By Bruce Firestone | Uncategorized
I asked myself, “What could you do, cost effectively, to animate (reanimate actually) Ottawa’s CTC, Canadian Tire Centre’s parking lot?” The existing one. Hmm, let me see. -you have a 7,000 vehicle parking lot -empty most of the time. I know! How about building a series of pop-up stores for rent? Remember “Field of Dreams?” […]
By Bruce Firestone | Uncategorized
Beach Boardwalk Animates Place -day to night image by Stephen Wilkes -collage photographed over 15+ hours -relentless collector of magical moments
By Bruce Firestone | Uncategorized
How did RendezVous Lebreton’s bid win over the board of directors of the National Capital Commission, NCC, aka the No Commitment Club? How did they beat out well-connected Devcore Canderel DLS Group’s bid? And finally, why did I prefer the RendezVous proposal? Here are the reasons: -because the RendezVous proposal included Sens owner Eugene Melnyk; […]
By Bruce Firestone | Uncategorized
How Turning an Abandoned Rail-line into a Linear Park Created Billions in Development If you don’t think something like a boardwalk can
By Bruce Firestone | Uncategorized
(A version of this post first appeared in Ottawa Business Journal, https://www.obj.ca/Opinion/Bruce-Firestone-5444) In 1,350 days or so it will be time for Canada’s sesquicentennial celebration—the nation turns 150 in 2017. It’s an important year not only because it is this country’s 150th birthday but also because it’s the 125th anniversary of the first time Lord […]
