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Originally Posted by Ottawan
Because parks can only exist in non-urban areas, and public space only exists in the form of vast, open areas, uninhibited by anything that would give them form or function.
Certainly non-park, non-open-areas such as the courtyards, streets, and pedestrian walkways of the ByWard Market are not public spaces. Nor are the grounds of Parliament, inhibited as they are by urban structures such as the West Block, East Block, Centre Block and buildings accross the street on Wellington. Don't get me started on Sparks Street or Confederation Square. Just because thousands of people gather at the Cenotaph every Remembrance Day (let alone countless other special and everyday occasions) does not make this a public space, because such a classification can only be accorded to windswept grass.
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Please tell me which better fits the definition of Lansdowne Park:
Twin towers, private homes, major retail box stores on land found for public use and enjoyment.
Or, some modest parking limited to the outer edge of the park, maintain the heritage buildings, take down the stadium and add more playing fields, trees and an outdoor natural grass amphitheatre and an outdoor public pool?
I know what I would prefer and as a place that will be for all of Ottawa.
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