Parliament Hill Rehabilitation Project
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Government plans $50M subterranean visitors’ centre on Hill Quote:
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I think this is way too much money for what it is...
But I do agree it's time to expand and build something more for visitors in the Parliament Buildings... Last time I went there, we were held in a tiny room in the basement for screening & such... And then we ask why nobody visits Ottawa... -__- |
That's a lot of coin. For $50M does it include an underground tour bus parkade?
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My thoughts exactly; good idea, but it seems way overpriced, especially when we consider that is will only connect the West Block and that a subway station comes to about the same price.
At least if they moved the NCC info centre in there and if it connected to Downtown East OLRT station (via old NCC info centre/Re Hotel). |
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Doesn't Parliament Hill need - quite literally - billions in renovations? That's a lot of money to spend in light of the needs of those beautiful old buildings. |
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New-York City: 50.6 million Paris: 27 million Toronto: 10 million Montreal: 7.6 million Ottawa: 4.1 million I think Ottawa should build a landmark (like the Eiffel Tower in Paris, or the Empire State Building in New-York or even CN Tower in Toronto) that would bring attention, tourists and money to Ottawa.. What's our biggest asset now? The Parliament? ... |
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That might also encourage the useless idiots to show up for the view and keep them awake during the meetings due to the abundant sunlight. |
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All kidding aside, I don't think we need to spend 42 million dollars on a fancy atrium/pod type thing in the middle of the west block when we have a bunch of empty buildings/spaces within the CBD. All they need is two big rooms and chairs; I'm sure they could find that in any office building/old American Embassy/ Union station or the BMO building across the street. Regular maintenance/renovations aside in those potential existing buildings, we don’t need to invest more than 1 million TOPS to accommodate the HOC/Senate. |
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http://miracledreamhomes.com/ottawa-...d-after-first/ Instead of just using it for ceremonial events a few times a year, it could be used as the HOC/Senate as well and save the 42 million for a glass bubble over the West Block courtyard. |
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Too bad it's not still a bank. |
I will fully admit that I don't know everything. I don't know what sort of events are held in the old Union Station or what sort of events will be held in the old BMO branch (or the difference between the two venues in terms of usage, but I would be interested to find out). I also don't know the exact dimensions of any of these buildings or the commons/senate.
But I still think we could use an existing building, be it government owned or rented space in a CBD office tower instead of spending millions on a west block bubble. I also still think that it's a shame that we close so many architectural gems to the public to have a bunch fancy meeting place for diplomats and politicians. The government has done a fine job killing city streets thru expropriation, security measures and exclusive usage of some historic buildings |
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Also heard ugly rumours that the glass dome on West Block is going to be made permanent. |
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As for the dome and west block's temporary chambers, they are to be converted to committee rooms once the centre block is reopened (according to a Citizen article a few years back). |
July 1, 2012. Happy Canada Day!
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7279/7...077342c7_b.jpg from southfacing |
Let's hope that for the 2017 celebrations, Parliament Hill and Wellington Street are free of any scaffolding.
And thank you for the picture, now I can respond to Uhuniau comment "Wellington Building, which is being rebuilt almost entirely from scratch". Holy Christ!!! The building is hollow! I didn’t realize it was to that extent. Was it really necessary!? Now I understand why they boarded up the window openings and the crane. |
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