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On 2023-05-15 at 9:25 AM, Brick said:

amazing

On 2023-04-24 at 5:32 PM, johan said:

Vers 19h

24-04-2023

 

love this photo

On 2023-05-10 at 4:39 PM, David St-Laurent said:

 

On 2023-05-10 at 4:39 PM, David St-Laurent said:

 

Of course this project is just aces, but also want to note that I just love this photo, going to use it as a background for a week or two.

On 2023-05-15 at 9:33 AM, Brick said:

Amazing.  Thank you for these fotos.

On 2023-04-20 at 2:01 PM, Rocco said:

wow.  

On 2023-04-08 at 7:33 AM, Doctor D said:

Echos of McGill 1960's?

 

 

First, that change to the buildings that you highlight is very recent (wasn't there when I attended back in the day, was there when my niece did more recently). 

Second, brutalism is totally great, just full stop.  

Third, the building that is the subject of this thread isn't even brutalism.  It's pre-fabricated panels, cladding really.  

IDK, if the Broc can sell this and goes ahead and builds, it would be a pretty freaking awesome addition to the city.  

On 2023-05-05 at 5:43 PM, Sp corp said:

I am having multiple delays for the stone delivery, there's only 2 major companies that can supply the stone carved that the city wants me to install, because of all the restoration of churches/major projets in the area that take priority on smaller projects like mine, I keep on getting pushed back.. my stone as been ordered months ago and still waiting upon it ... sadly,  have a bit more patience ,  this will not be the finished product, I can assure you.  

You're a god at getting S**t done, keep up your good work.  

Can you offer updates on any other projects, the plateau one (?) or anything else downtown?

I don't know, man, this looks absolutely wonderful to me, a total success, just amazing. 

On 2023-05-15 at 2:32 PM, Ricardo100 said:

Dommage que l'immeuble en pointe de ce coin de rue (Parma Café) n'ait pus être intégré au projet global du HEC. Visuellement cela aurait certainement été très intéressant (finition extérieure intégrée à celle du pavillon des HEC) et cela aurait permis de découvrir un visuel plus harmonieux de l'ensemble. Espérons pour le futur ??

i think that it's still there, no?

On 2023-04-28 at 10:14 AM, Brick said:

Pretty **cking awesome.  Huge high-five to the development team for this well executed job.  Just great.

Looks great, but why must they demolish the building next door?   If it's a programming space issue, why not just build a story higher on the parking lot and keep the operating income?  Very strange.

Awesome project, love this.  It gets a solid 6/10 for architecture/intensification, and a 11/10 for replacement value of that crappy old service station.

^ whoa mama

On 2022-08-25 at 1:46 PM, Rocco said:

La tour Banque Nationale is really something.  Super imposante sur l'horizon.

Wow, the brick looks surprisingly good.

That dense mass of apartment buildings is the 1970s version of the Bell Center density.  The only differences are ownership type, building type, and time.  

On 2022-06-14 at 10:35 PM, internationalx said:

Perfect they way it is.  It's insane to squeeze a tower in here.  

This area is the new:

It's awesome and necessary for the city, a great thing to get out of this extended cycle.  This entire Bell Center area will be an affordable apartment building area in 30 more years.

So, any effect on this project?

Great proposed project, and great proposed modifications.  Has anyone emailed the architects for a rendering?

16 hours ago, Rocco said:

J'en reviens toujours pas qu'ils ont gutté ce bijou. Passé comme du beurre dans poêle.. Incroyable. Tout est permis quand tu t'appelles UQAM.

This is, of course, true.  However, keeping the facade and doing this sort of job is far preferable to full scale demolition like we saw back in the 1960s and 1970s when they demolished the old university and cathedral.

18 hours ago, internationalx said:

For all of it's flaws, The FS Hotel "cube" added much-needed gloss to the street, it eliminated a parking lot and replaced a hotel that was cheaply built (and was ugly); bringing a FS here to replace Hotel de la Montagne can't be a negative.  

I really loved Hotel de la Montagne.  The bar downstairs was a greet meeting place, and the rooftop bar was irreplaceable.  RIP.

Agreed that this building is shaping up to be a lot better than the renderings suggested.  

On 2022-01-06 at 12:36 PM, Rocco said:

Topped.

Great photo, nice addition, but that's the very definition of a 'table top' skyline, and kind of a bummer.

^ Exactly, hopefully they revise and build it 7+ stories taller that this proposal (20 stories would be appropriate), with better materials, and a more attractive fenestration.