ville-marie ONE (15, avenue Viger Ouest) – 9 étages

[Normand Hamel]

Sur l'une des très belles photos de @chico on voit une certaine continuité tant au niveau de l'architecture que de la couleur entre le One, le H&H, et le CHUM.

[Normand Hamel]

Il y a 13 heures, Weka 29 a dit :

Cela montre qu'on n'a pas toujours besoin de dépenser une fortune pour embellir quelque chose.

Cela montre également qu'il est préférable d'attendre qu'on projet soit terminé, ou du moins très avancé, avant de se prononcer de manière trop catégorique.

[LaRonde]

20 hours ago, victoire29 said:

This and the Hampton Inn across are a breath of fresh air in this area. For years, they were languishing as empty lots. 

And some people have the audacity to say that these projects are "destroying" Chinatown when they are bringing in much needed development.

Hopefully with the heritage status and additional red tape the city rushed to impose won't stop these types of projects from coming up again in more of the empty lots.

Not going to deny that it is indeed a breath of fresh air in the area. However, these new constructions are not considering the needs of this ethnic neighborhood. People go to Chinatown for its urban and cultural qualities that is much different than the rest of the city. If these new constructions are just popping out at every empty lot, it will simply become a Griffintown 2.0. These developments will ultimately add little to no quality to the area. 

I am not against new developments in Chinatown; however, it should be done in a careful manner without impacting the essence of what Chinatown represents. Of course, I am not saying that all the new constructions should look like the Holiday Inn. 

As depicted in the picture that Normand Hamel posted above, one of the entrances to Chinatown is now heavily dominated by adjacent developments. The gate/arch, once a symbol marking the arrival into Chinatown, no longer retain the same stature and prominence as it once did.

Hopefully, the new heritage status will help guide designers and developers to be more attentive to the character that define the Montreal Chinatown.

 

 

[Weka 29]

il y a 58 minutes, Normand Hamel a dit :

Cela montre également qu'il est préférable d'attendre qu'on projet soit terminé, ou du moins très avancé, avant de se prononcer de manière trop catégorique.

100 % d'accord. J'ai déjà dit cela presque intégralement dans d'autres fils.

[Rocco]

[_mtler_]

34 minutes ago, Rocco said:

Big improvement for Viger 

[Rocco]

[Brick]

[KOOL]

=> Complétés

[Rocco]

Tellement haut que PM veut encadrer les nouvelles constructions dans le Quartier Chinois. Ben oui toi chose.