HomeDiagramsDatabaseMapsForum About
     

Go Back   SkyscraperPage Forum > Regional Sections > Canada > Ontario > Ottawa-Gatineau > Suburbs


Reply

 
Thread Tools Display Modes
     
     
  #21  
Old Posted Dec 2, 2011, 1:27 PM
Proof Sheet Proof Sheet is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: May 2009
Posts: 2,856
Quote:
Originally Posted by gjhall View Post
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
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #22  
Old Posted Dec 2, 2011, 6:11 PM
Harley613's Avatar
Harley613 Harley613 is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Aylmer, QC
Posts: 6,611
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...
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #23  
Old Posted Dec 2, 2011, 7:02 PM
S-Man S-Man is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Mar 2011
Posts: 1,639
Apparently, ugly buildings built in the 1970s have become invisible with time, which is why they don't factor into an area's ugliness. Thus, newer, nicer buildings can be said to 'ruin' an untouched neighbourhood.
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #24  
Old Posted Dec 2, 2011, 7:46 PM
gjhall's Avatar
gjhall gjhall is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Ottawa
Posts: 1,297
Quote:
Originally Posted by Proof Sheet View Post
Very funny. Towers in the park! Why didn't we think of that!

Groovy.
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #25  
Old Posted Dec 2, 2011, 9:33 PM
S-Man S-Man is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Mar 2011
Posts: 1,639
I can tell from this presentation the president of the association (also a Friends of Lansdowne member) has only one way of presenting things to the community - in scary, overblown terms.
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #26  
Old Posted Dec 2, 2011, 9:33 PM
citizen j's Avatar
citizen j citizen j is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Ottawa
Posts: 1,029
Quote:
Originally Posted by gjhall View Post
A 9/11 reference here is beyond the pale offensive. No words.
I agree. Besides, a reference to Hitler would have been much more effective here.
__________________
The world is so full of a number of things
-- Robert Louis Stevenson
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #27  
Old Posted Dec 2, 2011, 10:22 PM
S-Man S-Man is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Mar 2011
Posts: 1,639
"We don't need a blitzkrieg of development in our community!"
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #28  
Old Posted Dec 2, 2011, 11:37 PM
Uhuniau Uhuniau is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 7,957
Quote:
Originally Posted by Proof Sheet View Post
"endlessness".

Perfect!
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #29  
Old Posted Dec 2, 2011, 11:40 PM
Uhuniau Uhuniau is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 7,957
Quote:
Originally Posted by S-Man View Post
"We don't need a blitzkrieg of development in our community!"
"BARRY J HOBIN WANTS TO RUN OVER KANATA LIKE HITLER RAN OVER THE POLES!"

How's that?
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #30  
Old Posted Dec 3, 2011, 2:04 AM
citizen j's Avatar
citizen j citizen j is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Ottawa
Posts: 1,029
Quote:
Originally Posted by Uhuniau View Post
"BARRY J HOBIN WANTS TO RUN OVER KANATA LIKE HITLER RAN OVER THE POLES!"

How's that?
Quite.
__________________
The world is so full of a number of things
-- Robert Louis Stevenson
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #31  
Old Posted Dec 3, 2011, 8:40 AM
S-Man S-Man is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Mar 2011
Posts: 1,639
Endlessness?????
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #32  
Old Posted Dec 3, 2011, 3:06 PM
gjhall's Avatar
gjhall gjhall is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Ottawa
Posts: 1,297
Quote:
Originally Posted by S-Man View Post
Endlessness?????
Also, NATURALNESS.

Nothing is as natural as low density housing, remember everyone.
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #33  
Old Posted Dec 3, 2011, 9:22 PM
S-Man S-Man is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Mar 2011
Posts: 1,639
My shadowy conspiracy theory for the day:

A commenter on David Reevely's Citizen blog notes Teron's involvement in this outcry and his closeness with the FOL crowd, and hypothesizes that he just might be the unnamed developer known to be financing the group.
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #34  
Old Posted Dec 4, 2011, 12:06 AM
citizen j's Avatar
citizen j citizen j is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Ottawa
Posts: 1,029
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.
__________________
The world is so full of a number of things
-- Robert Louis Stevenson
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #35  
Old Posted Dec 4, 2011, 3:16 AM
eternallyme eternallyme is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Mar 2009
Posts: 5,243
Beaverbrook is the LEAST dense part of Kanata (except for the rural part) and they sound like fanatics that hate transit and hate density period. Maybe they should move out to the rural areas?

How long after the area was developed did transit (in any form) come?
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #36  
Old Posted Dec 10, 2011, 8:29 PM
waterloowarrior's Avatar
waterloowarrior waterloowarrior is offline
National Capital Region
 
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Eastern Ontario
Posts: 9,242
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #37  
Old Posted Dec 10, 2011, 11:28 PM
eternallyme eternallyme is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Mar 2009
Posts: 5,243
Looking at the local opposition, I would recommend that the project now be put ON HOLD. A clearer site plan, and perhaps a downsizing or relocation, should be considered. It may not be compatible with the community, and there are better places in Kanata (redevelop the original Town Centre, anyone?) that could use high-density development.
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #38  
Old Posted Dec 11, 2011, 12:37 AM
S-Man S-Man is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Mar 2011
Posts: 1,639
Someone told me recently this community also protested the installation of SIDEWALKS once upon a time. Can't confirm, though.
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #39  
Old Posted Dec 11, 2011, 2:52 AM
Uhuniau Uhuniau is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 7,957
Quote:
Originally Posted by gjhall View Post
Also, NATURALNESS.

Nothing is as natural as low density housing, remember everyone.
Rabbit warrens, gopher holes, Kanata....
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #40  
Old Posted Dec 11, 2011, 4:59 AM
eternallyme eternallyme is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Mar 2009
Posts: 5,243
Quote:
Originally Posted by S-Man View Post
Someone told me recently this community also protested the installation of SIDEWALKS once upon a time. Can't confirm, though.
There was no transit initially when the area was built, correct?
Reply With Quote
     
     
This discussion thread continues

Use the page links to the lower-right to go to the next page for additional posts
 
 
Reply

Go Back   SkyscraperPage Forum > Regional Sections > Canada > Ontario > Ottawa-Gatineau > Suburbs
Forum Jump


Thread Tools
Display Modes

Forum Jump


All times are GMT. The time now is 9:20 AM.

     
SkyscraperPage.com - Archive - Privacy Statement - Top

Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.7
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.