Recent content by casscadia

That final balcony has been sitting there for over 6 months since all the other balconies were finished....

Yeah I hate the beige brick (I hate all beige brick). I think they were trying to match the registry building but they were off by a lot color-wise

Odenak, the 2000s called, they want their frosted tips back.

The amount of parking lots... Reminds me of that infamous picture of downtown Toronto in the 80s

It's a false dichotomy to say that we can have either healthcare or high speed rail, even ignoring the difference between federal and provincial responsibilities. In fact, I'm certain we could have the money to build high speed rail while also getting vastly improved healthcare. Europe has both...

Having a Dollarama in the Rideau centre when there's already two Dollaramas on Rideau Street would be a wild decision

There's also quite a few infills in Sandy Hill over the past year or so

When he was elected I thought he represented the maintenance of the status quo, which I think is still accurate, (and which I don't think is a good thing)

You can get some beer or wine at the Loblaws, maybe the Metro too

Never seen an angle like that of the canal before it was Greber-ified. I can see why they wanted the rails gone when there was basically nothing separating the cars from the trains. I imagine there will be a fence, at the very least, if they do build Alto there .

I thought there was already a byward market district revitalization plan from a few years ago that was significantly better than this? (Brick roads, at least one of the side streets next to the market building fully pedestrianised, less parking). Has that now been cancelled to be replaced with...

National Capital Region province when?

I asked about accommodations for wildlife such as wildlife crossings at the consultation, and was basically told they won't know the specifics until the final route has been chosen, at which point they can do specific environmental impact assessments.

Can't forget this classic

Just left the consultation at Bayview yards, not a whole lot of new information since they're still so early in the process, but apparently Alto is not yet leaning one way or the other in regards to Union vs Tremblay, they're still considering things and listening to feedback. Also I'm pretty...