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    Nowhere near as nice as the original project, but looks like it could still be a semi-descent project.
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    Drool....that thing is a beaut! Any bets on how long it will take before the OPCM kills this project?
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    I thought you'd use downtown as an example but let's be honest CSL is not downtown and the vast majority of its develop-able land is detached and semi-detached single family homes with some duplexes. Granted Cavendish itself is quite dense but I don't think that needs to be a rule as much as it's basically an exception to the rule other than a few condo buildings nearby and chemin de la Cote St Luc. I think people on this board also underestimate the demand for luxury homes within a 15 min. driving radius of downtown, in which there is little land left suitable to increase supply. Feel free to disagree with me but I stand firm that wealthier income families need not look to the suburbs in order to find the homes they are looking for when there are options suitable for development closer to the city centre.
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    I don't think it's stupid at all. There is more demand than supply of single family homes in the area. It's another way to keep people out of moving to the west island or Laval.
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    Could have been a great project for the Quartier des Spectacles.
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    I'm not surprised in the least, but I'm very disappointed. There is not enough supply in the Westmount housing market to meet demand and this would have been an excellent way to mitigate that, while still keeping the integrity and most of the greenery of the property. Instead the city will turn away even more people with high disposable incomes to the suburbs where they can drive their gas guzzling SUVs in rush hour traffic day in and day out and pay taxes to a municipal government that isn't Montreal's. While this plot of land may have been considered part of the mountain in the 1800's its current geographic reality, surrounded by high income housing in all directions, makes it totally separate. Many people fighting for its protection from development probably don't even know where it is. And I'm all for reclaiming green space, but every piece of land has its best usage and not letting this project go through I believe is a very big mistake.
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    I’d really like professional Lacrosse to come back to Montreal. Both the National Lacrosse League (the box-lacrosse – i.e. indoor lacrosse professional league) and Major League Lacrosse (the field lacrosse – i.e. outdoor lacrosse professional league) have relatively few games per season and I think the sport has a lot of commonalities with hockey that hockey fans could appreciate. The NLL could play at the Bell Centre and the MLL could play at Molson stadium. I’m not too sure why the sport isn’t more popular with the public in Canada, but with the right sponsorship and publicity I think lacrosse has lots of room to grow in the Canadian market.
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    Gare Viger

    rosey12387 a répondu à un sujet de mtlurb dans Complétés

    No such thing in Montreal . Although, to be honest I kind of wanted to keep the height low on this project. I really like the feel of the neighborhood and would like to see that continued here. And with higher projects in the works in Griffintown, Quartier Bonaventure, the SRC site and even Vieux-Montreal itself, I'm still of the belief that increased density in projects where it's not essential can lead to other projects not coming to fruition (like the residential towers in the Quartier Bonaventure for example which are very much on hold). Until Montreal becomes an economic powerhouse again, the demand just isn't there yet.
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    I got confirmation from the landlord that plans to convert 1950 Sherbrooke Ouest into residential are still on the table; from the jist of what I was being told my guess is in around two years from now. Unfortunately I don't know anything else.
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    Canadiens de Montréal

    rosey12387 a répondu à un sujet de mtlurb dans L'actualité

    Well I guess we know which organ won that battle.
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    De la musique contemporaine à la bibliothèque Saint-Sulpice Éric Clément La Presse La ministre de la Culture, Christine Saint-Pierre, a annoncé ce matin que la bibliothèque Saint-Sulpice, dans le quartier latin de Montréal, aura une nouvelle vocation: l'édifice abritera bientôt une salle de concert pour les organismes montréalais de musiques nouvelles (contemporaine, électronique et improvisée). Cela faisait des années que le milieu des musiques nouvelles était en quête d'une salle de spectacles de 250 à 400 places financée en partie par l'État. De son côté, le ministère étudiait depuis deux ans le devenir de la bibliothèque du 1700, Saint-Denis. La nouvelle est donc à la fois un réconfort pour ceux qui ont à coeur le patrimoine et la revitalisation du centre-ville de la métropole et en même temps une bénédiction pour les amateurs et les concepteurs de musique nouvelle. La ministre avait lancé un appel de propositions en mars 2008 pour trouver une autre vocation à l'ancienne bibliothèque des Sulpiciens. Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec, à l'initiative de son ex-présidente Lise Bissonnette, avait proposé une bibliothèque-musée des arts de la scène. La Cinémathèque québécoise et le Musée du costume et du textile avaient aussi soumis un projet. Le milieu des musiques nouvelles aura finalement eu raison de se regrouper au sein du «Vivier, carrefour des musiques nouvelles» dans le but d'obtenir ce lieu commun auquel il aspirait. Le Vivier comprend 22 organismes tels que la SMCQ, le quatuor Molinari, le Nouvel ensemble moderne (NEM), Bradyworks et l'Ensemble contemporain de Montréal. «On va combler un manque surtout pour les petits groupes, dit la pianiste et chef d'orchestre Lorraine Vaillancourt, qui a fondé le NEM en 1989. Le milieu de la musique contemporaine est extrêmement vivant mais a peu de visibilité, donc c'est super qu'un regroupement comme ça ait réussi à faire bouger les choses. Je n'ai pas vu le dernier plan de la transformation éventuelle. C'est sûr qu'il faudra tenir compte du fait qu'une partie de l'intérieur de l'édifice est patrimoniale.» La ministre devrait préciser aujourd'hui comment les activités du Vivier pourront être compatibles avec le caractère historique de l'édifice, son mobilier de chêne, son escalier monumental en marbre, ses vitraux d'Henri Perdriau et ses boiseries. Une salle de spectacle existe déjà au sous-sol, avec une décoration plus sobre. Construite dans le style architectural Beaux-Arts de 1912 à 1914 par la firme Magloire Huberdeau selon les plans de l'architecte Eugène Payette, la bibliothèque Saint-Sulpice est un monument historique qui a été classé en 1988 en vertu de la Loi sur les biens culturels. Entretenu par la Société immobilière du Québec, l'immeuble a appartenu aux Sulpiciens jusqu'en 1941. Cette année-là, la province l'a acquis pour 741 000 $. La bibliothèque a été vendue à l'UQAM en 2005 pour 2,5 millions. Mais les problèmes financiers de l'université ont entraîné son retour dans l'escarcelle étatique à la fin de 2007 pour... 4,5 millions. Rénovations L'édifice a maintenant besoin de rénovations, pour un coût que le ministère estimait à au moins 5 millions en 2008. L'annonce de la ministre sera donc accueillie avec grand plaisir par Dinu Bumbaru, porte-parole d'Héritage Montréal. «On peut se réjouir qu'il y ait enfin une réponse à cette énigme qui durait depuis si longtemps, a dit M. Bumbaru à La Presse, hier. J'espère que c'est une solution qui aura une certaine pérennité et qui est assez digne pour ce bâtiment. On est bien curieux de voir ce qui s'en vient car l'intérieur est d'une qualité exceptionnelle, notamment la salle où les livres étaient entreposées sur des rayonnages séparés de la salle de consultation.» Même satisfaction exprimée par le directeur général du Partenariat du Quartier des spectacles, Pierre Fortin, qui ne savait pas encore, hier, quel groupe occuperait l'édifice: «Le Partenariat est heureux car cette annonce viendra bonifier l'offre culturelle du Quartier des spectacles, en plus de remettre à l'honneur un lieu d'une telle valeur patrimoniale.» -Avec la collaboration d'Alain Brunet
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    Here's 3 more. I have 5 others still in mind. GRAND CHANTIER : PARC D’AFFAIRES L’ASSOMPTION I think this could be an interesting collaborative effort between the likes of Technopôle Angus, Technoparc Montreal and Liberty Sites once their current projects begin to reach closer to capacity. The uniqueness of having a metro station and an expressway (the new 720) within the business park along with the adjacent Quartier de la Vie makes me think this project could be a slam dunk years down the line. GRAND CHANTIER: QUARTIER FRANCON-LACORDAIRE The city appears to have problems attracting families to the city. I think it’s due, at least in part, to the fact that a good number of the residential development in the city just isn’t conducive to family living. That isn’t to say they aren’t worthwhile projects, but if the city wants to attract families they probably won’t have too easy of a time doing it with developments catered towards young professionals and retiring baby boomers in neighbourhoods that aren’t ideal for raising families. This area, however, I think has the legs to become an attractive place to live for families. -With Smart Centres already having a centre nearby on Henri-Bourassa and Lacordaire I’d much rather see housing development in place of a new Smart Centre. There’d even be room for a little shopping plaza – something like they have in Bois-Franc near the golf course. (Smart Centres aren’t totally opposed to working on housing developments which can be seen by the big sign on the 40 on the piece of land that they own next to Fairview that says: “projet mixte urbain: commercial, bureaux, residential”.) A housing development to the east and the Complexe environnemental de Saint-Michel to the west would really turn northern Saint-Michel around. -North of the quarry and stretching all the way to Lacordaire is the industrial section of Montreal North, bounded to the south by the train tracks. I’d love to see at least a good chunk of that industrial converted into residential. Many cities have kms upon kms of people in similar tax brackets living in the same georgraphic area, Athens being a pretty good example of this, with the northern and southern suburbs being well off, while the eastern and western suburbs are much poorer. The Montreal model, especially of the past decade, has proven that the way to improve the image of an area is to diversify the income levels of people who live there, that means a) allowing development to bring wealthier people to poorer neighbourhoods and on the flip side b) diversifying the areas in which affordable and social housing is developed to avoid creating ghettos. I’m not saying they should necessarily build McMansions in southern Montreal North, but building houses in the $300,000 - $450,000 range, similar to Le Faubourg Contrecoeur, might not be a bad idea. My only concern is the feasibility of that price range considering existing industrial properties will have to be purchased or expropriated. -In terms of the road network, I’d like to see Viau connected to Boulevard Saint-Gertrude to integrate what would be two residential neighbourhoods on either side of the tracks. And with the creation of the Pie-IX and Lacordaire stations of the Train de l’Est it might not be out of the realm of possibility to dream up two or three projects mimicking the SHDM’s Le Phoenix Condominiums near Bois-Franc train station in Saint-Laurent on either side of the tracks on Pie-IX and/or Lacordaire. GRAND CHANTIER: LES ABORDS DU CANAL LACHINE While the The Société du Havre du Montréal is concentrated on the waterfront near downtown there is still tons of potential west of Griffintown along the Lachine Canal. This project would constitute the redevelopment of various areas bordering the canal including: - Eastern Lachine - The Turcot area – regardless of the project chosen - The Horizon Milling facilities in Little Burdgundy - Industrial LaSalle - The Nordelec - The area squeezed between the Lachine Canal and the Aqueduct Canal bordered by the 20/15 to the west and to the south, the train tracks to the east and the Lachine Canal to the North. A sound barrier could be put up against the highway and this area, along with St-Ambroise west of Square Sir-G.-Etienne-Cartier across the canal, would become an excellent location for residential development.
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    I’m a big fan of the Grands Chantiers section of Montreal 2025. I’ve always been someone who believes the public sector should lay out the general framework and the ground rules for an area – the master plan – and that once that is complete it’s then the private sectors time to shine and help implement that plan through various firms' fields of expertise. That being said what happens when the majority of the various elements of Montreal’s “Quatre Grands Chantiers” are approved and are well into the development stage. What’s next? I have several suggestions I will be posting in the near future. Here is the first. I’d love it if others posted their own ideas as well. Grand Chantier: LES ABORDS DE L'AUTOROUTE 720 This is not so much a district as much as it’s the meeting point of several districts; an area with lots of development opportunities and potential for improvement: Such as: -Les Diamants -Le Mackay -1175 Mackay -1300 René-Lévesque Ouest -The development of the Overdale lot -1500 René-Lévesque Ouest -The Hotel Maritime redevelopment -The redevelopment of 1800 René-Lévesque Ouest -The redevelopment of the Franciscans property -The redevelopment of the Montreal Children’s facilities once it leaves for the Glen Yards -The redevelopment of the Dow Planetarium -La Cité du commerce électronique - Place III -The Cadillac Fairview - Gare Bonaventure project. -The creation of a new square in commemoration of Chaboillez Square near Griffintown -Covering the side of the 720 facing Saint-Antoine west of Lucien L’Allier with ivy or some other type of greenery to make the streetscape more appealing for area residents Just to name a few
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    In terms of street connection it wouldn’t change anything but that’s not what I was referring to. Dedicating several smallish pieces of land on the southern part of Saint-Jacques as part of the park (which the city plan seems to imply) and then building stairs down would make the park accessible to people on the top portion of the falaise. The attraction of a nearby urban park as opposed to a hill full of trash and a huge urban wasteland could then certainly spark development on Saint Jacques in places like the lot for development at the corner of Cavendish and the Motel Raphael site which is currently in disarray. Furthermore, an additional road connection wouldn't be necessary anyways as Pullman would be a perfectly acceptable way of getting to the park/new residential area from nearby by car or bus. Pullman just has no appeal at the moment for area residents as all it is now is a faster way to get to the Angrignon mall. But how much of that added cost is value-added. I think we need a much more comprehensive breakdown of the costs of the new plan before we can conclusively judge its supposed expense.
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    If there is a way to increase the number of lanes in the city’s plan I think it would be great, but that’s a big if. It would still allow for development of the area by the canal (although on a smaller piece of land) but would also allow for the development of the area around the falaise, which I think is more important than people realize. Developing the area around the falaise will have huge impacts for Ville Saint-Pierre, southern Montreal West and especially the enclave of NDG at the top of the falaise blocked to its north by the train tracks. (The area runs from about Brock in Montreal West all the way to Decarie --some refer to it as St- Raymond). It’s by no means a small area and the subsequent redevelopment of St-Jacques would be more than welcome. The other thing with opting for development near the falaise along with on the canal as opposed to a larger development near the canal is if you look at an aerial view of the canal from end to end you’ll see that there is still tons of industrial land that could eventually be converted into residential. That being said, keeping scarcity in mind, it makes for development near a geographic feature like a cliff much more intriguing than a larger development near the canal which there could be many of for the coming decades. I also like the city's idea of finding creative uses for the areas under the overpasses. http://www.montreal2025.com/pdf/Turcot_medias.pdf
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    Right now no. In 10 years from now as part of a redevelopment of the northern section of Marche Centrale, that section of l’Acadie and the industrial area directly to the west, when there is no room left on eastern Cote Vertu and on either side of the 15 north of Sauve/Cote Vertu to develop and Chabanel is redeveloped along with boul. Saint-Laurent, then quite possibly. There are many areas in this city that 10 years ago people wouldn’t dare dream of living in that are now deemed as semi or even very attractive places to live.
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    The fact that the city probably does not have the funds to develop Meadowbrook into a large park I will not dispute, however, if the means were there that park could become of major importance to the surrounding area. There is no park anywhere near that size in the west end west of Decarie or in Lachine. Connecting 32e in Lachine to Norman, then connecting Cote St Luc to Norman, and then developing the entire industrial area north of the 20 in Lachine into residential in the decades to come (with a sound barrier on the 20 of course), and your left with a beautiful area with a large park that thousands of people can enjoy.
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    Off topic and another one of my utopian dreams, but I'd love to see residential towers built on top of the Costco and the Réno-Dépôt at Marché Centrale.
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    Website's up http://www.lestmartinmontreal.com/ For anyone who hasn't heard, L'Aromate will be occupying the restaurant space on the main floor and will have a second-floor mezzanine overlooking the entrance and the lobby. And here's a brochure that sums the project up. http://www.lestmartinmontreal.com/brochure.pdf The pool area sounds like it's going to be very nice.
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    If there was a lack of developable space for office development I'd 100% agree with you. But unfortunately there is a lot of space available and I'd prefer to see a few less parking lots in areas that could really use the development.
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    I could pass on this project ever coming to realization. There are quite a few proposed office projects that would have a much more profound impact on their respective neighbourhoods. Not to mention, the green space looks nice.
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    Much better project for this lot than student housing. The area needs more permanent residents. I've been waiting for a new Prevel project for a long while now. They do a great job at making areas that are considered undesirable one day, the exact opposite the next.
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    While I will disregard the fact that you brought up a personally sensitive subject that has nothing to do with the topic at hand, something I would be more than happy to discuss in another thread, here’s my reply to the gist of your message. The professional on the speakerphone was talking as though my entire ethnic group were a group of vermin. And as for the MUHC site group, being so brash as to bring up the deaths of FRENCH speaking soldiers who died fighting against ENGLISH speaking soldiers, when talking about the construction of an ENGLISH super hospital, doesn’t exactly give me the warm wanted feeling. In fact it symbolises, and I quote, “the death of the Québécois people” who “are finally conceding” to the ENGLISH enemy that those soldiers died fighting. It doesn’t take a majority to make a group feel unwanted; all you need is a strong vocal minority. Same way, continuing with the topic of war from the MUHC, it only takes a handful of persistent insurgents to maintain instability.
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    Yara, je suis d’accord avec la plupart de ce que vous avez dit. When I was referring to feeling like an outsider, I was speaking in terms of a general perception of Anglophones (as I said before by some but certainly not all). I didn’t mean from actual one-on-one experiences. I always speak French to people who address me in French. As for why I choose to write in English, it’s not so much a choice as much as my written French simply is not at a level where I can really get my point across without any misunderstandings – something that is very important to avoid on an internet forum. I lost my French after high school, for various reasons, but I’m slowly getting back.
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