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Old Posted Nov 8, 2011, 3:48 AM
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[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
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Old Posted Nov 13, 2011, 2:05 AM
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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.
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Old Posted Nov 13, 2011, 2:33 AM
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Good.
Looks like an improved/redesigned version of Claridge's Lebreton Flats project.
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Any idea when this project will be moving forward?
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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
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From the second of those two articles, I found this 'gem':

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“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.
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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.
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Old Posted Nov 30, 2011, 10:35 PM
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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.
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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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Old Posted Nov 30, 2011, 11:25 PM
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9/11 9/11 9/11

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



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
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“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.
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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.
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Old Posted Dec 1, 2011, 3:37 AM
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With all the 9/11 references, they should call this the Rudy Giuliani Tower.
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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..."
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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.
You'll like this response.

http://postmediaottawacitizen.files....compressed.pdf
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i'm having a little trouble understanding why a nice looking 16 story tower will look out of place right next to a fat old 11 story tower that nobody seems to mention. seems like a great spot to me...
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Very funny. Towers in the park! Why didn't we think of that!

Groovy.
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"endlessness".

Perfect!
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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
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Old Posted Dec 4, 2011, 12:06 AM
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So what you're saying is that Teron is financing FOL so that he can torpedo Lansdowne Live, then approach the city with his own proposal once the ashes have settled? Interesting.
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