Central Park, Neighborhood park in Ottawa West, Canada.
Central Park is a park in The Glebe, Ottawa, split into Central Park East and Central Park West by Bank Street. Southeast of it, the landscaped ground around Patterson Creek continues the greenery to the Rideau Canal. The open lawn of the park was created when Clemow Avenue was built across the creek.
Landscaping of the area around Patterson Creek began in the 1890s, and the construction of Clemow Avenue blocked the creek to create the open ground of the park; the work was completed in 1907. In the 1960s a city plan to extend Carling Avenue through the park to the Rideau Canal provoked an outcry and led to the founding of the Glebe Community Association, and the plan was shelved.
Central Park lies in The Glebe, just south of the Queensway and Centretown. Its two halves, East and West, are split by Bank Street, and to the southeast the landscaped ground around Patterson Creek continues the greenery to the Rideau Canal.
The park lies in The Glebe, just south of the Queensway and Centretown, split into an east and a west section by Bank Street. The landscaped ground around Patterson Creek, southeast of the park, continues as green space to the Rideau Canal.
In the 1960s the city proposed extending Carling Avenue through the park to the Rideau Canal; the outcry led to the founding of the Glebe Community Association, and the plans were shelved.
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