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Originally Posted by DTcrawler
Coming along nicely and looking great! Random thought, why is Ottawa so averse to installing escalators in buildings like these, where they'd seem like a perfect fit? Apart from shopping centres, the Shaw Centre, and (some) O-Train stations, seems like we're a bit of an escalator desert compared to other cities.
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Good question. Never really thought of it (beyond a lack of down escalators at some O-Train Stations). The library may not have any sort of rush hour with high volumes of people. The elevators will probably be enough who won't want to or can't walk up the stairs, and the heights aren't too extreme.
If there's a good place to cut the budget in a facility like this, it's the escalators.
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Originally Posted by SL123
Taken August 5th
Cladding on the front facade with some bronze metallic accent?!?!
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Apparently, those are solar cells (or something to that effect).