Great Neighbours Make Great Views

Great Neighbours make great views?

Location, location, location right? What is it about where you live that is so important? Well, it’s a few things. Proximity to amenities, distance to work, distance to play. Whether its dinner and dining, jazz and mint Juleps or afternoons walking under fossilized dinosaur bones…
Right next door to The Opus by Ashcroft one of the most high end condominium buildings in Ottawa a ten million dollar tower is being built atop a national historic building that is considered the third most important heritage building in Canada, right behind the library of parliament and the centre block. The tower that is being built has been coined the “Lantern” as it be made almost entirely from glass with the ability to be lit from within. It will symbolize what the original builder wanted the building to look like with a large tower at the front of the building anchored by turrets on either side. The lantern is said to be one of a kind in Canada for construction, style and design and is said to rival such pieces as the glass dome on the Reichstag in Germany and the glass pyramid of the Louvre in Paris. We won’t be able to see it in its full glory for a while as the grand opening is not schedules until May of 2010, but we will be able to see it from as far away as Parliament Hill and from as close as right next door at 320 McLeod. The view from the North and east side of the Opus by Ashcroft will be able to see the Lantern perfectly, what site it will be at night sitting on your balcony.