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[Davis137]

I think this must be the other crane that I can see off in the distance when looking out of the windows at NDHQ...

[Mille Sabords]

Anyone notice that they changed the name of the condo again? First it was Edinburgh Common, then "Lalique"... and now according to their ads in the paper it's "La Tiffani"..

I guess "La Leak" wasn't all that good a name...

[O-Town Hockey]

When I hear "Lalique" all I can think of is:



Probably not the best choice of condo names.

"La Tiffani" on the other hand, now that's a real winner.

[waterloowarrior]

Is that first picture from Claridge Plaza?

[waterloowarrior]

Fire destroys townhome under construction


THE OTTAWA CITIZENMARCH 7, 2009 11:01 AM


A fire early Saturday destroyed a townhouse under construction in Vanier and damaged the two adjoining units.

The blaze in the new Edinburgh Common development, just off the Vanier Parkway, caused an estimated $500,000 damage to the three units, said District Chief Lyle Fraser of the Ottawa Fire Department. No one was hurt.

The blaze was called in at 4:22 a.m. and, given that none of the units are yet occupied, “the timing isn’t good,” Fraser said.

© Copyright (c) The Ottawa Citizen

[kwoldtimer]

Originally Posted by waterloowarrior

Fire destroys townhome under construction


THE OTTAWA CITIZENMARCH 7, 2009 11:01 AM


A fire early Saturday destroyed a townhouse under construction in Vanier and damaged the two adjoining units.

The blaze in the new Edinburgh Common development, just off the Vanier Parkway, caused an estimated $500,000 damage to the three units, said District Chief Lyle Fraser of the Ottawa Fire Department. No one was hurt.

The blaze was called in at 4:22 a.m. and, given that none of the units are yet occupied, “the timing isn’t good,” Fraser said.

© Copyright (c) The Ottawa Citizen

So it would be better timing if the townhouse had been occupied before it burnt down? Chief Fraser, we need to talk!

[waterloowarrior]

Originally Posted by kwoldtimer

So it would be better timing if the townhouse had been occupied before it burnt down? Chief Fraser, we need to talk!

hahaha... I read it the same way at first!

[jeremy_haak]

Does he mean that he thinks it was arson? I'm not sure how to interpret that.

[rocketphish]

I see that we don't have a siteplan up here yet, so here it is:

[kwoldtimer]

Cement for the first tower (Lalique) is now above grade and the first street of townhouses looks nearly ready for occupancy (well, maybe not the ones that burned down ....). I am thinking that this is going to give a real boost to Beechwood Village, which is already a fairly decent commercial strip.

[waterloowarrior]

southfacing


http://www.flickr.com/photos/23575605@N08/3393806432/


http://www.flickr.com/photos/23575605@N08/3404763653/

[waterloowarrior]

they changed the website so it's now 'La Tiffani'

http://www.claridgehomes.com/s/ottawa/condos/latiffani/

[Acajack]

I read in Le Droit this morning that one of the streets in the Edinburgh Common development has been named “Madeleine Meilleur Private".

This surprised me for two reasons.

First, I thought that you couldn’t name something for a living person. Especially not a street. I guess this may only be the rule in Quebec (and most other places in the world I believe), but not in Ontario?

Secondly, Edinburgh Common has been unanimously slammed from the beginning by francophone activists (which Ms. Meilleur is noted for being, in addition to being Minister for Francophone Affairs) for “hiding” the fact that it’s in Vanier by riding on the New Edinburgh and Beechwood images, and for English-only signage, Web sites and documentation...


BTW, does anyone know of cities other than Ottawa that have streets with the “Private” generic suffix that is equivalent to “Avenue”, “Road”, etc.?

[jeremy_haak]

Well, the airport in Anchorage is named after Ted Stevens, who is still alive, so this would appear to be done in the US as well.

[Acajack]

Originally Posted by jeremy_haak

Well, the airport in Anchorage is named after Ted Stevens, who is still alive, so this would appear to be done in the US as well.

Thanks. I know it’s not a hard and fast rule, and that it’s rather flimsily applied.

International conventions (including those from the UN) on toponymy do advise against naming stuff for living people, but how this is enforced from place to place is pretty much a hodge-podge I guess.

[Mille Sabords]

Originally Posted by Acajack

I read in Le Droit this morning that one of the streets in the Edinburgh Common development has been named “Madeleine Meilleur Private".

(this is fitting for my 1,500th post!)

[harls]

Originally Posted by Acajack

BTW, does anyone know of cities other than Ottawa that have streets with the “Private” generic suffix that is equivalent to “Avenue”, “Road”, etc.?

After a fruitless google search, I'm inclined to say that Ottawa is alone on this one.

There must be some other places that use it.. no? Sounds sort of British to me.

[Acajack]

Originally Posted by harls

After a fruitless google search, I'm inclined to say that Ottawa is alone on this one.

There must be some other places that use it.. no? Sounds sort of British to me.

Never seen it ("Private") elsewhere.

This makes me think that Toronto does have some weird street names as well that sound like ”Coach Liteway” or “Sierra Greenway” or “Bridle Vistaway”, and are spelled exactly the way I wrote them.

[m0nkyman]

Originally Posted by harls

After a fruitless google search, I'm inclined to say that Ottawa is alone on this one.

There must be some other places that use it.. no? Sounds sort of British to me.

Is it only used for privately owned roads?

[harls]

^I have seen roads in Chelsea with "chemin privée" on the signs, but they are usually subscript written under "Ch. Whatever".

I don't think these Ottawa streets are necessarily 'private'.