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- The United States embassy in Ottawa is a building located in Ottawa which opened in 1999. Before this date the mission occupied a 1930s era building directly across form Parliament Hill. The older building proved to be too small, however, and embassy employees were spread between eight other Ottawa buildings. Security concerns associated with this distribution necessitated centralization. The road to a new embassy was a long and difficult one, with attempts made at getting a new structure beginning in the 1960s. Finding an appropriate site and receiving acceptance from both governments proved to be difficult; one proposal to build the embassy in Rockcliffe Park, near the Canada Aviation Museum, was opposed by locals who worried about security threats and congestion. The new embassy is located on what used to be a small hill and parking lot on the western edge of the Byward Market. Early in Ottawa's history it had been the site of a number of small homes and businesses, but the land was expropriated by the federal government during the First World War and a temporary office building was built on the site for government workers. The building was torn down after the war, but another temporary structure was built on the site during World War II. This structure survived until 1972, when it was razed and left as a parking lot. To the west of the embassy is Major's Hill Park while the National Gallery of Canada is just to the northwest of the embassy. The building's design, by noted architect David Childs, was somewhat controversial in Ottawa. Others complained that the structure overshadowed the historic market, or worried about the danger posed to local businesses by potential terrorist attacks against the embassy. These complaints were aggravated after the September 11 attacks, when a number of roads around the embassy were blocked, congesting traffic and hurting businesses. To this day traffic flow on Sussex Drive has been hampered by the closing of one of the lanes in order to place extra barriers. The building was voted biggest eye sore in Ottawa by readers of the Ottawa XPress at the end of 2005. Security concerns voiced by the Bureau of Diplomatic Security before the completion of construction were overruled by its parent agency, the U.S. Department of State. In the aftermath of the 1998 embassy bombings in Africa there was serious consideration given at the time if the new U.S. Embassy should be completed, especially considering the large amount of glass on one side of the new Chancery that faced a public street. The cost of not finishing and moving into the new Chancery, in terms of money and political capital, could not be overcome. The embassy was dedicated by President Bill Clinton on October 8, 1999, the first time in American history a president had personally dedicated a new embassy.
- L'Ambassade des États-Unis à Ottawa est l'un des édifices les plus importants de la ville, et l'une des ambassades américaine les plus impressionnantes au monde, inaugurée en 1999. Elle se trouve à quelques rues du parlement Canadien, au 490 Sussex Drive. A l'Ouest du bâtiment se trouve 'Major's Hill Park', tandis que la 'National Gallery of Canada' se trouve au nord-ouest. Elle fut bâtie en 1930, l'ancienne ambassade étant devenue trop petite et les employés dispersés dans huit autres édifices. Des soucis de sécurité ont menés à la centralisation de tous ces bâtiments. Construire une nouvelle ambassade était une tâche colossale. Les tentatives afin d'avoir une nouvelle structure ont débuté en 1960. La découverte d'un site approprié, recevant l'acceptation des deux gouvernements, s'est avérée difficile : une proposition de construire l'ambassade dans le Parc de Rockcliffe, près du Musée d'Aviation du Canada, a été rejetée par les institutions locales qui craignaient pour leur sécurité ainsi que pour la congestion des routes. La nouvelle ambassade a finalement été construite sur une petite colline qui était l'ancien parking du Byward Market (district commercial comprenant un grand marché). On estime le coût total des travaux à 54 millions de dollars. Il faut également savoir que l'ambassade a contribué au bon fonctionnement de l'économie locale en employant pas moins de 200 employés, Américains et Canadiens. Plus tôt dans l'histoire d'Ottawa, le lieu de la nouvelle ambassade était le lieu où se trouvaient un grand nombre d'habitations et de commerces, mais la zone fut vidée par le gouvernement fédéral pendant la Première Guerre Mondiale. Un building fut construit, faisant office de bureaux temporaires pour les agents du gouvernement. Après la guerre, ce building fut détruit, mais un autre bâtiment temporaire vit le jour durant la Seconde Guerre Mondiale. Cette nouvelle structure survécut jusqu'en 1972, date où elle fut détruite, laissant place, à nouveau, à un parking.
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- The United States embassy in Ottawa is a building located in Ottawa which opened in 1999. Before this date the mission occupied a 1930s era building directly across form Parliament Hill. The older building proved to be too small, however, and embassy employees were spread between eight other Ottawa buildings. Security concerns associated with this distribution necessitated centralization.
- L'Ambassade des États-Unis à Ottawa est l'un des édifices les plus importants de la ville, et l'une des ambassades américaine les plus impressionnantes au monde, inaugurée en 1999. Elle se trouve à quelques rues du parlement Canadien, au 490 Sussex Drive. A l'Ouest du bâtiment se trouve 'Major's Hill Park', tandis que la 'National Gallery of Canada' se trouve au nord-ouest.
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