Jacob's post, January 14th

I finally got an email back from Public Works and Government Services Canada saying they would give me an interview in-person. I told them about our project and they seemed to approve, so I do not think there will be any issues with transcribing what the interviewee says to our site (they've yet to tell me who the interviewee will be). It's unfortunate I don't have the technology to record the interview, as that would be fitting for this type of project. I'm also going to take a trip to the Ottawa Public Library this weekend, as they have an "Ottawa room" which I am told has some news articles that may be relevant to the fire. Through my research as of late, I've become interested in John A. Pearson and J. Omer Marchand, the two architects who won a contest awarding them the privilege of planning the new Center Block, including the Peace Tower, now an icon of Canada. I do not want to get too off-track with this, seeing as how we're focusing on the event itself, but Pearson and Marchand's story of collaboration shows how Ottawa eventually resolved the panic brought upon by the fire and reacted to it constructively.