A PALACE OF DESPAIR
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THE BUILDING YOU SEE ON YOUR RIGHT IS ONE OF THE LAST PICTURES TAKEN OF THE PALACE HOUSE LOCATED IN THE LEBRETON FLATS OF THE CITY OF OTTAWA. THE PALACE WAS THE FIRST STRUCTURE SCHEDULED TO FALL UNDER AN AMBITIOUS PLAN CONJURED UP BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF CANADA. THE YEAR WAS 1962. AS DESPAIR TOOK HOLD OF THE DOOMED COMMUNITY, THIS LANDMARK FELL VICTIM TO A MASSIVE FIRE. I DEDICATE THIS PHOTO AS THE CORNERSTONE FOR MY WEBSITE AND IT IS FOR THIS REASON THAT I HAVE CALLED IT A:
 PALACE OF DESPAIR
 
                          THIS NEXT BUILDING ON YOUR RIGHT IS THE PACIFIC HOUSE, LEBRETON FLATS OTTAWA, 1962
 
 
 
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