Share this Story : Property owners quarrel with Ottawa's heritage designation plans for Rideau Street Copy Link Email X Reddit Pinterest LinkedIn Tumblr Breadcrumb Trail Links News Local News Property owners quarrel with Ottawa's heritage designation plans for Rideau Street City of Ottawa should be more concerned about Rideau Street than the heritage buildings on it, one property owner says. Author of the article: Joanne Laucius Published Jun 11, 2024 • Last updated 13 minutes ago • 4 minute read Join the conversation You can save this article by registering for free here . Or sign-in if you have an account.
"Instead of working so hard to maintain the heritage aspects of the buildings, we should be looking at the social disorder on the streets," says Schuyleur Seccaspina, who has owned two Rideau Street buildings since the 1980s. Photo by JULIE OLIVER / Postmedia Article content Heritage officials have given property owners notice that the City of Ottawa wants to preserve the “historic main street feel” of a stretch of Rideau Street by designating some buildings as heritage. But one building owner says the city has much more significant issues than protecting buildings when there is social disorder on the street itself.
Schuyleur Seccaspina said he learned about a month ago that the city planned to designate two of the buildings he owns: 152 and 158 Rideau. Advertisement 2 Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. T.
