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Originally Posted by rocketphish
Hey Tobi! I have a proposal for the NCC's "Library site"....
Trade it to the City of Ottawa so that the new super-library can be built next to the LRT station. Let the NCC develop the city's parcel closer to Bronson.
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I actually prefer the library where it's being proposed. The current site will alaways have uninterrupted vistas to the Ottawa River, and ditto from the Portage, we will always see (what I hope will be) our landmark library instead of a generic high-rise.
With the development of the NCC's parcel, hopefully the City, the NCC and the chosen developer work together to ensure a highly accessible, indoor connection between the central library and Pimisi Station. I could see one über-long ramp from the library's ground floor, through the NCC development to Pimisi's east concourse level.
I'm also hoping they cover the rail line in order to introduce some connectivity with the aqueduct, similar to what RVL had proposed as part of their library plan. In that rendering, you can see where the ramp from the library (the library we'll be getting, not the RVL library) could be in order to connect to the east concourse.
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Originally Posted by lrt's friend
Yes, I fear that we will just create a condo zone, and we will lose most of the public amenities of either previous plan, then what?
A grocery store on Lyon Street is not going to be attractive to anybody on the flats. Few people will want to walk up and down that hill with bags of groceries in hand.
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However, if this building is somehow directly connected to Pimisi Station, residents will only be one station away from the Claridge grocery store.
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