Great Canadian Skyline Thread II

[J.OT13]

Originally Posted by 905er

its always amazed me how un-national capitalesque Ottawa is.. interesting perspective watching that video but the swaths of land that are still undeveloped still make the region (at least from the angles shown from that bayview station aerial) very underwhelming and unremarkable for a capital. The Parliament buildings and immediate area are great... the rest just falls short imo. I want more grandeur for our nation's capital. Thank goodness for the zibi project.. but it is moving at a snail's pace..

I agree. It's sad to see the crossroads of our rapid transit lines is surrounded by empty fields. The are will be redeveloped, slowly but surely.

The triangular lot across the street from Bayview is set to become Trinity Centre, a three tower (65, 56 and 23 floors) mixed use complex. It should start construction this year, presumably, possibly after the pedestrian bridge over the Trillium tracks is completed.

LeBreton is on its umpteenth redevelopment plan, this time far more realistic than in the past. The NCC is focusing on the Pimisi station area (near the future central library), so it could be a decade+ before the Bayview area is redeveloped.

Otherwise, the City has its Bayview Yards Innovation Centre a block north of the station. They plan on expanding towards the station in the coming years. Again though, it could be a while.

I'm hoping that within 30 years, the entire LeBreton area is redeveloped.

[Chadillaccc]

Late February Adventures by Chadillaccc, on Flickr

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[Martin Mtl]

I really like this.

Originally Posted by Rico Rommheim

Grey_City_for_February_Series_16 by Foofoo MacShoe, on Flickr

[craner]

Great Calgary shots the last couple of pages Chad -
This one is next level.

Originally Posted by Chadillaccc

https://anthemproperties.com/properties/parkside-at-waterfront/
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[Monolith]

2021 - Vancouver - Fullish Moon Morning by Ted McGrath, on Flickr

[J.OT13]

https://twitter.com/NCC_CCN/status/1364704175301545987

[Coldrsx]

https://youtu.be/LdF3XyU5YW4

[J.OT13]

https://twitter.com/ArchitectsDCA/status/1360229645216407555


https://twitter.com/ArchitectsDCA/status/1361317356128067584

[905er]

Density Good!!... Height (lack thereof)... Sigh..

[Robertpuant]

Ottawa would have been better served with a height limit of 8-10 story like Washington. The focus should be on making things look grand and pretty; roads, buildings, public spaces, parks, monuments. It's a sad city compared to what it could have been. Just another mid-sized Ontario/ Us city.

[Rico Rommheim]

Originally Posted by Robertpuant

Ottawa would have been better served with a height limit of 8-10 stories like Washghiton. The focus should be on making things look grand and pretty; roads, buildings, public spaces, parks, monuments. It's a sad city compared to what it could have been. Just another mid-sized Ontario/ Us city.

Totally.

The shame with Ottawa isn't that it's downtown skyscrapers aren't tall enough, they're actually too tall. Or for that matter, it's a shame that they exist at all.

I would have gone with the drama of the gothic spires of parliament with a height limit of 40m in the downtown core, exceptions for significant buildings like the chateau laurier and others. Like Washington, or Paris, or London.

Instead we have a diet-London, ONT skyline unceremoniously attached to the beauty of parliament hill.

[Acajack]

I never thought about it that way.

It's true that the approx. 20-25 storey limit ends up being a kind of worst of both worlds situation.

[Martin Mtl]

https://www.instagram.com/p/CL8GV9qsoWK/

[Coldrsx]

Is it me or is everyone maybe jealous of Ottawa?

[J.OT13]

Originally Posted by Acajack

I never thought about it that way.

It's true that the approx. 20-25 storey limit ends up being a kind of worst of both worlds situation.

The advantage of the average 300-ish feet height limit is a compact CBD. Had we limited height to 100-150 feet (as it was prior to the 60s), we would have ended up with a sprawling downtown core, sacrificing some heritage along the way or, even more office space would have been built in Federal suburban campuses and office parks.

[Acajack]

Originally Posted by Coldrsx

Is it me or is everyone maybe jealous of Ottawa?

I would not say that. At least not in terms of skyline.

[Acajack]

Originally Posted by J.OT13

The advantage of the average 300-ish feet height limit is a compact CBD. Had we limited height to 100-150 feet (as it was prior to the 60s), we would have ended up with a sprawling downtown core, sacrificing some heritage along the way or, even more office space would have been built in Federal suburban campuses and office parks.

I guess I still don't find it preserves the sightlines of historic buildings that well, at least from most angles.

Though the CBD canyons are fairly decent and complete I'd grant you that. Though short in distance and height. If you look up.

[kool maudit]

Ottawa needed a city plan of a type never seen in Canada. Ideally, it would have been a downtown of heavy Chateau-styled mid-rise blocks, similar to some of the apartments on Sherbrooke in Montreal. As it is, it's a vaguely Gothic Madison. A barely-there capital for a barely-there country.

[J.OT13]

Originally Posted by kool maudit

Ottawa needed a city plan of a type never seen in Canada. Ideally, it would have been a downtown of heavy Chateau-styled mid-rise blocks, similar to some of the apartments on Sherbrooke in Montreal. As it is, it's a vaguely Gothic Madison. A barely-there capital for a barely-there country.

We had such a plan in 1915. It included our first "subway" proposal as well.

The Great War and the fire that destroyed the Centre Block were the likely cause for the death of this grand plan.







More on the Holt-Bennet report: http://www.pastottawa.com/holt/

[kool maudit]

I stand corrected -- looks magnificent.