Planning committee to consider 17-storey 'addition' to ByWard Market's Andaz hotel | CBC News City staff are recommending Ottawa's planning and housing committee approve a proposal by Claridge Homes to build a 17-storey "addition" beside the Andaz hotel in the ByWard Market.

Can they at least please please not make this tower all grey? The original just makes me sad. I refuse to ever enter there.
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The St. Patrick Street sign at Sussex Drive, with a new small green sign above it saying new “Sráidbhaile Gaelach” and in smaller letters “Irish Village - Village Irlandais” below with a tiny Irish flag. 🇮🇪

I took a photo on Friday of one of the new “Sráidbhaile Gaelach” (“The Irish Village”) signs in Lowertown — in this case, St Patrick St at Sussex Drive. #Ottawa #LowertownOttawa #IrishCanadian 🇨🇦🇮🇪