Here's a sneek peak at what's happening across from Tunney's (after a LONG period of inactivity after safety fences were installed)...
Not sure what exactly it is they are going to be doing here. I will be able to follow the progress of this jobsite closely, as it's 2 blocks from where I live, so I'll get pics up close when I walk the dog...
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Last edited by waterloowarrior; Nov 17, 2009 at 8:57 PM.
that building is hideous, the old houses are way better looking (if they were renovated). too bad they aren't knocking that piece of crap down beside the site instead.
Hooray, no balconies (in the rendering at least). Penthouse, schmenthouse, would anyone seriously pay up to $1.2M to live on that stretch of Parkdale? More dollars than common sense, as my granny used to say!
15 Floors would make sense here, since the lot it is going to be on is so tiny. I don't mind the rendering, and I think the location is fantastic, considering it's mixed use, and proximity to Tunneys. Just going to add to the overal update that's been taking place in Hintonburg and Mechanicsville...
Isn't it funny how, in every one of those renderings, all we ever see around the "proposed building" are trees, and shrubs, and greenery? Mechanicsville is actually quite a dense neighbourhood. Another plus I see with this building is that its parking garage appears to have rear lane access, so we'll be spared the abcess along Parkdale...
It's nice enough. I like the lack of balconies, too. It's a pity that the building decidedly has its back turned to Mechanicsville, though. The fact that they've basically airbrushed the neighbourhood out of the rendering pretty much sums it up. The only thing the locals are going to get out of this is a garage and a moderate increase in car traffic.
I walked through Mechanicsville almost every evening during the strike, and it's not so bad. The location is fantastic - close to downtown, the river, transit, and within walking distance of a decent commercial strip. What they need is a few of those four and five story infill developments that have been spreading west of Bank street for the last ten years or so. Developments like that become part of the neighbourhood. Developments like this... not so much.
I see a much denser and connected Ottawa skyline between Tunney's Pasture and Downtown in the distant future, what with the redevelopment of Mechanicville/West Wellington Village and LeBreton Flats.
__________________ Franky: Ajldub, name calling is what they do when good arguments can't be found - don't sink to their level. Claiming the thread is "boring" is also a way to try to discredit a thread that doesn't match their particular bias.
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