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Ottawa's forgotten Garden of the Provinces

Archiseek / Canada / News / 2004 / May 10

Downtown Ottawa is crying out for public space and greenery among the towers and parking lots. So why don't more people know about the Garden of the Provinces? This under-appreciated 1960s urban gem has recently undergone a $2.5-million restoration that recognizes its importance as a handsome example of modern landscape design. "If you don't know this place, go see it. You'll be surprised and really smitten with it," says John Zvonar, a landscape architect who wants Ottawans to rediscover this "invisible landscape.

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