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............. the G-spot. Truly a mystery.

The sales office is going to be spectacular! The scale model was delivered this morning (partially visible).

There's a new banner on the building for a demolition/decontamination company.

Only ten years ago, but still interesting. Mostly commercial changes on Ste-Catherine, but also construction of the Demetrius, Cinema Parisien, St-James United Church restoration, and a few others!

I could barely remember what the church used to look like before 2005, so I searched online and found this good set of before/after pics.

http://www.stjamesunitedchurchmontreal.com/en/museum/virtual-museum/the-commercial-buildings-their-demolition-and-the-restoration-of-the-church-facade-2004-2006/

Une photo! Comme ça!

Hey!! That's where I work

Will anything be built where the crane is currently installed? It features prominently from my balcony, wonder if I'll get an addition to my skyline.

The small banners have been up for sometime. The V is new from this morning. It's huge, four stories tall! I certainly didn't roll my eyes at it.

Calling all photographers, get over here now! You won't believe what they just did to the old facade, WOW!!!

Nice work Ali, I much prefer the first render.

Pis je pensais que le truc rose sale disparaîtrait. Déception.

That's another project, which popped up here recently, but I don't remember the name.

Can't be serious. Tear it down, decontaminate, and build houses over this no-man's-land. No one will miss it.

Je remarque qu'ils sont déjà en train de travailler sur l'édifice qui sera détruit. Je crois qu'ils enlèvent des morceaux du toît, ça sent le début des travaux de démolition !

Yes we heard them all day definitely tearing it down from the inside.

I have to say I'm still not sure why the terminus had to be destroyed for the highway, but not 159 st-antoine, which is still there today.

Don't think I've seen this shot before:

pre-Emptiness, obviously. I'm guessing something train-related, but what?

They're gonna need to put up a little fence around the grass. All those dog walkers will destroy that green in no time.

Just curious -- what was in there before?

I hope the Blockbuster space gets a second life as well.

Tupper, my old hood

Gilbert: There's always this vacant spot, three buildings down from this old boarded-up crackhouse.

They're putting up new banners on the building this morning!

Here's the official website: http://levictoire.ca/

Just trying to figure out something here. This is the view from Gauchetiere / Drummond, right? Does the base of the building stretch all the way to de la Montagne? Is there a possibility for a second tower on top of this?

Why are the "dfsarch" and "lemaylab" designs so different? Which one will it be?

Either way, that's gonna eat up part of the parking lot corner maisonneuve/montagne? fine by me!!

In sort of related question, who owns the decrepit old building next to the Salvation Army citadel? On Drummond, and it stretches all the way to Stanley. Who was its last tenant? It's been shuttered for years.

"L'espace dans le stationnement étant restreint, un ascenseur pour véhicules sera installé."

 

http://maison.lapresse.ca/habitation/immobilier/201209/24/01-4577061-face-a-face-en-hauteur-au-square-victoria.php

Doesn't really answer my question, but that's still really cool! Reminds me of Japan, wonder if existing technology already exists in Montreal.

I'm curious to know about the parking involved with this building. How can they dig out 3-4 underground levels without causing damage to the existing structure? Or are they simply gonna tear it down and rebuild the facade brick-by-brick?