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Campeau in Playfair Park and Leslie Park c. 1964
Campeau in Playfair Park and Leslie ParkWhen:Â The price sheet that I have for this series is from 1964.Where:Â The Leslie Park area is located southwest of Baseline Road and Greenbank Road. This series...
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Campeau in Playfair Park South c.1965
Campeau in Playfair Park SouthWhen:Â The price sheet that I have for this series is from winter 1965.Where:Â Located South of Kilborn Avenue between Featherston Drive and Virgina Drive.What I Know:Â Some...
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Campeau in Rolling Meadows - Barrhaven
Campeau in Rolling Meadows - BarrhavenWhen:Â The price sheet that I have is from 1977, although Campeau built from the early 1970s to the early 1980s in the area.Where:Â Located Southeast of Fallowfield...
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Campeau Executive Series
Campeau Executive SeriesWhen: The brochure does not have a date, but these particular models were built in the late 1960s-early 1970s. I suspect that this brochure is from around 1970. Where: These...
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Campeau in Chatelaine Village - Orleans
Campeau in Chatelaine Village - OrleansWhen: The price sheets I have are dated 1978 for the first group and 1980 for the second. Where: Chatelaine Village is located west of Tenth Line, north of the...
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Campeau's The Denbury
Campeau's The DenburyWhen: The condo was registered in 1973.Where: 2951 Riverside Drive.  What I Know: The building has 177 units and is 12 stories tall. All of the units are generous in size and have...
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Campeau's Strathmore Towers
Campeau's Strathmore TowersWhen: The condo corporations were registered in 1976.Where: 1285 Cahill Drive (Tower A) and 3360 Southgate Road (Tower B).What I Know: Both towers are 21 stories tall and...
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Mid 20th Century Maps of Ottawa Neighbourhoods
Mid 20th Century Maps of Ottawa NeighbourhoodsI found the following 2 maps in my collection and I wanted to share. Enjoy! From 1956From 1957
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A. B. Taylor homes in The 1950s
Homes by A. B Taylor in The 1950sThe builder A. B. Taylor constructed houses in the Copeland Park area of Ottawa during the 1950s and 1960s. The earlier designs - located to the west of Maitland Avenue...
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Campeau in Stone Gate Farm - Kanata
Campeau in Stone Gate Farm - KanataWhen: The very late 1970s and early 1980s. Where: Stone Gate Farm is located in the Katimavik area of Kanata. The houses were built on a few streets off of McCurdy...
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Campeau's Cluster Homes
 Campeau's Cluster HomesA special thank you to a reader for inspiring me to write this post and for sending me the old photo above and ad below from the Ottawa Citizen.When: Built as rentals in the...
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The small Post-War 1 1/2-Storey House
 The small Post-War 1 1/2-Storey HouseThe 1 1/2-storey house is common in certain areas of Ottawa built during WWII and the era immediately afterwards. These houses can be found throughout the city,...
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The small Post-War 1 1/2-Storey House - Part Two
The small Post-War 1Â 1/2-Storey House - Part TwoSubsequent to my previous post:Â The small Post-War 1 1/2-Storey House - Part One, I felt that I needed a follow-up to share more information that I have...
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Innovation in Design - Attached Housing in Riverside Park
Innovation in Design - Attached Housing in Riverside Park The Riverside Park neighbourhood is noteworthy as it has a number of noteworthy designs for attached housing.One area that I am working...
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Innovation in Design - Greenboro
Innovation in Design - GreenboroStarting in the late 1970s, a new neighbourhood was envisioned in the south end of Ottawa, called Greenboro. This new area was designed with cluster housing, where the...
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Canada's First Condominium Highrise: Horizon House
 Condominium apartment living has become so commonplace that it is hard to imagine that the first time this style of housing came to be in Canada was as recent as 1969. It was in that year that Minto...
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The Minto Bungalows of Beacon Hill North
The Minto Bungalows of Beacon Hill NorthBy request (I do take requests!), this post is on the Minto bungalows that were built in Beacon Hill North. The neighbourhood is a mixture of houses built by...
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Minto Homes in Beacon Hill North - Part two
 In follow up to my last post showcasing the plans for the bungalows in Beacon Hill North, in this post I am sharing the plans for the high ranch, split-level, and two-storey homes in the area. These...
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Minto Semi-Detached Houses in Beacon Hill North
In follow up to my two previous posts on the Minto houses in Beacon Hill North, I wanted to also share the plans for the semi-detached houses. There is only small pocket with semi-detached houses built...
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Economy Home Builders/Capital Homes
During the 1950 and 1960s Economy Home Builders constructed houses in a number of areas in the city including Elmvale Acres, Urbandale Acres and Queenswood Heights, some under the Capital Homes banner...
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