Comments on: Design Tourist Ottawa: The Musical Ride http://www.stopthebridge.org/2009/06/design-tourist-ottawa-the-musical-ride/ No to Kettle Island. Yes to Healthy Communities. Wed, 30 Jun 2010 12:25:52 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Gisèle http://www.stopthebridge.org/2009/06/design-tourist-ottawa-the-musical-ride/comment-page-1/#comment-5954 Gisèle Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:23:45 +0000 http://www.stopthebridge.org/?p=1266#comment-5954 I particularly like the following passage: "The fall of the land makes a natural amphitheatre. Visible just beyond the performance grounds are the Canadian Aviation Museum and historic Rockcliffe Airport." The natural setting and surroundings of our cultural institutions and historic attractions are an instrinsic part of their value. Destroying this degrades the institutions themselves and tarnishes our national image. Maria Cook has a true appreciation for our cultural landscape. She also has a gift for describing it and promoting its significance. It is a topic worth further discussion. I particularly like the following passage:

“The fall of the land makes a natural amphitheatre. Visible just beyond the performance grounds are the Canadian Aviation Museum and historic Rockcliffe Airport.”

The natural setting and surroundings of our cultural institutions and historic attractions are an instrinsic part of their value. Destroying this degrades the institutions themselves and tarnishes our national image.

Maria Cook has a true appreciation for our cultural landscape. She also has a gift for describing it and promoting its significance. It is a topic worth further discussion.

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