Baseline highrises near Experimental Farm approved by Ottawa city council
Baseline highrises near Experimental Farm approved by Ottawa city council
Councillors voted to OK the 32- and 24-storey buildings despite objections they would cast shadows on the farm.
Last week, the city’s planning and housing committee approved a rezoning to Theberge Homes to allow the construction of towers of 32 and 24 storeys at 780 Baseline Rd., near the southeast corner of the farm. A third tower of 24 storeys facing Fisher Avenue had received rezoning approval in the fall.
In a letter to the city last November, Agriculture Canada said the shadows from the towers would affect crop research, although Theberge countered that claim with a study by a U.S. engineering firm that found the shadow effect would be minimal.
Oh dang I didn't even think of that when I heard about this yesterday... Big yikes.
Maybe move the farm from the central core if it can't handle shadows?
Won't someone think of the volleyball courts?!
What a stupid take.