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waterloowarrior Nov 8, 2011 3:48 AM

[Kanata] 2 The Parkway | 23m | 7 fl | Completed
 
http://app01.ottawa.ca/postingplans/...appId=__8U46KB

An application to rezone lands from I1A - Minor Institutional to Residential High Density to permit a 16-storey high-rise building with residential underground parking and at-grade visitor parking.

Architect: Barry J. Hobin & Associates

eternallyme Nov 13, 2011 2:05 AM

I'd personally APPROVE the proposal. (At first, I would have put it ON HOLD but seeing the land makeup, approval is warranted).

While most of the area is R2-level (low density) residential, there is precedence for higher density areas directly on Teron. It would also give more impetus to put the Kanata North Transitway directly on that corridor. If it was on the other side of The Parkway, I would have rejected it for NIMBY concerns.

citizen j Nov 13, 2011 2:33 AM

Good.
Looks like an improved/redesigned version of Claridge's Lebreton Flats project.

cityguy Nov 26, 2011 12:01 PM

Any idea when this project will be moving forward?

Proof Sheet Nov 30, 2011 9:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cityguy (Post 5493837)
Any idea when this project will be moving forward?

Not anytime soon if the local community association get their way

http://www.yourottawaregion.com/news...ighrise-battle

http://www.yourottawaregion.com/arti...from-residents

Ottawan Nov 30, 2011 9:53 PM

:previous:

From the second of those two articles, I found this 'gem':

Quote:

“All people can say is, ‘Oh my God’,” said Eileen Howell, who sits on the executive of the KBCA. “It’s Beaverbrook’s 9/11.”
This comment would be highly comical if it were not disturbing and offensive.

Proof Sheet Nov 30, 2011 10:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ottawan (Post 5499329)
:previous:

From the second of those two articles, I found this 'gem':



This comment would be highly comical if it were not disturbing and offensive.

Not only does she sit on the Community Assoction board but she is also:

Howell, the director of heritage preservation for the Kanata Beaverbrook Community Association (KBCA).

I think I've heard everything now if there is a heritage preservation director for Beaverbrook.

S-Man Nov 30, 2011 10:35 PM

Maybe they can turn this monstrosity into a subdivision of normal 2-storey monster homes and build them in a forest or wetland somewhere. Problem solved, forever.
No wait! They don't like that!

I suppose, to follow their questionable line of metaphorical thinking, the Beaver Pond fiasco was Beaverbrook's Holocaust.

S-Man Nov 30, 2011 10:38 PM

Sorry, I'm just dumbfounded over this. There are some great 1980s-era houses pretty similar in Orleans and Kanata, too. They won't have to go far to find another 'unique' neighbourhood, and they wouldn't have search their memories for references to tall things that go boom in protest, either.

S-Man Nov 30, 2011 10:44 PM

Is this the heritage architecture not found anywhere else in the world?

http://g.co/maps/99n6h

Proof Sheet Nov 30, 2011 11:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by S-Man (Post 5499431)
Is this the heritage architecture not found anywhere else in the world?

http://g.co/maps/99n6h

http://maps.google.com/?ll=45.326082...,,0,15.45&z=16

This is quite typical in Beaverbrook....the link you gave is also very common especially along Teron.

gjhall Nov 30, 2011 11:09 PM

"“It’s over half the height of the Statue of Liberty,” said John Donelly. (The Statue of Liberty is around 107 metres from the ground to the torch; the proposed 16-storey highrise is 49 metres)."

Fun with statistics! I'll add my own: it's 49,000 times as high as a sheet of paper is thick!

A 9/11 reference here is beyond the pale offensive. No words.

waterloowarrior Nov 30, 2011 11:25 PM

9/11 9/11 9/11
 
Quote:

“The news of the rezoning application at the post office hit Beaverbrook like 9/11,” said Stirling. “It sent shivers of disgust through people in and beyond Beaverbrook.

“When everybody in the community learned about this, the typical response was ‘Oh my God.’”
Quote:

The morning after a Beaverbrook travelling village dinner on Nov. 26, long-time resident John Sigler, who advised former Prime Minister Jean Chrétien on 9/11, knocked on Stirling and Howell’s door.

“John Sigler and his wife showed up on my doorstep with a bouquet of flowers and $1,000,” said Howell.
Quote:

“It’s over half the height of the Statue of Liberty,” said John Donelly. (The Statue of Liberty is around 107 metres from the ground to the torch; the proposed 16-storey highrise is 49 metres).
Quote:

“It’s Beaverbrook that is being attacked,” said Teron. “This is going to have to stop.”
Quote:

“All people can say is, ‘Oh my God’,” said Eileen Howell, who sits on the executive of the KBCA. “It’s Beaverbrook’s 9/11.”

:stunned:

Statue of Liberty is 93m ground to torch btw http://www.nps.gov/stli/historycultu...statistics.htm, I think it's a typo in the article

Cre47 Dec 1, 2011 12:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bill Teron

“I'm well aware of what is good planning. This is the most outrageous contrast I’ve seen, ever,” said Teron.

Maybe Billy should realize, that his be-loved Kanata has seen some of the worst planning ever with its spaghetti-strings routes. Large communities like Bridlewood with one or two access to enter. The street grid of Beaverbrook and Kanata Lakes is atrocious.

gjhall Dec 1, 2011 3:35 AM

If the statement that there are only 5 communities in the world like Kanata, we can rest easy that most of the world has rejected the insanity of Kanata's planning.

gjhall Dec 1, 2011 3:37 AM

With all the 9/11 references, they should call this the Rudy Giuliani Tower.

S-Man Dec 1, 2011 7:41 AM

The word 'hysteria' comes to mind...

I think a really big Valium needs to be dropped in the Beaverbrook water supply before the freak-out gets worse.

I can see these people telling their grandkids:
"No, I wasn't in 9/11, but..."

teej1984 Dec 1, 2011 3:21 PM

The comments to this community group's objections are amazing! Hats off to y;all! :cheers:

Proof Sheet Dec 1, 2011 9:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by waterloowarrior (Post 5472190)
http://app01.ottawa.ca/postingplans/...appId=__8U46KB

An application to rezone lands from I1A - Minor Institutional to Residential High Density to permit a 16-storey high-rise building with residential underground parking and at-grade visitor parking.

Architect: Barry J. Hobin & Associates

The application search function doesn't seem to be working..anybody else having this problem

Uhuniau Dec 2, 2011 3:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ottawan (Post 5499329)
:previous:

From the second of those two articles, I found this 'gem':

This comment would be highly comical if it were not disturbing and offensive.

But apart from that it's hilarious, yes.

Yikes.


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