Re: NCC eyeing major new capital landmark on LeBreton Flats; and Science and Technology Museum closed indefinitely due to mould, Sept. 12.
Now that the Canada Science and Technology Museum is in disrepair, closed indefinitely because of mould contaminating the air, wouldn’t it make sense, rather than Band-Aiding an old and tired structure (formerly an old Ottawa bakery), to build a new one on LeBreton Flats?
There has been preliminary discussion of building a new arena on the Flats, but the Canadian Tire Centre already exists (even though it’s too far out for many eastenders), so there really is no point in having two arenas in this city. That would be stretching it. A sports arena in town would only attract more sports-oriented bars and the occasional rowdiness during final and playoff games. Most people with kids in this city live around the actual core of the city out in the suburbs, so a science and tech museum right in town would finally bring families back to the downtown core.
The only other museum of real interest to kids in town is the Canadian Museum of Nature. A museum on the Flats would also attract Quebecers who probably never go to the science museum way up on St Laurent Boulevard because it’s too far. And, failing all of this, perhaps a new public library might be another option, for we do have to get these suburbanites back into Ottawa.
Douglas Cornish, Ottawa
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