Downtown outdoor spaces

[danbrotherston]

I went to grade school with a kid who's family home was on (or near) that address.  I don't know what the story is with that lot - it has sat empty for decades.

It's the only private property on that side of Stirling S (in that stretch, it doesn't look like there has been anything there for decades at least -- and the area looks quite naturalized. I don't think the land should be all that expensive. If, for example, the city had a windfall from selling off part of Rockway ... 

While we're at it, there's no reason for Homer Watson to be a four lane divided highway north of Ottawa, some significant reconfiguration there could free up 3.5 acres of land.  Yes, acres.

And yes, that is the land covered by half of Homer Watson from the highway interchange to Stirling...man we waste absolute GOBS of land on roads.