Vacant Lot wanted

“Hyperallergina” is an artist from Montréal who has obtained a small grant to work with a vacant lot in Ottawa to try to give it more visual appeal. The grant came from the Awesome Ottawa Foundation, and though we are not talking about a lot of money – the foundation has as its motto “Forwarding the interest of Awesome in the universe, $1,000 at a time.” – we think it is a worthy cause, and look forward to following the progress of Awesome as it disburses its modest but joyful awards through the city. Here is Hyperallergina in her own words.

Hi Ottawa,

I need your help. I am a visual artist from Montreal who is planning an art installation in your fair city this summer, and I am in search of the perfect location.

The ideal location site for this installation is a barren dirt lot in the city where construction has left it empty and no plans for development have been advertised. Site should be exposed to plenty of sun and be located in a fairly well trafficked area.

Do you know of a place like this? I bet you walk by one of these everyday without even realizing it… Tell me about it!
If you are curious about the art installation I am planning you can read more about it here.

She  has a picture of the kind of lot she means with her original post.

Her colleague’s name is Emily Comeau, and Emily writes more about the project here.

So what say, Spacing Ottawa readers? Chinatown, Gladstone Avenue, Vanier Road, even Bank Street in Centretown; they’ve all been afflicted with unkempt vacant lots in recent years, and there are surely many other locations as well.  If you have any suggestions for a vacant lot you’d like to see something creative happen to, even temporarily, you can leave your comments with this post, and we will make sure Emily and Hyperallergina see them.