Laurier

This #Union Buildings tagged image is courtesy of Flickr. Click on the Flickr account holder below the photograph to see more. Image by Onasill ~ Bill Badzo Château Laurier was commissioned by Grand Trunk Railway president Charles Melville Hays, and was constructed for million, between 1909 and 1912 in tandem with Ottawa's downtown Union Station (now the Government Conference Centre) across the street. The two buildings were connected with a tunnel. When the hotel first opened, private …