1.) Private vehicles and buses will eventually be banned on Wellington Street in front of the Canadian Parliament Buildings. Wellington will be converted into a pedestrian and cycling thruway, with a tram.
In Washington D.C. "...Two blocks of Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House that were long used for inaugural parades, protest marches and bus tours were permanently closed to car traffic. That space became, instead, a popular pedestrian and cycling thruway. But that has been cut off since 2019, when the federal government began constructing a taller White House fence." (From: "By the People, for the People, but not Necessarily Open to the People.." by Emily Badger, the New York Times, January 12, 2021.)
2.) Library and Archives Canada have always been open to the public. However, 395 Wellington may be privatized:
For Washington D.C. residents "The Library of Congress has been their local library; the Capital grounds their sledding hill; the National Mall their sports field; Lafayette Park their workday lunch spot; Pennsylvania Avenue their daily commuter route." (From: "By the People, for the People, but not Necessarily Open to the People",New York Times January 12, 2021 article.)
3.) An underground visitors centre was constructed right next to the Parliament Buildings. An underground visitors centre was built near the White House.
4.) Half a dozen foreign embassies are buying recreational land beside the Sir John A. Macdonald Parkway, Ottawa. Part of Rochester Field on 563 Richmond Road (Maplelawn) is being redeveloped. Many Washington D.C. federal parklands are off-limits.
Untouchable National Capital land and buildings. Parliament Hill, Gatineau Park, the Greenbelt, 24 Sussex Drive, 7 Rideau Gate, land beside the parkways,land beside the Rideau Canal... (Google: 1988-09-15-tb-re-NCC.)
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| The 88-acre grounds of Rideau Hall, Sussex Drive, Ottawa. |
Protected NCR land and waterways. Arboretum Woods, Federal; Aviation Parkway North, owned by the City and Federal government; Brittania Bay, City, Federal; Brittania Conservation Area, City, Federal; By-Pass Woods East, Federal; Carlington Woods, Federal, City, Private; Central Experimental Farm Woods, Federal; Champlain Bridge Woods, Federal; Champlain Bridge Islands, Federal; Chaudiere Rapids, Federal; Del Zotto Woods, Federal; Deschenes Lookout, Federal; Hampton Park Woods, Federal, City; Hog's Back Woods, Federal, Private; Lemieux Island, Federal, City; McCarthy Woods and Southern Corridor, Federal; Montfort Woods, Federal, Private; Nepean Creek Corridor, Federal, Private; NRC Woods North, Federal; Parliament Hill, Federal. Pinecrest Woods, Federal. Prince of Wales Woods, Federal, City. RA Centre Woods, Federal. Rideau River Islands, Federal. Rideau River Park Woods, Federal. Riverside Park, Federal. Rockcliffe Park East, Federal. Rockcliffe Park West, Federal. Rockcliffe Shores, Federal. (Google: "urban natural features strategy, City of Ottawa" April 11, 2006.)
The Greber Report of 1950 The National Capital Region is dedicated to Canadians who were killed fighting in foreign wars.
The Plan for the National Capital 1950 by Jacques Greber.
"The Master Plan herein set forth organizes and protects a vast area of urban, rural and wooded territories." Mackenzie King. (Page 7/395.) The Master Plan is dedicated as a National War Memorial. (Page 11.)
The National War Memorial will encompass 900 square miles.
The Committe of the Privy Council have before them a report, dated 25th October, 1945, from the Minister of Public Works, stating: That under the authority of Orders in Council P.C. 63/185 dated January 28,1937, and P.C. 2013 of August 17, 1938, Mr. Jacques Greber,S.F.U.,SC., S.A.D.G., City Planner and Architect of Paris, France, was engaged to make a study of Government buildings to be erected along the bank of the Ottawa River on either side of the Parliament Buildings, and also submit plans for further development of the areas adjacent to Wellington Street and Mackenzie Avenue;
That under the authority of Order in Council P.C. 5635 of August 16, 1945, an area comprising some 900 square miles, more or less, adjoining the City has been defined as the National Capital district and it has been decided to re-engage Mr. Greber to make a study of that area with a view of preparing plans for a suitable long-term development of such area as a National War Memorial. (Page 15/395.)
Speaking agriculturally, the Capital City is and should be the logical headquarters for research for the Ottawa region...Equally, it is but logical that it should be the administrative headquarters for agricultural research, which is a Federal responsibility for all of Canada. Thus Ottawa is particularily favoured by having such institutions as the Central Experimental Farm..."(Page 39.)
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