rubberdinghy Posted November 14, 2009 Report Share Posted November 14, 2009 Thoughts? All this hoopla in the city is driving me crazy right now...Why the hell do the Glebites not want this to happen. It would be great for our city! CFL football back, a home for a farmer's market...a beautiful park.... What is the issue??? Traffic? Give me a break...They've been hosting huuuuuuge events at Lansdowne for over 100 years...traffic has never been an issue...I remember as a kid growing up in the glebe how much fun it was. My old man the entrepenuer selling parking spaces on the front lawn, people milling about, neighbours chatting, BBQ's on game days....The sounds of cars honking for miles because the Riders won the game!!! CMON!!! Suck it up...bring some life back to Lansdowne! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted November 14, 2009 Report Share Posted November 14, 2009 I whole heartedly support your post dinghy.What is the latest status though... has it gone to a vote yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradm Posted November 14, 2009 Report Share Posted November 14, 2009 Thoughts?I don't know. What are the other options?Aloha,Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d_rawk Posted November 14, 2009 Report Share Posted November 14, 2009 CFL football back, a home for a farmer's market...a beautiful park....It's all enough to make a guy teary. I'm on board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Evil_Mouse Posted November 14, 2009 Report Share Posted November 14, 2009 I thought the problem was that they'd be running with the one and only proposal tendered. If that's the case, it would likely be an accident waiting to happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms.Huxtable Posted November 14, 2009 Report Share Posted November 14, 2009 I thought the problem was that they'd be running with the one and only proposal tendered. If that's the case, it would likely be an accident waiting to happen.Roger Greenberg was interviewed by the Ottawa Business Journal this week and said that this is just not the case. I support this project wholeheartedly. As someone who works for his company, I know Roger Greenberg is a hell of a guy, who loves his city and does whatever he can to make it better. He's donated countless dollars and hours to our community and he's created a corporate culture of philanthropy.He's taken a lot of flack in the past week especially, and I can assure you that he's not a smarmy businessman. I trust him to always do the right thing. It's just who he is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted November 14, 2009 Report Share Posted November 14, 2009 I don't see a problem with one proposal, as long as it's good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted November 14, 2009 Report Share Posted November 14, 2009 The sole source issue is a sticky one but I justify my support for the project based on the reputations of the Landsdowne Live stakeholders, including Jeff Hunt, owner of the Ottawa '67s. Even if the process was opened up to other bidders, I daresay the city would not receive a better offer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freeker Posted November 14, 2009 Report Share Posted November 14, 2009 I for one support doing anything with Landsdowne as long as its done soon! Parks, CFL, green spaces, hotels, box stores, brothels, who the fuck cares. I'd rather any of those things than the useless eye sore of concrete and pavement that's there now.Between our ineffectual city council and the snobs in this neighborhood, ground will not be broken in any of our lifetimes. These are the same groups that brought us a winter bus strike (city council) and those who picket an air conditioner for being too loud (Glebites)...Landsdowne is doomed!Its old misguided protectionist attitudes and pure organizational incompetence like this that keeps Ottawa from ever growing into a real city.signedA Glebite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booche Posted November 14, 2009 Report Share Posted November 14, 2009 What are the other options?None. And that's my biggest issue. On the other hand, I dont want to live in city watching another Kingston Block D situation go down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Low Roller Posted November 14, 2009 Report Share Posted November 14, 2009 Rip it all down. Put up some condos. The land value there is immeasurable! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubberdinghy Posted November 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 15, 2009 What are the other options?None. And that's my biggest issue. On the other hand' date=' I dont want to live in city watching another Kingston Block D situation go down. [/quote']Wasn't it open to an international design contest at one point? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradm Posted November 15, 2009 Report Share Posted November 15, 2009 (edited) What are the other options?None. And that's my biggest issue. On the other hand' date=' I dont want to live in city watching another Kingston Block D situation go down. [/quote']Wasn't it open to an international design contest at one point?It was, but it was put on hold when the Lansdowne Live proposal was submitted, and it now looks like there won't be a competition at all, making LL, in effect, the winner by default ("Yeah, de fault of de council...").Aloha,Brad Edited November 15, 2009 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voodoolady Posted November 15, 2009 Report Share Posted November 15, 2009 what happened to block D? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Wish Posted November 15, 2009 Report Share Posted November 15, 2009 Part of the opposition is coming from the Bank St BIA as well, as they have taken the stance that the retail space to be opened would take away from their revenues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted November 16, 2009 Report Share Posted November 16, 2009 I think it's brutal. the proposal is not of the calibre of a national capital. People should be able to look at the space and recognize Ottawa. Instead they're going to look at it and ask "When did we build a stadium on Merivale Road?" Why do we need a movie theatre and retail stores here? Put it to an international design competition - or finish the one that had already started. Go with it from there.I also don't like how these businessmen get a 30-year free lease on some of the most valuable land in Ottawa. Ottawa's incompetent city council will always find some way to fuck things up, so even if this is approved / denied I'll continue to have no faith in those jokers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubberdinghy Posted November 16, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2009 From my understanding there will be no large box stores in the Lansdowne Live proposal...However, It's a great park space, and some sort of sport should be played in a renovated Frank Clair stadium.Give the farmer's market a permanent place, and put store fronts along Bank St. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted November 16, 2009 Report Share Posted November 16, 2009 From my understanding there will be no large box stores in the Lansdowne Live proposal...That's my understanding as well yet I continue to see opposition arguments that contradict this.Is it a case of the oppostion not believing the Landsdowne Live people will keep their word or is it something else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted November 16, 2009 Report Share Posted November 16, 2009 A movie theatre is a fairly big box, as is Whole Foods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booche Posted November 16, 2009 Report Share Posted November 16, 2009 what happened to block D? It was a waterfront eyesore for years and years and years in prime developement space for Kingston while city council endlessly debated on what to do with it, eventually becoming high-rise condos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freak By Night Posted November 16, 2009 Report Share Posted November 16, 2009 As a fan of CFL football, OHL hockey, large outdoor concerts, and perhaps in the future, soccer, I fully support the Lansdowne Live proposal, and I hope it gets approved and built ASAP. My only concern is the extremely poor public transit to the site. That said, in the past I drove to countless CFL games and never had a problem finding free parking within walking distance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted November 16, 2009 Report Share Posted November 16, 2009 A movie theatre is a fairly big box, as is Whole Foods.So those are still in the final plan? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted November 16, 2009 Report Share Posted November 16, 2009 If the lansdowne live webpage is up to date, the plan calls for a 41k square foot supermarket and a cinema complex. Where is the best place for up to date info about the project? Any news on all the motions at city hall today? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted November 16, 2009 Report Share Posted November 16, 2009 What's wrong with a WholeFoods? Don't they buy responsibly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted November 16, 2009 Report Share Posted November 16, 2009 Nothing is wrong with Whole Foods. What I don't like is the proposed location of the store. I'll give more of my reasons for not liking this deal when I get home from work. (I know everyone is waiting anxiously to read that, haha) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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