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Old Posted Apr 3, 2009, 12:26 AM
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A beer store would be nice though.
Or a decent sized liquor store in the downtown core.
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^ I was just looking at the Beer Store Location Map for Centretown Ottawa and I the closest locations are at 515 SOMERSET STREET W., 20 ISABELLA STREET, and 209 RIDEAU STREET. That's fewer than I thought. It probably has something to do with anyone smart enough driving to Quebec to buy their beer.
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LCBO has 2 locations in the CBD that I can think of.. 240 Sparks and World Exchange. But yeah, that seems like sparse pickin's for liquor.

That Somerset beer store can have quite the array of clientele at times.
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Going to the Somerset beerstore at 9pm on a Friday is nothing short of an adventure. Why would you ever want to give up that experience?
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They should take medical students to that beer store. The line-up is like a Merck manual of alcohol-related disorders. And for the truly discriminating, there's the yellow mouthwash section at Shoppers.

Another Centretown location for wine and cider at least, is Hartman's at Bank and Somerset.
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There's a wine store in Minto Place as well, Chateau des Charmes.. it features only Niagara wines.
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LCBO has 2 locations in the CBD that I can think of.. 240 Sparks and World Exchange. But yeah, that seems like sparse pickin's for liquor.

That Somerset beer store can have quite the array of clientele at times.
So I guess the large LCBO at Rideau and King Edward doesn’t count as “downtown”? It’s true it’s not in the CBD. There is also an LCBO near the Beer Store at the Pretoria Bridge on Isabella. Once again, not in CBD but pretty close.
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Those locations are downtown, yes.. but not what I'd consider the 'business district'.. but that's just me.
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There's also a LCBO in the Rideau Centre.
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Almost forgot the Wine Rack on Elgin near Somerset. Cute place to buy a bottle and stays open a bit later.
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There's an LCBO in the building with Holt Renfrew I think. That's probably the most central of the liquor stores. It's beer stores that our downtown is lacking!
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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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There's an LCBO in the building with Holt Renfrew I think. That's probably the most central of the liquor stores. It's beer stores that our downtown is lacking!
There's another one inside the World Exchange Plaza.

You can still buy six packs of beer through. I can hardly picture someone in a business suit carrying a 24 through downtown.
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live maps of the soho parkway
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The http://www.sohoparkway.com/ address is password protected

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this is what the Toronto Soho Met looks like
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What the hell is with the SoHo moniker? This isn't New York.
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The location is small...I know that much. I think they plan to build 12 stories here (think that's what the construction proposal said). Either way, if this place goes through, it'll be a nice little infil project.
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tunneys pasture masture plan went on MERX recently (responses due on Monday), plan is to finish by mid-August. It would be cool if they proposed a mixed use plan, the hotel would fit well with that. . there was also a offer on jobmine for student planners to help out

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As part of our Department's long-term strategic approach for the delivery of the National Capital Area (NCA) office accommodation program, the Development and Urban Planning Group has the responsibility to prepare and update portfolio-wide supply strategies. A key component of the strategy is to undertake comprehensive pre-planning work on a number of our key Crown-owned sites to ready them for development as well as to undertake ongoing property intelligence and analysis on suitable privately owned properties within the NCA. In addition, the planning team actively interacts and negotiates with senior staff of the City of Ottawa/Gatineau and National Capital Commission (NCC) with respect to the ongoing studies, plans, and initiatives generated by these organizations in order to enhance federal real property interests within the NCA.

This summer Student/Interns will be involved in a variety of tasks related to one or more of the following major projects;

- Development of a Master Plan for Tunney's Pasture-, a major employment node in Ottawa that currently accommodates approximately 10,000 federal employees;
- Development Strategy and Detailed Site Planning for Confederation Heights;
- Development Options Studies for Crown Owned Properties;
- City of Ottawa/City of Gatineau and NCC Planning Studies and Initiatives (ie,NCC's Urban Lands Master Plan);
- Research and analysis in support of real property projects.
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WRT what you just posted, I have heard of the plans you gathered info on. The fed's are seriously considering revamping Tunney's in a BIG way...
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