Condos at Kingston Pen?
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Condos at Kingston Pen? Feds mull major housing development at notorious prison site
The federal government has added Kingston Penitentiary to its list of properties with housing potential, raising the question: what if the “big house" became your house? Documents obtained by CBC reveal interest in building up to 700 units at the historic site.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/kingston-penitentiary-federal-land-bank-could-turn-historic-prison-into-housing-9.7162985?cmp=rss -
Condos at Kingston Pen? Feds mull major housing development at notorious prison site
The federal government has added Kingston Penitentiary to its list of properties with housing potential, raising the question: what if the “big house" became your house? Documents obtained by CBC reveal interest in building up to 700 units at the historic site.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/kingston-penitentiary-federal-land-bank-could-turn-historic-prison-into-housing-9.7162985?cmp=rss@cbcottawa_mirror The prison's octagonal "Panopticon" design, once used for constant surveillance of inmates, would present a unique and costly challenge for residential conversion.
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