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I noticed that twice (once by the reporter, once by the guy in charge of sales) during the report on http://www.montreal.tv, the French word for airport was pronounced as if it was spelled "aréoport". I was always under the impression (and have been pronouncing it) "aéroport", like the way it's spelled. Can someone clarify this please?

Family sizes could be a factor; video games and laziness too. Twenty years ago, when I was growing up in suburban Quebec City, my neighbourhood friends usually had three, four, even five older or younger brothers, and usually they all played hockey. It was common to have four family members playing hockey, handing down equipment and skills, playing three games of street hockey at once (on a street where there were maybe 15 houses). Every second house had a backyard ice rink, and dad's really got involved. Mom's did too (waking up to make breakfast, cleaning the equipment). I remember how our parents would all sit together at the arena. There was a real sense of community and sportsmanship. Now, I go down that street on a nice winter afternoon and nobody is playing street hockey. I talk to the old neighbours and they tell me the families that are there now have one, two, (rarely) three kids. Neighbours don't talk to each other, everyone has their own stuff, so there's no sharing. Times have changed.

Does anyone know what the tent structure (round tent with tunnel entrance) is on Ilot Balmoralm (just left of the Guay crane in Monctezuma's picture)?

Pavillon des sciences in the foreground, Ilot Voyageur in the background, great shot!

Let's not forget that public transport isn't just about cutting pollution, it's also about easing traffic and needing less parking spaces and more.

I've noticed that a lot of Montreal projects are being asked to include a proportion of affordable and social housing. Does anyone know if cities like New York, Chicago, or Toronto demand the same inclusions of social or affordable housing in their projects? I'm not sure, but from what I've seen on recent trips to these cities, what's going up in terms of new construction is as far from affordable or social housing as you can get.

Si la phase 5 est déjà en vente, c'est qu'il y a des plans, des rendus...

 

Quelqu'un habite près du bureau des ventes?

I just checked the Lowney website, there isn't even mention of a 5th phase. In fact, it looks like Phase 4 is still for sale!

http://www.lelowney.ca

It's simple. When you can hear music and enjoy it, that's one thing (e.g. festivals, terrasses, and so on). When you feel the noise vibrating in your rib cage and you have to yell at the person next to you so they can hear you, that's too much!

Just so we're all clear, we're not talking about the Southam building north of the Mosaique Southam, but rather the 6-storey building west of the Mosaique Southam, at the corner of Saint-Alexandre and de la Gauchetiere, right?

Or is it all one building stretching from Saint-Alexandre to de Bleury?

mardi 6 novembre 2007 Le problème des chutes de lamelles de verre de la Grande Bibliothèque est en voie d'être réglé à long terme. L'arrondissement Ville-Marie et la direction de la bibliothèque se sont entendus sur l'aménagement d'un périmètre de sécurité décoratif autour de l'édifice.

 

Le coût total de ces mesures devrait être d'environ un demi-million de dollars, dont la facture serait séparée entre l'entrepreneur et la Grande Bibliothèque. Les travaux seraient amorcés au printemps prochain pour se terminer en juillet 2008.

I think that these people don't know what "long term" and "solution" mean. What is being done seems like a short term patch job.

What other respectable buildings have a security barrier around them to protect people, not the building itself? This is just going from ridiculous to shameful...

Oh, how I wish this tower would somehow just keep going and going...

What would happen? Would the city force them to remove the extra floors or impose a huge fine? Over time, the extra units could pay for the fine. Ahh, who am I kidding, that could never happen... or could it?

Montreal in the 60s-70s, hell yeah! Expo, olympics, major construction and infrastructure. Does anyone in the forum remember those decades? Even if it was as a child, I'm sure the memories are of a grandiose and modern city.

Avec quelles appareil prend tu tes photos

Tres belles photos et le parc avec la fontaine c'est ou au juste

I think the park is Carre Saint-Louis on Saint-Denis (correct me if I'm wrong).

Great pics Gilbert! It's this kind of original photography that reminds me how much I love this city!

Finalement Montréal aura un nouvel endroit où dépenser son argent dans de la nouvelle scrap !! yes !!! vive le magasinage !!

 

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cjb has a point here. Clothes sold at H & M (and most of the other "trendy" stores listed in this thread) are considered low quality and are made and manufactured as such. The idea is to make cheap clothing that is hip and relatively affordable, because it can't be worn next year (it won't be in-style). Therefore, next year more clothing is bought. This approach that all-too-many clothing retailers are taking encourages over-consumption of inferior goods. In my opinion, this is a huge sword in the heart of Canadian textile and clothing manufacturing. Not to mention that it has a serious effect on the cost (and price) of quality clothing.

And the scandal just keeps getting deeper and deeper and deeper...

Was the Hotel Dauphin (the blank grey wall in francely57's picture) built as such because another building of equal or greater height may be built next to it? I think the Maison Hantee is its current neighbour. Any plans to see that go?

Personally, I like the older style buildings as much as the modern ones, for different reasons. It's not so much the styles of the buildings that matter, rather it's how they fit together to form a cityscape. Some cities do it better than others, but Manhattan is just so dense... Also, New York City has always been a physical indicator of the US (and the world) economy and strength. Building booms are a result of an upswing economy (and other factors) and have yielded the concrete and glass children of those eras. Bottom line: Hopefully we all learn from the mistakes made in the past (especially here in Montreal) and keep what's worth keeping and build what's worth building.

Why open the hotel before the whole building is completed?

If I had a choice between two similar hotels, one that is a major construction site and another that isn't, I wouldn't think twice!

I wouldn't even stay at a hotel like the Holiday Inn that is undergoing an entrance overhaul; it's so unwelcoming.

that is so true.

 

honestly North America really needs a better rail system.

 

actually i just checked flights from L.A to Vegas are 65-70 mins. With a Bombardier CRJ-900 (speed able to reach 503-521 mph), thing is not sure how something at that speed still takes an hour too get to Vegas, guess they don't fly that fast. if they flew at like 503 mph they could be in Vegas in 34 mins or something.

 

driving distance is 287 miles (4 hrs 18 mins, upto 6hrs with traffic)

 

if the train can do the 311 mph, it can be in vegas in 55 mins, which saves you 10 mins give or take.

How much does each option cost?

Come on! The picture taken through the fence is a bit much, I think.

Damn! Stabbing is some serious sh*t. It's one thing to intimidate, push, and hit someone, but to actually stab. It really takes a psycho to plunge a sharp object into another person and not feel bad about it.

The buildings across the highway seem to have about a dozen floors. This building could have easily had 12 floors and still maintained its crisp, clean look. Are the renderings final?

I guess you could say the building is now "ass" high as its surroundings!

It might be busy, but it's still ugly and I wouldn't want to live anywhere near there. These buildings depress me. It's sad that we have so many of them in our city.

I would suggest you avoid visiting certain eastern European countries.

Je sais que c'était une blague de ta part, mais nous sommes encore bien loin d'eux en terme de "production" de bébé!!

 

Les nouvelles n'arrêtent pas de parler de mini baby boom,mais le mot clé dans cette expression est le mot MINI.

 

Nous sommes très loin du 2.1 bébés par femme que ça nous prendrais!

Let's go guys (and girls), get BUSY!

Have a family and raise them (in the city or the burbs, doesn't matter) and teach them to love beautiful architecture, sound urban planning, a vibrant cultural and artistic scene, and a heritage unlike any other in the world!