Tunney's Pasture

Tunney's Pasture as of 27 April 2008, looking north; Parkdale Avenue is at right; the Transitway (including the Tunney's Pasture Station) and Scott Street are at bottom

Tunney's Pasture is a 49-hectare (121-acre) campus in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada that is exclusively developed for federal government buildings. It is bordered by Scott Street to the south, Parkdale Avenue to the east, the Sir John A. Macdonald Parkway to the north, and Northwestern Avenue to the west. While strictly speaking it is confined to this area, people living in the vicinity of it will often call the wider neighbourhood Tunney's Pasture.

The complex, home to some 10,000 employees, is served by Tunney's Pasture Station on the transitway.

History

Before development in the early 1950s, this area was officially known as Lot 35, Concession A, Township of Nepean, and, as the name still indicates, it was used as a farmer’s pasture and named after Anthony Tunney who pastured his cows on the empty land.^[1]

As a young man, Anthony Tunney emigrated from Ireland to Ottawa in 1867 and married and built a house at 201 Parkdale Avenue. The owner of the pasture, the Ottawa Lumber Merchants' Association, hired Tunney to be the caretaker of the land and allowed him to graze his cattle in the field. Although Tunney was able to claim ownership because he had been paying the taxes on the property, he never did so and the land was eventually sold by the association to the government.

In 1950, the property became part of the Greber Plan that envisioned it as a government employment centre within a quiet and secure park-like campus. From the 1950s to the 1960s, 18 low-rise buildings were constructed with modern, classical-inspired architecture and similar materials, massing, and scale. Most of these combined research and office functionality under one roof. Starting in the 1970s however, new buildings and additions were built that deviatated from Gréber's vision, introducing high-rise office towers, new architectural styles, and cladding materials to the site.^[2]

Little development took place in the 1990s, 2000s, and 2010s. By 2011, most buildings were considered outdated and the site under-used. So Public Works and Government Services Canada has initiated a plan to redevelop the campus with new high-rise buildings and mixed-use commercial and residential space over a 25 year period. In all, the plan aims to double the number of federal employees to 20,000 and add between 800 to 1000 residential units.^[3]^[4]

List of buildings

Various ministries and agencies occupy offices, in whole or in part, in Tunney's Pasture.^[5]^[4]

Name	Building #	Address	Year built	Primary tenant	Floor area (m²)
R. H. Coats Building	01 !Building 1	Tunney's 100 !100 Tunney's Pasture Driveway	1974	Statistics Canada	40,829
Main Building	03 !Building 3	Tunney's 150 !150 Tunney's Pasture Driveway	1952	Statistics Canada	39,237
Jean Talon Building	05 !Building 5	Tunney's 170 !170 Tunney's Pasture Driveway	1979	Statistics Canada	60,906
Brooke Claxton Building	09 !Building 9	Columbine 70 !70 Columbine Driveway	1964	Health Canada	20,972
Jeanne Mance Building	19 !Building 19	Eglantine 200 !200 Eglantine Driveway	1970	Health Canada	32,755
Laboratory Centre for Disease Control	06 !Building 6	Eglantine 100 !100 Eglantine Driveway	1954	Health Canada	11,247
Health Protection Building	07 !Building 7	Tunney's 200 !200 Tunney's Pasture Driveway	1956	Health Canada	10,317
Environmental Health Building	08 !Building 8	Columbine 50 !50 Colombine Driveway	1965	Health Canada	7,008
Animal Breeding Building	12 !Building 12	Chardon 100 !100 Chardon Driveway	1962	Health Canada	3,073
Sir Frederick G Banting Research Centre	22 !Building 22	Sir Frederick 251 !251 Sir Frederick Banting Driveway	1978	Health Canada	34,028
Finance Building	02 !Building 2	Tunney's 101 !101 Tunney's Pasture Driveway	1952	Health Canada	7,203
Occupational Health Unit Building	17 !Building 17	Chardon 051 !51 Chardon Driveway	1956	Health Canada	1,965
General Records Centre	15 !Building 15	Goldenrod 130 !130 Goldenrod Driveway	1957	Library and Archives Canada	17,044
Personnel Records Centre	18 !Building 18	Goldenrod 161 !161 Goldenrod Driveway	1965	Library and Archives Canada	19,498
Standards Building	04 !Building 4	Tunney's 151 !151 Tunney's Pasture Driveway	1954	Measurement Canada	4,463
National Defence Data Centre	16 !Building 16	Goldenrod 101 !101 Goldenrod Driveway	1962	Department of National Defence	16,602
Finance Annex	14 !Building 14	Yarrow 100 !100 Yarrow Driveway	1958		6,481
Central Heating and Cooling Plant	13 !Building 13	Chardon 050 !50 Chardon Driveway	1952		1,719
Butler Hut	11 !Building 11	Chardon 150 !150 Chardon Driveway	1955		303

Demolished buildings

Virus Laboratory
Atomic Energy of Canada Building
Eldorado Nuclear Building

Gallery of selected buildings in Tunney's Pasture

R.H. Coats Building
Main Building
Jean Talon Building
Health Protection Building
Environmental Health Building
Brooke Claxton Building
Laboratory Centre for Disease Control
Jeanne Mance Building
Sir Frederick G. Banting Research Centre
Finance Building
Standards Building

Notes

↑ Statistics Canada, 71
↑ "About Tunney's Pasture". Tunney's Pasture Master Plan. Public Works and Government Services Canada. 2012-08-17. Retrieved 2012-08-20.
↑ Joanne Chianello (September 18, 2012). "Vision for Tunney's Pasture a clouded one". Ottawa Citizen. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
1 2 "Tunney's Pasture buildings past their prime". CBC News. November 24, 2011. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
↑ "Tunney's Pasture". Directory of Federal Real Property. Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat. Retrieved 8 April 2015.

References

Statistics Canada (1993). 75 Years and Counting: A History of Statistics Canada. Ottawa: Minister Responsible for Statistics Canada. (Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 11-531).

External links

Ottawa K1Y Map - Tunney's Pasture, Mechanicsville, Hintonburgh, Companies, Organizations. Sorted by Streetname

Coordinates: 45°24′22″N 75°44′13″W / 45.406194°N 75.736978°W / 45.406194; -75.736978

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