I think just about everyone who works downtown is anxiously awaiting the completion of the renovations to Place Bell. It feels like that scaffolding out front has been there forever! When I was doing research for a past Throwback Thursday on Cartier Square, I teased a future post on Place Bell. Today’s Throwback goes pre-never-ending renovations, pre-hot dog vendor out front, pre-“You Can’t Do That On Television” into,  pre-Place Bell entirely!

Would you look at that!? The gas station appears roughly where the Barrister House building is now (the south-west corner of the Elgin/Nepean intersection) and the squat five-storey building sits where Place Bell is now! Here’s a look at it from another angle:

These pictures are from the utterly fantastic blog Urbsite, and I highly suggest heading over there to check out this article on Place Bell.

Exactly 25 years ago today (June 1, 1992), the CCLA released a newsletter, and conveniently, had an entire page of excellent early-90s library news!

Hey, no smoking in the library, everyone! We don’t make the rules (we really don’t – the old non-smoking sign in the library references Ottawa By-Law 122/92 / 123/92!). I’d also like to note our fax prices have not changed in 25 years!

My favourite part of this newsletter is the final section on our new catalogue. Thank you to Steven Gaon, now former President of the CCLA, for being such an early adopter to our library technology!

Our 2017 East Region Solicitors Conference starts tomorrow, so here’s a look back at the conference program from 10 years ago.

With the 2017 GCTC / CCLA Lawyer Play just around the corner, this week’s Throwback Thursday is looking at the 2007 play!

Just in time for this year’s play, too, we are excited to announce that we’ve added a new Lawyer Play page to the CCLA website, with all the posters from years past. Also, if you still need tickets to this year’s performance – Macbeth – you can get those from the GCTC website.