Recent content by casscadia

It would be really nice if we get new extensions opening two years in a row

Taken today on the train. It's very visible from Pimisi. ... And it looks very handsome with the light reflecting off it from this angle, along with lots of other nice buildings in the background.

Some views this morning from the train.

Update from the city councillor: https://www.shawnmenard.ca/bankst_renewal_update?utm_campaign=avtc_email_july_2025&utm_medium=email&utm_source=shawnmenard

I feel like it looks really good from this angle with that older stone brick building below it.

Taken yesterday

Seems to be all done now, it looks real nice. The sign above the entrance calls it the "Richcraft Hope Centre"

In my fantasy transit plan for Ottawa, I have the Carling streetcar line split when it reaches Bronson: it continues eastwards on Glebe Avenue, just as Glebe is already a one way street, and then it loops around on O'Connor, maybe going into the park around Patterson Creek, before going back...

Got a quick pic from the train: at least one of the towers is tall enough to see from down here. They're really gonna loom once they're done.

A few weeks ago I went to Casa Di Moni in the market, they mostly advertise themselves as selling coffee and gelato, but they make sandwiches too. I had a chicken and pesto sandwich on a croissant, and it was one of, if not the best sandwich I've ever had. It was a bit messy but totally worth...

I'm fairly certain I saw a snow blower shooting up snow from the ground up onto the parking garage yesterday... I wouldn't want to be the worker who was doing that

No, the one in the first post of this thread. Granted, taking a closer look the brick was still very pale even in those renderings, but I assumed there was a filter on the renderings that made everything look paler, and that they'd be deeper in color irl.

I much prefer the red brick from the previous version over the new beige/white brick, but still a very good design.

It feels like it's visibly from just about everywhere in the downtown core now

I was skeptical (and still maybe a bit skeptical) until I read the full article which mentions that octranspo would still manage it, but it would be funded by metrolinx (if I understood correctly).