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Old Posted Aug 9, 2022, 7:43 PM
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Haven't heard anything. It was probably shelved in secrecy.
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While writing, it reminded me that they did do a study for Sparks Street Public Realm Improvement. Looks like it was completed and published in 2019. Said they were going to go through "engineering phase" in 2020 and construction to start spring of 2022. Has anyone heard of anything? Definitely did not see any construction or improvements there yet.

https://ottawa.ca/en/planning-develo...lic-realm-plan

https://www.sparkslive.com/mysparksstreet
Given how the dates match up with the start of the pandemic, I suspect it was put on hold.
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Located at the western gateway to the Sparks Street pedestrian mall, the site for this project is in a pivotal location where Ottawa’s downtown core transitions to an adjacent residential neighbourhood. The project proposal includes the retention of an existing 12-storey office building, and the addition of a 23-storey residential tower and 27-storey hotel. The heights of the new towers respect important view corridors to the Parliament Buildings as seen from Gatineau, across the Ottawa River.

A south-facing entry plaza functions as the main access point and drop-off for all three towers. A public open space at the corner of Sparks and Bay Streets enhances the streetscape, and creates a strong relationship between the buildings, the adjacent public realm, and the nearby Garden of the Provinces and Territories to the west. Within the building, animated public functions at grade ensure a strong visual connection between the inside and outside.

The scale and architectural expression of the project’s stone-clad podium is inspired by the historic West Memorial Building located immediately to the north. Above the podium, the exterior skin of the towers is wrapped in a rich latticework of precast concrete and glass.
^ That's from an excerpt describing the project.

I was digging through and didn't find anything for 350 Sparks so if we want to make a new page for it, I don't mind setting it up. I like the design and what it could bring to Sparks. Haven't seen much on approvals after the proposal... which is odd because it's been there since 2020. Sparks needs this type of project and injection of residents.

Design brief here as well:

http://webcast.ottawa.ca/plan/All_Im...gn%20Brief.PDF
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This was perma-scrapped (unfortunately) when they decided to Lipstick-on-a-Pig the National Hotel rather than demolish and rebuild.
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This was perma-scrapped (unfortunately) when they decided to Lipstick-on-a-Pig the National Hotel rather than demolish and rebuild.
Oh it's that development? You're right, I thought this was going through past that and reclad was just something until they get this going. That one is considerably worse now that I think about that. Awful choice.. awful.
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For those who want to see what they ended up doing with the old Delta Complex.

https://skyscraperpage.com/forum/sho...ghlight=hilton

Although I would have loved the above proposal in our skyline, I do still like the reclad. A modern touch to a 70s classic. Though at the same time, it lost some charm with the removal of the balcony pattern.
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Some chump change for Sparks Street. Just enough to make it "World Class", no doubt.

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Sparks Street going greener thanks to $182K in federal funding

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OBJ, January 27, 2023


Sparks Street will be greener and one of downtown Ottawa’s main entertainment venues will get a makeover with the help of nearly $900,000 in new federal funding.

Ottawa Centre MP Yasir Naqvi announced this week that the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario is providing about $875,000 for four projects in downtown Ottawa through its Canada Community Revitalization Fund.

The lion’s share of the funding will go toward refurbishing the Bronson Centre, a 1,000-seat live performance venue located in the former home of Immaculata High School on Bronson Avenue.

The facility is receiving nearly $524,000 for various upgrades, including updating its doors to “contemporary sound and fire standards,” modernizing its waste management system and retrofitting its exterior lighting.

The Somerset West Community Health Centre is getting $169,000 to renovate the Dalhousie Community Centre on Somerset Street West. The planned renovations include the addition of a fully accessible commercial kitchen.

The Sparks Street BIA will receive a total of $182,000 to convert underused space in the pedestrian mall into a public park and create two new “green zones” along the street with new Muskoka chairs, trees and other plants.

“By renovating community spaces, making them more accessible and more inclusive, and enhancing pedestrian experience outdoors, we are building an Ottawa where more people can live, work and play,” Naqvi said in a statement.
https://obj.ca/sparks-street-going-g...deral-funding/
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Why is the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario putting money for development in Eastern Ontario???

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Some chump change for Sparks Street. Just enough to make it "World Class", no doubt.

Sparks Street going greener thanks to $182K in federal funding

David Sali
OBJ, January 27, 2023

Sparks Street will be greener and one of downtown Ottawa’s main entertainment venues will get a makeover with the help of nearly $900,000 in new federal funding.

Ottawa Centre MP Yasir Naqvi announced this week that the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario is providing about $875,000 for four projects in downtown Ottawa through its Canada Community Revitalization Fund.

The lion’s share of the funding will go toward refurbishing the Bronson Centre, a 1,000-seat live performance venue located in the former home of Immaculata High School on Bronson Avenue.

The facility is receiving nearly $524,000 for various upgrades, including updating its doors to “contemporary sound and fire standards,” modernizing its waste management system and retrofitting its exterior lighting.

The Somerset West Community Health Centre is getting $169,000 to renovate the Dalhousie Community Centre on Somerset Street West. The planned renovations include the addition of a fully accessible commercial kitchen.

The Sparks Street BIA will receive a total of $182,000 to convert underused space in the pedestrian mall into a public park and create two new “green zones” along the street with new Muskoka chairs, trees and other plants.

“By renovating community spaces, making them more accessible and more inclusive, and enhancing pedestrian experience outdoors, we are building an Ottawa where more people can live, work and play,” Naqvi said in a statement.

https://obj.ca/sparks-street-going-g...deral-funding/
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Why is the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario putting money for development in Eastern Ontario???
It baffles me how many people don’t know Ottawa is in Southern Ontario.

Ontario has two regions, Northern and Southern. Places like Eastern Ontario, Southwesten Ontario, and the Golden Horseshoe, are subregions of Southern Ontario.

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It baffles me how many people don’t know Ottawa is in Southern Ontario.

Ontario has two regions, Northern and Southern. Places like Eastern Ontario, Southwesten Ontario, and the Golden Horseshoe, are subregions of Southern Ontario.

I identify Southern Ontario as a place that still has green grass in December.

You don't get that shit north of Sault Ste. Marie.
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Sparks Street is really well done for winterlude. Live acts, free hot beverages, ice sculptures, vendors.
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Sparks Street is really well done for winterlude. Live acts, free hot beverages, ice sculptures, vendors.
Nice to hear. I might take a stroll along Sparks later today.
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Nice to hear. I might take a stroll along Sparks later today.
If anyone wants a beaver tail, though, you’re better off going to the one at Byward Market. It’s slightly cheaper there, and there are more flavours.
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If anyone wants a beaver tail, though, you’re better off going to the one at Byward Market. It’s slightly cheaper there, and there are more flavours.
Thanks for the tip!
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Joy returns to Ottawa's Sparks Street Mall
"It looks as good as the day it was installed in 1970."

Gord Holder • Postmedia
Published Jun 22, 2023 • 1 minute read




It was “a very good day” as Joy was restored to the Sparks Street Mall.

Vandalized in early January, the long-standing sculpture by Canadian artist Bruce Garner was repaired and, finally, restored to its prime location on Wednesday.

“We were installing it (Wednesday) and people were super-excited to see it return. It was very satisfying,” Kevin McHale, executive director of the Sparks Street BIA and Mall Authority, said Thursday.

McHale said the repair process included cleaning, reheating and re-bending various pieces of bronze, colouring and waxing. As well, new mounts were installed to replace those that had been broken, and new footings were poured.

An insurance claim has been submitted by the mall authority for repair costs.

Featuring four children’s figures dancing, Joy was originally donated to the mall authority by men’s clothier E.R. (Bud) Fisher.

It remained in place for 53 years until it was damaged, along with holiday-season decorations in the same area, on Jan. 9. A vandalism report was filed, but McHale said the mall authority was told the Ottawa Police Service had not yet identified a suspect.

“It was absolutely a restoration. It wasn’t changed or anything,” McHale said, explaining why the repair process lasted more than five months. “It looks as good as the day it was installed in 1970.”

Bruce Garner died in 2012 at age 78.

https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local...ks-street-mall
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Kichesippi Beer Co. tapping into holiday spirit with new Sparks Street location

David Sali, OBJ
November 20, 2023


Kichesippi Beer Co. is bringing the holiday spirit – not to mention spirits of another kind – to Sparks Street as part of a new expansion.

The Ottawa-based craft brewery is opening a pop-up store at 187 Sparks St. next week.

Owner Paul Meek describes the concept as “basically a farmer’s market with a door and a bathroom.” From Nov. 28 to Dec. 23, the temporary store will offer Kichesippi brew along with a selection of beers, wines and other products from other Ontario producers, including Ottawa’s Saunders Cider and Dunrobin Distilleries, as well as locally produced honey, locally roasted coffee and more.

It’s the first phase of a two-stage process that will see the pop-up store shut down just before Christmas so the 1,100-square-foot space can be converted into a 20-seat taphouse and eatery, a process that’s expected to be completed by next spring.

The Kichesippi Bar and Bottle Shop will be the brewery’s second location after its flagship retail outlet in Bells Corners. Meek says its offerings will include draft beer and cider as well as cocktails, wines by the glass and small food plates.

In addition, the business will feature “a very well-stocked liquor store” with beers, wines and spirits from Ontario and beyond.

“With the (LCBO) moving from World Exchange Plaza to 150 Elgin, the customers downtown don’t have a liquor store close by,” Meek notes.

“The plan will be to work with as many suppliers that are not on your LCBO shelves. There are lots of great beers and wines, ciders and spirits from around the world that we’d like to focus more on those that are not in your local LCBO just to give the customers more of a selection.”

Meek credits local business leaders such as Bar Robo’s Scott May and Devinder Chaudhary, the owner of Aiāna Restaurant Collective, for encouraging him to expand his taproom concept to the downtown core.

May and Chaudhary recently spearheaded the creation of a new downtown entertainment district dubbed SoPa (for South of Parliament) in an effort to lure more shoppers and diners to the downtown core in the wake of the pandemic.

Meek hopes Kichesippi can help breathe new life into areas like Sparks Street that have been hit hard by COVID.

“It’s definitely a risk – anything new is a risk,” he says of opening a new location. “But we feel Sparks Street is only going to get better. Everybody wants to see downtown revitalized. There are multiple levels of government committed to making it work, and we feel that we can be a great part of that success for the long term.”

Since its inception more than 13 years ago, Kichesippi – which means “Great River” in the Algonquin language of the Kichesipirini people – has become a bedrock of Ottawa’s burgeoning craft beer industry.

The company now employs 22 people and produces more than 400,000 litres of beer annually, selling its products in bars and restaurants around the city as well as at LCBO and Beer Store outlets across Eastern Ontario.

But Meek says consumer buying patterns have changed since the pandemic. He estimates that sales are down roughly 15 per cent from pre-COVID levels as Canadians cut back on alcohol consumption and dine out less frequently.

As a result, he says, operations like his have been forced to rethink their business models – whether it’s adding more non-alcoholic beverages or, in this case, taking advantage of changes to provincial liquor laws during the pandemic that allow restaurants to sell beer, wine and liquor to go.

“I’ll be honest – if business was super great, I wouldn’t be taking any more risks right now,” Meek says. “I’d be sitting back and enjoying things. But we need to take some risks.

“Business could be better. The industry is soft. This is an opportunity for us to take more control of our own destiny; we can’t just be a wholesaler all the time.”

The new location is more than just a means to generate more sales, Meek adds. It’s another step toward fulfilling the vision of his late wife Kelly, Meek’s longtime life and business partner who died in 2019.

“She wanted Kichesippi to be the Alexander Keith’s of Ottawa,” he says. “She wanted us to be part of the Ottawa experience. We can’t accomplish that goal if we’re just in Bells Corners. This really gives us an opportunity to strengthen our brand.

“If this goes well, maybe we open a second or third spot. But we’re going to focus on this one for now. If we really nail down this concept, then it’s definitely something that we could look at opening numerous versions of this down the road.”

https://obj.ca/kichesippi-tapping-in...-new-location/
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This is a pretty exciting development (and not just because it is a couple of blocks from my office). Hope they do a good job with the renos.
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