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Originally Posted by lrt's friend
I am not totally opposed to skyscrapers in Ottawa but Ottawa's situation is unique.
Not long ago, I read that even Montreal has height restrictions, that no building can be taller than Mont Royal.
Ottawa has a special feature, Parliament Hill. It is by far our most spectacular set of buildings.
Yet, we are keen on building modern towers near by. Why? First on Hull Island and now Lebreton Flats. How does this improve the appearance of our city? This is a major selling point. All we do by putting these structures up is to attract our eye away from Parliament. How will these buildings look in 30 or 50 years. Is this what we really want to do?
I visited Wroclaw Poland in 2015. It is a beautiful human scaled city except they put up one skyscraper, that isn't really downtown. Have a look. It is so out of place in this city and draws your eye from many miles away. It really isn't an improvement for that city. It looks totally out of place.
I have said it before. If we want towers, place them well away from downtown. With LRT, this becomes possible.
We have a special situation in our downtown. Why can we not have top quality human scaled development that does not overwhelm the skyline with second rate architecture?
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I think some of us are forgetting that this 55-storey proposal is JUST ONE of several that could be built on LeBreton. It doesn't have to be the only tall building around, jutting out like a sore thumb for everyone to see from miles around...
Keep in mind that Rendez-Vous LeBreton may propose some buildings of similar height. The Trinity Station proposal just to the southwest is looking at 59 and 55-storey towers. These are all within the same area, and would contribute to a clustering of 55+ storey buildings.
So, imho, arguments that this building is too tall on the basis that it would be the only one around just don't stand...
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