The application covers 3 residential or commercial properties: Legion House at 359 Kent Street and 436 and 444 MacLaren Street. The homes are designated under the Ontario Heritage Act
Released Jan 13, 2024 – Last upgraded 4 hours ago – 4 minute read
Ottawa’s developed heritage committee is to think about a proposition on Tuesday that would integrate midcentury exteriors from the Legion House on Kent Street into a 27-storey domestic tower job.
Under the proposition, the south and east exteriors of The Legion House would be taken apart and rebuilded on the exact same footprint utilizing the 1,200 systems of existing limestone cladding. The north and west exteriors would be “reinterpreted” utilizing brand-new product and a modern style.
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A report from city personnel advises that the application be authorized
The application from Taggart Realty Management covers a plan of 3 homes: the Legion House, a mid-century office complex and previous head office of the Royal Canadian Legion’s Dominion Command at 359 Kent St., and 2 homes at 436 and 444 MacLaren St.
The rebuilded Legion House would have institutional or neighborhood utilizes on the Kent Street frontage. The 27-storey tower would include 289 domestic systems. There would be a four-storey red brick podium on the east side of the website fronting on Gilmour Street and 4 levels of underground parking.
The tower part of the proposition would be held up about 2.5 metres from the Gilmour Street exterior and 3 metres from the Kent Street exterior, which would guarantee that the Legion House stayed the “dominant function” on the website, according to the city report.
The MacLaren homes, a set of two-and-a-half-storey brick homes developed in between 1879 and 1901, are designated under the Ontario Heritage Act as part of the Centretown Heritage Conservation District. They will be brought back and incorporated into the total landscaping and website style.
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According to the proposition, 436 MacLaren St. would be utilized for regional community-based companies and 444 MacLaren St. would stay either as a workplace or a dining establishment. A privately-owned public area on the north side would change existing parking, linking the Legion House with 436 and 444 MacLaren St.
Taggart’s Heritage Impact Assessment explains the proposed tower as a “beacon.”
“Its remarkable shape not just serves as a guide to the downtown core however will likewise show up as a brand-new renowned piece in the Ottawa horizon from the Queensway. The slim shape of the tower with its toned exteriors, is created to produce visual interest from far and near. A big shroud crowns the structure and streams up-wards to catch the top of the tower. It bisects the structure mass to highlight the verticality of the tower and produces possibilities for outside areas on the upper floorings.”
The cultural heritage worth of the Centretown heritage preservation district depends on its function as an early domestic area, the city report stated. Saving and incorporating the 2 MacLaren structures into the job is “basic to the general website redevelopment and its capability to regard and preserve the historical property character of the area.”
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Legion House, developed by the designer J.L. Kingston, was integrated in 2 phases in between 1956 and 1959. The 1997 Heritage Conservation District Plan did not determine the Legion House as a “contributing structure” under the strategy. The initial application from Taggart didn’t consist of keeping the structure.
City personnel reassessed the home and chose the Legion House had cultural worth as the postwar head office for the Canadian Legion’s Dominion Command, whose main function was to support returning Second World War veterans attempting to change to civilian life. The prope