Neighbourly Ottawa - Be “Civic” Minded

Posted on February 18, 2008 
Filed Under Moving to Ottawa, Neighbourly Ottawa, Valerie Zinger

The Civic Hospital -  MLS District 4504.

Location.  The Civic Hospital Area is bounded by the Queensway / 417 on the north, Bayswater on the west, Carling Avenue on the south and Island Park Drive on the west.  Driving downtown takes 8 minutes from starting the car to parking.  Simply by walking to Preston Street or Wellington Avenue you will have over 3 dozen options of where to dine.

Neighbourhood.  There is a feeling of true neighbourhood - wide tree-lined streets with houses set several feet apart and yards varying in size from infill lots to property that extends from one street through to the next.  This is a friendly neighbourhood where people know their neighbours.  Help is available just by asking.  I am surprised at the number of neighbourhood parties from a friendly drop by for wine to Christmas and Canada Day events.

Knock Knock.  Who is there?  Many single people and young families have moved into the neighbourhood.  As families grow, people are renovating rather than moving out of the Civic Hospital area.  Some homes were built in the early part of the 20th century while others are currently under construction.  A new trend is to buy, level and build.  There is a range of housing from condos, multiple family and large and small homes. 

It’s the big one, Elizabeth.  You cannot ignore the hospital as part of the community.  I have told my husband how comforting it is to know how close the Heart Institute is as we get older.  I will be able to just wheel him up the hill in one of our office chairs and save the bother of waiting for an ambulance.  About those sirens, there are none.  Ambulances turn off the sirens so that they don’t wake up the hospitalized.  It is very quiet.

Valerie Zinger ~ Ph. 613-723-5300 ~ vzinger@royallepage.ca

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