The National Capital Commission
wants to develop LeBreton Flats:
9.3 hectares between the downtown core,
the War Museum, and the
river.
They call on the world’s best
to reimagine this exceptional site,
bring design excellence and animation,
create a point of civic
pride.
A year goes by.
Two proposals submitted:
one from an Ottawa team, one from
Gatineau.
The other world’s best
appear to have ignored this golden
opportunity.
They may have been busy with the
Hudson Yards Redevelopment Project in
Manhattan,
Changi International Airport in
Singapore,
or the Ferrari World indoor theme park in
Abu Dhabi.
(Editor’s note: poet Shai Ben-Shalom, an Israeli-born biologist, examines current events in the Blacklock’s tradition each and every Sunday)
