{"id":1696,"date":"2015-05-08T01:00:10","date_gmt":"2015-05-08T05:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ottawahh.com\/?p=1696"},"modified":"2015-05-08T11:48:49","modified_gmt":"2015-05-08T15:48:49","slug":"119-sparks-street-1945-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ottawahh.com\/?p=1696","title":{"rendered":"119 Sparks Street &#8211; 1945 &#038; 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Impromptu V-E Day celebration on Sparks Street, May 1945. 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May 8, 1945<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mapleleafup.ca\/ve3.html\" target=\"_blank\">MLU<\/a>: This is actually an impromptu celebration on May 7th. The vehicle heads west on Sparks Street past the Corinthian columns of what is 119 Sparks Street \u2014 Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, between O&#8217;Connor and Metcalfe, built in 1922. The architects Darling &#038; Pearson were from Toronto and the construction company was the Ottawa family of George C. Graves. The piper on the car is Don Sutherland according to the Ottawa Citizen newspaper issued on May 8th. 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