340 Parkdale Ave | 7/21/103m | 2/6/32f | Proposed - Page 8

waterloowarrior · #**141** Posted **Jul 27, 2012, 4:49 PM**

http://app01.ottawa.ca/postingplans/appDetails.jsf?lang=en&appId=__8PNOIO

Mixed-use development involving ground floor retail and restaurant, office space and residential & underground garage. Includes 6-storey segment along Parkdale and 18-storey along Hamilton

Planner: Lloyd Phillips & Associates Ltd.
Architect: Alcaide Webster

J.OT13 · #**142** Posted **Jul 27, 2012, 5:29 PM**

Certainly not a masterpiece, but it makes more sense than the original proposal.

McC · #**143** Posted **Jul 27, 2012, 6:31 PM**

"it's hideous Jerry, hideous!"

UPDATE
I think I was too harsh, too quick to judge; it's just so ridiculous, from its harvest gold colour to its silly little hat... Actually, I kind of feel sorry for it. I bet all of the other building proposals pick on it on the way to the Planning Department. Poor Attika.

kevinbottawa · #**144** Posted **Jul 27, 2012, 7:31 PM**

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Originally Posted by McC

"it's hideous Jerry, hideous!"

UPDATE
I think I was too harsh, too quick to judge; it's just so ridiculous, from its harvest gold colour to its silly little hat... Actually, I kind of feel sorry for it. I bet all of the other building proposals pick on it on the way to the Planning Department. Poor Attika.

I never really looked at the previous proposal too clsely, but 36 storeys would've been ridiculous (and I love height).

When it comes to this proposal, it's not horrible. I like how it would look from Wellington, but from east or west it looks a bit wide. Couldn't they break that up into two thinner towers?

m0nkyman · #**145** Posted **Jul 28, 2012, 12:34 AM**

Sorry, but if we're going to have any sanity to our zoning, then brand new and complete CDP's should be respected. This site was specifically slated for eight stories in the CDP that was completed less than two years ago. Get Honeywell to clean up their mess, and build something that respects the CDP.

I can't see them winning at the OMB, so this is a dead letter.

McC · #**146** Posted **Aug 2, 2012, 2:19 PM**

On the Twitter

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‏@HintonburgCA

Letters this afternoon from @Katherine_Hobbs office to those writing to oppose Tega: she will vote against! Fantastic news. (cont.)

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‏@HintonburgCA

(Cont.) Note, tho, that staff still writing its report - still very important to submit comments. Staff opposition is also critical.

Davis137 · #**147** Posted **Aug 2, 2012, 3:44 PM**

I don't mind the design asthetic of the building too much. It's still an improvement over the old storeage building that's currently on that block. It will also bring more pedestrian traffic to the neighbourhood, and it's proximity to the park and the market will be really nice for folks that choose to live there. The colour they chose to put on it looks kinda lame, but other than that, the exterior design, including the hat, isn't much unlike condo towers that have gone up in the GTA in the last 10 years.

S-Man · #**148** Posted **Aug 2, 2012, 3:45 PM**

A neighbourhood like this needs brick or masonry exteriors.

waterloowarrior · #**149** Posted **Aug 3, 2012, 2:23 AM**

citizen article
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Counci...lding+plan+Wellington/7033532/story.html

rocketphish · #**150** Posted **Jan 16, 2013, 12:18 AM**

Attika, Take III.

Application:
http://app01.ottawa.ca/postingplans/appDetails.jsf?lang=en&appId=__9HBPW7

Renderings:
http://webcast.ottawa.ca/plan/All_Image%...eference_D02-02-13-0004%20Elevations.PDF

kevinbottawa · #**151** Posted **Jan 16, 2013, 12:34 AM**

I like it a lot! Big improvement from the last rendering.

J.OT13 · #**152** Posted **Jan 16, 2013, 1:43 AM**

Big improvement.

McC · #**153** Posted **Jan 16, 2013, 2:09 AM**

of course, it still doesn't fit the plan for the area and the lot in question.

waterloowarrior · #**154** Posted **Jan 16, 2013, 3:33 AM**

here's an 8 floor version (ignore the quick and dirty roof

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FiereSansVoiture · #**155** Posted **Jan 16, 2013, 6:06 AM**

it went from 36 floors to 18

amanfromnowhere · #**156** Posted **Jan 16, 2013, 2:09 PM**

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Originally Posted by FiereSansVoiture

it went from 36 floors to 18

I don't mind if it goes down to 12 but finallly gets build...

Harley613 · #**157** Posted **Jan 16, 2013, 5:17 PM**

The neighbourhood will rejoice now that the developer has taken a slender point tower and reduced it to a low slung stump that takes up 3/4 of a block. Sure it will create more shadows, reduce greenspace and/or plaza space, and make a little wind canyon effect, but at least it can't be seen from 12 blocks away. Think about the children!

McC · #**158** Posted **Jan 16, 2013, 5:21 PM**

I'm not sure why you say that Harley613, the size of the podium hasn't really changed. Go back to the first post in the thread on the initial proposal, which was a 36-storey tower and an 8-storey block occupying the rest of the lot, with only a little bit of space between the two.

UPDATE with image

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Originally Posted by ac888yow

gjhall · #**159** Posted **Jan 16, 2013, 8:34 PM**

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Originally Posted by Harley613

The neighbourhood will rejoice now that the developer has taken a slender point tower and reduced it to a low slung stump that takes up 3/4 of a block. Sure it will create more shadows, reduce greenspace and/or plaza space, and make a little wind canyon effect, but at least it can't be seen from 12 blocks away. Think about the children!

I like a point tower as much as the next guy, but this was a lousy location for the original proposal. And McC is right, the podium/lot coverage area hasn't changed a lick. This is certainly a step in the right direction, but I don't think there will be a rejoicing community either.

Davis137 · #**160** Posted **Jan 17, 2013, 4:09 AM**

18 Floors is still really tall for that lot, when there are only houses across the street from it on Parkdale...not a complete loss or waste!