2.0 Planning Area This chapter applies to the Preston-Carling District, bounded on the north by Highway 417, and Orangeville Street, on the east by Rochester Street and Booth Street, on the south by Carling Avenue, Prince of Wales Drive and the Central Experimental Farm, and Norman Street, on the west by Bayswater Avenue, Sherwood Drive, Breezehill Avenue South, Hickory Street, Loretta Avenue South, Beech Street and Railway Street.
4.1.8 Hospital Area The Hospital Area is a diverse area, with strong ties to the Carling Avenue O Train/future LRT Station in the east; Dow's Lake and Prince of Wales Drive to the south and Experimental Farm to the west and south. (savecfbrockcliffe-my comments---the Experimental Farm and a major hospital will never co-exist, MP Barry Turner pointed out that a cluster of embassies on Mile Circle near Rockcliffe would destroy the federal, publicly-owned meadow:
"I cannot accept the argument that any development will be done in such a way as to maintain open spaces and a parkland setting. That is impossible since thousands and thousands of tons of concrete and steel will be sewn together by architects, engineers and construction workers to build embassies on the Mile Circle. My professional background is in conservation and tourism development, and I know what impact infrastructure can have on parkland. If parks are for people, and I truly believe they are, then you put any and all development outside of them."
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Level of activity in the Carling-Preston District.
1. 855 Carling-350 units.
2. 285 Loretta-140 units.
3. 100 Champagne-140 units.
4. Soho Champagne-430 units.
5. Student Envie-950 units.The city promised that the Humane Society land on 101 Champagne would be an extension for Ev Tremblay Park.
6. 845 Carling Avenue-1,123 units.
7. 93-105 Norman Street-117 units. The Norman Street development was appealed to the Ontario Municipal Board and the builders won the appeal, read the Eric Darwin article.
8. Soho Italia-245 units.
9. Claridge Icon-320 units.
10. 70 Beech-40 units.
11. Gladstone and Loretta-745 units.
12. Gladstone Village-1,132 units - former Department of National Defence property, Plouffe Park Armoury.
13. Nuovo-144 units.
14. Booth Street-1,140 units. The former Federal Department of Energy, Mines and Resources property.
15. Adelaide-355 units.
16. Rochester Heights-767 units.
17. Gladstone and Rochester-384 units.
18. 811 Gladstone-140 units. (All information is from: SkyScraper Page, November 29, 2019.)
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5.1.1 Parks and Urban Squares Ev Tremblay Park will be revitalized and expanded as a public park, and as a heart for the community and a centre for activities such as markets or planned community events. (My comment---Ev Tremblay Park cannot be expanded because the adjacent properties were sold---101 Champagne and Champagne and Beech. Former Ottawa councillor Katherine Hobbs and the National Capital Commission promised that Queen Juliana Park on 870 Carling would always be a venue for local events. But the land was sold or given to the hospital:
Petition: City of Ottawa Planning Committee: Stop the rezoning of Parks to Condos, Queen Juliana in Little Italy: "The City of Ottawa planners are rezoning Little Italy to medium to high density for the area bounded by the 417 north to Carling south to Rochester east and the railway tracks west. The Queen Juliana Park was founded in 1976 when the Federal government tore down the Temporary Building. The purpose was to honour Queen Juliana of Holland and to relocate community uses of the Commissioners Park in 1976 when Italian Week and St. Anthonys Church used Commissioners Park to celebrate Italian Canadian Culture. In 1976 Mr. Edes of the NCC convinced Public Works to create the park for community use. (The NCC official was Eldon Eady, who was also the Director of Gatineau Park. savecfbrockcliffe.)
Petition: Save Ev Tremblay Park, change.org: "In 2013 the city's master plan for Little Italy had the old monastery on Beech and Champagne slated to turn into a park. Then in 2018, the city amended the plan to let the lot be used for a six-storey building...without any public consultation!! How can the city get away with changing zoning without consulting people who live in the neighbourhood? How exactly does the city expect to expand Ev Tremblay Park if they re-zone the only land the park can expand into?? Our neighbourhood is filling up with condo towers! We need more green space!"
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3.0 Vision Some of the city's tallest and finest mixed-use buildings will cluster around the Carling Avenue 0-Train/future light rail transit station...Facing Dow's Lake and the Rideau Canal World Heritage Site, these buildings will collectively present an image that is important not only to the City but to the entire country. (My comment, savecfbrockcliffe--- Construction is banned on property where the World War 11 temporary buildings were located: House of Commons Ottawa June 16, 1958. Hon. George James McIlraith (Ottawa Centre)Liberal: "...has the minister come to any conclusion as to what will be done on the experimental farm when they are removed?"
The Hon. Howard Charles Green (Vancouver Centre) Minister of Public Works: "I take it that the member for Ottawa West refers to temporary buildings Nos 5 and 8. For some years the policy has been when the temporary buildings are torn down nothing will be constructed on the site."
The Hon. Mr. McIlraith: "I want to commend the Minister for continuing the policy set out a few years ago by the Liberal administration in that regard."
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| Temporary buildings Nos. 5 and 8. Temporary Building 8 is in front of the Sir John Carling Building, while Temporary Building 5 is near Dow's Lake. Photo is from Eric Darwin, Westside Action. |
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