MacKenzie and McEachern: Changes are needed to protect Ottawa’s heritage districts

Ottawa has 20 heritage conservation districts, ranging in size from the enclave of 23 modernist houses in Briarcliffe and small parts of Sandy Hill, to Rockcliffe Park and Centretown, with 600 to 700 properties each. Community associations representing these heritage districts ask Mayor Jim Watson and members of the new city council whether they will work with us to put an end to the steady erosion of the character that defines our designated heritage communities.
This erosion is occurring despi