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  1. SKYMTL
    I know I will be downvoted for this but..... That 3D shows just how out of proportion these buildings are with their surroundings. They either need to have more architectural significance / better design than the junk Griffingtown Greige they currently have or the project should be scaled back to offer a more unified scale.
  2. SKYMTL
    YES!!
  3. SKYMTL
    Annnnnnd.....this is the walled garden / private fiefdom idiocy the agglomeration process should have solved. My God the ignorance of Montreal mayors knows no bounds. Of COURSE it is in your best interest to coordinate with your neighbors.
  4. SKYMTL
    I'm a bit confused about what this is all about. While the strike positions of other unions (Police, Fire, Ambulance, etc.) are usually quite clear, I have to say this one is a bit murky for me. On the radio they've taken out ads saying "this week I have custody of my child, I deserve time off" and "I need time with my family but my boss says I need to come in to work". Seems like these are issues pretty much every 9-5 non-unionized worker has to deal with on a daily basis. If paid time off equality (or some form thereof) is requested, I think there's a pretty straightforward solution: abolish the Construction Holiday and replace that with 10 days of standard vacation.
  5. SKYMTL
    I may have missed it but when will the tower be going up? It looks like that's required for interfacing with larger cruise ships.
  6. SKYMTL
    After Turcot, Bonaventure and the Champlain Bridge, I don't think the traffic situation in this city can handle another megaproject.....
  7. SKYMTL
    Historically though Waldorf + Astoria hotels are relatively low rise. Now granted there are some exceptions to that rule like Chicago and Panama but this hotel chain isn't known for going high; they want to keep their exclusivity and that means not packing hundreds of rooms into a hotel in a smaller city like Montreal. If I had to guess if W+A did end up building here, they would go 20 floors or less or take up a section of a larger complex like Four Season is doing.
  8. SKYMTL
    If anything the final design will look worse. Remember, this is Devimco, the pioneers of the infamous "Griffintown Grey" trend that has been infecting the city's architectural landscape.
  9. SKYMTL
    Thanks Devimco, you made me spit coffee all over my keyboard with that utterly preposterous statement! Cutting edge...now with 100% more "Montreal Greige"
  10. SKYMTL
    No better (but smaller) example of this can be found in Vaudreuil. Long ago the city approved an industrial hub of sorts bordered by the 40, 30 and Montee Cadieux. Because of that the amount of truck traffic has essentially destroyed Joseph Carrier, causes massive traffic jams around the traffic circle next to the highway and has contributed to the degradation of Harwood. IMO its time the location of these logistics "hubs" is studied more thoroughly.
  11. SKYMTL
    If this is going to be a true hub for trucking, etc. Saint Laurent desperately needs to address local infrastructure (particularly access to / from the 40 through side streets) before it is complete.
  12. SKYMTL
    Personally I liked the scale of the Victoire project. This is one of those transition areas between old and "new" Montreal where I believe a mid-tier building would be better suited versus a 120M...but that's just me.
  13. SKYMTL
    You know, I was firmly in this guy's corner. His support for Montreal chefs, the outrage at the backwards dealings of the government and Joël Robuchon, his almost single-handed determination in revitalizing his little nook of Pointe St Charles....and the list goes on. Now his so-called "Love Letter to Toronto" comes out and to me at least he comes off as yet another 1980's era anglo (like myself!) who refuses to acknowledge the successes this city has seen over the last decade or so. Let's call him a horse with blinders on. He doubled down in an interview with CBC as well. I'll be completely honest; I DO think Toronto is the great Canadian food city for a number of reasons. He is 100% right in that. I have no problem with that at all. What I take insult in is how he goes about extolling Toronto's virtues while going out of his way to slag Montreal. I feel statements like this are completely unjustified, have no bearing on the health of our restaurant industry and simply validate the ill-founded and completely false preconceptions of Montreal by the Rest of Canada. Maybe I feel a bit too passionate about this since McMillan is a kind of hero to me; a guy who defended his city, his ideals and his neighborhood with every breath. I'm shocked since it seems so out of character; not to love another city's food scene since I'm in agreement with that part. Rather he did so while making broad and contrived statements about this city. Also to say that there haven't been many new restaurants that offer competition over the last few years is incredibly snobbish and shortsighted. I'm hoping the guys from newcomers like Hvor, Tiradito, Agrikol, Candide, Le Fantome, Foxy, Hoogan and Beaufort, Le Mousso, Provisions, Montreal Plaza and so many others bring this guy behind the woodshed and give him a stern talking to about the realities of this city outside his two-resto fiefdom. / end rant
  14. SKYMTL
    This is finally a project with that "human scale" everyone is talking about. Screw those canyons people on this forum love, this seems to be a great combination of quality of life, green space and scale.
  15. SKYMTL
    The ghetto comes to Griffintown.
  16. SKYMTL
    I love the "Bonjour" personally. With that being said if you read articles in today's papers, it seems there's already massive push-back from the Taxi drivers' union....quelle surprise....
  17. SKYMTL
    13.8% is the national average.....so we are just above that. Nothing shocking there.
  18. SKYMTL
    Maybe some of that billion bucks those bastards stole from us could be put back into subsidizing the ticket prices. I have to say, I'd rather spend the $85USD per ticket on the New York Formula E event over the $217 per ticket on this thing. Not only will the NY race be in a MUCH better location (right along the Hudson) but their standard grandstands are better positioned than the ones in Montreal.
  19. SKYMTL
    Good news for real estate and the economy but bad news for affordability. As we have seen in Toronto and Vancouver in the late 90's and early 2000's what typically happens is the first purchases are made on million dollar+ single home properties and then secondary purchases for children are made closer to universities in the downtown core. It was only a matter of time before overseas investors opened up to the fact that Montreal with its highly regarded universities (specifically Concordia and McGill) is an amazing value compared to other locations. If anything this trend will change the cultural balance in Montreal in the mid to long terms.
  20. SKYMTL
    Wow. This is looking amazing. The only thing that bothers me about these types of projects is their long-term status. Getting it approved and built is one thing but actually maintaining them in the long run seems to be a challenge for the city. There have been numerous park & public space renovations in Montreal that are overgrown by weeds and look dilapidated after a year.
  21. SKYMTL

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    SKYMTL a répondu à un sujet de IluvMTL dans L'actualité

    Actually, ANY type of political stability is good for investment; be it a majority government vs minority, etc. etc.
  22. SKYMTL
    LOVE the white inserts. It's a fabulous departure from the boring curtain walls of other buildings.
  23. SKYMTL
    Another thing they need to do is PROPERLY continue the service road between Ste Marie and Morgan. Traffic circles and Quebec don't mesh well together either. Just ask the folks stuck in the daily gridlock getting out of Vaudreuil.....
  24. SKYMTL
    I agree. Let the city know, they will send someone over to take measurements and you may be able to log a complaint. One option is to get very thick "blackout" style curtains for the windows. In my old apartment I found they filter out a good amount of noise but they MUST be floor to ceiling.
  25. SKYMTL
    I'm not surprised about the noise. Curtain walls are terrible at filtering sound....
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