Un-Built Ottawa

We'll meet at the south side of the National War Memorial in Confederation Square. From there, we will step into the past and envision how our city might be different today if each of these projects had been completed. The visualizing will take place around Wellington St. and Parliament Hill. We'll work our way Westward along Wellington along the top of the escarpment for the first part of the walk, then descend to river level toward the end near Richmond Landing / Lebreton Flats.

Accessibility: The walk will follow city sidewalks and paved pathways. Please keep your 'visualizations' tidy and free of construction debris ;>).

Dennis Van Staalduinen is a veteran Jane's Walk walk leader, community activist, theatre performer, and storyteller who has been described as a "Swiss Army Nerd" on an eclectic range of urban development and local history topics (which is mostly true, except he's Dutch Canadian). Dennis loves discovering the hidden connections between cities, stories, and history, and over the years has led more than a dozen compelling, entertaining, and popular Jane's Walk tours, including: Sir John A. Macdonald Gets an Eyeful, Necropolis Now! Monuments to Dead People, When Henry Met Sammy — Alternate Histories of Ottawa, Ghosts of Wellington Street, and many others.