FYI, you're looking at images dated 2015 (for this one at least). This lot on Rue Lesage has actually been developed into a low-rise apartment building with a much smaller and reasonable sized parking lot off to the side.
If Gatineau really is a suburb it's time it dump its city council which seems pretty good at NOT promoting development. It's either a city or it's a suburb...
This very large lot is a beauty - It's important that nothing be built in order to protect Gatineau's almost non-existent skyline
This lot was slated for a 12 story development, but residents of the Blackburn Building successfully lobbied the mayor to not approve because it would block their view of the Lac Leamy Casino water fountain. The Blackburn, being a shithole condo tower from the 60s or 70s on St-Joseph.
I like that chip stand, and incidentally, with the exception of the parking lot, that area of St-Joseph is one of the better areas. There's a hotel there, as well as a lot of street front businesses from there to the roundabout at Allumettieres.
This lot was slated for a 12 story development, but residents of the Blackburn Building successfully lobbied the mayor to not approve because it would block their view of the Lac Leamy Casino water fountain. The Blackburn, being a shithole condo tower from the 60s or 70s on St-Joseph.
This isn't even in Gatineau's downtown...
I already covered this in a previous post. They didn't lobby the Mayor; the Mayor was fully supportive of the project (which was 10, 17 and 30 floors, not just 12), but an old rule that pre-dates the current administration tied their hands. It would have taken nearly a year and hundreds of man-hours to block that rule but both the City and the developer decided is was not worth it.
The cancellation of this project was in no way the Mayor's or Action Gatineau's doing. A handful of residents in the Blackburn Building were able to kill it thanks to an outdated rule.
I already covered this in a previous post. They didn't lobby the Mayor; the Mayor was fully supportive of the project (which was 10, 17 and 30 floors, not just 12), but an old rule that pre-dates the current administration tied their hands. It would have taken nearly a year and hundreds of man-hours to block that rule but both the City and the developer decided is was not worth it.
The cancellation of this project was in no way the Mayor's or Action Gatineau's doing. A handful of residents in the Blackburn Building were able to kill it thanks to an outdated rule.
This lot was slated for a 12 story development, but residents of the Blackburn Building successfully lobbied the mayor to not approve because it would block their view of the Lac Leamy Casino water fountain. The Blackburn, being a shithole condo tower from the 60s or 70s on St-Joseph.
This isn't even in Gatineau's downtown...
Ya it's ugly & an outdated that tower - too bad the council capitulated
I like that chip stand, and incidentally, with the exception of the parking lot, that area of St-Joseph is one of the better areas. There's a hotel there, as well as a lot of street front businesses from there to the roundabout at Allumettieres.
This long weekend I'm going to spend some time in Gatineau and see if the hubcap is still propped up against the dilapidated building next to the dirty sand covered sidewalk, it's not exactly a great way to welcome guests to the Gatineau Park...
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