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Well the sales office must be opening soon because the India Food Centre sign is gone from the building and the road sign now has been replaced by a large picture of what the condo tower will look like and a web site that doesn’t seem to be working yet: www.thewellingtonatislandpark.com.
Will try to grab the camera tomorrow for a few pics and retry the site. Theberge Homes is the developer. More to come …
In a previous post, I mentioned the Sisters of the Visitation were for sale, and then mysteriously nothing happened. In a discussion with Uniform about why one of the workers was urinating on the sidewalk at the end of the day, I asked whether they were interested. His reply was that the neighbourhood appealed to them, but there are so many challenges with heritage designations.
According to Ken Gray, Ashcroft is the buyer, for more than $10 million. They’ve also bought the building that used to house Billy’s Appliances and another house. Strangely, it’s not in today’s newspaper, only on the Bulldog’s blog. Supposedly Ashcroft is going to start by meeting with the community first.
I’ll definitely be going to share my thoughts. What I’d like to see:
- buildings, no higher than 4 floors surrounding the original site
- stone incorporated into the architectural exterior features
- some green space
- underground parking for any new buildings
- more vrtucar spots
- retail on the ground floor that faces Richmond
- a nice English pub in the old building … could call it The Convent or The Sacred Sisters, The Nunnery, The Stone Chapel, The Fallen Wall
More thoughts and updates to come.
The first year was of the Taste of Wellington was definitely the best year. We’ve only done two out of three so far because we were cycling or visiting someone last year. Anyhow, here are the pics from this year’s. You’ll notice loads more people, and I don’t think they’re all local.
It’s official, the sales office is moving over to the old store location and construction is beginning on the new condo. The seniors residence will be built after the condo is well underway.
It’s amazing. The forecast is calling for sunny hot weather, with no rain in the foreseeable future. Maybe we’ll get around to painting the garage door after all.
The nice weather has also brought out the cycling commuters in droves along the pathways. This morning’s rush hour along the Ottawa River Pathway at Carleton was a chain of two-wheeled commuters, some in spandex, some not. They weren’t even traveling together.
I’m beginning to think that having passing lanes or different markings on the path would be a good idea. Too many cyclists don’t ring their bell or call out as they pass. Worse are the ones who pass on a blind corner at 30 km/h. We’ve now taken to ringing OUR bells when they pass without calling out.
Yesterday at lunch we went for a walk along the Portage bridge through Victoria Island over to the Chaudière bridge and back to PDP. I discovered a shortcut for the ride to work. Instead of continuing along the river path at the War Museum, you take a left towards the Chaudière bridge, then the first right. Follow the road to a pathway on the left (just before it veers right). The path comes out on the Portage bridge sidewalk. First thing in the morning there aren’t any pedestrians on this side of the bridge, so you’re good to ride along to the intersection.
The route home is along the road across Promenade bridge, down the start of the Ottawa River Parkway, until just past the museum where we hook up with the path again.
I think the new route saves about 5 minutes. I’ll time it tomorrow.
Two things to update on. First, the name of the kitchen place is … Read the rest of this entry »
Let’s begin with the end of yesterday. We walked back up to the apartment to get changed and grab the camera to go to the Rodelbahn. I was so happy it was open tonight because it was closed on Tuesday and is only open twice a week.
Part of me was hoping for the same paperwork problem as last year, but this year it was much better organized. The tickets were bilingual (English/German) and we’d missed the main rush when the Rodelbahn opens.
It did mean that there really wasn’t anyone at the top to take our pic, but it also meant we didn’t have to worry about the drunk Danes trying to take us out. After I’d taken a video of Rob coming around a corner (likely the same one as last year), I put it into high gear to catch up with him. The rush of speed was exhilarating, especially after taking it easy on the slopes. With each hairpin turn and dark alleyway I could feel the excitement build. The only steering was leaning on your toboggan or using your feet. On the hairpin turns you tried to make it around the corner and not hit anyone who hadn’t. At the bottom, I had so much speed and I knew the end was near. Last year I ran into some people and I fear the same event might occur this year. Instead, I ran up the hill and quickly got out of the way.
Once we had our deposit back we bought some Gluhwein and stood by the outdoor fire pit. It reminded me of what the picketers had started during the bus strike. We were staying only about 100 m from the bottom of the run, and I was happy to get home and peal off some wet under layers.
Today we woke up to more snow. The forecast had said not much accumulation, but the visibility was really horrible at the top of the mountain. I think I’m fighting off a bug too. I was having a hard time balancing when we finally did get skiing (later than usual). Each time I stopped it took my brain another second or two to realize I was stopped. Thankfully the grooming was pretty good, so we made it down after a very short day of skiing, then headed back to the apartment to read our books. I’m about half way through my second. Rob’s on page 186 of The World is Flat — Innovations and Technologies that Flatten the Earth. Don’t think I’ll be reading that one any time soon.
Tomorrow we change apartments, and will likely visit Innsbruck. We might even do the bobsled ride again. I guess we’ll see how much snow we get …
The landing was definitely a bumpy one, which was surprising given that it wasn’t bad weather. Thankfully it wasn’t snowing because we disembarked the plane onto the tarmac and then were loaded into articulated buses that took us to the terminal.
The passport control was as efficient as ever. I said “Guten Tag” he stamped the passport and that was it. Picking up the luggage was a bit more of a challenge. The ski boot bag came out quickly but we had to wait a while for the skis. Eventually, they appeared, but not before I got to practice my German.
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