Steven Shrybman of the firm Sack Goldblatt Mitchell LPP was retained by the Friends of Lansdowne to assess the Lansdowne Partneship Plan and Implemenation Report.  Read his conclusions in the full report here.

Capital Ward Councillor Clive Doucet summarizes the long battle to save Lansdowne Park - read his op-ed piece in the Ottawa Citizen here.

Ottawa’s oldest surviving independent cinema follows example of Roger Greenberg and Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group (OSEG) and requests a 30-year cinema monopoly.

In an interview this morning, Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group (OSEG) member Roger Greenberg spoke eloquently about the potential impact of unfairly subsidized competition on his business.

Press Release by Kitchissippi Ward Councillor Christine Leadman June 26, 2010.

Lansdowne Partnership Plan Releases 11th Hour Document that Defers Fulfillment of Key Requirements, Criteria and Major Decisions until November 24

Late on Friday afternoon, after most public delegations had presented, the only outstanding official document of the Lansdowne Partnership Plan (“Document 27”) was released. It dealt with much of the subjects that have come under the scrutiny by Councillors, interested heritage bodies and the public at large.

It proposes that most of the outstanding and contentious issues be deferred until “Stage 1” that will come before Council on November 24th 2010. It also deferred a key condition that OSEG and Staff were to fulfill to allow the June 28th vote to go forward. The comprehensive master site plan and an independent third party peer review of that plan are still missing. That is now not being done until November 24th.

Janine Debanné is an associate professor at the Carleton University School of Architecture. Read her perspective on the design proposals for Lansdowne Park (available in French only).

La professeure agrégée en architecture à l’Université Carleton, Janine Debanné, avise les conseillers d’Ottawa de son expertise en aménagement paysager pour la revitalisation du parc Lansdowne.