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ville-marie 2050 boulevard Saint-Laurent (projet mixte) - 5 étages
un sujet a posté IluvMTL dans Propositions
2050 boulevard Saint-Laurent (projet mixte) Édifice mixte de 25 mètres sur Saint-Laurent -
Another great upcoming restoration along Verdun's main street. As of September 2015: The Baptist Church had been there since 2002 and moved out on July 5th 2015. Bye bye silly blue panels. June 2015: Perhaps Uniprix can follow suit and restore their facade at 4470 Wellington. I think this used to be an arena of some kind, or a boxing gym?
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Took the 55 bus north on St-Laurent yesterday. I was shocked to see dozens of boarded up store fronts on the east side of the street between Sherbrooke and Mont-Royal. This is so much worse that I have ever seen in over 20 years! So sad and depressing. How could we let this happen? Go see for yourself. Take a walk on the Main. If anyone wants to record and share the images here, I'm sure you will be shocked too. Here's something I just saw in CULT-MTL on same subject, although IMO the situation is much more serious than the tone in the piece. http://cultmontreal.com/2013/04/st-laurent-montreal-main/ St-Laurent has seen better days There are few greater, simpler pleasures in this town than walking along the Main on a crisp spring afternoon. But given how dire things are looking for Montreal’s multicultural microcosm, I’m not looking forward to doing it this year with my usual enthusiasm. For years, pedestrians had to deal with all the interminable construction, and while many of us courageously traversed those rickety planks masquerading as sidewalks, the street never really recovered from those trying times. Businesses have been shuttering left and right (I weep for BBQ Rocky’s — where I’ll get smokes and watch soaps now I don’t know), so in an effort to make the abyss more enticing to prospective entrepreneurs, the St-Laurent Merchants’ Association is spending $30,000 to dress up the growing number of empty storefronts. Of course, it’s akin to trying to stop the bleeding from a gunshot wound with a few dabs of a wet nap, or more specifically it’s a modern take on Potemkin Village. The obvious, sad truth is that, given how gradual the Main’s depreciation has been, it’s going to take more than a few fancy snapshots to revitalize the area. It’s not a bad idea, per se, because mushy newspapers certainly don’t make for good window shopping, but saving the Main will require progressive thinking. There are plenty of cooler streets around town these days, and history isn’t much of a selling point, even when it’s engraved on ergonomically unfavourable benches. Some streets just never get their groove back: St-Laurent merchants need only look to their cross-street brother Prince Arthur if they want a harrowing look into their future. There’s a municipal election coming up later this year, so perhaps it’s high time that the supposedly “clean” party — the one that rules over the Plateau with a sanctimonious wag and aspires to expand their empire — prove they’re good at something besides pointing out how bloated and corrupt their political rivals are. And if they don’t have any solutions, either, maybe they can just hike parking rates by another buck or two. That’ll help. ■
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http://montrealgazette.com/opinion/columnists/josh-freed-the-main-2-0-is-a-street-of-dreams The Main 2.0 is 'a street of dreams' JOSH FREED, SPECIAL TO MONTREAL GAZETTE More from Josh Freed, Special to Montreal Gazette Published on: April 29, 2017 | Last Updated: April 29, 2017 7:01 AM EDT The line outside Schwartz's on St-Laurent Blvd. GIOVANNI CAPRIOTTI / MONTREAL GAZETTE FILES SHAREADJUSTCOMMENTPRINT A decade ago the city attempted to murder The Main, in a three-year-long Festival of Construction that left the street on life support. For years after, the most popular chain on St-Laurent Blvd. was named “A Louer.” But this spring, at last, the Main has finally recovered and embraced a new life – like many times in its long, ever-changing history. Welcome to The Main 2.0. Two years ago I counted 30 “For Rent” signs on the street between Prince-Arthur and Duluth Sts. alone. But on a walk last week I saw only four — a trend that’s sweeping the Main right up to Mont-Royal Ave. Everywhere you turn there are new cafés, galleries, clothing shops, yoga studios and skateboard fashion boutiques — sometimes splitting the same shop. You’ve heard of ride-sharing, house-sharing and job-sharing. Well, now there’s a shop-sharing economy. Take Art Gang, a designer clothing boutique that just opened on the Main, sharing its large bright room with Caffelini, a terrific espresso café that’s plunked amidst the fashionable clothing racks — and owned by a different person. The 27-year-old café-owner Jordan Myall knew 30-year-old clothing shop-owner Tiago Curado from Mile End. When he heard Tiago was opening a shop on the Main he had a brainstorm: “Why not share the space, the rent and the customers? “Now, people come in for a jacket and buy a latte, or sit round having an espresso, and notice some clothing they like,” says Jordan. “It’s a different experience. “How else do you fight Amazon or the big coffee chains?,” he says pointing directly across the street where a big Starbucks looms. “You offer something unusual.” Further up the Main at Ballet Hop, owner Camille Rouleau, 26, recently opened a dance studio that co-habits with a boutique selling dance clothing, and local handicrafts. They owners also share a restaurant/café in the same space. “We wanted to create an experience where people come shopping, then get interested in dance lessons … then have lunch, meet people and interact. And it’s happening –we’re a real community.” There’s also a new yoga studio/vegan restaurant and a Japanese resto/Vietnamese sandwich place. What’s the next hybrid on the street: a martial arts dépanneur? A Hardware and Hookah shop? Noodles and Poodles? The Main 2.0 generation is drawn here because they know its legendary reputation, even if they were too young to experience it “I knew it was a famous street that fell on hard times,” says Tiago. “But in the last two years I could see it was coming back … and I wanted to be part of it.” “In five years this street is going to be huge,” says Jordan, “I want to be part of that vibe. I’m a dreamer and this is a street of dreams” My long time optometrist Michael Toulch is a surviving veteran of the street, like Schwartz’s, Moishe’s, Vieille Europe and other stalwarts. But he feels the vibe too. An abandoned building on the corner of St-Laurent Blvd. and Pins Ave. in 2010. The building has since been restored and turned into an optometrist. BRYANNA BRADLEY / MONTREAL GAZETTE FILES He just moved down the street to a bigger new location, corner Pins Ave. The building had been abandoned for a decade, the Main’s worst graffiti-covered, boarded-up window eyesore. But all the eyesore needed was glasses — lots of them. Toulch stripped the crumbling floor and walls and uncovered a gorgeous space that’s attracted crowds of new customers. “For a long time, stores were empty but rents were still crazy high. Now they’re finally falling and a new generation can afford to move in. “There’s definitely something happening here.” The street has reached a “tipping point” according to Tasha Morizio, head of the St-Laurent storeowners’ association, which mid-wived the Main’s re-birth. Last year the shop-owner group jointly hired their own full-time street concierge to sweep the sidewalks, shovel snow, polish lampposts, install flower boxes and clean off graffiti faster than the City was doing. “The better the street looks, the better people treat it and the less they vandalize it,” she says. This summer St-Laurent Blvd. will host block parties, mural festivals, barbecue competitions and two massive street festivals. “The days of complaining the Main is dead are over,” says Tasha. “Our street is back.” Main 2.0 isn’t the Main of old. The characters who once filled the street are largely gone: yakky Mrs. Levy who ran Warsaw’s, gruff Simcha the fruit-seller, Mr. Berson the rock behind Berson gravestone monuments and others who grew up before service-with-a-smile was invented. In their place is this young generation of optimistic how-can-I-help-you dreamers. Can Main 2.0 continue to grow to symbolize the city like the original Main Classic did? Can it fight off online buying that’s decimating streets and malls everywhere? The Main has been reinvented a dozen times since the dawn of the 20th century – sinking then swimming on new waves of Chinese, Jews, Hungarians, Portuguese, hippies, Gen-Xers and others who streamed in. I’m betting on the street again. I believe in the Miracle of the Main.
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I have it from a very good source. My cousin who works for a major glass curtain wall company in Monteal was at my home last week and he gave me a scoop.The company is presently working on windows for the new additions at P.E.T. and apparently sometime in 2016 a new project to replace the 50 + year old windows on the main building will be launched. I am hoping that he is right. :shhh:
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Thai Grill closing its doors and suing city
un sujet a posté nephersir7 dans Divertissement, Bouffe et Culture
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L'hôtel Hilton Montréal Bonaventure changera bientôt de propriétaire et de nom. Mis en vente à l'été 2013 par SilverBirch Hotels & Resorts, l'hôtel a enfin trouvé un acheteur, l'hôtelier Claude Chan, président du groupe Kejja, déjà actionnaire de l'hôtel Le Concorde à Québec, qu'il a acquis l'été dernier. L'annonce officielle sera faite aujourd'hui et le changement de main devrait survenir au printemps. L'hôtel sera ensuite exploité sous le nom Hôtel Bonaventure. Est-ce que quelqu'un a entendu parler de ce changement ? Si cette nouvelle est officielle, cela sous-entend que Hilton pourrait prévoir de construire un nouvel édifice ? [url=]http://www.montrealinfo.com/fr/nouvelles/2015-02-04/passage-de-relais[/url] -
Bonjour à vous! Je capote sur cette section, vraiment les plus belles photos de Montréal que j'ai vu sont ici. Je trouve ça très cool de voir qu'il y a autant de passionnés de la ville! Je suis aussi photographe et il y a quelques années je me suis rendu compte qu'il est très facile de décoré son salon avec des photos de Paris, New York, Londres... mais à l'époque il n'y avais rien de Montréal. Nada. Alors j'ai décidé de prendre les choses en main et j'ai créé Mirage Noir, une collection d'images de Montréal faite exprès pour la décoration d'intérieur. Vous pouvez voir la collection au complet ici: Mirage Noir, photos de Montréal Il y a en de nouvelles en préparation aussi! J'espère que vous allez aimer ça
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Envie de voyage en amoureux, de dépaysement à deux, de balades main dans la main dans une ville exotique? Oui, mais où ? Le site de rencontre et de voyage MissTravel.com vient de publier son classement des villes les plus romantiques au monde. Pour y parvenir, des données rassemblant 7340 réservations de vols à travers la planète ont été rassemblées. Et les résultats sont surprenants. Vous pensiez que Venise et Paris étaient encore les destinations rêvées pour une semaine en amoureux ? http://www.huffingtonpost.fr/2014/01/26/les-20-villes-les-plus-romantiques_n_4668375.html
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THE NAVIGATOR Where to Eat and Drink in Montreal 11:00 AM / APRIL 23, 2013 / POSTED BY Bon Appetit 29 COMMENTS (0) What Broadway is to New York City, Boulevard Saint-Laurent (or, as locals refer to it, La Main) is to Montreal: the city's main artery and the ideal way to discover some of the best old- and new-school restaurants Picnic Spot Kentucky-born chef Colin Perry cooks his grandmother's Southern recipes, like pinto beans studded with smoked hog jowls and served with cornbread and green-tomato relish. And while Dinette Triple Crown has a few seats for eating inside, most patrons get their fried chicken thighs and meat 'n' threes packed in nifty picnic boxes and take them to the Little Italy park between La Main and Rue Clark. Fried chicken thighs and meat 'n' threes at Dinette Triple Crown British Accent Looking for crazy-high-quality ingredients prepared in a straightforward, un-gimmicky way? Look no further than Lawrence. While the food is ostensibly British-style nose-to-tail cooking (as in rabbit offal tart, lamb's heart with prunes and bacon, or marinated smelt with beets), chef Marc Cohen is of the Mediterranean-inspired school, which means there's an un-remitting emphasis on seasonality. The smart cocktail and wine list is curated by rising-star sommelier Etheliya Hananova, the pastries span such French standards as tarte Tatin and praline-filled éclairs, and the weekend brunch is deservedly the most popular in town. Style-Central The cozy-chic Hotel Herman is a brand-new dinner spot in Mile End. Featuring a U-shaped bar and open kitchen, the elegant space feels as though it belongs in a 1930s train station, a place where people are coming and going and everyone is happy to be there. With its focus on natural wines, pre-Prohibition cocktails, and small, shareable plates of precise, Scandinavian-influenced dishes (including Boileau deer with beets or homemade goat cheese with crosnes, a root vegetable), it's the ideal place for a late-night bite. Pre-Prohibition cocktail at Hotel Herman in Mile EndThe Institution Celebrating its 75th anniversary this year, the legendary Jewish steakhouse Moishes is as good as ever--if not better. The wood-paneled, chandeliered room is electrifying, the chopped liver appetizer is the tastiest version this side of the Borscht Belt, and the bone-in filet mignon will convert die-hard filet haters. (Those wanting a more traditionally marbled cut will like the charcoal-grilled rib eye.) For sides, get the boiled verenikas and the Monte Carlo potatoes, and maybe an order of grilled mushrooms if you're craving something umami. Insider tip: Their new late-night menu gets you an appetizer and an entrée for only $25 after 9 p.m. The kitchen at Moishes Hidden Gem It might be surrounded by discount electronics stores and punk bars, but Bouillon Bilk offers seriously refined cuisine. The room is stylish (think Nordic modernism) and the vibe laid-back and cool. Super-talented chef François Nadon specializes in high-wire flavor combinations like bone marrow with snails. It makes for a special night out before or after a concert at the nearby Quartier des Spectacles cultural center. Pop-Up Plus Montreal's red-light district isn't exactly where you'd expect to find the city's most exciting kitchen. Société des Arts Technologique's Labo Culinaire FoodLab serves rustic meals in a high-ceilinged space on the third floor of the glitzy new-media performance center. Creative duo Michelle Marek and Seth Gabrielse are deeply knowledgeable chef-bakers who simply make whatever they're passionate about at any given moment: One month they're serving Russian Easter classics or Chinatown favorites, another they're grilling souvlakis or doing an homage to Richard Olney's Provençal menus. Trust them. A dish at Labo Culinaire FoodLab Chinese Theater For a bare-bones basement noodle-shop experience--and one of the city's best cheap eats--you can't beat Nudo at lunch. The Chinatown fixture specializes in hand-pulled Lanzhou-style noodles, which you can watch being twirled while you wait for your food. (The loud thud of dough getting pounded around makes for a unique sound track.) Their braised beef shank noodle soup is profoundly satisfying. Don't miss the surprisingly good vegetable sides, especially at $1.25 each. Go ahead and splurge $5 on the top four: radish salad, spicy shredded potato, seaweed, and soybeans with potherb mustard. It's timeless, run down, and beat up in some places but stylish and spiffy in others. It's Boulevard Saint-Laurent--Montreal's main artery, known around these parts as La Main. Running all the way from the cobblestoned Old Port waterfront in the south of town up to the island's north shore, it divides Montreal into east and west, winding through established and emerging neighborhoods including Mile End, Chinatown, and Little Italy. A walk along it is a perfect way to get a sense of the city's heartbeat and to explore its booming restaurant scene, from classic joints to the most vibrant new places in town. And there are plenty of one-of-a-kind coffee spots and bakeries to sustain you on your journey. --Adam Leith Gollner Get Your Coffee Fix The three best cafés in a city famous for its café society are just steps away from La Main. Your expertly pulled espresso awaits: Café Sardine serves up superb third wave coffees using beans by Canadian roasters Phil & Sebastian. Bonus: The hot dogs at lunch are not to be missed. Barista Chrissy Durcak operates the mobile espresso truck Dispatch Coffee, which serves out of a garage on Avenue Van Horne in winter and roams the streets in summer. (Check dispatchcoffee.ca for locations.) For a traditional Italian café with deep conversations and stylish patrons, linger over lattes at the beloved Caffé San Simeon on Rue Dante. It's also a hit with many of the city's best chefs. No Pain, No Gain Like any self-respecting Francophone metropolis, Montreal takes its boulangeries seriously. The current leader of the pack is Joe La Croûte, near the Jean Talon market. (Its chestnut-flour bread and Kamut baguettes are winners.) Good loaves can also be found at Boulangerie Guillaume in the Mile End. Some of the best croissants in the city are made at Au Kouign-Amann, a short stroll from La Main down Avenue du Mont-Royal. Be sure to try a slice of its namesake pastry, a buttery Breton cake. Where to Stay Casa Bianca is an upscale B&B in an old home in the Plateau neighborhood overlooking Mont Royal Park. The Hotel 10, formerly The Opus, is perched on the corner of Saint-Laurent and Rue Sherbrooke, making it a good base for exploring La Main. (Credit: Photographs by Dominique Lafond, Illustrations by Claire McCracken) Adam Leith Gollner is the author of The Fruit Hunters and The Book of Immortality, to be released this summer. RELATED Montreal: For Lovers of Food Sugar-Shack Cuisine from Martin Picard Mile End Sandwiches: Beyond the Brisket More from The Navigator Read More http://www.bonappetit.com/blogsandforums/blogs/badaily/2013/04/montreal-boulevard-saint-laurent.html#ixzz2RQ3MznDh
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In the Village, off St-Cat west of Papineau and around the corner from Pappas Tapas. Ate there last week. Was already hard to get a reservation for 2 a few days in advance, but with this review it will be even harder. Fine Dining: Mezcla is a wish come true My stellar dinner featured some seriously delicious food, filled with beautiful flavours and diverse textures BY LESLEY CHESTERMAN, GAZETTE FINE-DINING CRITIC OCTOBER 5, 2012 The pork main course at Mezcla, in Montreal on Thursday September 27, 2012. (Allen McInnis/THE GAZETTE) Mezcla Rating: 3 out of 4 $$$ 1251 de Champlain St.(at Ste. Rose St.) Phone: 514-525-9934 Website: http://www.restaurantmezcla.com Open: Tues. to Sat. 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. Licensed: Yes Credit cards: All major Wheelchair access: No Parking: Easy on the street Vegetarian friendly: Not especially Reservations: Essential Price range: Starters: $10-$16; main courses $19-$33; desserts: $6-$9. Five-course tasting menu: $39 For a city to be considered a serious gourmet destination, there must be a good mix of established restaurants along with the new and exciting. Montreal certainly has the former, but seems to have hit a bit of a wall when it comes to the latter. Granted, restaurants like Bouillon Bilk, Van Horne and the fabulous new Park and Hotel Herman have brightened up the scene tremendously over the past few years. Yet there are also many newbies that fall flat with fuzzy cooking, tired concepts and waiters who are trying their best to hock the same ol’ seared scallops and crème brûlées. It’s starting to feel like forever since I heard someone go bonkers with happiness over a restaurant. And then, it happened, and of all places on Facebook, where chef and Journal de Montréal restaurant critic Thierry Daraize posted a wildly enthusiastic endorsement of a restaurant called Mezcla. Mez … what? I had never heard of the place. And as someone who keeps a tab on restaurant matters with an obsession some might consider disturbing, I should have. But kudos to Daraize for discovering the restaurant, which opened in May, though his unbridled enthusiasm has made Mezcla one tough table to book. Once I eventually nabbed a table, I headed down to The Village to see what he calls one of his “grands coups de cœur” of 2012. Located on a side street just off Ste. Catherine, Mezcla is a warm, 50-seat space with high ceilings, an open floor plan, and a bistro-ish vibe. The “chaleureux” ambience is further boosted by low lights, sexy background tunes and an open kitchen in the back of the room. The decor provides few clues about the style of cuisine, which isn’t the usual French bistro but … aahhh … nuevo latino. When I think nuevo latino in Montreal, I immediately picture chef Mario Navarrete Jr.’s restaurant Raza. How nice, I always thought while sipping pisco sours, would it be to have more restaurants playing with these Central and South American, Cuban, Puerto Rican and Spanish-Caribbean ingredients and flavours? And now my wish has come true. I immediately recognized our host and waiter, a handsome Venezuelan by the name of Gerardo Labarca, who last served me years ago at that great tapas restaurant Pintxo. Turns out Labarca is an owner at Mezcla along with Marie-Hélène Barrière. Already that’s great news because the ever-smiling Labarca made my first Pintxo meal so memorable. As for the talent in the kitchen, that belongs to two gentlemen, Marcel Larrea, who trained Cordon Bleu in Peru and worked here at Thai Grill, and Georges-Étienne T. Tremblay, whose Montreal experience includes La Chronique and Les Enfants Terribles. Larrea may have last been cooking Thai, yet his background is Peruvian. Peruvian cuisine is hailed as the next big thing, and whenever I hear that I roll my eyes a little as the Peruvian cuisine I’ve sampled (and I’m no authority by any measure here) hasn’t been what I’d call earth moving. Yet after tasting this kitchen’s take on it, I’m intrigued. These boys are making some seriously delicious food, filled with beautiful flavours and diverse textures. Like Daraize, I gotta say, dinner at Mezcla turned out to be one of my best meals of the year. The wine list is another plus. Spanish heavy, well-priced with a good mix of private imports and SAQ selections, the list also features bottles well suited to this spicy/meaty/seafoody cuisine. The Albarino Condes de Albarei 2011 we enjoyed not only enhanced everything we ate, but at $42, didn’t put a dent on my budget. Nice. Now on to the food, which started with a simple plate of ceviche. Wait, did I say simple? Scratch that, because what started out looking like a pretty mound of raw fish and seafood bathed in a slightly spicy sauce turned into a complex dish when we were given a trio of crispy ingredients to mix in, including fried corn kernels, twisty yucca chips and a tangle of deep-fried carrot strands. Was it ever great, with the soft and silky seafood and salmon chunks mixing in with the crisp bits of chips and the crunch of the corn. Every taste was so clean, so fresh and I loved the surf and turf contrast between the fish and the vegetables. Huge. The next dish was almost as amazing, and consisted of tuna tartare set atop potato croquettes placed alongside mounds of crabmeat with avocado and coriander. Again, what a play of textures — dewy, crispy, creamy, chewy — along with all those fresh and bracing flavours. Really gorgeous. And I saved the best starter, the shrimp, for last. Served wrapped in fried yucca ribbons, the jumbo shrimp were meaty, fresh, resilient and cleverly served with two contrasting sauces: a close-to-fluffy avocado cream and a sweet chicha syrup made with smoky black corn. With every bite I said to myself, this is the best thing I’ve tasted all year, and considering the amount I eat, that’s saying a lot. I can’t wait to come back and try this dish again. There’s more. When I asked for a menu recommendation, Labarca’s face lit up and he said the blood pudding was a must. He’s right, it’s very good. Served on a light corn cake, the round of blood pudding is layered with julienned apple and slices of chorizo. Don’t want to get boring here, but again, the mix of textures won me over, and I also admired that these boys are using organic chorizo from Charlevoix, and finished the dish off with a Calvados-laced beurre blanc. What a pleasure to see updated ethnic cuisine made with the best local ingredients. Now that’s what I call modern cooking! More traditional but just as scrumptious was a simple plate of grilled duck hearts, with papa amarilla (yellow potatoes), choclo (corn cob, in this case, black corn) and gently spiced “panka” sauce made with dried amarillo peppers. I’m big on hearts for their filet mignon-meets liver taste and consistency, and these babies were wolfed back in record time. The size of the starters is larger than tapas, yet I’d still recommend ordering many plates to share. Main courses are more costly (in the $30 range), but the quality of ingredients merits such prices. For instance, the main I enjoyed was a duo of Gaspor pork that included three chops from the rack as well as a melting slice of braised flanc. Add to that chanterelles, carrots, parsnip purée and a light ’n’ herby sauce, and you have yet another reason to race over to Mezcla. As for desserts, I cannot deny I was discouraged to see only three, and three that included that predictable Montreal trio: crème brûlée, molten chocolate cake and pouding chômeur. Cue the groans. But wait, not so fast. Just when I thought I’d had my fill of molten chocolate cake, along came one so deeply chocolatey and ideally crusty-melty that I remembered what seduced me about this famous dessert in the first place. And that unemployment pud was also staggeringly good, full of maple flavour, firm yet still unctuous without falling into the dreaded mushy/icky/cloying pouding chômeur trap. To say I had a faultless meal at Mezcla would be an understatement as it was so creative and just downright delicious as well. And I only scratched the surface of this menu. All I want to do now is go back, go back to try the clams with chimichurri, the braised bison, the fish stew, the Cornish hen with yucca fries. Or better yet the five-course $39 tasting menu, which considering the quality of ingredients sounds like the deal of the century. What an orgy of tastes this restaurant has to offer. And at risk of never being able to get a last-minute table here myself, I end this review with just one suggestion: GO. criticsnotebook@gmail.com For more food and wine talk, tune in to Dinner Rush with Lesley Chesterman on Saturdays from 4 to 5 p.m. on News Talk Radio CJAD 800. © Copyright © The Montreal Gazette Read more: http://www.montrealgazette.com/life/Fine+Dining+Mezcla+wish+come+true/7343470/story.html#ixzz28X00XnVC
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Un jeune graffiteur qui pratiquait son art un dimanche après-midi risque de payer le prix fort pour sa passion. Accusé de méfait pour avoir détérioré un mur, il risque 5000$ d'amende, en plus de se retrouver avec un casier judiciaire. Dans l'attente de sa comparution devant la cour municipale de Montréal le 10 mai prochain, le jeune homme reste toujours incrédule devant la sévérité de sa peine. «On parle d'un graffiti! Sur les forums où je suis allé, les gens disaient qu'ils n'en revenaient pas, explique-t-il. Je suis conscient que ce mur a un propriétaire mais, en même temps, le street art fait partie de l'esprit de la ville. Il faut lutter contre la grisaille de la ville.» Stéphane (nom fictif), 26 ans, a commencé à pratiquer le street art il y a un an. «L'idée du street art est super-intéressante: c'est de démocratiser l'art, de le rendre disponible à un grand public, de ne pas être soumis aux musées et aux contraintes pour être exposé. J'aime pouvoir offrir mes trucs à tout le monde.» Pris la main dans le sac Seulement voilà: la générosité de l'artiste qui crée pour tous semble laisser insensible le propriétaire du commerce de la rue Sainte-Catherine Est, sur le mur duquel Stéphane avait entamé un dessin au pochoir. «J'ai eu la chance de terminer avant que la police arrive. J'avais pris beaucoup de risques, c'était un dimanche à 3 h de l'après-midi», admet-il. Était-il conscient des risques associés à sa pratique? «Oui, mais je trouve que 5000$ et un casier judiciaire, c'est cher payé. Je ne m'attendais pas à quelque chose d'aussi intense, dit celui qui travaille avec de jeunes enfants. Un casier judiciaire me mettrait vraiment dans le pétrin.» Peu d'endroits légaux Contrairement à bien des artistes qui associent le graffiti à l'illégalité, Stéphane n'a rien contre les murs où il est légal de dessiner, mais ils sont encore beaucoup trop rares à Montréal, selon lui. «Ils se comptent sur les doigts de la main. Il y a quelques places pour en faire, mais dès que tu fais un truc, quelqu'un passe par-dessus, et on ne peut pas leur en vouloir parce qu'il n'y a pas de place», dit-il. La Ville pourrait faire plus pour les arts de la rue, croit-il, plutôt que de réprimer les artistes. «C'est naïf de penser que le graffiti va s'arrêter. Depuis sa création, le graffiti n'a pas disparu, et il ne s'arrêtera pas.» http://www.cyberpresse.ca/actualites/quebec-canada/justice-et-faits-divers/201103/30/01-4384534-un-graffiti-qui-pourrait-couter-cher.php?utm_categorieinterne=trafficdrivers&utm_contenuinterne=cyberpresse_BO2_quebec_canada_178_accueil_POS4
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Le 2020 University passe aux mains de l'Industrielle Alliance et d'Hydro-Québec
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Le 2020 University passe aux mains de l'Industrielle Alliance et d'Hydro-Québec HUGO JONCAS les affaires.com (modifié le 23-03-2011 à 14:35) Décidément, l’Industrielle Alliance et le fonds de pension des employés d’Hydro-Québec adorent le centre-ville de Montréal. Ensemble, ils viennent de mettre la main sur le 2020 University pour 95,45 millions de dollars, a appris Les Affaires. C’est la plus importante transaction dans la métropole depuis janvier 2010. Depuis octobre 2008, les deux institutions étaient déjà propriétaires du 1981, McGill College, juste à côté, à l’ouest. «Pour eux, c’est une acquisition stratégique, dit Brett Miller, vice-président à la direction du courtier CB Richard Ellis, responsable de la vente. Ils rassemblent leurs deux immeubles, et ça permet toutes sortes de possibilités pour les relier.» Le 2020, University est surnommé «tour AXA», du nom de son locataire principal, l’assureur français AXA. Le gratte-ciel de 22 étages compte 433 000 pieds carrés d’espaces de bureaux et 83 000 pieds carrés de locaux commerciaux. Pour Brett Miller, cette transaction démontre la forte demande dont fait l’objet les immeubles de qualité dans le centre-ville de Montréal. «Une bonne douzaine d’acheteurs s’étaient qualifiés, dit-il. Ce n’était pas le seul à ce niveau de prix.» Selon nos informations, le fonds de placement immobilier Homburg Canada a aussi manifesté de l’intérêt, tout comme le promoteur Vincent Chiara. Ce dernier, partenaire de la famille Saputo à la tour CIBC et à la tour de la Bourse, a plutôt mis la main sur le siège social d’Imperial Tobacco, dans le quartier Saint-Henri, à Montréal, pour 24 millions. Acquis en janvier, l’immeuble sera surtout loué au cigarettier, qui y maintiendra son quartier général. Bureaux bien loués… commerces à moitié vides Au 2020, University, le taux d’occupation des espaces de bureaux est de «plus de 90 %», selon Brett Millier. Mais il n’est que d’environ 60 % dans la galerie marchande. «De ce côté-là, il y a du travail à faire, c’est sûr», dit-il. L’Industrielle Alliance a confirmé l’acquisition de l’immeuble mais n’a pas donné de détails. Il a été impossible d’obtenir les commentaires d’Hydro-Québec. -
Travaux majeurs La « Main » fermée jusqu'en décembre Mise à jour : 15/09/2010 11h46 Dès jeudi et jusqu’en décembre, les automobilistes devront éviter le secteur du boulevard Saint-Laurent, au centre-ville de Montréal. L’artère principale sera fermée à la circulation pendant trois mois en raison de travaux majeurs, du boulevard René-Lévesque jusqu’au boulevard Maisonneuve. La Ville en profitera pour refaire les infrastructures souterraines du boulevard, dans le cadre des travaux du Quartier des spectacles. Par contre, la rue Jeanne-Mance, qui était barrée depuis la fin de l’été, sera rouverte pour faciliter les déplacements dans le secteur. Les automobilistes venant du sud et de l’est seront redirigés vers le boulevard René-Lévesque, la rue Jeanne-Mance et la rue Sherbrooke. Ceux en provenance de l’ouest devront emprunter un détour vers le boulevard René-Lévesque, la rue Berri et le boulevard de Maisonneuve. (Agence QMI)
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Entrepôt de mazout dévoré par les flammes Radio-Canada Mise à jour le jeudi 16 juillet 2009 à 13 h 31 Un incendie a éclaté mercredi matin à Montréal-Est dans un dépôt de mazout. Les pompiers font état d'un blessé. Selon la police, une fuite dans un tuyau de gaz naturel serait la source du feu. Les pompiers ont maintenant la situation bien en main, rapporte la télévision de Radio-Canada. La rue Notre-Dame est fermée sur un tronçon qui étend à l'est de la rue Georges-V. Les autorités recommandent aux automobilistes d'emprunter la rue Sherbrooke. http://www.radio-canada.ca/regions/Montreal/2009/07/16/003-incendie-montreal-est.shtml
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Il n'y a pas de récession à Québec 16:58 pm, Luc Lavoie Les derniers chiffres du chômage nous rappellent la gravité de la crise économique actuelle. Au Canada, le taux de chômage a monté d'un demi point (.4% pour être plus précis) en mai pour se situer à 8,4%. En Ontario, il a monté de plus qu'un demi point (.7%) pour atteindre 9,4%. C'est exactement le même niveau qu'aux États-Unis où on compte maintenant 14,5 millions de chômeurs. Au Québec, on s'en sort mieux avec un taux de chômage de 8,7%, mais à Montréal la situation devient inquiétante, alors que le taux de chômage grimpe d'un demi-point pour se situer à 9,4%. Ce qui contribue sûrement à expliquer qu'en dépit du fait que plus ou moins la moitié de la population du Québec vit dans la grande région de Montréal, la moyenne à l'échelle du Québec est sensiblement inférieure au niveau de chômage enregistré à Montréal, c'est que dans la région de Québec, c'est la prospérité et le plein emploi avec un taux de chômage 4,4%. Alors que débute la saison touristique estivale, la région de Québec fait face à une pénurie de main d'oeuvre. Le monde en entier traverse la pire récession depuis les années 30, mais pas Québec!!! Comment expliquer cet autre "mystère de Québec" ?
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La Presse, 4 juin 09 Étant donné la force des arts du cirque à Montréal, l'idée de cet événement, qui se tiendra durant deux semaines en juin et présentera des spectacles dans plusieurs lieux de Montréal, allait pratiquement de soi. Fait exceptionnel, toutes les forces vives du milieu - Cirque du Soleil, Cirque Éloize, Les 7 doigts de la main, la TOHU, l'École nationale de cirque et le regroupement En Piste - collaborent depuis l'automne dernier à mettre sur pied un festival. «Les Européens sont plus au courant du fait que Montréal est une capitale internationale du cirque, que les Montréalais. Il est temps d'en profiter et d'en faire profiter Montréal. Il est temps d'affirmer qui on est, de s'assumer», croit Jonathan Painchaud, fondateur et codirecteur du Cirque Éloize. La fête se voudra accessible avec des spectacles payants et des activités gratuites, un marché pour les diffuseurs et producteurs, des rencontres, conférences et ateliers. Les organisateurs rêvent de présenter un jour un grand défilé, mais on n'y retrouvera pas d'animaux ou de compagnies à la Barnum & Bailey. « Ce ne sera pas un festival où l'on fermera des rues, explique le directeur de la TOHU, Stéphane Lavoie. Au contraire, on pourra jouer dans une salle à Pointe-aux-Trembles ou dans un parc du West Island. On veut que d'autres partenaires s'approprient l'événement : hôtels, restaurants, musées, aéroport. On peut imaginer des menus et des forfaits cirque. Montréal sera complètement cirque.» Beaucoup d'activités auront évidemment lieu à la Cité des arts du cirque à Saint-Michel, mais aussi dans le Vieux-Port de Montréal. Tout ne sera pas prêt cependant en 2010. Le festival compte grandir au rythme de ses possibilités financières, limitées pour le moment. Mais il est trop tôt pour parler budget et programmation, souligne Stéphane Lavoie. Le premier festival s'articulera autour de la présentation des spectacles des finissants de l'École nationale de cirque auxquels assistent déjà les diffuseurs et producteurs étrangers. «On ne part pas de rien, assure Marc Lalonde, directeur de l'École. Il y a plusieurs années de travail derrière la réputation de Montréal. Chacun de nous assurera sa présence à sa façon et un festival représente une occasion de faire des choses autrement.» Des surprises Il faut donc s'attendre à des surprises de la part de nos troupes québécoises qui voyagent partout dans le monde. Belle façon pour le Cirque du Soleil, notamment, de faire taire les critiques qui lui reprochent encore l'absence d'un spectacle permanent à Montréal. «C'est une façon d'y répondre, mais pas la seule, note Gaétan Morency, vice-président au Cirque du Soleil. On a tellement donné de représentations à Montréal en 25 ans et il y en aura encore beaucoup dans les prochaines années. Un festival ouvre la porte à d'autres possibilités.» «Ça va fouetter notre imagination dans le but de présenter quelque chose de différent, ajoute Nassib Samir El-Husseini de la troupe Les 7 doigts de la main. Pour les artistes de cirque, ce sera une merveilleuse fête avec les amis venant du monde entier. On est invités partout, mais on invite rarement. Ce sera le cas désormais.» De son côté, le regroupement national des arts du cirque, En Piste, pilotera dans les prochains mois une étude sur les retombées économiques de l'événement. L'organisme, qui englobe tout le milieu du cirque québécois, s'occupera également de la mise en valeur du festival. «La discipline du cirque en est à une nouvelle étape de développement à Montréal, note la directrice, Suzanne Samson. Tout arrive au bon moment.» La TOHU possède dans ses cartons des spectacles qu'elle ne peut présenter en saison et qui pourront trouver une niche au festival : des formes de cirque plus théâtrales ou petites, le cirque social, de loisir, d'ici et d'ailleurs. Chose certaine, il ne s'agira pas d'une compétition comme le Festival mondial du cirque de demain à Paris. Montage financier Pour l'instant, les organisateurs préparent un premier montage financier du festival. Le projet a été présenté aux instances municipales et a été accueilli favorablement, selon des sources proches du maire Gérald Tremblay, dans le cadre du projet de faire de Montréal une métropole culturelle de calibre international. En février dernier, le ministre du Développement économique, désormais aux Finances, Raymond Bachand, lançait un défi aux créateurs de cirque lors d'un dîner de la Chambre de commerce. «Nous, Québécois, nous avons réinventé l'art millénaire du cirque. Nous avons le Cirque du soleil, le Cirque Éloize, Les 7 doigts de la main, la TOHU, l'École nationale du cirque. À quand un festival mondial de cirque dans les rues de Montréal?» avait-il demandé. En fait, «dès la fondation de la TOHU, en 2000-2001, on parlait d'un festival», souligne Gaétan Morency. Il y a 25 ans qu'il y a un modèle de festival au Québec. Nous travaillons sur une formule adaptée à l'image de la capitale de cirque qu'est Montréal».
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