First of all, it is unfair to compare an old summer photo with a new winter one; psychologically, we all love summer! And the pilons are temporary (like the slush), not part of the site. So don't build bias into it. But seriously, the current site is a park, attractive to both thousands of tourists and Ottawa citizens, in the winter for the world famous ice sculptures, and in the summer for a spot of green in our downtown concrete jungle. How popular as a trip destination was the previous drugstore, for goodness sake? I think your negative rating of the change is not based on anything concrete.

Rosemary, if these buildings had been replaced by a park that's widely used by residents I'd understand your comment. Confederation Park is mediocre. Outside of the jazz festival and Winterlude it doesn't attract tourists. Nobody comes to Ottawa to see Confederation Park. Having a downtown park in this location was a great idea but the execution was horrible. Looking at what we ended up with, they were better off leaving those buildings in place.

So wrong in so may ways. I know there has to be change but, why not change what no longer works and leave the rest alone, old and new works well if it's done properly. Just sayin' ;)