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Old Posted Nov 15, 2019, 8:01 PM
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That's really cool. I love the old towns in Eastern Canada that build right up to the river like that.
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"Idea Exchange" = annex to the central library, about a block away across the river. The building to the right of the Idea Exchange in the pic generated outrage a few years ago when the building (red brick, iirc) was covered by grey metal cladding. Turned out Cambridge had no provision to protect the heritage. I think they have since tightened things up. By the way, looking at the wall that the Idea Exchange sits above gives an idea of how high the Grand River can (and has in the past) get during spring flood.
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Old Posted Dec 10, 2019, 4:53 PM
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FOUR SEASONS HOTEL - MONTREAL

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Old Posted Dec 10, 2019, 5:00 PM
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^ Gorgeous.

It's interesting to see a bulky-looking sort of hotel like that... they tend to be fairly slender builds.
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Looks awesome! For the main part of the building I prefer the back and sides over the front since I don't think they particularly needed the offset blocks illusion, but at the ground level I really enjoy the FS branding detail. Overall very nice.
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Old Posted Jun 29, 2020, 5:17 PM
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Mid-century office to residential adaptive re-use in downtown Ottawa. Short video has some great shots from above showing the density of the area.

PiCo Pizza's second Ottawa location opened today. Honestly never heard of them...


https://twitter.com/JimWatsonOttawa/...597571/photo/3

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https://www.170metcalfe.com
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Old Posted Jul 24, 2020, 1:50 PM
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Here's a type of project we rarely hear about, even though it's importance is on par with a shiny new transit line.

Ottawa is on the verge on completing and activating it's new Combined Sewage Storage Tunnels (CSST). One tunnel runs along Kent from Chamberlain (south of the Queensway) to Parliament Hill, the other from LeBreton Flats, next to the Confederation Line west tunnel portal, to Stanley Park in New New Edinburgh. The $232 million project can store more than 43 million litres of sewage. This 6.2 kilometre network of tunnels will prevent billions of litres per year of raw sewage from spilling into the Ottawa River. The tunnels pass under the Confderation Line at two points.

The tunnels will store raw sewage during heavy rainfalls and transport them to the Robert Pickard sewage treatment facility before dumping the treated water back into the Ottawa River.

http://skyscraperpage.com/forum/show...ghlight=sewage


https://ottawaconstructionnews.com/l...-csst-project/
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Old Posted Jul 24, 2020, 3:07 PM
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^ Toronto has something similar under construction right now. The first phase of a $3 billion project is under construction, costing $400 million. It builds a new, 10.5km tunnel in the city's east end.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toron...gram-1.5396886

When complete in about 10 years, the system will feature 22km of tunnels, 12 wet weather flow storage shafts along the tunnels, 12 connection points to the tunnels for storm water and combined sewer overflows, seven offline storage tanks and the technology necessary to regulate the flows inside the city's sewer system.

The project aims to completely eliminate sewer dumps into Lake Ontario in wet weather storm events.
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Old Posted Jul 24, 2020, 3:09 PM
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Glad to see Cities and upper level governments step-up. Our rivers and lakes have been neglected for far too long.
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A project was just completed between Sparks and Queen Streets in Downtown Ottawa. Re Residences, with 91 luxury condo units (half a million for a bachelor). The tower on Queen rises 18 floors while the Sparks portion is 6 floors. Much needed residential in the core.

The development includes a pedestrian link and courtyard between Sparks and Queen. Looks very good based on the pictures posted by an Ottawa forumer.

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Really neat courtyard space and link between Sparks and Queen today. Looks like they were setting up for an event. Could turn out to be a lovely alternative to unshaded benches on Sparks itself!







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Here's a type of project we rarely hear about, even though it's importance is on par with a shiny new transit line.

Ottawa is on the verge on completing and activating it's new Combined Sewage Storage Tunnels (CSST). One tunnel runs along Kent from Chamberlain (south of the Queensway) to Parliament Hill, the other from LeBreton Flats, next to the Confederation Line west tunnel portal, to Stanley Park in New New Edinburgh. The $232 million project can store more than 43 million litres of sewage. This 6.2 kilometre network of tunnels will prevent billions of litres per year of raw sewage from spilling into the Ottawa River. The tunnels pass under the Confderation Line at two points.

The tunnels will store raw sewage during heavy rainfalls and transport them to the Robert Pickard sewage treatment facility before dumping the treated water back into the Ottawa River.
Interesting. When I lived there, heavy thunderstorms would often result in discharges into the Ottawa River.

Glad to see they've developed a solution. I'm not in the city anymore, but does the combined sewer system extend much beyond downtown, or does it extend to the limits of these two sewers?
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Interesting. When I lived there, heavy thunderstorms would often result in discharges into the Ottawa River.

Glad to see they've developed a solution. I'm not in the city anymore, but does the combined sewer system extend much beyond downtown, or does it extend to the limits of these two sewers?
I haven't been able to find a detailed map of the combined sewage system, but based on the location of the sewer overflow outflows, it doesn't seem they go far outside of downtown. If I were to guess from the location of the western-most outlet, I'd wager they stopped building combined sewers once the Lemieux Island Water Purification Plant once they opened in 1932.

On the other hand, the sewage treatment plant in Beacon Hill wasn't built until 1962.


https://geospatial.blogs.com/geospat...overflows.html

Gatineau has a far more sewage outlets that dump into waterways, as shown on page 4 of this document: https://www.ottawariverkeeper.ca/wp-...and-Beyond.pdf
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Recent-ish. The expanded Ottawa Art Gallery (KPMB and Barry Padolsky Associates), along with the Germain Hotel and ArtHaus condo tower (Régis Côté et associés and LEMAYMICHAUD). The art gallery addition opened in 2017 while the condo and hotel opened in 2018.

Arts Court originally opened in 1988 in the former Provincial Court House, built in 1871. The former Carleton County Jail, built in 1862, completes the block. The jail closed in 1972 and is now a youth hostel.















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https://www.canadianarchitect.com/se...ttawa-ontario/
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New welcome pavilion of the base plein air de Ste-Foy, a urban park in Quebec City. (Photos by Stéphane Groleau, fantastic architectural photographer. Go check his pics)

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Old Posted Oct 23, 2020, 7:14 PM
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1140 Wellington in Ottawa's Hintonburg neighborhood. About a kilometer from Tunney's station towards the west and Bayview towards the east. The project includes the adaptive re-use of the Bethany Hope Centre, built in 1925.

The mid-rise condo building fits well on the traditional main street while the generous set-back of the tower does not overwhelm the area. Retail is all local businesses.

Very simple, but well executed project.

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Old Posted Nov 4, 2020, 6:25 PM
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Place des Festivals, quartier des spectacles, Montréal.
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It took like 5 years to build it. But I like it.

It looks better as seen from street level though.
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Awesome looking complex. Great job with the streetscaping too, impressive attention to detail.
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Old Posted Nov 4, 2020, 8:04 PM
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Those pics look like renderings. Spectacular project!!
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That looks amazing. Quartier des Spectacles seems like a case study on how to do an entertainment/cutural district the right way.
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