Tuesday, February 4, 2020

Banker's Row in Ottawa.

Public Services and Procurement Canada is redeveloping an entire city block across the street from Parliament Hill. Several buildings in the vicinity are facing demolition.
 Architectural companies from New York City, Toronto and Spain have already signed on to present their vision for the most historic landscape in the heart of our nation. It is only a matter of time before the Langevin Block, Library and Archives and the East and West Memorial Buildings are sold off or converted into condominiums or hotels.
This is what happened to a few Bank of Canada buildings:
10 Toronto Street in Toronto, Ontario was owned by financier E.P. Taylor and then by newspaper baron Conrad Black.
  The Victoria Building on 140 Wellington Street, Ottawa should not even be part of this project, 140 Wellington is included in Bill S-203, a private member's bill created by Senator Serge Joyal to save the architectural history of the Parliamentary Precinct.
















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