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Thanks ToxiK and MTLskyline!

Best Buy will be opening 3 blocks away in 2010.

Where exactly?

Il y a une solution à tous les problèmes que nous connaissons à Montréal avec les cols bleus : le gouvernement passe une loi déclarant les instances syndicales actuelles illégales. Les cols bleus de Montréal se voient contraints à un ultimatum : nettoyer le syndicat dans un délais raisonnable (disons...trois mois) ou le voir être complètement dissout pour qu'un arbitre chois par le gouvernement provincial devienne le directeur du syndicat. Si les cols bleus n'aiment pas ça, ceux qui ne veulent pas travailler pour la Ville dans ces conditions-là doivent donner leur démission sans aucune chance de pouvoir récolter les fruits de la retraite ou quoi que ce soit d'autre.

Il y aura beaucoup de candidats qui voudront bien travailler pour des conditions qui seraient même moins intéressantes que celles dont jouissent de façon scandaleuse les cols bleus actuels qui font la pluie et le beau temsps dans cette ville.

Sounds like a great idea. Can the government really do that? I just wonder how it would all go down...

Winnipeg General Strike perhaps?

Just got a Canon PowerShot SD1100 IS Digital Elph

Awesome pocket-sized camera.

Refined and stylish 8.0 Megapixel Digital ELPH with 3x Optical Zoom and Optical Image Stabilizer

It came with 2x2Gb SD cards (not standard)

And a nice case.

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Having more natural vegetation in the city would actually help clean the air. Also, there would be fewer delivery trucks delivering produce to stores, and people wouldn't have to drive out of town to get fresh produce. Of course, there would still be a considerable amount of air pollution, but over time people will change their habits, waste a lot less food (because it will be so expensive) and consume less meat (also because of cost and quality issues). I'd like to see this kind of project go up in a modern city where the citizens are forward-looking, open-minded, and society-driven (probably somewhere in Europe or Asia).

Love that south side of Sherbrooke. A real "wall"! Now if only the north side could be like that, we could have a nice canyon. I'll see what I can do about getting McGill University to do it's part...

Great ideas for expansion in this thread, but let's not forget that Montreal's transit approach is two-fold: the metro and train system is a "bring everyone downtown" approach, whereas the buses are for going from one neighbourhood to another, or for getting around within a neighbourhood. Two very different uses. As nice as it would be to close the loop of the orange line, there is no use. Remember that the extension to Laval was created so that people can get from Laval to central Montreal, not to get around in Laval.

For the red line, either the upper town stations would be really, really deep, or the subway would take a wickedly steep run down from "Parlement" to "Charest"!

Wow, and here I was thinking we were celebrating 400 years of history since the founding of Quebec City, which at different times was under French or British rule. It's sad that "les gens d'ici ont été conquis par les Britanniques" is what is retained from 400 years of history. People rarely mention that much of the old city and about 99% of the Citadel were built by the British. I guess the fear is that Sir Paul will remind everyone about how hard their lives were under British rule... Oh wait, that was so long ago that everyone from that era died over 100 years ago!

As a former resident of Quebec City (20 years), I have been going there almost every weekend this summer to enjoy the festivities. I'm happy to say that things are going well and that the political undertones are not interfering with the main objectives, which are to have fun and celebrate!!! If you haven't gone yet, it's not too late.

Tickets for everybody!!!

But seriously, I agree. And I would even give more tickets to pedestrians who stand 10 feet into the intersection of a street like Sherbrooke when waiting to cross.

Also, to all cyclists, watch out for the left hook when travelling westbound (with traffic) on De Maisonneuve. So far I have seen two cyclists collide with cars that were turning left off De Maisonneuve. Both times the drivers of the cars got out and yelled at the cyclists. I couldn't believe it!

Euh !!?? De quel édifice parles-tu ??

En tous cas, l'édifice Québécor n'a qu'un faible impact sur le skyline.

I believe Philippe is talking about the Place du Canada building.

Right at the gates of Chinatown! This could be an interesting project, if there is one.

C'est de plus en plus chiant aller travailler en ville... je commence à trouver ça fucking énervant et une grosse perte de temps...peut-être la trentaine je sais pas... qui voudrait pas habiter à 5 minutes d'autos de sont boulot?

5 minute car ride is okay if you have parking and the roads to get there are relatively free of congestion. Personally, I don't get driving to work, but I understand that some people want to do that. On the same note, why don't more people car-pool?

My ideal situation would be to work downtown (as I do) and be able to walk to work, let's say in about 20 minutes (right now it's about a 20 minute metro ride). I think the more people live in and around downtown, the more affordable it will be to do so.

Est-ce que quelqu'un sait pourquoi ils vont laisser un gros trou entre les deux buildings?

 

Me semble qu'un immeuble plus bas avec toit vert ou un jardin d'hiver aurait ete mieux...

It looks like they want to maintain an opening in front of the Allstream building (which is also clad in glass). This will create a square boardered on three sides by glass buildings and partly by the windowed side of the Delta Hotel on the north side. This should make for a very interesting public space.

Avec plus de 600 000 pieds carrés sur 20 étages, le 700 St-Jacques va vraiment être une tour "fat". Dommage. À quand le retour des tours élancées à Montréal, comme la CIBC?

The CIBC tower dates back to the time when companies with lots of money saw the height of their buildings as an indicator of strength and supremacy, when healthy rivalries pushed buildings to ever-soaring heights, when being the biggest (or tallest) was associated with being the best. Times have changed, and priorities have too.

With the de-centralization of power in many large companies, there are no longer as many head quarters that house thousands of employees. Remember the days when climbing the corporate ladder meant climbing up to a higher floor? The big boss had the penthouse office, with the great view. And the mail clerk was in the basement, in a windowless room. Capitalism in its purest form...

All that to say, that's partly the reason why they don't build so much for height but more for practicality.

There is currently a small passenger ferry that runs all summer between the island and land portions of Verdun. It costs $2.50 each way and runs every 15 minutes or so. I guess the bridge would eliminate the need for this ferry...

Cooling towers?

Are there power plants really that close to the city?

Are they nuclear power plants?

^un quartier qui ne cesse de s'ameliorer, les nouveaux pavillons Concordia, la refection du square, l'implantation d'arbres et pourtant toujours un quartier bien vivant.

I agree. Since I was a student there in the 90s, the area has improved big time. There is still a lot to be done, and projects like Quartier Concordia are helping. For those who don't remember, the land where JMSB is going up used to be a vacant lot that didn't drain well, the land where Engineering/Computer Science is used to be an abandoned theatre and park where shady people hung out, Sainte-Catherine between Guy and MacKay used to be shady stores/arcades where a lot of drug-dealing was going on. Sure, there were good times had by all, but in terms of "cleaning up" the neighbourhood, it's come a long way.

Now if only they could renovate or rebuild the awful appartment block where the Tim Horton's is...

Let's keep our fingers crossed and hope they do as good a job as Cataclaw did in his rendering!

Quelqu'un travail chez Panzini Démolition? Me semble que je donnerais se travail a ma blonde une semaine par mois. Elle en serait très heureuse je crois.

That's a great idea!

Anyone else notice that in GoMontreal's photo, it looks like the guy in the white T-shirt holding a cup of coffee is the one "hosing" down the building?

Any ideas about the space between the main building and Sherbrooke?

-A grand lobby

-An atrium/winter garden

-A pedestal type building with ballrooms, conference rooms, etc.

-A garden (like the Delta on Sherbooke)

-???

Couldn't Classy just move into some retail space in the new 1215 Square Phillips building?

I always knew there was a pot of gold at City Hall!

Yes, AX is right. I used to work in the IBM Marathon tower next door and there was scaffolding in place for a while. The glass was being replaced on the corners of the building. I think it was about two to three years ago.

I preferred Saint-Jean-Baptiste when it was the celebration of the patron saint of French Canadians (Canadiens-Francais). I understand that having a Quebec national day is great too, and that there is a large overlap between the two, but having just one excludes a lot of people. On the one hand, Quebec national day excludes non-Quebec French Canadians, and a French Canadian day excludes a lot of non-French Quebecois. Solution: Two days already exist! June 24: Fête du Quebec, Sometime in March: Francofete!