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Originally Posted by GeoNerd
Look it up, the farm has a long proud history. The surface parking lot is not part of the farm and will remain a surface parking lot for many years until the later phases. That "barely used park" is about to have a few thousands new residents move in across the street. Again, these decision are being made by people without a comprehension of urban planning or city building, and lack any sort of vision.
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This corner especially has an interesting history as being the site of "temporary" buildings for a few decades, along with surface parking and a "historic" federal office building that was around for just about as long as the "temporaries".
The "barely used park" will be replaced by a larger park on top of the parking garage, offering views, public washrooms and retail. Sounds like an improvement to me.
The decision was made by the hospital board, who have in depth knowledge of the needs of a hospital, along with bi-partisan (or as much as you can get in Ottawa) political support. It wasn't the NCC's top choice, but I'm sure it wasn't at the bottom of their list. Ultimately, it's a compromise site, because we can never please everyone.
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In no way is it a rush. The hospital is more than sufficient until we build a new one, even afterwards much of it will be kept. The idea that this needs to be a panic decision is fabricated so that the dim-witted and ignorant agree to a half baked plan built as quickly as possible. Looks like it's going exactly as planned.
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The old hospital won't go from a primary care hospital to a Bruyere type health-hub overnight. It will likely shut-down for years while they demolish sections and bring the rest up to modern standards. Very few months we see articles in the newspapers about critical system failures:
https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/reevely-millions-spent-to-keep-doomed-civic-going
I certainly would not call this a "panic decision". We've been talking about a new Civic for two decades. The land across the street was a top contender for years before the Harper Government (famously anti-science) gave up the research land after years of contemplation. The Libs came in, listened to the research community and found a new site nearby. Certainly there was a little bit of political jockeying, but that's pretty standard in all Governments. Just happy they did not delay the project another decade+.
I would appreciate if you did not call us "dim-witted and ignorant". That's a step too far. We all have our opinions and have the right to defend them.