a fin- the Glebe her entire 30-year career. replace old house numbers and mail- with neutral colours and accents. For a ished basement, remember that if you She offers professional expertise and boxes. Add a planter of flowers or pop of colour a piece of artwork and a are marketing the basement as a liv- advice from getting your home ready seasonal decoration, along with a small vase of fresh flowers work well. ing space, make sure it shows like the to handling offers and closing a sale. new doormat … It all says “welcome Bathrooms should be spotless with rest of the house. This is usually the She now works in partnership with home” to a new buyer and shows pride lots of fresh white towels. The master last place a buyer goes and it leaves a Stephanie Cartwright, who also works of ownership. bedroom should be gender neutral in lasting impression. and lives in the Glebe. colour, again free of personal items. Clutter Crisp linens, a nice piece of artwork Remember, less is more. Counters, and organized linen closets will appeal tops of furniture, tables, desktops, to everyone. closets and bookcases should be This year, purged of anything you no longer Tone it down want. Put away or store personal items When photos are taken of a home such as family photos and personal and there are strong colours on the take a break collectables. You can bring all these walls, what you see is the colour and items back once the house has sold – not the house or room. Repaint boldly from winter the idea of space is important in the coloured rooms (especially main eyes of a buyer. Rearrange or remove rooms) to a more neutral tone. Earthy furniture to make rooms look larger. tones and rich mid-tone neutrals cre- Sometimes you may have to rent ate a backdrop that makes rooms look a storage locker for a while but it is large and inviting without being stark. worth it. Remember that you are trying to appeal to as many potential Outdoor Spaces buyers as possible; so a clean palette Whether you have a yard or a small is important for them to see the house balcony, you want to create an atmos- properly with their things. phere that invites a buyer to enjoy the spaces. Decks should be cleaned and closets and cupboards stained; flowerpots placed as accents Buyers will look in your closets on patios and decks; and grass cut and

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and back again. I remember being in the lead for a Four-year-old clocks while but wasn’t at the end, although who was the ultimate winner I can’t say now. world record at What I do remember was how much fun we had. There was much hooting and hollering and cries of Eugene Forsey Park “Faster! Faster! Go Evangeline! Go Anna! Great time! You’re in the lead!” You would think that with all the apps and toys available to children and adults today such a simple thing as running on the grass between a fence line and tree would be of no interest at all. When I look at the photographs of us running and see the excited smiles on our faces as we gave it our best – I mean what was all that excitement about? I can’t really explain it except to say: we humans are hard wired to walk and run. We’ve been doing this for several hundred thousand years. There is Felix, age 9, sails to the finish line. something inexplicably gratifying about thick grass beneath your feet and the sun dappling through The basketball court is covered in snow. The play trees as you run between the shadows of the sun. structure has no children. Sometimes, the tire swing The noise of the city traffic is forgotten and for a will have a child and a Dad pushing it and that’s it, small moment a different reality is possible from but in summer ahh! That’s a different thing. The the cement and asphalt envelope of the city streets. big trees provide wonderful shade on hot days. The The trees and grass and beauty of our humble, basketball court, which is just below a slight rise and street corner parks may be hibernating now but they out of sight of the traffic of Bronson Avenue, is busy are just resting, waiting to awake with the spring with players. The play structure has children climb- sun. Each one has its own personality, its own joy ing and playing. and if I could wave a magic wand there would be My last visit to it with my grandchildren, son Jul- many more. ian and sister Anna, was at Thanksgiving, and we invented a “field day” just for ourselves. Did you have Clive Doucet is a grandfather in the Glebe who : cli ve douc e t S : PHOTO Evangeline, age 4, finds laughing interferes with run- a school field day at your school? At Fisher Park High writes occasionally about being a grandfather. ning. in the spring we got an afternoon off from lessons to play athlete and compete against our classmates in By Clive Doucet field sports like the mile, the hundred yard dash and so on. The “Fisher Mile” was particularly loathed by In the depths of an Ottawa Valley winter, a neigh- those who found four trips around the oval a tough bourhood park can look pretty sad. A clump of slog and loved by those who could run it. white between houses and a lonely looking climb- At Eugene Forsey Park, we decided to have our ing structure that looms out of knee-deep snow. It’s own field day. My grandchildren – little Evangeline easy to forget then what a great thing even the small- who is four, Clea who is seven and Felix who is est neighbourhood park can be. The closest to my nine – sprinted the width of the park, timed by my house is Eugene Forsey Park at the edge of Bronson son Julian. Not to be outdone, I also ran as did Jul- across from Holmwood. It’s more than twice the size ian and Anna. So we had quite an age spread. Julian of the busy Lionel Britton parkette at the corner of timed us with his smart phone and we clocked some Fifth and O’Connor, but in winter it’s entirely empty. impressive times from fence line to the largest tree Three generations have a field day in the park.

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Left image is disrupted situation (wavy, point reached in human behaviour – at Ecclesiax Church in the Glebe distorted fractured jet stream) and right image is more “normal” situation). Similar a wisdom reached on the reality of about our changing climate sys- disruptions in 2015 are causing our present deep freeze. the risks that we face. And finally tem. I spoke about the root causes global concerted action to slash emis- of extreme weather and discussed core and sediment proxies), and I ana- mate-warming methane. Atmospheric sions and embrace renewable energies. how the latest science, including my lyze how quickly it is changing today circulation patterns without guidance And change our ways, retool our econ- research, indicates that these events and how quickly it can change in the from stable jet streams are water vapour omies and reset our priorities. And not will increase quickly in frequency of near future. turbocharged from increased evapora- take our life on this planet for granted. occurrence, severity and duration. I At the talk, I spoke on my overall view tion. Regions unlucky in our new climate What about the Glebe and Ottawa? also discussed the impacts that we can of the global climate system changes. casino are inundated by torrential rainfall Every city needs to prepare for tor- expect globally and in the Glebe, and This summary has appeared in various and becoming water-worlds. Or baked rential rains like those experienced in what we can do about it. This talk was publications, and it follows here. from persistent heat waves and drought Calgary and Toronto in the summer of sponsored by the Glebe Community Abrupt climate change. It is happen- and fires exploding in size, frequency 2013 (four to six months of rainfall in a Association Environment Commit- ing today, big time. We have changed and severity. Or buried by snow and ice day or two) with economic costs above tee, the baked goods were excellent, the chemistry of our atmosphere with storms. Lives are in turmoil. Infrastruc- $6 billion and $1 billion, respectively. and I welcome any and all invitations fossil fuel emissions. Climate system ture like houses, roads, train tracks and Are we prepared for an extreme heat from groups who wish to educate their statistics are now different. Rates of pipelines are being hammered. wave like that experienced by Moscow members on the wrenching changes to change have surpassed tipping points. What next? There is no new normal. in 2010 (temperatures over 30oC and our world that we can expect now and Extreme weather events are sky- Far from it. We have lost our stable high humidity for 35 days straight)? in the next few years. rocketing in frequency, intensity and familiar climate. Likely permanently. I do not think so, even though the My background is engineering duration. Societal and economic costs Rates of change greatly exceed any- city released an updated climate (B.Eng. in Engineering Physics) and are already substantial and are rapidly thing recorded in paleo-records by at change plan recently. Time will tell. physics (M.Sc. in Laser Physics) and accelerating. Oceans are acidifying. least 10 to 30 times. Greenland and Sooner than you may expect. I teach climatology, meteorology and Global food supplies are threatened. Antarctic ice caps are melting and geographical approaches to environ- We are still at very early stages. Cli- calving at unprecedented and accel- Paul Beckwith, a Glebe resident, is mental issues (second and third year mate change is just getting warmed up. erating rates. Large chunks will soon a part-time professor teaching clima- courses) in the Department of Geog- Powerful feedbacks have caused slide into the ocean, causing tsunamis tology, meteorology and geographical raphy at the University of Ottawa. My enormous Arctic temperature amplifi- and abrupt sea level rise, swamping approaches to environmental issues Ph.D. research topic is “Abrupt Cli- cation with exponential collapse of sea coastlines. We are heading to a much at the University of Ottawa. Twitter: mate Change.” I study how rapidly ice and snow cover. Thawing terres- warmer world. Abruptly. Within dec- @PaulHBeckwith; Facebook: Paul the climate system has changed in the trial and sub-sea permafrost is releasing ades. The transition will be brutal for Beckwith; email: phbeckwith@rog- past (using paleo-records such as ice ever-increasing amounts of powerful cli- civilization. Global flora and fauna ers.com.

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In The Language Garden Mortgaging your Future?

By Adelle Farrelly died before repayment, his land was seized by the borrower as part of the Bank advertisements would have you terms of the mortgage agreement, believe that taking out a mortgage to and thus the idea of a death pledge. buy a house brings a life of freedom Fortunately, the chances of one pay- to the borrower, but those with a lit- ing off one’s mortgage before death tle knowledge of French or Latin will are much higher these days. Still, as be forgiven for suspecting otherwise. recent years and financial crises have The word “death,” after all, is in the shown, mortgage debts can be crush- very word: mortuus in Latin, mort ing and the death moniker does not in French. The word arrived in Eng- seem so far off for some. Taking on a lish via Middle French’s mortgage, in mortgage is a big decision, one of the Securing a future – home ownership turn from Old French’s mort gage, or big markers in life caught up in the “death pledge.” Gage is a word not “gage” bundle of meanings – career for your guinea pig often used in English anymore, but it (wage), marriage (engagement, wed) is attested in Shakespeare and con- and mortgage. One funny thing about During uncertain economic times, property taxes are exorbitant!” burst notes not only pledges, but wagers, all this, of course, is that French no many are turning to real estate to out Obelix, notorious Glebe socialite wages and even engagements and longer includes the word mortgage, secure their loved ones’ future. “If pig. “Personally, I see nothing wrong weddings. preferring instead the more cerebral, something happens to us, we want with being a pigolo – I’m booked in Taking out a mortgage agreement Greek-originated hypothèque (under- our guinea pigs to know that they advance and sleep in a different bed is serious business, and in the Middle place). will always have a roof over their every night. Unlike the hutch-poor Ages it was not always clear whether Adelle Farrelly brings us her head,” says Colleen, who leads a free pigs, I can afford fine dining at Wild the borrower would be able to repay insights on the meaning and origins monthly seminar “Hutch Owning for Oat or Naji’s!” his loan within his lifetime. If he of words every month. Pigs” (HOPs). There is a third, less-discussed “Of course, credit can be an option: co-operatives. Indeed, the obstacle,” explains Zeus, Glebe guinea Glebe guinea pigs have started a our glebe pig and hutch-owner. “Initially, I greeting card business in the lobby of faced significant prejudice. I’m self- 779 Bank Street to fund a deal with employed and with an average lifespan Ninto Construction for a multi-storey of 4 to 8 years, a 25-year mortgage communal hutch on city land. Rumour was a challenge. But finally GP Can- has it Ninto already secured a prime ada Trust came through – my first spot for $1 per year. mortgage was $9 amortized over 30 But Colleen has sage advice: pigs years, with an interest rebate if I did should decide for themselves what promotional work for the bank. I now option best suits their unique needs own over 16 hutches that I rent at a and financial situations. handsome profit – some are two storeys and fleece lined.” To admire the GiddyPigs greeting Others feel ownership is not the way cards, visit the lobby of Glebe Video to go. “There’s a hutch bubble! And at 779 Bank Street, second floor. ti n J. M ar G l e b res id en t E r ic J. n by too Car 30 Glebe Report March 13, 2015 health Vitamin D and how we northerners can get enough

By Zenah Surani of the bones in adults), or osteoporosis – a common progressive bone disease that leads to decreased Vitamin D is one of the most talked about supple- bone strength and increased risk of fracture. ments in the media – there are a lot of studies being There are differing Canadian guidelines on vita- done about it and its increasingly important role in min D recommendations. There is evidence that our health. It is definitely the supplement I get the supports supplementation from 400 to 1000 IU of most questions about at the pharmacy. My goal is to vitamin D per day for most people, and up to 2000 help you better understand how much vitamin D you IU per day for those at risk of deficiency or during need, and why it is essential to our health. the winter. Breastfed infants should supplement with The most common form of vitamin D is D3, chole- 400 IU per day, while women who are pregnant or calciferol (the “sunshine” vitamin), and is obtained breastfeeding should consider supplementing with in the diet in small amounts through some limited up to 2000 IU per day, especially during the winter. animal sources and can also be made in the skin As Canadians, we are all vulnerable to vitamin D upon exposure to UVB rays. Vitamin D2 is sourced deficiency as all of Canada is located north of the from plants and is an appropriate form of supple- 42nd parallel, where UVB radiation is not strong mentation for vegans, however D3 provides a higher enough to allow for production of vitamin D in the amount of vitamin D for the body to convert to its skin. Without supplementing in the winter, it is fair active form, calcitriol (activated by the kidneys). to say that Canadians cannot get the amount of vita- Vitamin D is important for a variety of reasons. It’s min D that the body needs. Those with dark skin especially important for maintaining calcium levels are also at risk of deficiency since melanin (skin in the body. Through a series of steps, it stimulates pigment) is inefficient in allowing vitamin D to be the absorption of calcium into the blood stream by converted to its active form. Also, as we age, the acting on the cells in the lining of the intestine. It body becomes less efficient at producing vitamin works also with the parathyroid hormone to balance D from the sun. And, although sunscreen is a good calcium levels in the body, which in turn contributes idea to prevent skin damage from the sun’s rays, it tablets, capsules, drops and chews. Based on the to the formation and maintenance of healthy bones. can also block helpful rays that we need to produce strong evidence behind it and the fact that many There have been Canadian studies done on the link vitamin D. Vitamin D absorption can be impaired in studies are being done on its health benefits, vita- between vitamin D and conditions such as multiple people on certain medications, as well as those with min D is undoubtedly one of the most important sclerosis and prostate cancer – showing that people certain types of kidney disease. supplements Canadians should take. with higher levels of vitamin D have better health In contrast to calcium, it is difficult to get vita- outcomes. There is limited but promising research min D from food sources alone; for instance, 100g Zenah Surani is a pharmacist and owner of the on the positive link between vitamin D levels and of cooked beef contains about 25 IU of vitamin D. Glebe Apothecary on Bank Street. diseases such as heart disease, schizophrenia and As a result, many foods in Canada, such as milk, are Sources diabetes. fortified with vitamin D. Non-dietary supplementa- “Vitamin D: The Current State in Canada: Canadian Council of A Statistics Canada study done in 2013 found that tion is necessary in those unable to reach their daily Food and Nutrition” https://www.cfdr.ca/Downloads/CCFN-docs/ over a third of Canadians had inadequate blood lev- recommended amount through food alone. Vitamin-D-Report---final---Aug3-08-revAug9-_2_.aspx “Vitamin D Testing Protocol” http://www.bcguidelines.ca/guide- els of vitamin D, and that 10 per cent were deficient. It is indeed possible to get too much vitamin D, line_vitamind.html Those aged from 20 to 39 years old had the lowest as it is a fat-soluble vitamin and can build up in the “Vitamin D and Calcium: Updated Dietary Reference Intakes” levels. Low levels of vitamin D can cause calcium to body. If excessive amounts are taken, it can lead http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/nutrition/vitamin/vita-d-eng.php “Vitamin D blood levels of Canadians” http://www.statcan.gc.ca/ be leached from the bones to maintain normal cal- to excessive calcium levels in the body that can do pub/82-624-x/2013001/article/11727-eng.htm cium levels in the bloodstream. This in turn could damage to the heart, blood vessels and kidneys. “Vitamin D: Therapeutic Overview & Evaluation of Evidence for cause rickets (in children), osteomalacia (softening Vitamin D supplements exist in many forms – in Current Claims” http://www.rxfiles.ca/rxfiles/uploads/documents/ Vitamin-D-Overview-QandA.pdf

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Exploring the Built Heritage of Old Ottawa South. Ottawa South History Project, December 2013

Old Ottawa South was annexed by the City of Ottawa in 1907. The Ottawa South History Project was initiated to commemorate the 100th anniversary of this event, and in 2009 the Heritage Survey of Old The Gorman house built in 1896 on Euclid Avenue in Ottawa South obtained grants to hire two students Old Ottawa South. for the summer. This publication is the engaging result of these efforts. Hopewell Avenue Public School, the Monastery The Glebe and Old Ottawa South are both clearly of the Precious Blood (now the Royal College of defined, attractive neighbourhoods where the City Physicians and Surgeons of Canada), the May- of Ottawa is encouraging intensification. In both fair Theatre and Southminster United Church are communities, some development proposals have among the prominent buildings profiled. Homes provoked strong opposition because they are not in representing every era from 1820 to the1930s are harmony with the historic character of the neighbour- described and illustrated. A “Field Guide to the hood. In order to make the argument that a proposed Front Porches of Old Ottawa South” can be fully new structure or renovation is “out of character,” applied in the Glebe. Hoopla and AVoD residents need to articulate clearly their definition This “exploration” will help the reader see older of “the heritage of the neighbourhood.” This attract- neighbourhoods with new eyes. It defines and at the library ive book documents what is meant by “the heritage illustrates heritage characteristics that deserve pres- of Old Ottawa South.” It is also a helpful template ervation. It also offers insight into the effort required Thousands of movies, television shows and for presenting documentation and includes a useful to gather and publish accurate information. It will help music albums are available for mobile and case study of the rewards and pitfalls of managing residents of many historic Ottawa areas appreciate online access at the Ottawa Public Library a project aimed at recording and defining heritage. their surroundings in new ways. It should also help through Hoopla and Access Video on Demand Geography always shapes settlement. Old Ottawa them articulate why heritage preservation is vital to (AVoD). These new services allow library card- South was remote from early settlement around the the continued vitality of their beloved community. holders to download or stream music and videos Ottawa River. With the coming of the Rideau Canal, Exploring the Built Heritage of Old Ottawa South, on demand. it was further defined and cut off from development by members of the Ottawa South History Project The Hoopla Digital collection has more than to the north. Bridge building, land speculation and and the 2009 Heritage Survey of Old Ottawa South. 230,000 classic and popular movies, television the coming of streetcars shaped the location of Ottawa South History Project, December 2013. shows and music albums. Customers can stream streets and the nature of housing construction. His- Available from Heritage Ottawa (www.heritageot- or temporarily download up to eight titles per toric maps and illustrations help readers envision tawa.org) $15. month. The AVoD collection includes popular development patterns and the social structure of the documentaries originally produced for National community as it moved from rural to suburban to Tom Tanner is a reader, history buff, long-time resi- Geographic, BBC, TED Talks, PBS and more. urban. dent of the Glebe and a member of the Glebe Report AVoD features more than 220,000 videos. Significant structures define a community. board of directors.

WHAT YOUR NEIGHBOURS ARE READING Here is a list of some titles read and discussed recently in various local book clubs: TITLE (for adults) AUTHOR Spies1 Michael Frayn Us Conductors2 Sean Michaels The Sports Gene3 David Epstein Revolution4 Russell Brand available at: The Children Act5 Ian McEwan Never Turn Your Back on an Angus Cow: My Life as a Country Vet6 Jan Pol ESCAPE The Wood Cutter7 Reginald Hill The Amber Coast8 Ilse Zandstra Women’s Casual Wear with Flair Victims9 Jonathan Kellerman 703 Bank St (at Glebe Ave) Into the Abyss: How a Deadly Plane Crash Changed the Lives of a Carol Shaben 613 567-3989 Pilot, a Politician, a Criminal and a Cop10 Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage11 Alice Munro Outlander12 Diane Gabaldon Waverly Walter Scott Spring iS Arriving! The Goldfinch13 Donna Tartt The Morning After14 Chantal Hébert

TITLE (children and teens) AUTHOR Ocean at the End of the Lane15 Neil Gaiman Marina16 Carlos Ruiz Zafon NEWnew PATIENTSpatients welcomeWELCOME Le petit chevalier aux jambes molles17 Pierre Chartray et Sylvie Rancourt Al Capone Does My Shirts18 Gennifer Choldenko Dr Pierrepierre Isabelleisabelle Lulu and the Brontosaurus19 Judith Viorst 1. Broadway Book Club 11. OPL Sunnyside Branch Second Friday Adult Book Club DrDr Mathieu sailesh Tremblaypershad 2. Can’ Litterers 12. Seriously No-Name Book Club 3. Helen’s Book Club 13. The Book Club 4. OnLine Audio Book Club: www.DearReader.com 14. The Topless Book Club 5. OnLine Fiction Book Club: www.DearReader.com 15. Glebe Collegiate Book Club 6. OnLine Nonfiction Book Club: www.DearReader.com 16. OnLine Teen Book Club: www.DearReader.com GLEBE DENTAL CENTRE 7. OPL Sunnyside Adult Book Club 17. OPL Sunnyside Branch Club de lecture en français pour GleBe Dental centRe 8. OPL Sunnyside European Book Club les enfants FIFTH AVENUE COURT-EVENING APPOINTMENTS 9. OPL Mystery Book Club 18. OPL Sunnyside Branch Guysread FIFTH AVENUE COURT-EVENING APPOINTMENTS 10. OPL Non-Fiction Book Club 19. OPL Sunnyside Branch Mother-Daughter Book Club OPEN MONDAY-FRIDAY If your book club would like to share its reading list, please email it to Micheline Boyle at ForFor appointmentsappointments call 613-234-6405 [email protected] 32 Glebe Report March 13, 2015 councillor’s report

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Beckman, First Vice-President, Investment Advisor City staff will soon make its final recommendations to Planning Committee and City Council on the proposed set of zoning changes to guide the scale of CIBC Wood Gundy is a division of CIBC World Markets Inc., a subsidiary of CIBC and a Member of the new low-rise housing development inside the Greenbelt. Infill 2, as it is known, Canadian Investor Protection Fund and Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada. If you are currently a CIBC Wood Gundy client, please contact your Investment Advisor. addresses issues such as the size of new houses, building heights and requirements for setbacks and rear yards in a way that allows discreet intensification on larger residential lots while ensuring the protection of neighbourhood character. 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Sport Medicine when the City espouses the benefits of Complete Streets and expansion of public transit, and when funding for a new footbridge over the Rideau Canal remains For over 30 years, the Sports & Spinal Injury Clinic elusive, why would we consider spending many millions of dollars on widening has helped over 45,000 patients deal with their pain. existing roads, least of all to entice drivers towards a known bottleneck on Bron- son Avenue? We provide treatments for... Why would we risk seriously undermining major investments in public tran-  sports-related and other injury recovery sit by making it easier for more private vehicles to access the already-congested Take  recurring back and neck pain centre of the city? Why not, as many have already suggested, first extend the control  tendonitis, sprains and strains O-Train southward as planned, then wait a few years to see if road widening is  accident and post-surgical recovery really needed? 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Do you think wider roads Trusted for generations are counterproductive to the City’s long-term transportation goals, not to mention our finances? Family owned and community based, we offer expertise in: I invite you to find out more about the project and how to participate in the • affordable group medical, dental, life and disability benefi ts for debate by visiting the City’s web page at ottawa.ca/airportparkway. as few as 3 employees • insurance, fi nancial, retirement and estate planning. Road renewal planned for 2015 Come visit us and let us help you and your family with: Some Glebe residents are bracing themselves for major roadwork this year • fi lling in insurer claim forms and/or next as the City of Ottawa prepares to rehabilitate a number of streets. • understanding your investment statements Ongoing work on First Avenue (Bronson to O’Connor) should be completed in • a no obligation review of your current insurance costs. 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Bus service improvements OC Transpo plans to increase weekend bus service on Routes 1 and 7 to make public transit a more attractive option for people travelling along Bank Street. These changes, along with the recent service increase on Route 6 and ongoing improvements to local pedestrian and cycling facilities (see next item), are expected to reduce parking pressures and congestion in the Glebe, especially around Lansdowne Park.

Road safety Pending budget approval and completion of detailed designs, the City plans to implement various safety improvements on Bronson Avenue by the end of this year. The measures include a signalized pedestrian/cycling crossing just south of the Rideau Canal, safer on- and off-ramps connecting to Colonel By Drive, and new, separated bike paths and tracks on that part of Bronson. Plans are also afoot for (yet another) round of safety improvements on the Bank Street Bridge to make the curb lanes safer and thus more inviting to cyc- lists, with the benefit of freeing the sidewalks for pedestrians alone. Clearer signage, increased pavement markings and, crucially, a concerted user education campaign with “how and where to ride” videos are planned for this spring. Yes, there will be a spring!

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every child on Holmwood, Sheila, Identity crisis added a creative twist with her contribution: The Gleberace! Round one Ice By Mike Mankowski goes to Sheila. Back on the avenues, Al, a retired ion “Glebite” sounds like something the paratrooper, pushed for The Gleberets. Stat guy renovating your basement dis- Bill, a photographer, offered the covers while tearing out the mouldy Gleberazzi. The group agreed that ottawa drywall. “Your basement is full of while it had a certain appeal, it car- glebites,” he might announce. You ried negative undertones. shriek, grab your children and run Trevor, a retired Glebe Collegiate to your neighbour’s front porch. You English teacher living in a half-double imagine nasty beasties with mean lit- on Strathcona, recommended Gleber- tle eyes and pinchers and “waaaay” ati, which many liked initially but too many hairy legs. later vetoed as snooty. They feared In the epic German poem, Das CFRA would mock us for it, along Glebelungenlied, the Glebelungi are with our socks under salt-stained a great people with big shouldered, Crocs and our love of baby strollers thick-thighed women who can hurl the size of Smart cars. a spear 75 yards with one hand. The Among business owners, the best Mayor to give city new name in 2017 men are hellacious warriors who fight suggestion came from Ernesto, a to the death and are renowned for legendary hair stylist on Bank Street, Here are the proposed names making the best mutton, lettuce and who weighed in with Los Gleber- Consultations to – many with winter themes – as sug- tomato sandwiches in the valley. atoros and invited us to do the gested by the panel: We Glebe folk need to reclaim the following exercise. start April 1 • Moscow-on-the-Rideau honour of the Glebelungi. We need Picture yourself as the amazing man • Inuvik-with-Poutine to create an identity less like roaches in the Dos Equis beer commercials. By Bob Irvine • Ice Station Ottawa and more like action figures who take Be that guy and show a few chest • Watsongrad smack from no one and break a lot of hairs. Guys, I said a few. Look at the In a bold move to commemorate • St. Harpersburg furniture while not taking it. camera, stare into the lens, and, using Canada’s 150th birthday, Mayor Jim • Slushawa I asked several members of my book your best Spanish accent, say: “I don’t Watson has announced plans to find a • Lansdownobirsk club for suggestions. Carol on Fourth admire very many people, but the ones new name for Canada’s capital. • Ottawa, D.C. (District of Can- Avenue recommended Glebians. Sun- I admire most are Los Gleberatoros. “In the wake of frequent polit- uckistan) set’s Susan proposed Glebbies. And Stay hungry, my friends.” ical scandals, ‘Ottawa’ now has bad • Ottavostok (our city would be a Carleton University student, Alex Goose-bumpy, eh? connotations in the minds of most twinned with Vladivostok) from the Annex, voted for Gleberzz. Try it. Soon you will notice people Canadians. Canada’s sesquicentennial • Mapohoba (short for “many pot The group rejected all of these sugges- looking at you, whispering to others as offers a perfect opportunity to start holes breaking axles”) tions. Not enough pizzazz. you stroller bump a Westboritta into a afresh with a new name for Canada’s • Eltimhor (“Ellesmere Island Nancy, a student in religious stud- telephone pole on Bank Street, or yank capital,” said the Mayor at a meeting with Tim Hortons”) ies at uOttawa who moonlights as an the last of the pulled pork at Whole of the Glebe Hysterical Society. • Nocifoomaw (“no city for old organist at St. Matthew’s, came up Foods away from a Sandy Hillraiser. In a bid to celebrate the city’s men and women”) with Glebelonians. Her suggestion, “She is one of them,” they will say. seven months of snow, sleet and ice • Bidbila (“Baffin Island with though sincere, was scratched because “So is he.” (followed by five months of tough dedicated bike lanes”) it sounded too much like a special “One of whom?” sledding), Watson is suggesting that Copies of the panel’s full report will interest group to which St. Paul might “Los Gleberatoros!” the capital’s new name have a winter be available on April 1 for anyone who have written a letter. Saddle up, neighbour. We ride theme. A panel of local authors, artists has not realized that this is Bob’s early Jim, the neighbourhood’s king of tonight! and historians – headed by Ima Jimpal April Fool’s Day prank. takeout food, offered Gleburgers. – has ably responded to the mayor’s Really? Don, a consultant on Monk- Mike Mankowski is a Glebe resident challenge to rebrand our city. Public Bob Irvine is a Glebe resident who land, proposed Gleburbians. Meh! and a certified member of the Glebel- consultations to finalize a new name takes an interest in civic affairs on And the favourite piano teacher of ungian Book Club. start April 1. April 1.

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down on the surface, sustained there to do. Observing him, I tried to be a by the momentum of the fast-moving detached clinician: was I about to see ship. To an albatross, it looks like a a man actually having an apoplectic T fish, a tasty morsel worth swooping stroke? Gritting his teeth, he ordered to swallow; but because the albatross us to get rid of the bird and clean up comes in from ahead and to one side, the mess. His demeanor made it clear the weight causes the line to tangle that failure to comply, and quickly,

: JOH N L AS S : PHOTO about the bird’s wings or feet, so it can would have dire consequences. Dr. John Last aboard the Adelaide Star in the 1940s be hauled aboard. Apsley Cherry-Gar- In the end one of the other officers rard didn’t say what happened after launched the bird by running along the that. deck with it, like getting a kite aloft. Catching an albatross It works. At the first cast, the lar- Not before he’d slipped and slid on gest of our escorts swooped down, and his bottom in the guano, however. We Editor’s note: The course in without stopping, on a sparkling sunny just as Cherry-Garrard described, the three miscreants who had started all “Writing your Memoirs,” offered at day, so close we could see the colours weighted line wrapped itself around this didn’t escape so easily. We were Abbotsford House and taught by Anne of the dresses the girls ashore were the bird’s legs, and we hauled it on our hands and knees until after Le Dressay, has brought out some wearing. As we rounded the Cape aboard, its wings flapping ineffec- dusk, cleaning and scrubbing the deck wonderful stories by local residents. of Good Hope several albatross took tually. to restore it to its pristine pre-albatross We share below a story by John Last. station as escorts above our stern. For An airborne albatross is one of the condition. Next day the pants I’d been two weeks, until landfall off Kangaroo noblest sights one could ever wish to wearing went over the side, stinking By John Last Island in South Australia, these great, see. On the pitching and rolling deck past all hope of ever being cleansed graceful creatures glided effortlessly of our ship on a blustery sea in the of the mess that covered them. Good Few of life’s pleasures can beat a long in our slipstream. It was the best jour- Roaring Forties, it was disconsolate, pants too, my second-best pair. ocean voyage. In 1954 I hitched a ney in the world. It was a good time deeply embarrassed, very frightened, In those days, the standard Brit- ride as ship’s surgeon on a freighter, a to read Apsley Cherry-Garrard’s clas- very angry – and very incontinent. At ish Board of Trade rate of pay for cheap way for young doctors to travel sic, The Worst Journey in the World. both ends. I can’t recall all these years ship’s surgeons who got a free pas- between England and Australia in Cherry-Garrard described how, later what came first, the vomited-up sage across the world in this way was those days. The voyage lasted nearly before reaching Antarctica, he caught half-digested fish, the voided bowels, a shilling a month, plus keep. I should two months, including four weeks an albatross by trailing a weighted line or whether both happened together. have received two shillings. When I without a port – from a refueling stop in the wake of the ship. This was for It covered most of the well-scrubbed collected my discharge certificate in at Tenerife in the Canary Islands to research he was doing on bird life near deck with a stinking mess that had the Sydney at the end of what was, all Adelaide. We sailed past Cape Town Antarctica. The weight bobs up and consistency of fish glue and smelled things considered, a voyage that I still unimaginably abominable. regard as one of the highlights of my There was another problem. Mind- life, I got only one shilling. I didn’t ful of the Ancient Mariner’s fate, we dare ask why. wanted to release our albatross, but it Win a couldn’t or wouldn’t take off from the Dr. John Last is an Australian-born Spring into deck. It was unfortunate that the ship’s doctor who has been a professor of FREE captain, a descendent of Bligh of the epidemiology and public health at the Bounty I shouldn’t wonder, chose to University of Ottawa since 1969. He Week of Camp make his daily inspection of the aft still teaches and is writing his mem- Register before June 1 decks while we were wondering what oirs. 50 Winners! Action! Register Now! ER T EN GIZ E ED G Help in your home with New classes and Internet Email

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From OCSB to CCSTA Following a Canada-wide search, the Canadian Catholic School Trustees’ Association (CCSTA) has announced that Julian Hanlon has been named exec- Glebe Report Association AGM utive director of its association, effective July 1, 2015. Mr. Hanlon will retire as the OCSB Director of Education in June 2015. Mr. Hanlon stated, “Over the Wednesday, May 20, 7 p.m., years, CCSTA has been a strong voice and advocate for Catholic Education in Glebe Community Centre Canada. I’m excited about working with such an organization, and hope to continue the tradition of working closely with the Catholic community to strengthen and promote Catholic schools across the nation.” The Annual General Meeting of the Glebe Report Association CCSTA is the national voice for Catholic trustees, representing French and English boards in Canada that serve over 850,000 students in Catholic schools. (the publisher of the Glebe Report) will held at the Glebe Community Centre Calendar dates for the next school year The OCSB proposes calendar dates for the next school year sometime in the on Wednesday, May 20 at 7 p.m. early spring (March or April). These proposed calendar dates will be made available on our website, but the dates cannot be considered confirmed until they are approved by the Ministry of Education in May. All members of the association are invited to attend, If, at any time, I can be of assistance to you please do not hesitate to call me and new members are welcome. You are eligible for membership at 613-526-9512. if you are over 18 and live, work or volunteer in the Glebe. Kathy Ablett Trustee Zone 9 Capital/River Wards 613-526-9512

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Help said duty child hold the door, but only from behind so she thinks that she is doing it herself. 11:15: Watch as the kids play with dolls, strollers, plasma cars, peddle cars, balls and mats in the gym. Use the opportunity to take a bunch of pic- A L GLIC K G tures of your child and her besties. 11:30: Greet parents arriving to pick up their children. Tell everyone how cute their child is (and mean it).

PHOTO: S H ER I SE PHOTO: 11:35: Stuff leftover snack into Rush hour traffic at the Glebe Co-op Nursery School your mouth (you can get a lot of mini muffins in there). Leave happy and up-duty-parent stuff when a teacher exhausted. Wonder how the teachers walks by. do it every day. Anatomy of a duty day 9:30: Walk over to the playhouse. 11:55: Recap with your child. Look Allow the children to serve you a on the calendar to find your next duty By Sheri Segal Glick their shoes on the proper feet. Give lovely dinner of plastic eggs, muffins, day. You are looking forward to it up trying to convince your own child. chicken and fancy air-tea while you already. One of the perks of being at a co- 9:07: Enter the classroom and watch get your hair “done” in the “salon.” operative nursery school is getting to the kids greet their little friends as 9:45: Play with blocks. Remember to Registration is Underway! go back to preschool for a day every though they haven’t seen each other share blocks with the children. Registration for the 2015–2016 couple of months when you are the in months (rather than mere minutes). 9:55: Wipe a runny nose and take school year has started, but it’s not duty parent. Here is the anatomy of 9:10: Check out the art table and a child to wash her hands. Feel good too late! Packages are available at the a duty day: paint station. Talk a child into wear- that your child is not the only one who school (downstairs at the Glebe Com- 8:35 a.m.: Arrive at the school, hang ing a smock. Feel like you have just makes a huge puddle every time she munity Centre) or for download on our out in the playground with the teach- successfully negotiated the Dayton gets near a tap. website at ottawapreschool.com. ers and the kids. Try to stay clean(ish). Accords. 10:00: Read a book (or ten) on the 9:00: Walk in with the kids, help 9:20: Check out the play dough couch. Feel like a rock star as all of Sheri Segal Glick is the communica- them remove outside clothing and table. Play with said play dough. Make the kids try to sit on your lap/touch tions chair of the GCNS board. This boots. Convince two children to put it look like you are doing grown- you/get a piece of you. is her fourth year doing duty days and 10:10: Watch with pride as your yet she still needed to be reminded child, the duty child, turns out the what time snack time starts and ends lights and gets to utter her long- for the purposes of this article. GMSSummerJan15.pdf 1 15-01-30 3:53 PM

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Ann Ellis and Anne Brammer Incredible India: Photographs March 1 – 29 Anne BrammeR I am an enthusiastic amateur photographer, who loves the feel of a camera in my Ann Ellis hands. I use the camera to document the amazing places I have visited and the I am an amateur photographer who has lived in Ottawa for the past 13 years. fascinating people I have met. Photography has always been a part of my life. I am most content when I am I was born and raised in England and immigrated to Canada in 1967. I still travelling to an exotic locale with my camera in tow. I have always had the desire describe myself as “mid-Atlantic.” I developed a passion for flowers, trees and to wander and capture the world around me through photographs and stories nature in my homeland. that reflect my adventures. I believe that photography can transform your travel My career in social work introduced me to people from all walks of life and experience and bring you closer to the culture that you are visiting. As you search this has given me an insight and appreciation of people photography. As an avid for that perfect shot, you begin to notice light, colours, patterns and textures and traveller to exotic destinations such as India, Mongolia, Mali and Nepal, I have become intensely aware of your surroundings. My goal is to capture the depth been privileged to photograph these different cultures and their people. and breadth of the places I visit – the beautiful landscapes, unique architecture, I am diverse in the topics I like to photograph but flowers are a favourite. I am local food, markets and traditions, and anything quirky and unusual. currently interested in exploring the work of Freeman Patterson and creating The greatest moments for me are in photographing and interacting with people. abstract impressionist images of nature. Language and culture need not be a barrier. With a camera in hand, you can con- The friendship with my co-exhibitor, Ann Ellis, developed from joint courses nect with people in a unique and moving way. This exhibit celebrates the people we participated in at the School of Photographic Art of Ottawa. Our mutual love of India who have so willingly allowed me to photograph them and shared their of photography and travel inspired us to exhibit images from our separate trips country with me. to the extraordinary country of India. 40 Glebe Report March 13, 2015 art

“Hey Blue Bird” by Cara Elizabeth, multimedia on canvas, 2014

Cara Elizabeth spreads her joy at Roast ’n Brew

By Bhat Boy

Cara Elizabeth is like a streak of colour through the Glebe. “I live in the house with the red door; it speaks how I feel,” she says of her home on Powell Avenue. Never satisfied with her own joy, Elizabeth is always trying to bring joy to others. Her painting, “Sleepwalker,” is almost the distilled essence of her character – a twelve-storey bird walking about town spreading joy in its sleep. She describes the Glebe as an incredible oasis, a little village in the big city of Ottawa. “Hey Blue Bird” is the perfect metaphor for Elizabeth, who lives in the Glebe like Bambi lives in the forest. All things are bright and beautiful to her. It is in the eye of the beholder. Cara Elizabeth’s paintings are on exhibit at Roast ’n Brew (corner of Bank and Fifth) from March 26 until April 30.

“Sleepwalker” by Cara Elizabeth, multimedia on canvas, 2014

Wild Oat Café Birch April 1–30

By Clare Pearson

This exhibit is an exploration of birch – as a subject using acrylic paint, and as a surface for encaustic. I am drawn to the patterns and textures on the birch trunk and have tried to create their variations using acrylic paint with palette knife and minimal brushwork. Encaustic is an ancient technique dating back over 2,000 years, where heat is used to melt wax into a liquid state. The word comes from the Greek enkaiein meaning “to burn in,” referring to the process of fusing the paint. The encaustic painting technique in my work uses heated beeswax. Pig- ment is then mixed in and applied to the surface. Each abstract is on a birch panel and has many layers, each fused using heat. Originally from England, I moved “Overcome by Colour,” acrylic on to Canada with my husband and two canvas young children in 1998. I grew up in a big family with both parents enjoying many styles of art and a father keen ent techniques, textures and styles to on photography. During a career in convey my love of light and colour. I physiotherapy for many years, I loved enjoy the look and feel of many layers the variety of clinical areas, teaching and heavily textured paintings. and research that I was able to work Come and enjoy my art in the in. However, after a life-changing relaxed atmosphere of the Wild Oat event, I began to pursue my love and Café from April 1 to 30. appreciation of art. It is proving to be a very different and exciting journey. Clare Pearson, a largely self-taught My work with acrylic media continues artist, can be reached at www.clare- “Time Moves On,” encaustic on birch panel. to evolve as I experiment with differ- bearart.com. Glebe Report April Sig Web BlackCyanMagentaYellow

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tops and are cloaked in dark-green vegetation. Victor explains how the Incans were animists, believing that major peaks of the Andes were apus, gods in the form of sacred summits, each with its own personality. From a philosophy class decades ago, the words of Thales of Miletus come to mind – “all things are full of gods.” For me the nearby mountains have become hooded friars of an ancient order shuffling to morning mass. We continue hiking toward the Sun Gate. The beauty around us is both panoramic and infinitesimal. A nearby cliff face, dotted with bromeliads in shades of mauve and maroon, resem- bles a brocaded shawl. Far below, our train readying for its run back to

I NE BOB I RV S : PHOTO Cusco looks like an inchworm. The A stony trail leads up the slopes of nearby Urubamba River, which this Machu Picchu. morning was an angry, mud-filled tor- rent clawing at its banks, is far less sinister from our new vantage point. A walk to Now bathed in sunlight, Machu Pic- chu glows below us. But I also find beauty in small places. the Sun Gate Sometimes tiny ferns and wildflowers have gained footholds amongst the By Bob Irvine stones of the trailside wall. The blue and white of the flowers are a counter- “Next stop Machu Picchu!” our Peru- point to the greens and rusts of the vian guide Victor shouts. ferns, lichens and mosses. Set against A green bus hurtles out of the mor- the grey stones laid so carefully by the ning mist and lurches to a halt at our Incans, the patchwork looks like a raf- hotel steps. Like commuters at rush fle quilt at a country fair. hour, seven of us file into the packed We finally reach the Sun Gate. Its bus and find the last empty seats. I high stone columns are set on a ridge. Karen Smith and Bob Irvine on the site of the ancient Inca ruins at Machu Picchu. squeeze next to a barrel-chested Ger- The Inca Trail beyond beckons us to man at the back doing final checks on venture further but Victor points at Walking down to Machu Picchu and mountains give way to farmlands his camera. Karen is somewhere in the his watch. We toast our accomplish- and the park gate proves fast and easy. dotted by lonely houses, we both fall crowd. As it navigates umpteen hair- ment with our water jugs. An Aussie After a bumpy bus ride and a quick sound asleep. pin turns on its short journey, the bus offers to snap a photo of Karen and me lunch, we scurry to the station. Karen sounds like an international cocktail with our camera. We return the favour, and I settle into our seats on the train Bob Irvine is a Glebe resident and party on wheels. People chat excitedly drink in the view one last time, and and compare notes on our morning intrepid traveller who finds beauty in in countless languages at the prospect start our journey back. trek. Later as the evening sky darkens places big and small. of exploring this wonder of the world. On a hill past the entry gate, we pause to view Machu Picchu shrouded in mist and then start our hike. We are walking on the Inca Trail. After just a few steps, I begin to marvel at the path. Under foot, large stones have been laid close together. At rocky outcrops, Incan workers have carved steps in the stone. Where the trail tra- verses a gully, they have built a base that could support a Brinks truck. There are countless drains all fashioned from stone. The Incans have also laid a sturdy, stone retaining wall along side much of the trail. Where the trail narrows, I place my hand against it for support. Victor explains that the Incans who did all this more than half a millen- nium ago were about five feet tall. They lacked iron or steel implements, using only stone wedges and axes. Despite these challenges, the Incans fitted stones so tightly together a knife blade invariably cannot pass between them. I am impressed at a personal level: at our summer cottage, I need a week (and sometimes later physiother- FEATURED LISTING apy sessions) to complete a knee-high Happy Easter and Passover retaining wall. I try to clear my mind and savour the moment – I am walk- to all our customers! ing where runners have sped, carrying messages from across Tahuantin- suyu, the vast Incan “realm of the four parts,” which stretched from southern Colombia to northern Argentina. We pause to catch our breath and survey the wider scene. The early- morning mists have given way to BRANDVICTORIAN NEW SINGLE SEMI 76288 Patterson Selby Ave Ave wisps of cloud that dance above us. On - -Exquisite 1 Block Locationto the Canal WestboroThe GLEBE Beach - -3,300 3+1 Square Beds/2 Feet Full Baths the horizon, snow-capped peaks glis- $949,900$669,000 - -3+1 Classic Beds/3.5 Design/Details Baths ten in the sun. Closer by and standing - -Unique New KitchenDesign & Baths like a row of silent sentries are smaller mountains. They have dome-shaped 42 Glebe Report March 13, 2015

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