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ARTH3810 2019F Class Projects (Publication)Main MenuThe Tent Room at Rideau HallKyle Kreutner, Page 1 of 6The Webley Shacks: Unconventional Furniture Use in the Context of Ceaseless SurveillanceJose BawaganImperial Theater By Munawar MobinKeagan F - CSTM Sound HistoryIntroductionThe Mayfair TheatreSimran S.An Investigation of Hospital Interiors Effect on Patients144 Loretta Avenue North, Aidan MacNaullAidan MacNaull 144 Loretta Avenue NorthWest Block - Canada's New House of Commonsby Devon RudykRideau Street Chapel: The Effects of Relocation on the Experience of an Interiorby Ty FollisThe Church of St. Andrew's OttawaDavid Bastien-AllardMaking the Past Present: Union Station Restoration – A Political Facelift?by Vivian AstroffDelegation of the Ismali ImamatThe National Arts Centre: Reflecting on its Past and PresentSaint Paul University - A Shift in ValuesReem SiageFilm in Ottawa: The Mayfair theatreby Giovanna Maria SangCGM -An Investigation of Hospital Interiors Effect on PatientsThe Chateau LaurierBy Jessica El-GhazalReusable Space: The Senate of Canada Buildingby Syenne HolderNational Gallery of Canada - Seeing the Colonnade Through a Semiological Lens by Ricky TongRickyTHE OTTAWA STATIONEhidiamen Iyamabo, HomePageAVRC81ff8dad33b7fe77eee9a543209e890531c75438
Restore: Transforming the Government Conference Centre
12019-11-27T19:32:31-08:00Vivian Astroff547b670c11cdaf4feffb64da8b89311ca928b70b358168Virtual tour of Union Station past and present.plain2023-08-02T11:16:14-07:00Maegen Sargentf8c37f900ecb77afe0a6ed383bd0b77ea6c1266b
My essay deals with the heritage aspect of the historic Union Station and its new life as the Senate of Canada Building. In exploring this topic, I have used the lens of critical heritage studies, a way of examining “contemporary relationships between people, heritage and power” (Wells 2017). The purpose of this methodology is to study how “heritage” has been used to create new meanings for a building which may conflict with its original intent. I argue that the original narrative of Union Station and its place in Ottawa’s history has been co-opted to give a favourable new face to the institution of the Senate. To support my argument, I describe Union Station’s historical context, then examine the interior furnishings, artifacts, tour guides' scripts, and the architects’ public statements about the building restoration program.
