Share this Story : From the Ottawa Citizen archives: Storehouse of Dreams Copy Link Email X Reddit Pinterest LinkedIn Tumblr Breadcrumb Trail Links Local News From the Ottawa Citizen archives: Storehouse of Dreams The history of 816 Somerset Street is one of toil, joy, triumph and tragedy. It's a story of ambitious immigrants—Russians, Germans, Italians and Cambodians—and their dreams Author of the article: Andrew Duffy Published Jun 24, 2024 • Last updated 14 minutes ago • 23 minute read Join the conversation You can save this article by registering for free here . Or sign-in if you have an account.
File photo/ The scene of an early morning fire in an apartment above Mekong Grocery where the Thach family lived on the Somerset St. Five members of the Thach family were killed, they are Danny (13), Gary (14) and Sonny (12), sister Lilly and mother Thikalleyan. Photo by Nicki Corrigall, / THE OTTAWA CITIZEN archvies Article content Editor’s note: This story was originally published May 14, 2005, and predates the Ottawa Citizen’s digital archives.
It is republished here, in full. Storehouse of Dreams The history of 816 Somerset Street is one of toil, joy, triumph and tragedy. It’s a story of ambitious immigrants — Russians, Germans, Italians and Cambodians — who used the property to win for themselves a small share of Canada’s prosperity.
But their dreams would not all be realized on the two floors that form the stage of this saga. Makara Thach stood on Somers.
