[Ottawacurious]

SSP forum for previous discussion

Location: 1967 Riverside Drive

Project Website

Elevation & Drawing:

 

[Ottawacurious]

I'm in favour of the development but always had concerns about the MUP and pedestrian pathways as part of the development. I knew some trees were going to be removed.
I was shocked to see the volume of trees removed from the site. An underestimate would be 50 trees...a far more accurate guess would be around 100 trees.
Including photos of what was removed: everything circled in red.

Nearly all of these trees below are now gone:

 

[J.OT13]

Holly hell. You weren't kidding. They decimated the tree cover.

 

[originalmuffins]

That's overkill. Wow.

 

[hoggytime]

Holly hell. You weren't kidding. They decimated the tree cover.

More Destroyed than Decimated. Brutal.

 

[hoggytime]

Excavation has begun! I'm loving all these new starts I have found over the past couple of days!

 

[Ottawacurious]

As a general update, they've removed a TON of earth. Crane is up. Will hope to grab photos next time in the area.

 

[hoggytime]

Is this the first large '90's revival' style project in the city? I know everything in art, fashion, design, and music comes back in fashion at some point. This project looks more like Commodore's Quay in Bayshore than any 21st century building.

 

[J.OT13]

Commodore's Quay seems more modern than this. Even the rendering is a drawing from the 1990s.

 

[SweazyCavalry]

It certainly won't be the prettiest thing around

 

[J.OT13]

The Riverside built in 1967 feels more modern. It will be quite the contrast, with the private long term care home likely to look far bigger than the public hospital.