Talk:List of tallest buildings in Ottawa–Gatineau



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 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section. 

The result of the debate was move. &mdash; Nightstallion (?) 11:04, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

Earlier discussion

 * It seems to be that this list should be amended to be the National Capital Region's tallest buildings, esp. since the tallest building is on the Gatineau side. When the downtown exists on both sides of the river, and it's one interconnected metropolitan area, it seems silly to have a list that pretends that nothing exists on one side of the river.  Skeezix1000 19:48, 11 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Maybe a page at List of Gatineau's 10 tallest skyscrapers is warrented. -- Earl Andrew - talk 20:08, 11 November 2005 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure that would help. Gatineau and Ottawa are one urban area, so it seems to me that any list is incomplete unless one deals collectively with both in one list.  It doesn't seem realistic to say Place de Ville is the tallest building when one can see an even taller building standing nearby.  There's a building in Alta Vista on the list, yet the list excludes taller buildings a stone's throw away from Parliament Hill.  If the point is to have a list that reflects political boundaries, then it's fine as it is; but if the point of the article is to have an accurate and realistic list of the tallest buildings in an urban area, then I'd argue that the article should be revised to incorporate the entire metropolitan area. Skeezix1000 21:21, 11 November 2005 (UTC)
 * The page is for Ottawa, not Ottawa-Gatineau. -- Earl Andrew - talk 23:28, 12 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Thanks for that - I hadn't noticed. :)  What I'm saying, and maybe I haven't explained it very well, is that it's kind of pointless having an article on the tallest buildings that ignores some of the tallest buildings in the core.  Skeezix1000 16:07, 13 November 2005 (UTC)

Voting

 * Support. Ottawa and Gatineau constitute one urban area, and are within the same Census Metropolitan Area.  Their downtown cores are adjacent to one another, both dominated by the same employer (the federal government), with tens of thousands of commuters going back and forth every day.  Given the close proximity and integration of the downtown cores, it is frankly silly (and misleading) to have a list that ranks certain buildings to be the tallest, when taller buildings are within walking distance and eyesight.  I do not believe that it is sufficient to simply make note of other tall buildings in Gatineau (as the article currently does), or to have a sister-article for tall builings in Gatineau, because either option requires the reader to compare the lists and comments to figure out which building is actually the tallest in the urban area.   If the goal is to have the most accurate information, then the scope of the article should be broadened.  Skeezix1000 13:31, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Support per the mini-essay by Skeezix1000! Our article at Ottawa also seems to also put the two together: "The combined population of Ottawa and Gatineau exceeds one million residents."[1]--Lox (t,c) 16:49, 20 January 2006 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

10 or more?
In the first sentence: "This is a list of the 10 tallest ..." is mentioned that this list includes only ten buildings but there are more than fifteen buildings listed on the main list. Wabba The I (talk) 14:24, 31 May 2013 (UTC)

Move discussion in progress
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"Tallest ottawa" listed at Redirects for discussion
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Dramatic Change of this article
Why was there such a dramatic change to this article with regards to building heights? I'm not sure its been improved to be more accurate. The one glaring issue is Le Parc is definitely 104m tall but now is nowhere to be found. This calls into question the entire accuracy of the article for me. I've been coming to this article for quite a few years now and I just don't know about it anymore. Gravelcyclist (talk) 13:59, 27 November 2023 (UTC)


 * Further discussion about the updated building heights is here: User talk:Harleyd613 (cc Harleyd613) Consigned (talk) 22:22, 4 June 2024 (UTC)

Header image
Hi Harleyd613, thank you for all of the photos. I find the skyline images at the top of the article too small to give a proper overview of the city when introducing the article; do you have any which give a good view of the skyline when shrunk to a thumbnail? At List of tallest buildings in Calgary there's a single image at the top then some wide skylines further below. Consigned (talk) 22:26, 4 June 2024 (UTC)