General Update/Rumour thread [Urban Ottawa] - Page 200

daud · #**3981** Posted **Sep 11, 2014, 1:33 PM**

Via Twitter:

NCC inviting proposals for LeBreton Flats based on 'major anchor public institution' or attraction of 'regional or national significance.'

acottawa · #**3982** Posted **Sep 11, 2014, 3:32 PM**

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Originally Posted by daud

Via Twitter:

NCC inviting proposals for LeBreton Flats based on 'major anchor public institution' or attraction of 'regional or national significance.'

A monument to victims of something?

silvergate · #**3983** Posted **Sep 11, 2014, 3:42 PM**

Dean Jerry Tomberlin of the Sprott School of Business just announced they are going to build a new building. But not when or where.

LeadingEdgeBoomer · #**3984** Posted **Sep 11, 2014, 6:33 PM**

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Originally Posted by silvergate

Dean Jerry Tomberlin of the Sprott School of Business just announced they are going to build a new building. But not when or where.

Retired developer and Carleton Alumnus Wes Nicol has donated 10 million toward a new building.
Carleton needs to raise more money to do this project and does not know how long it will take.

This excerpt from an article back in December hints at what they are looking at. Two very different ideas, and ideas much different than just putting up a standard building on Campus.

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Carleton University's Sprott School of Business is looking for a new building, and is considering two ambitious locations, including one tied to the proposed redevelopment of the former Domtar pulp and paper site.

Architecture and business students at Carleton University are working in collaboration on two proposals that would see the school move from Dunton Tower.

Dean Jerry Tomberlin said his school's current building is insufficient to the school's needs, so much so that none of the 2,000 business school undergraduates take any courses in the building.

"Dunton Tower has beautiful views, and I can't say much else about it that's good," said Tomberlin.

One plan would see a new home constructed on campus along busy Bronson Avenue, with a hotel attached.

Uhuniau · #**3985** Posted **Sep 11, 2014, 7:42 PM**

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Originally Posted by acottawa

A monument to victims of something?

Canada's National Monument to Victims of National Capital Commission Expropriations.

Mille Sabords · #**3986** Posted **Sep 12, 2014, 2:00 AM**

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Originally Posted by Uhuniau

Canada's National Monument to Victims of National Capital Commission Expropriations.

c_speed3108 · #**3987** Posted **Sep 12, 2014, 1:12 PM**

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Originally Posted by Uhuniau

Canada's National Monument to Victims of National Capital Commission Expropriations.

this.

teej1984 · #**3988** Posted **Sep 12, 2014, 3:29 PM**

I wonder if the project the NCC is proposing at Lebreton that is supposed to be nationally or regionally significant will turn out to be a new Science & Tech Museum given the current one is going to be "closed indefinitely."

kwoldtimer · #**3989** Posted **Sep 12, 2014, 7:13 PM**

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Originally Posted by teej1984

I wonder if the project the NCC is proposing at Lebreton that is supposed to be nationally or regionally significant will turn out to be a new Science & Tech Museum given the current one is going to be "closed indefinitely."

A very good bet, I'd say. The government needs some PR to help shake off its anti-science reputation before next year's election.

1overcosc · #**3990** Posted **Sep 15, 2014, 5:27 PM**

Had a thought. In the event that Scotland becomes an independent state following their referendum on Thursday, we should seek a prominent location for a Scottish embassy to Canada given the strong historic ties between Canada & Scotland and the massive number of Canadians of Scottish origin (in fact, there are more Canadians of Scottish descent than there are people in Scotland!).

Any ideas on where such a prominent location exists in the core?

YOWetal · #**3991** Posted **Sep 15, 2014, 6:08 PM**

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Originally Posted by 1overcosc

Had a thought. In the event that Scotland becomes an independent state following their referendum on Thursday, we should seek a prominent location for a Scottish embassy to Canada given the strong historic ties between Canada & Scotland and the massive number of Canadians of Scottish origin (in fact, there are more Canadians of Scottish descent than there are people in Scotland!).

Any ideas on where such a prominent location exists in the core?

Most likely they would just take a floor of an office building. That is what most similarly sized European countries have in Ottawa.

1overcosc · #**3992** Posted **Sep 15, 2014, 6:15 PM**

^ I feel like Scotland should have its own building, though. Yes, it would be a small country but a very significant one to our national history.

MaxHeadroom · #**3993** Posted **Sep 15, 2014, 6:23 PM**

Give an independent Scotland the old US embassy on Wellington.

Acajack · #**3994** Posted **Sep 15, 2014, 6:30 PM**

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Originally Posted by MaxHeadroom

Give an independent Scotland the old US embassy on Wellington.

Cool idea, but this would overshadow the British High Commission too much, and you don't want to do that.

YOWetal · #**3995** Posted **Sep 15, 2014, 6:41 PM**

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Originally Posted by MaxHeadroom

Give an independent Scotland the old US embassy on Wellington.

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Originally Posted by 1overcosc

^ I feel like Scotland should have its own building, though. Yes, it would be a small country but a very significant one to our national history.

Embassies aren't given sites or buildings. They need to purchase the land and build them at their expense.

Acajack · #**3996** Posted **Sep 15, 2014, 6:52 PM**

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Originally Posted by YOWetal

Embassies aren't given sites or buildings. They need to purchase the land and build them at their expense.

For the biggies I would assume that the NCC is involved in some way. The gigantic US embassy didn't end up where it is simply as a result of a banal real estate transaction.

YOWetal · #**3997** Posted **Sep 15, 2014, 7:16 PM**

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Originally Posted by Acajack

For the biggies I would assume that the NCC is involved in some way. The gigantic US embassy didn't end up where it is simply as a result of a banal real estate transaction.

True. The NCC owns a lot of the prime sites and has reserved them for Embassies. The Gulf embassies along Sussex for example.

Sometimes countries trade sites in their respective capitals. I believe this is how Canada got the prime spot in Washington and Canada was to reciprocate. The US embassy ended up on its current location after the original choice in Rockcliffe was opposed by local residents.

Acajack · #**3998** Posted **Sep 15, 2014, 7:18 PM**

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Originally Posted by YOWetal

True. The NCC owns a lot of the prime sites and has reserved them for Embassies. The Gulf embassies along Sussex for example.

Sometimes countries trade sites in their respective capitals. I believe this is how Canada got the prime spot in Washington and Canada was to reciprocate. The US embassy ended up on its current location after the original choice in Rockcliffe was opposed by local residents.

I had forgotten that but you're right!

Acajack · #**3999** Posted **Sep 15, 2014, 7:23 PM**

Here's an interesting question: are any embassies located on the Quebec side of the river?

I don't believe so, though technically I believe they could given that the "national capital" is defined as the NCR in the legislation.

Anyway, I know there is an "Ambassade du Maroc" listed in Aylmer but that's actually the ambassador's residence. The actual embassy is in Sandy Hill on the Range Rd. embassy row.

The old road out to Aylmer actually has a good number of ambassador's residences.

kwoldtimer · #**4000** Posted **Sep 15, 2014, 7:38 PM**

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Originally Posted by MaxHeadroom

Give an independent Scotland the old US embassy on Wellington.

Exactly what I was going to say.