The O•S•C•A•R© The Community Voice of Old Ottawa South Year 37 , No. 4 The Ottawa South Community Association Review APRIL 2009 Homes Between The Bridges 8 Seneca 102 Bellwood homes a month for the last few issues – homes that span three centuries. Houses 5 and 6 Tour Descriptions “Homes Between the Bridges” is in support of the Old Ottawa South Firehall Redevelopment Fund. Experience your community and support omes Between The Bridges” is your chance to view six homes the Firehall. Visit www.homesbetweenthebridges.ca, or email hometour@ in Old Ottawa South that provide snapshots – both past and oldottawasouth.ca for more information. You can also call 613-247-4872. present - of this vibrant community. The first annual house tour Hwill take place on Sunday, May 31. Tickets are $25.00 each and can be purchased on the OSCA website in April. The tickets will be available Cont’d on next page in the Program Registration System. OSCAR has been featuring two Green Is “The New Black” Is The New Grey: Colonel By Retirement Residence Seniors Proactive In Environmental Issues By Peter Kocoris he is young and urban and her beverage of choice is a mochaccino brewed with fair Strade coffee only. She is wearing the latest fashions made with hemp fabric; an iPod stuck in her ear with the latest downloads is part of her everyday accessories. She rides her bike to work and insists that her trendy footwear is not manufactured using child labor. Her mantra is reduce, re-use, recycle. She fancies herself a green and forward thinking environmentalist. She is elderly and urbane and her beverage of choice is a cup of hot tea with a touch of milk to yoke the tannins. She is wearing clothes that are conservative yet comfortable; a hearing aid stuck in her ear is a necessity. These days she needs a walker to help her get around and wears sensible shoes with non-slip soles. Her mantra too is, reduce, practices than younger people. aware of environmental issues an effective partnership to create re-use and recycle. She has been This is certainly the case at the and are always eager to present a “green” retirement residence. a green environmentalist decades Colonel By Retirement Residence new ideas to management at Many of the suggestions from the before it became part of everyday where the residents have been Residents’ council meetings. As a residents have been adopted on a parlance. proactive in adopting eco-friendly result, the residents, Colonel By corporate level nationwide. A recent Harris poll indicates practices as part of their daily management and Revera (our that people over the age of 62 are routine. The residents are keenly parent corporation) have formed Cont’d on next page more likely to adopt eco-friendly Page 2 The OSCAR - OUR 37th YEAR APRIL 2009 Trolley Hockey Championships in the Main Hall on Wed. March 11., with After School kids and staff Homes Between the Bridges... Cont’d from previous page 8 Seneca Street highly personal space. The original Seneca is a delightful, fanciful feast as you stroll through the living Tudor architectural elements of the for the eyes both inside and out. room. Visit country-side Vietnam “Eclectic Tudor” house were lovingly maintained in with all its vibrancy and colour via himsical on the outside, the renovation. the large oil painting in the dining eclectic inside. This 102 Bellwood Perhaps what gives the house room. Mount the stairs to the third absolutely charming that “I’m somewhere in the Euro-Asian Flair floor of this spacious, new addition English Tudor-style house is pen the door to this modern, W countryside of England” feel is to the neighbourhood and gaze into situated on a corner lot near the recently built townhouse the spectacular garden. It’s been a fabulous mother-of-pearl mirror Rideau Canal and Seneca Hill. It’s and you open the door completely re-done, with a new from Marrakesh, Morocco. China hard to miss this house if you stroll on the world. The owners’ years fence and custom window boxes O beckons on the fourth floor with or bike around the neighbourhood. of travelling to many parts of the that spill over with flowers in the a remarkable collection of antique The half-timbering, steeply pitched world, including Russia, South East summer. This enchanting garden Chinese furniture. No matter roof and heavy chimney are all Asia, Central Asia and all of Europe has received many awards and was where you wander in this multi- indicative of the Tudor style that has resulted in an extraordinary photographed by the late Malak level, contemporary townhouse was immensely popular in the collection of furnishings and décor. Karsh. Step across the threshold you’ll discover articles and art-work 1920’s and 30’s. In 2003, the owner Upon entry you cannot help but be of the house and you’ll appreciate that were lovingly chosen to reflect added a three-storey addition which drawn in by the warm and richly- the owner’s eclectic collection of a lifetime of travel and unforgettable allowed him to expand the main coloured masculine library; setting valuable antiques and original works memories. floor living space, re-design the the stage for a sophisticated and of art. Georgian-period furniture, “Homes Between the Bridges” second floor layout and bathroom refined interior. Relax on the second art glass from Tiffany, historic items Gold Sponsor – Diane Allingham, and turn the attic into useable floor with a sherry, undoubtedly from early China and a collection of Jennifer Stewart – Brokers, Royal space. The owner carried his warm poured from a decanter stored silver by Carl Paul Petersen are all Lepage Performance Realty paint colour palette throughout and in the impressive antique liquor striking. Petersen was the maker of Media Sponsor – Rogers TV incorporated architectural salvage cabinet made of English walnut. the Stanley Cup and one of Canada’s and unusual lighting to create a Admire the two sizeable Persian most renowned silversmiths. 8 rugs and a silk rug from Uzbenistan Green is the New ‘Black’ .. Cont’d from previous page The residents have adopted recycling stations throughout the residence. They insist on planting trees and plants native to our area in the garden and use a rain barrel system to keep them adequately watered. The residents have also become the sponsors of a local animal rescue sanctuary, the Big Sky Ranch which is supplemented through the use of kitchen by products to feed the animals. On the corporate level, Revera has stepped up its environmental responsibility by using eco-friendly chemicals, using low flow toilets throughout their residences, using high-efficiency appliances and insisting on electronic memos instead of paper when possible. A new initiative that is being adopted is the purchasing of eco-friendly seafood, to reduce the pillage of our fragile fisheries. Thanks to the persistence and eco-awareness of our residents, Revera has become the industry leader in creating earth-friendly retirement residences. Revera is doing its part to leave a greener planet for the sons, daughters, grandchildren, and great grandchildren of their residents. APRIL 2009 The OSCAR - OUR 37th YEAR Page 3 CONTRIBUTIONS The OSCAR The OTTAWA SOUTH COMMUNITY Contributions should be in electronic format sent either by e-mail to ASSOCIATION REVIEW [email protected] in either plain text or WORD format, or as a printed copy delivered to the Firehall office, 260 Sunnyside Avenue. 260 Sunnyside Ave, Ottawa Ontario, K1S 0R7 www.OldOttawaSouth.ca/oscar SUBSCRIPTIONS PLEASE NOTE: THE OSCAR HAS NO FAX Moving away from Old Ottawa South? Know someone who would like THE OSCAR PHONELINE: 730-1045 to receive The OSCAR? 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