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Originally Posted by defishel
I agree with most of what you said. I'm equally unimpressed with the Rideau/Cobourg plans. I feel someone needs to stand up and actually do something useful if developers feel they have no social responsibilities.
I don't mind Westboro Station too much, except for the street interaction for the last phase. I'd like them to have kept at least this old building (toggle with the time travel feature to compare). They could have worked around it. Also notice how this building is has paired a pharmacy with a bank, not unlike Claridge Plaza 1-2.
Rideau would have looked much better if they kept the majority of the buildings along it. But if they kept Ogilvy as it was before at 5 stories and then built the extension at the 3rd or fourth floor so there's a different height along Rideau would have been better.
Hold on... So the site of Dworkin Furs is where the building will go, but there's space beside that that isn't being developed/ could be turned into another pair of twin towers? Do we know who owns it? Ugh... Ottawa, Ottawa, Ottawa...
I wonder if there's a bit of corruption? With the typical, boring developers the city just gives them what they want, even if it's detrimental. But if you have some developer new to the scene in Ottawa, they'll try to force you into doing what you don't want. Like, do they have some sort of backroom deal with Claridge and Richcraft? |
Love that time travel feature. Checked out the Ogilvy; you can see it not change at all since 2007 (other broken windows replied with plywood). I can see why they say it was deteriorating at a fast pace... NOT!
And yes, I wish they would have worked around BOTH buildings at Westboro Station. Thy could have made the plaza west of the brick building to keep the "Stevenson Hardware" art. The other building, I'm sure might have once had a nice façade that could have been replicated.
And yes, it's only the narrow Dworkin Furs lot that will hold the two Phoenix towers. Dworkin: gone. No debate. Parking lot stays for now and will likely be replaced by... wait for it... twin 27 storey bland condo towers. Don't know who owns that lot though.
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