Lansdowne Park Redevelopment Phase 1 | Completed

[Boxster]

Could they not cover the wooden veil with some type of waterproff material?

[cjones2451]

Originally Posted by Harley613

It's funny, I was just thinking the same thing. There is quite a juxtaposition between the old and the new. Maybe some wood cladding or accents for the old section would help tie them together.

In some of the renders is remember seeing wooden veils on west side covering the stairs

[Fatty McButterpants]

Originally Posted by gjhall

Actually, It's as if the North Side was built in 1967 and the South side was built in 2014. Is anyone surprised? Were you under the impression this would be different? I think it's been pretty clear throughout that this is how it would be, two very different sides. You don't have to like it, but it's kind of a funny stage in the project timeline to be outraged.

I'm not surprised at all. This is exactly what you get when you go half old and half new. And I'm certainly not outraged. I'm actually quite pleased that we will finally have a functional respectable facility. I am very unimpressed at the non-existent effort to incorporate some common design themes between new and old, but whatever.

The thing is, I think the people of Ottawa were sold a bag of goods here. This has been touted as something it simply isn't: world class. That was an easy sell back when people were desparate for anything "new". So desparatate that "refurbished" was good enough. Fittingly, that's exactly what it will end up being: good enough.

That's not hating. That's just telling it like it is.

[OTSkyline]

^ Since they couldn't do a total rebuild of the north stand with the budget constraints would you have rather they build the south stands as boring, hard angled-steel to match more??

[LeadingEdgeBoomer]

Originally Posted by OTSkyline

^ Since they couldn't do a total rebuild of the north stand with the budget constraints would you have rather they build the south stands as boring, hard angled-steel to match more??

Right. The North Side stands and the Arena are integrated .

People often forget that they use the same steel beams to support both entities. Very difficult to build a completely new grandstand without tearing down much of the arena as well.

[Fatty McButterpants]

Originally Posted by OTSkyline

^ Since they couldn't do a total rebuild of the north stand with the budget constraints would you have rather they build the south stands as boring, hard angled-steel to match more??

No brainer - yes. Like anything else, hard angles and steel can be made to work ... if you try hard enough. If you decide to keep half the stadium, then that's what you've got to work with. So using that as the starting point seems pretty logical to me. Why in the world would anyone introduce a completely new design theme on one side that cannot be mirrored on the other side? Even if that new theme is awesome (which I think it is), it will end up looking stupid (which I think it does).

Early on in the process, a couple of the unsuccessful concepts proved that a much more cohesive, integrated look could have been achieved. If I remember correctly, I believe one of them had a similar roof structure over both sides. There are things that can be done. Personally, I'd rather have the wood veil theme throughout. But more importantly, I'd rather have a common design throughout. That way, it wouldn't be so blatantly obvious that it's a refurbished patch job.

[JFFournier]

Originally Posted by Fatty McButterpants

I'm not surprised at all. This is exactly what you get when you go half old and half new. And I'm certainly not outraged. I'm actually quite pleased that we will finally have a functional respectable facility. I am very unimpressed at the non-existent effort to incorporate some common design themes between new and old, but whatever.

The thing is, I think the people of Ottawa were sold a bag of goods here. This has been touted as something it simply isn't: world class. That was an easy sell back when people were desparate for anything "new". So desparatate that "refurbished" was good enough. Fittingly, that's exactly what it will end up being: good enough.

That's not hating. That's just telling it like it is.

My recollection of it is that Lansdowne Park as a whole was to be considered "world class", not the stadium specifically.

Not suggesting that designs should be half-assed for that reason, mind you...Just that the description should be applied to the entire site.

[MountainView]

Pictures by me. Taken on Friday April 18th.

If any of you haven't been by here since they started construction boy are you in for a treat! Place looks completely different and very dense! Going to look great when it's all complete.



Signs said occupancy Fall 2014






Looks like there will be stairs leading from the sidewalk to the stadium. Looks nice!

[EdFromOttawa]

Originally Posted by MountainView

Pictures by me. Taken on Friday April 18th.

If any of you haven't been by here since they started construction boy are you in for a treat! Place looks completely different and very dense! Going to look great when it's all complete.

Great pics, but all that effort and nothing of the actual stadium??!

More please!!!

[MountainView]

Originally Posted by EdFromOttawa

Great pics, but all that effort and nothing of the actual stadium??!

More please!!!

It was pretty difficult to get pictures of the actual stadium! Plus I assumed that the City of Ottawa update with their behind the fences pictures would cover the stadium pretty well. It looked like the seats on the South Stands were almost done. I was more interested in the other portions of the project than the stadium because we really haven't seen many pictures of the condos or retail portions online. I was really surprised to see how far along construction is! Can't wait for July 18th Home Opener!

[kevinbottawa]

The retail part of Lansdowne is coming along.



The brick sidewalks from the renderings are officially out.

[Uhuniau]

Originally Posted by Fatty McButterpants

The thing is, I think the people of Ottawa were sold a bag of goods here. This has been touted as something it simply isn't: world class. That was an easy sell back when people were desparate for anything "new". So desparatate that "refurbished" was good enough. Fittingly, that's exactly what it will end up being: good enough.

That's not hating. That's just telling it like it is.

I hereby banish the phrase "world class" from the English language.

[J.OT13]

Originally Posted by Uhuniau

I hereby banish the phrase "world class" from the English language.

Should be banished from Ottawa; it's used to describe EVERYTHING. Hell, the Mayor describes the Confederation Line as "world class" one day and as a "Chevrolet" the next.

[Uhuniau]

Originally Posted by J.OT13

Should be banished from Ottawa; it's used to describe EVERYTHING. Hell, the Mayor describes the Confederation Line as "world class" one day and as a "Chevrolet" the next.

From everywhere.

Anything that's truly "world class" doesn't have to run around describing itself thus.

Anything that calls itself "world class" has a tacky case of boosterism at best, penis envy at worst.

There is thus no function for the phrase "world class". So it's banished.

[Davis137]

You should also remove "Premium" "Gourmet" "Inspired" and a slew of other over-used words too...

[J.OT13]

Don't forget "cutting edge".

[nredding]

Speaking of terminology, I'm tired of hearing the Lansdowne development referred to as an "urban village." It is in fact a strip mall, which is what you call a bunch of stores off a main street, with parking in front of the stores.

[Harley613]

Originally Posted by nredding

Speaking of terminology, I'm tired of hearing the Lansdowne development referred to as an "urban village." It is in fact a strip mall, which is what you call a bunch of stores off a main street, with parking in front of the stores.

There is a retail portion of the plan that you might call a strip mall...but the project as a whole is actually an urban village. The retail takes up around 1/5th of the site, so why are you calling it a strip mall? There are places to live, work and play in the new plan. There are entertainment options, parks and recreation, public spaces and art...all the ingredients for an urban village. What would you change about the retail portion to make it less like a 'strip mall'?

[Boxster]

My favorate must be LUXURY.....pretty much all condos are luxury condos....even Claridge calls their condos LUXURY.

Originally Posted by J.OT13

Don't forget "cutting edge".

[Rob64]

Originally Posted by Boxster

My favorate must be LUXURY.....pretty much all condos are luxury condos....even Claridge calls their condos LUXURY.

Even Le Viu calls itself luxury. Unbelievable.