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Ottawa the lush and tropical getaway: we just have to wait for it <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Following up on the previous post,<\/a> below are my original notes for “best public space in Ottawa” the multi-part piece<\/a> Maria Cook put together for an end-of-year\u00a0 feature<\/a> in the Citizen. I say “original notes” because Maria had to remind me that the idea was to be “built in 2010”, so in the end I had to submit notes for a different space altogether. (The “Wellington Marbles” sculpture walk<\/a>, as it happens.)<\/p>\n

Of course, I realize the obvious knock for picking the usually-deserted Garden of the Provinces is “well, where’s the public then?’ The photo above doesn’t show too many people lounging by the fountain; neither do these daytime shots of roughly the same part of the park<\/a>. Still, it is a wonderful little spot, and the deserted feel can even work to its benefit. If you’ve had a long hard day with too many meetings, the quiet Garden can feel like a meditative space.<\/p>\n

Here is the way I put it to Maria:<\/p>\n

If this lovely park was near the eastern end of Sparks or Wellington it would be the public square we always complain is missing from our urban fabric. I love sitting on a bench in the late afternoon, perhaps with a Cuban cigar purchased from a one of the hotel tobacconists close by, and wondering where all the people are. It\u2019s such a well-designed park; modern and spare, yet green and restful. It\u2019s got its share of little surprises too; as the blogger \u201cMidcentury Modernist\u201d recently pointed out, like the gothic arches cut into the retaining wall under Christ Church Cathedral<\/a> — actually the covered-over doors of disused public washrooms –or the trio of upside-down bronze sculptures by Bruce Garner, seemingly reeling from the fumes of the sewer vent that serves as their base.<\/p>\n

The park functions like a reward for exploring the western reaches of Sparks Street where few pedestrians seem to go; someday if we are lucky it may also function as the perfect transition between downtown and a developed Nanny Goat Hill\/ escarpment area.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What do you think? Do you ever venture out as far as the Garden of the Provinces, or do you have your own little-known public space to calm and soothe amidst the bustle?<\/p>\n

photo by Jordan Young<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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