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  1. Cataclaw
    Mixed use! Mixed use! Mixed use! The office market won't give us much... so let's take from the residential, retail and other markets! Give me a 45 storey tower: 1. Retail @ 1st, 2nd, 3rd 2. Office space @ 4th - 18th 3. Condo/apartment @ 19th-44th 4. Restaurant/bar @ 45th
  2. Cataclaw
    Massif dans le sens que pour un édifice de 5 étages sur un petit terrain, ça semble très gros. Cinq étages mais chaque étage fait presque le double d'un étage normal. C'est l'équivalent d'un édifice de 8-9 étages!
  3. Cataclaw
    40$CAN pour un aller-retour en autobus (avec 3 sems d'avance) Quoique 240km/h+ c'est assez vite... pour 80$ j'opterais pour le TGV! J'espère qu'ils ne prévoient dans les environs de 200$
  4. Cataclaw
    Si c'était n'importe ou, je te dirais que ça pourrait ne pas pogner. Mais avec 3 stations de métro et une autoroute juste à côté, à mon avis ça serait assuré que les gens embarquent!
  5. Cataclaw
    12 étages à Namur mais on a de la misère à voir 30 étages en plein centre-ville (MacKay) Mais bon. Ca semble prometteur! En prime : un tout petit segment de l'autoroute Decarie semble recouvert! Transit oriented development never fails! J'aime aussi que plusieurs rues mal configurés sont mieux aménagés. Le couloir vert est interessant aussi. Bref, c'est bon. J'aime!
  6. Cataclaw
    Donc la majorité du site sera consacré au terrain de soccer... sur l'image la maison des étudiants semble très petit. On parle de combiens d'étages au juste?
  7. Cataclaw
    That doesn't seem boring at all, seems quite nice! It's a little emptier than the 6 times i've been but overall i don't see any problem. You're really scraping the bottom of the barrel this time Malek saying that Times Square is a dead zone. Like anybody believes that. Anyway, i've realised that i've consumed too much time recently on mtlurb i need to cut back if only a little bit. Malek, i commend you on your persistence, even though i think you're dead wrong. Likewise you're convinced that i'm wrong, so, let's respect our opinions and move on. I'll still read the thread occasionally and if anyone wants to post new debate material i'll check it out and respond. Let's just respectfully refrain from stuff like "pff, you're wrong, it's common sense". There's no place for arrogance here. We have opinions and that's it.
  8. Cataclaw
    I went 4 times to NY last year and twice this year. All 6 times i passed by Times Square it was packed. I must have been unusually lucky 6 times. Come on... are you suggesting Times Square is a dead area? It's like the busiest crossroads in north america!
  9. Cataclaw
    Zzzzzz. They find the rare occasions when it's quiet and put together a video. Anyone can pick and choose like that. Creating a conclusion and then finding evidence to support that conclusion is not how it works. When i was there, my gf and I could not find any seating -- any seating -- at all. The place was packed and lively. The same Times Square, this time a zillion people! Who would have thought!
  10. Cataclaw
    If my arguments were so simplistic, as you suggest, you would have been able to counter them easily by now. Instead you hide behind the shroud of arrogance with remarks like "don't stand a chance" and "i don't take seriously" and so on. This is a debate with you on any issue that goes against your Religion Of The Car™: <Me> There are 3 apples. Look, there they are. 1, 2, 3. Three apples. <Malek> But the apples are red so i'm right! <Me> ...What? <Malek> Your arguments don't stand a chance against me and i don't take you seriously
  11. Cataclaw
    À couper le souffle! MERCI!!
  12. Cataclaw

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    Cataclaw a répondu à un sujet de mtlurb dans L'actualité

    9th most popular video of the month, and rising. 730,000 views and the rate of viewership is increasing... it's been covered by CTV, CNN, it's on blogs around the world
  13. Cataclaw
    It's intensely counter-intuitive, but closing roads in certain situations often leads to less traffic. In the case of Ste-Cath, i don't think it would reduce traffic, but i don't think it would lead to a significant increase either. Again, i have to ask you, and return to my arguments in my last two posts: Why do you think shops would be killed off in the winter if the street was pedestrianized? The same truths for summer hold in the winter. Actually, aside from the first picture, all the others are of a comparable or smaller population than us. In fact.. one of the pictures IS us. Before last one is Prince Arthur.
  14. Cataclaw
    Yes, last month. It was great. You're saying Times Square is boring as hell? Well then i guess we just disagree on that. I find Times Square is rather cool and exciting. Plus now with the new seating and tables they have, it's like a giant outdoor terrasse. Sainte-Catherine is at the center of our Montreal universe, so why not? So what? What does that have to do with anything? I have to wonder, did you read my arguments at all? You're saying completely unrelated things and trying to drive them home like they're some kind of argument. I never said i didn't park on Sainte-Catherine because i couldn't, i never parked on Sainte-Catherine because i never needed to. And even if parking would be available, it wouldn't be necessary - in the slightest. You're missing the point completely. This isn't a contest about who has spent more time on Sainte-Catherine street. The point was, in all the time i've spent there, i've never had to actually park there. There's simply no need! Any street becomes dead or at least reduced in activity when it rains. Even Saint-Laurent. As for construction... Saint-Laurent business dropped during construction not because cars couldn't circulate - it's because there was a mountain of obstacles and equipment, noise and general unpleasantness in the way. The fact the road itself was inaccessible is only secondary. It's like saying your house is totally engulfed in flames but worrying that you left the thermostat on and it'll get too hot in the house as a result. And so do I.. but what does that have to do with anything? Anyway, i don't know what to say. You haven't actually responded to any of my arguments. You've sidestepped them all and provided no actual retorts to the core issues i've raised.
  15. Cataclaw
    Forgive me for replying in english but i'm in a hurry and i don't have the patience right now to do alt-223 to create an "é" every time there's an accent. Sigh... i need to buy a french keyboard!! Ok. Here's the assumption you guys are making. Let's follow your logic: If cars are removed from Sainte-Catherine street, there will be a reduction in consumers and pedestrians, therefore people go to Sainte-Catherine street partly because you can drive your car there. But how many people walking on Sainte-Catherine, shopping and browsing, got there by car and parked on the street? In fairness, a bunch, to be sure. Just look at all those parallel-parked cars on the sides. But when you consider the volume of people on that street and the number of cars, the math doesn't lie. Purely and simply, most people on Sainte-Catherine street got there by parking somewhere else and walking to the street, taking the metro, taking the bus, taking a bike, taking a bixi, or simply walking. In fact just by eyeballing it, i'd wager that over 85% of people walking on Sainte-Catherine street doing a little shopping or sight seeing, didn't drive on the street or park on it. Furthermore, a large portion of cars parked on Sainte-Catherine probably don't have business on that street to begin with, maybe they needed to go to René-Lévesque but found parking on Ste-Cath first. That probably bumps up our percentage to 90%+. Now.. if the street is transformed into a pedestrian mall for some of its length, it's important to consider the "build it and they will come" phenomenon. I would compare a Ste-Cath mall to the High Line park in New York City. A long, linear park that is bustling with people at all hours of the day. If Sainte-Catherine is beautified, with fountains, benches, trees, plants, monuments, sculptures, lighting displays and what not, it'll become an extremely interesting area and end up attracting a lot of people. The 10% lost will be made up quickly and a surplus of visitors almost guaranteed. Could you imagine Ste-Catherine resembling the Pearl street mall in Boulder, CO? And guess what, Pearl street is like the main street of Boulder (their Sainte-Catherine). It worked there.. why not here? Finally, we don't need to make the mall on the entire length of Sainte-Catherine. Ideally i'd go for Guy--Saint-Laurent, but i'd settle for a quarter of that to start with. The idea that removing cars somehow removes people is simply false. I know Malek will storm in here "blah blah cars blah blah blah cars cars blah blah" but it's just not true. Times Square turned itself into a pedestrian mall on half its side, removing all traffic on 7th avenue. The result has been extraordinary. Times Square has seen an increase in activity and people have been nearly unanimous in giving praise for the project. We tried it in the village and it worked. It works everywhere else in the world. Why would Montreal be different? Sainte-Catherine is the heart of Montreal, it's a destination, not a transit corridor. Through traffic has René-Lévesque, or better yet, the Ville-Marie Expressway. People don't drive around to their destination on Sainte-Catherine and then see "oh look, the iStore, i didn't know that was here, i'll just stop and buy an iPhone." I've been to bars, clubs, restaurants, coffee shops, strip clubs, stores and banks on Sainte-Catherine. I've spent hundreds if not thousands of hours there. I've spent more money on that street than any other. (Okay, maybe tied with Saint-Laurent) And I've never once parked on the street itself. I've studied this stuff in University for years now, and i apologize if this comes off as a tad bit arrogant, but trust me on this one guys: pedestrian malls work. I know this. Some visual proof:
  16. Cataclaw
    Quelqu'un sait l'état du tunnel? Quand est-ce qu'ils vont créer le lien direct avec le métro?
  17. Cataclaw

    Vidéos sur Montréal

    Cataclaw a répondu à un sujet de mtlurb dans L'actualité

    IN- SANE. I love this video. I just sent the link to 300 people. Wow. No disrespect to the Black Eyed Peas, but this video is 10x better than the official music video.
  18. Cataclaw
    Then explain how Prince-Arthur manages to be successful and busy? Pedestrian malls work. Why would Sainte-Catherine be any different? [/img]
  19. Cataclaw
    Holy smokes that was fast! The pillars are in place and they're lowering steel in preparation for building the roadbed. Wow.
  20. Cataclaw
    Si tu veux savoir si c'est un bon projet, tout semble indiquer que oui. Si tu veux savoir si tu devrais t'acheter un condo, il n'y a que toi qui peut prendre cette décision là. Si je devais choisir un nouveau dévelopement, j'irais pour le Lowney ou le Solano (le Louis Bohème étant déjà vendu, sinon ça aurait été lui mon premier choix!)
  21. Cataclaw
    Voici ma vision pour la rue Sainte-Catherine. Personnellement je ne la piétoniserait par à 100%, mais presque. Je garderais une voie automobile + du stationnement en diagonale. La voie serait exclusivement pour les autobus et le transit locale pour les commerces. (Je ne l'ai pas montré dans le dessin, mais imaginez qu'au bout de la rue, avant une intersection, les stationnements disparaissent pour libérer une voie de plus pour les arrêts d'autobus, véhicules d'urgence, etc. lol That's our Malek
  22. Cataclaw
    Ce que tu dis là va contre tout les principes prouvés en matière d'urbanisme. Malek, moi aussi j'aime bien l'auto pour beaucoup de choses... mais tu as un fetish automobile
  23. Cataclaw
    AVIS : Je ne me prononce pas ni pour et ni contre ce "corridor Dalhousie"... Tout ce que j'ai à dire : c'est drôle comment des millions de dollars et des années peuvent être dépensés sur des "études"... et en fin de compte c'est quelqu'un nowhere qui décide "bof, je préfère comme ça". Les études de nos jours, c'est une vrai joke.
  24. Cataclaw
    Héhé, ce n'est pas la première fois que ça arrive. M. Panzini n'était pas heureux que j'avais découvert l'emplacement de son projet "Porte de Québec"
  25. Cataclaw
    C'est telement petit que pour est rentable, il aurait du être 40 étages! Style les "sliver skyscrapers" à New York City!
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