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  1. blue_dragon
    this is exactly what the area needs! the apple store is essentially located at the western edge of the core sainte-catherine retail district - there isn't much worth seeing past crescent. hopefully this will attract more business (and pedestrians) further west.
  2. blue_dragon
    I'm quite content about this project. Sure it isn't the 50+ storey building we've all been expecting, but it raises the bar somewhat in terms of what we've seen in the last few years, with most projects & proposals averaging 20 storeys or so
  3. blue_dragon
    this is a great building .. it definitely adds to the canyon effect on sherbrooke if you are standing on guy looking east from sherbrooke, it is similar to looking west on president kennefy with the scotia tower at the end .. very cool!
  4. blue_dragon
    this is ridiculous .. all because the CHUM can't get its act together .. stupid immobilisme btw this is NOT an english vs. french thing. It's stupid how the francophone media portrays the MUHC as an English hospital, completely innacurate
  5. blue_dragon
    from: http://www.radio-canada.ca/arts-spectacles/PlusArts/2008/07/09/002-quartier-spectacles-maquettes.asp Montréal, métropole culturelle - Radio Canada Le maire de Montréal, Gérald Tremblay, a dévoilé mercredi les maquettes de la place du Quartier des spectacles. Ce chantier constitue la première étape dans la création de ce grand projet. Cette phase devrait être achevée à l'été 2009, soit juste à temps pour la 30e édition du Festival international de jazz de Montréal. La ministre de la Culture Christine St-Pierre, le ministre du Développement économique, de l'Innovation, de l'Exportation, du Tourisme et ministre responsable de la région de Montréal, Raymond Bachand, ainsi que le député conservateur de Lévis-Bellechasse, Steven Blaney, étaient présents lors du dévoilement. « Nous voulons faire du Quartier des spectacles un lieu d'une qualité exceptionnelle voué à se tailler une réputation enviable à l'échelle internationale », a indiqué le maire de Montréal. Selon la ministre St-Pierre, ce nouvel espace permettra « de rendre justice à l'immense potentiel artistique » de la métropole culturelle. Quant au ministre Raymond Bachand, il a souligné que le Quartier des spectacles créera des centaines d'emplois dans le milieu culturel. Il a précisé que cet important projet générera d'importantes retombées économiques et touristiques. Le coup d'envoi des travaux à l'îlot Balmoral, situé près de la Place des Arts, a été lancé en janvier dernier. C'est la Société d'habitation et de développement de Montréal qui est le maître d'oeuvre de cette étape initiale. Les travaux de préparation du site sont terminés. Il a fallu excaver plus de 50 000 tonnes de terre pour amener le terrain au niveau de la rue Jeanne-Mance Les deux paliers de gouvernement et la Ville de Montréal investissent un total de 120 millions de dollars pour la réalisation du Quartier des spectacles. La place du Quartier des spectacles est l'une des quatre principales phases d'aménagement. Le grand chantier doit s'échelonner jusqu'en 2012.
  6. blue_dragon
    they are?? that would be great news! do you have any sources?
  7. blue_dragon
    I like the glass tower portion at the rear, but the building's appearance at street level is just hideous. Will this project be going through public consultations?
  8. blue_dragon
    Beautiful building, I really love that rendering!! Guy street will be one of Mtl's most built-up areas, especially if those proposals along RL go through Its gotta be more than 80 meters ? From the picture, it looks like it'll be really close to port-royal in height?
  9. blue_dragon
    it looks like there isn't much left to dig out!
  10. blue_dragon
    Encore une autre mauvaise nouvelle pour le secteur Atwater!
  11. blue_dragon
    It's not different .. people who live in the middle of saskatchewan, kansas, or hérouxville are just as likely to be ignorant simply because they are not exposed to other cultures like we are in Montreal, so they rely on stereotypes to base their feelings about immigrants / other cultures
  12. blue_dragon
    politically sensitive much? .. don't want to start another flame war I think the report has it right on. Uneducated people are the ones who perpetuate stereotypes and reinforce racism. People need to be exposed to diversity, and not this mono-cultural melting pot quebec nationalists tend to reinforce. I started studying at Concordia three years ago, and admit I was a little uncomfortable at first, coming from a mostly-white, overwhelmingly English West Island College, but now I can't get enough of the diversity here. Getting to know different cultures and meeting people from all over the world is amazing, I think if everyone were exposed to this, 'accomodations' would be a non-issue.
  13. blue_dragon
    Time for Quebecers to be more open: report Shake off angst. Get used to living in globalized society, Bouchard-Taylor report urges JEFF HEINRICH The Gazette Saturday, May 17, 2008 Learn more English, be nicer to Muslims, get better informed. Those are just some of the ways the unhappy French-Canadian majority in Quebec can shake off its angst about minorities and help build a truly open society in a globalized world, say the authors of a much-anticipated report for the Liberal government on the "reasonable accommodation" of minorities. In several chapters of the final draft obtained by The Gazette, Gérard Bouchard and Charles Taylor argue the "discontent of a large part of the population" over demands by Muslims, Jews and other religious minorities "seems to us the result of partial information and false perceptions." The chairpersons of the $5-million commission address a number of what they call "unfounded objections" to the role of religion in Quebec society, mostly voiced by old-stock francophones during three months of highly publicized hearings last fall. Rebutting those objections, Bouchard, a prominent Chicoutimi sociologist and historian, and Taylor, a world-renowned Montreal philosopher, lay out their vision of a new Quebec coming to terms with kirpans, hijabs, kosher food and other expressions of non-Christian cultures. In Quebec, they say, everyone should feel welcome and the majority should no longer feel under threat by newcomers. "We think it is possible to re-concile Quebecers - franco-phones and others - with practices of harmonization, once it has been shown that: a) these practices respect our society's fundamental values, notably the equality of men and women. b) they don't aim to create privileges but, rather, equality that is well understood and that respects everyone's rights. c) they encourage integration and not marginalization. d) they're framed by guidelines and protected against spiralling out of control. e) they're founded on the principle of reciprocity. f) they don't play the game of fundamentalism. g) they don't compromise the gains of the Quiet Revolution." The final draft is dated March 19, two weeks before the commission announced on its website that the writing of the report was finished and that, after adding a series of recommendations, proofreading the document and translating it into English, it would be sent to the printers. The official report is now in the hands of Premier Jean Charest, who is to present it to cabinet on Wednesday. After a budget-style "lock-up" behind closed doors for journalists Friday morning, the commissioners will hold a news conference to discuss their findings. Broken down into half-a-dozen parts, the voluminous report has more than a dozen chapters and almost as many annexes consisting of a series of research reports, independently produced under special order by the commission. Their subjects relate to the accommodation debate, including media coverage, ethnic ghettos and French-language training for immigrants. In their report, Bouchard and Taylor - but mainly Bouchard, who did the bulk of the writing, insiders say- argue that the responsibility for open-mindedness and desire for change lie mainly with one people: the French Canadians themselves. "It's principally from this milieu that the crisis arose," the commissioners write, adding that many French Canadians "have a strong feeling of insecurity for the survival of their culture." They fear losing their "values, language, tradition and customs" and of eventually "disappearing" entirely as a French-speaking minority in North America. Self-doubt and "the fear of the Other" - are "the two great hindrances from the French-Canadian past," the commissioners write. "In the past, the threat came mainly from the anglophone. Before that, it was the lifestyle brought on by industrialization. Today, for many, it's the immigrant." What Quebec now faces is not the traditional "deux solitudes" of French and English, but rather "deux inquiètudes" - the twin anxieties of the majority and the new minorities, the commissioners say. The "members of a strong ethnocultural majority fear being submerged by minorities who themselves are fragile and worried about the future, especially immigrants trying to find their feet in their adoptive society," write the scholars, who in footnotes liberally quote from oral testimony as well as written briefs presented at the hearings last fall. Bouchard and Taylor also compare Quebec's immigration situation with that of other provinces, noting that Quebec has far fewer immigrants (11.5 per cent per capita, compared with 28 per cent in Ontario and British Columbia, and 16 per cent in Alberta) and far fewer ethnocultural minorities generally (21 per cent in metropolitan Montreal vs. 46 per cent in Toronto and 40 per cent in Vancouver). Quebec's accommodation crisis dates to March 2006, when the Supreme Court of Canada ruled in favour of a Montreal Sikh teenager who wanted to keep wearing his kirpan, the traditional ceremonial dagger of baptized orthodox Sikh men, to school. A series of media-fuelled controversies over demands for accommodation by religious minorities followed. For example: The Association of Maritime Employers agreed to re-examine its workplace rules after orthodox Sikh truck drivers objected to wearing safety helmets instead of their turbans at the Port of Montreal. A Montreal YMCA frosted the windows of an exercise room so that ultraorthodox Jewish neighbours wouldn't have to watch women exercising. And Montreal policewomen were advised in a training brochure to let their male colleagues take charge when visiting Hasidic neighborhoods. The "scandals" came to a head in January 2007 with the publication of a "code of life" by the village council of Hérouxville in the Mauricie region, in which foreigners were advised that public stonings and female circumcision were not allowed in the community. Faced with the polemic over that declaration and fearing unrest over immigrants and religious minorities on the eve of a provincial election campaign, Charest quickly announced the formation of a special commission to look into accommodations and defuse the crisis: the Bouchard-Taylor commission. In their report, the commissioners say that in hindsight the accommodation crisis was largely a media phenomenon - but, they add, it was no invention. "The media didn't create the crisis over accommodations, but their message fell on fertile ground." Elsewhere, they call on the media to show more "self-discipline" and rigour in reporting on ethnic communities and their representatives, some of whom - like deported Tunisian imam Saïd Jaziri - got wide coverage despite having little or no credibility. Although "what has happened in Quebec sometimes gives the impression of being a showdown between two groups of minorities (French Canadians and the ethnic minorities), each of whom wants the other to accommodate it," there are many ways to avoid a fatal confrontation, the commissioners say. People should get used to the idea that "Quebec is made up of diverse ethnic groups, each of which, as is its right and in its own way, cultivates its own memory" - in other words, none is more valuable than the other. The two commissioners - who each collected a salary of $380,000 for their work - also: Declare themselves in favour of more funding for community groups that try to bring cultures together. Argue against race-based projects that segregate people from mainstream society (such as a proposed all-black school). Lament the "wasted careers" of foreign professionals who can't find work here because their credentials aren't recognized. Deplore that only three per cent of Quebec public-service jobs are held by immigrants, "one of the worst situations in North America." Blame the Quebec media for being generally "very 'old-stock,' very 'white' (and) by consequence, they broadcast an often biased image of a (multicultural) reality that a lot of people don't know well enough." But Bouchard and Taylor also - surprisingly - come to the defence of Hérouxville, which made headlines around the world. "In a very awkward and excessive way, the Hérouxville text expressed a tension, an ambivalence many French-Canadian Quebecers have," the commissioners write. Finally, they make a plea for better understanding of Quebec's Muslims, "who only make up two per cent of the Quebec population, about 130,000 people," who are "massively francophone and highly educated," who are "among the least devoutly religious of all immigrants," and who are "the least ghettoized" geographically in Montreal. "The way to overcome Islamophobia is to get closer to Muslims, not to run away from them," the commissioners state. "Mistrust breeds mistrust. Just like fear, it winds up feeding on itself." jheinrich@ thegazette.canwest.com SOUNDOFF! How has reasonable accommodation affected your life? What do you think of the Bouchard-Taylor findings? Do they go far enough in addressing concerns about the state of minorities in Quebec? What other issues do you think should have been addressed? Share your views and catch up on stories and testimonials from the hearings at montrealgazette.com © The Gazette (Montreal) 2008
  14. blue_dragon
    taken yesterday.. looks like they're almost done "][/url]
  15. blue_dragon
    me too .. sounds like competition!
  16. blue_dragon
    there is nothing left inside, its mostly been gutted & destroyed by the squatters .. the facade remains interesting however and the interior could be rebuilt .. even if its in the centre of the cbd, it would be a shame that a piece of canadian history were simply knocked down its pretty cool if you go check it out, you can still make out the bullet holes along the walls, >150 years ago!
  17. blue_dragon
    f*ck yeah! Guy is well on its way to becoming one of downtowns best "canyons"
  18. blue_dragon
    it's true .. Montreal is mostly "stuck" with lots of modernistic buildings, i.e boxes .. so new postmodern designs will tend to stick out! i guess that what happens in a city where most of its buildings rose in the 60s-70s
  19. blue_dragon
    the prefab siding looks like plastic! I hope age & weather will make it look more natural
  20. blue_dragon
    Si c'est sur le cote ouest de Atwater, ca veut dire que l'immeuble serait construit a Westmount et non a Montreal? .. Un immeuble de 35-40 etages represente quand meme assez d'$$$ d'impots pour une ville!
  21. blue_dragon
    bling bling!
  22. blue_dragon
    c'est pas mal beau! .. j'approuve!
  23. blue_dragon
    unfortunately, i don't think there is much they can do .. Le Chatel is definitely an eyesore downtown it's quite ironic that Cogir owns both Le Chatel as well as Westmount Square .. two polar opposites!
  24. blue_dragon
    Concordia's got an urban planning program - the problem is that it is not recognized by any planning authorities, so many of the students need to go on a do a master's - usually at McGill or UdM
  25. blue_dragon
    nasty place.. there are too many generic hamburger, pasta, "north american" food chains around .. good riddance!!
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