In November of 2019 Global News reported that many government buildings on the Mall are empty. "NCC approves final plan for Sparks Street revitalization." November 21, 2019.
On February 3, 2020 the federal government announced plans to redevelop an entire city block across from Parliament Hill. An international design competition has been launched. The I.M. Pei Company, creator of the Louvre Pyramid in Paris, France, has already signed on to the project.
Modern buildings up to 32 stories high will be constructed on Wellington Street and Sparks Street.
We have learned nothing from the Chateau Laurier debacle.
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| The government of Canada appropriated Blocks 1, 2 and 3 in 1973 in order to save them from what is happening now. |
All of these buildings are owned by the people of Canada.
Bank of Nova Scotia - 125 Sparks.
Former CIBC Bank- 119 Sparks.
Booth - 165 Sparks.
Canada's Four Corners - 93 Sparks.
Bate - 109-111 Sparks.
Blackburn - 85 Sparks.
Brouse - 181-183 Sparks.
Postal Station B - 47-59 Sparks.
Slater - 177-179 Sparks.
Saxe - 75 Sparks.
Hope - 61-63 Sparks.
Birks - 107 Sparks.
Dover - 185-187 Sparks.
This is what PWGSC envisioned for the Mall in 2007:
"Block 3, between O'Connor and Bank Street, contains the Wellington Building redeveloped for swing space, the National Press Building and a series of others facing Sparks Street which could be combined as new infill, retaining the facades." (Parliamentary and Judicial Precinct Area Site Capacity and Long Term Development - Page 87.)
Facadism is an architectural and construction practice whereby only the outer shell of a building is retained. Usually the front. Office and residential towers are then constructed behind the shell.
Are the Brouse and Slater Buildings in the Danja Zone?
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| They are co-located at 177-181 Sparks Street. The top floors are vacant I believe. |
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