Canadian Urban Canyons - Page 85

WhipperSnapper · #**1681** Posted **Apr 15, 2022, 9:37 PM**

It's a podium

Harley613 · #**1682** Posted **Apr 16, 2022, 9:26 PM**

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Originally Posted by WhipperSnapper

It's a podium

We're talking about this, it looks like a little building between the other two.

J.OT13 · #**1683** Posted **Apr 17, 2022, 12:06 PM**

Oh, that. That thing would remove all windows on the inward facing floors 3-8. WTF?

Would love to see some floor plans for an explanation.

WhipperSnapper · #**1684** Posted **Apr 17, 2022, 2:34 PM**

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Originally Posted by Harley613

We're talking about this, it looks like a little building between the other two.

I know. It's a podium connecting the two towers.

http://ottwatch.ca/devapps/D07-12-13-0090

looks can be deceiving. the design allowed the developer to squeeze in some windows

biguc · #**1685** Posted **Apr 19, 2022, 7:18 AM**

Which elevation shows that? Still doesn't really answer why it's there.

TorontoDrew · #**1686** Posted **Apr 19, 2022, 1:02 PM**

It's easier to tell from streetsview.
https://www.google.com/maps/@45.4278...7i16384!8i8192

Harley613 · #**1687** Posted **Apr 19, 2022, 1:06 PM**

I've never seen a podium mini tower before to be honest. It's a bizarre design decision, especially with windows directly facing it only a few feet away.

TorontoDrew · #**1688** Posted **Apr 19, 2022, 1:18 PM**

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Originally Posted by TorontoDrew

It's easier to tell from streetsview.
https://www.google.com/maps/@45.4278...7i16384!8i8192

It's not a mini tower. It just looks like a small building from certain angles.

biguc · #**1689** Posted **Apr 19, 2022, 3:49 PM**

This thing is tripping me out now. Until Harley gets a drone in there the only conclusion I can draw is that this looks like a terrible place to live.

J.OT13 · #**1690** Posted **Apr 19, 2022, 5:15 PM**

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Originally Posted by biguc

This thing is tripping me out now. Until Harley gets a drone in there the only conclusion I can draw is that this looks like a terrible place to live.

It's student housing, so that makes the terrible living conditions ok?

harls · #**1691** Posted **Apr 19, 2022, 6:21 PM**

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Originally Posted by J.OT13

It's student housing, so that makes the terrible living conditions ok?

I lived at Glengarry residence at Carleton in 1994. The elevator would frequently go into 'free fall' mode every once and a while.

J.OT13 · #**1692** Posted **Apr 19, 2022, 8:46 PM**

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Originally Posted by harls

I lived at Glengarry residence at Carleton in 1994. The elevator would frequently go into 'free fall' mode every once and a while.

Well that's terrifying.

Harley613 · #**1693** Posted **Apr 19, 2022, 11:17 PM**

It's looks like they were thinking 'Hey, since we are sticking these two buildings to these other two buildings, wouldn't it be neat if we stuck ANOTHER building between these two buildings?? Rideau Street is becoming a game of real life Tetris

biguc · #**1694** Posted **Apr 21, 2022, 9:40 AM**

A couple L shaped pieces and the whole block goes away!

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Originally Posted by J.OT13

It's student housing, so that makes the terrible living conditions ok?

That actually makes a lot of sense. So these are some kind of miserable common spaces?

J.OT13 · #**1695** Posted **Apr 21, 2022, 1:22 PM**

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That actually makes a lot of sense. So these are some kind of miserable common spaces?

Hope so I guess? I assume that weird piece is not as wide as the entire towers, but only three windows wide, so it could be a seating/study area that connects the two towers.

AuxTown · #**1696** Posted **Apr 21, 2022, 2:06 PM**

Wouldn't this whole area be 100x better if the next project (the one to block that blank wall) was like 41 floors or something? The density is great, the designs are questionable, but a well-designed taller tower would take all the attention away!

MolsonExport · #**1697** Posted **Apr 21, 2022, 2:20 PM**

vertical warehouses for students. how charming.

esquire · #**1698** Posted **Apr 21, 2022, 2:20 PM**

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Originally Posted by Harley613

Ottawa has a horrible urban canyon of 23-29 story cheapo stump towers going up wall to wall down Rideau Street next to the Byward Market. Four more of them under construction in this frame.

Wow, that is an amazing change. I remember staying at that uOttawa residence on the left back when it was a hotel (Quality Inn?) sometime in the late 90s. It felt like there wasn't much around the hotel in those days... now the hotel is dwarfed. The area sure has filled out. Although yeah, maybe not with the most beautiful buildings. But still.

WhipperSnapper · #**1699** Posted **Apr 21, 2022, 2:56 PM**

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Originally Posted by biguc

Which elevation shows that? Still doesn't really answer why it's there.

D'uh the floorplans . http://webcast.ottawa.ca/plan/All_Im...ber%202014.PDF

My guess the developer needed more square footage after maxing out on height like with most podiums.

SteelTown · #**1700** Posted **Apr 22, 2022, 2:54 AM**

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