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  1. rosey12387
    This is a bit of a different thread than most of the ones in the "visions" category, but I was wondering what ideas you guys had the for the Shaughnessy Village/Lincoln-Tupper area, which for those of you who aren't familiar with those names is roughly the area bordered by Guy to the east, Atwater to the West, Sherbrooke to the north and Autoroute Ville Marie to the south. I've already mentioned a couple of my ideas in the H & M Centre Ville thread.
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    That does look great. Although I have a feeling we'll be crossing our fingers a long time before that would ever happen.
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    One big thing that also has to be kept in mind is unlike other "dream" mega projects like Labatt Stadium and the Technodome, this one isn't revolved around turning a profit. There is a lot less risk involved, and since the UN has concrete plans to renovate its current headquarters but hasn't started, this old idea has never been more relevant. This city needs more wealthy people pumped into it in order to better sustain all the great development that is going on. The project is right near old Montreal, the Faubourg des Recollets, and what will be a revamped Griffintown. It would surely help local businesses, a lot of which are new or will be relatively new, and many of which are seasonal. It's also near a plethora of great brand new hotels and a new and growing business district. The city will need more hotel guests and more foreign business in order to better sustain this development. An influx of prominent foreigners would surely bring both.
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    It is a huge project and it isn't something that will necessarily happen but the odds in favor are greater than I think most of us would perceive. The organization needs restructuring, it is also a bad fit in the U.S. as the country is now; change is a necessity and even though a move is indirect to the REAL problems the UN is facing, sometimes one change gets the ball rolling on other changes. Economically, it could also make sense for the UN. If the UN were to sell it's current compound in NYC they could probably get a lot of money for it. Land in Montreal, especially THAT land, will be much cheaper. The money they get from selling the land in NYC could go straight to building their brand new headquarters here. The fact of the matter is the UN and the US just aren't a good fit in this day and age I don't think either is really comfortable being so close to the other. And an added bonus: Lots of diplomats + casino not too far away = $$$ for Quebec government, which hopefully, just hopefully, will somehow find its way back to tax payers or at least to something that would benefit taxpayers.
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    Funny enough I was just thinking of this, this past week. I think it's a great idea. I feel like the UN gets lost in New York, the city's just too big. Montreal is smaller but still big enough, just as cosmopolitan if not more so, and is much more of neutral ground for such an organization than an American city. I also think the UN would do a lot more for Montreal than it does now for New York. The fact that Montreal is a non majority-English city that is still very able to accommodate English speakers is what hits this one out of the park. It has a pace of life I think people from all corners of the world could handle and really does have a lot of North American meets Europe type of elements. I'm all for this one! Not to mention I couldn't think of a better location. It will go even further in helping development in the nearby areas. I was hoping for a new residential area, a sort of Nouveau Outremont/Westmount type project somewhere in the vicinity of the Peel Bassin/part of Griffintown/area between the train tracks and where this UN project would be. I think the two projects would pair nicely together.
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    I hate for this to be my first post, as I really love this site and am much more interested in the architectural aspects, but I was just thinking the exact same thing as Mark concerning France. I absolutely agree with strong measures to protect the French language, I for one have deplorable French due to an education system that I believe failed me in that domain. However, the words "Second Cup" are in the name regardless of whether the words "les cafes" are their too. I'm willing to support a lot, in terms of protecting the French language, but this just isn't one of those times. I also think another part of the problem is those protecting the language. Putting the sovereignty issue aside, the fight should be taken outside of Quebec's borders. There are 1,000,000 French Canadians living elsewhere in Quebec, why have they all been forgotten by those living inside Quebec's borders? Not to mention this country does officially have two national languages. A stronger presence of French in Canada, in my mind, means a Quebec that has to be less worried and less sensitive. If Switzerland can manage four language groups Canada can certainly manage two.
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