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Hello city: Good architecture can bring new life to Ottawa, experts say

Boxy high-rises. Huge parking lots and garages. These kinds of functional, concrete structures are everywhere, it seems: Think Tunney’s Pasture, or some of the behemoths in Ottawa’s downtown. But they aren’t on postcards. Young professionals don’t see them and think, “Wow, Ottawa looks like a beautiful place to live and work.”