National Interest Land Mass.
National Historic Site of Canada.
Classified Federal Heritage Building.
Recognized Federal Heritage Building.
2.) The Ottawa Hospital Corporation is building a health care facility on the Farm, and they have already evicted the DARA Tennis Club; forced Agriculture Canada employees to dig up a hedge collection and they plan to demolish a Federal Heritage Building designed by architect Hart Massey, the Cafeteria Annex.
3.) A local councillor said he would "try to lock in lease conditions that would preserve as many buildings on the property as possible such as the Dominion Observatory." (Reevely:" Feds say they'll pay $11.8 million to clean up new Civic site" Ottawa Citizen newspaper, February 25, 2018.)
That is not good enough, if I were the Councillor I would tell the hospital corporation "You had better keep your wrecking crews away from the Dominion Observatory campus or you will be criminally responsible for destroying Canada's astrophysical history."
Ottawa's Dominion Observatory was modeled after the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, England and designed by Sir Christopher Wren. The Greenwich Observatory is protected by UNESCO and British laws. Sir Christopher Wren also designed:
--Hampton Court Palace
--St. Paul's Cathedral, London, England.
--Kensington Palace.
--The Monument to the Great Fire of London.
4.) UNESCO wrote a warning letter to Parks Canada saying that the Rideau Canal could lose its heritage designation if a hospital is built on the Farm.
5.) " The NCC Federal Site Review for the New Civic Campus of the Ottawa Hospital" rated the Farm location as "poor." (Page 68/256.) The NCC indicated that several buildings on the Farm/Observatory Campus could be moved or demolished.
6.) During the mid-1990's there was an uproar when the government of Canada stated that they were "getting out of the business of running Experimental Farms" and planned to demolish at least 55 of the 82 buildings including the Observatory. The Booth Barn was saved because of intervention by:
--Heritage Ottawa.
--Historic Ottawa Development Inc.
--Friends of the Farm.
--Heritage Canada Foundation.
--Historical Society of Ottawa.
--The Council of Heritage Organizations of Ottawa.
--The Province of Ontario.
--The City of Ottawa.
--several local politicians.
7.) The National Capital Commission is offering virtual tours of the Tulip Festival on Commissioner's Park, 870 Carling. That is a giant red flag, I believe that the National Capital Commission is selling Commissioner's Park, which is a Veterans Memorial Park. The National Capital Commission sold off another Veterans Memorial Park during the year 2002, it was called the Moffatt Farm. The Crown corporation received about $10 million dollars for the 88-acre property. The subdivision is called "Prince of Wales on the Rideau".
As I have said before, an Ottawa City Councillor predicted that a wall of condos would line both sides of Carling.
Commissioner's Park is very close to the CEF and Observatory and could be part of the "Central Experimental Farm UNESCO World Heritage Site."
8.) 30 acres of land close to the Rideau Canal and the Arboretum have been earmarked as a location for a new attraction that includes a tower, laboratories, greenhouses, a giant parking lot, etc.
Criteria for inclusion as a UNESCO Cultural World Heritage Site.
1.) The buildings and land are already protected by federal, provincial or municipal laws. YES.
2.) The buildings and landscape are used for a specific purpose (educational, commemoration, research) and are clustered in one area. YES.
3.) They site is endangered because of encroaching, inappropriate development. YES.
4.) The new development will have a negative impact on an existing World Heritage Site. YES, THE RIDEAU CANAL.
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| A collection of hedges on the Farm. |
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| On July 23, 1976 a representative from the Government of Canada signed the UNESCO Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage. |
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