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^ My hope is that the Holt Renfrew block is acquired by/donated to the MBAM.   It's a shame that the timing didn't work so that the money used to build the new addition could have been used for that purpose.  The new addition is fine, but it's not great, and saw the demolition of two old Edwardians.

very unfortunate.  

Une chose que pourrait faire Mlle. Plante c'est d'introduire un moratoire de construction de 5-10 ans pour tout immeuble détruit par incendie, ou le soupçon court vers le volontoire.  Histoire de tuer la motivation de détruire le patrimoine pour faciliter la construction des condos/bureaux tout neufs.

One imagines that if Montreal pays 1/3 of the Pink line, and Ottawa commits to paying 1/3, then Quebec will find it difficult to reject, even if it's the CAQ.  The best situation, of course, would be a PLQ minority government with a 5-6 seat Solidaire caucus supporting the government on supply and confidence in exchange for a commitment to fund the infrastructure in Montreal. 

this sidewalk is ridiculous.  imagine walking here in winter.

this building should win an award or something, truly stellar (aside from the anderson street side).

Maybe a staging area or a sales office?  Anyway, that's in 3 days, surely the project can't be 

what is the maximum height here? 60 meters?

in total, how many units will the entire 21e arrondissement contain?  700?  800?  that's potentially 2000 individuals on that block.  excellent!  it would be wonderful if the faubourg des récollets could one day house as many as 10,000 people.

it's exciting to imagine the faubourg des récollets as a real neighborhood filled with people.  10 years from now, there might not be a single surface parking lot.

iconic building, going generic

1 hour ago, slanctot said:

2017-09-04

 

big improvement over before.  https://goo.gl/maps/ERPuiZjJ66v

the only problem with this project is that it's demolishing a shopping center with a number of well-established businesses.  a large commercial component should replace what was lost.

Move the mature trees to the church parking lot on Mayor street to finally build the park on the stationnement there? 

no - a bit shorter, at 23 floors.  also, they'll not sell any units on the first floor.  so basically, on aggregate the units will be smaller than in drummond i.

drummond II has sold 76/210 units, with another 8 units reserved.  construction will apparently start this year.

is this one just a placeholder?  only the tower will rise for now?  edit: hm, more likely it's just a bad rendering.

je ne dis pas qu'il faut tout protéger du complexe childrens, main des immeubles déco sont rare à montreal, et un edifice déco de cette échelle est quasiment unique. en plus, le childrens c'est connu par tout le monde, c'est un lieu historique, un dépôt du mémoire collectif et même culturel.   il mérite rester.  refaisons le rez-de-chaussée, élargissons les fenêtres, mais gardons l'édifice principale.  

^ your sort of thinking is exactly why the old forum was renovated into a garbage can, and why the garbage can was turned into what it is today.  you don't realize it, but everything shitty about montreal comes from your way of thinking.  

the cheapo podium/point towers are already out of vogue in normal cities, divimco/poirier is a shitty mall developer proposing to replace one of the iconic buildings with a griffintown/seville job. 

it's a deco wall, one of the last in montreal.  

i'm one of the most aggressive pro-growth people there is, believe me.  but this proposal is a stupid mistake.  build thousands of units, but keep the main building facing the park.

as we've learned many many times, once something is gone, it's gone. 

i know how ugly a city can be.  

this is a nun's island condo design in a fantastic location.  so, like nun's island, it will attract lavallois, south shore people, west island people, and immigrants from asia.

un maire digne du nom aurait déjà tâché la police de faire que l'incendie volontaire ne serait pas récompensée par un champs libre pour les promoteurs.  mais bon, tremblay -> appelbaum -> coderre . . . 

33 stories? 34?  

it's nice that the parking ingress on saint james will be gone, that's really nice.  

less nice is that this building looks ridiculous, though i think that the chinese and lavalois who purchase units will be satisfied.

still, i'm glad to see something built.  square victoria still has a giant hole that residential would fill just as well as commercial.  and then we have the surface parking lots... 

3 hours ago, ConcordiaSalus said:

J'ai grandit aux abords ce cette place. J'y allais en été pratiquement de façon quotidienne.

Elle a toujours été bondée et un excellent point de rassemblement en recul du tumulte de la place jacques cartier. Son succès ne date certainement pas des nouvelles rénovations.

Honnêtement, je n'appelerais pas ces travaux un "lèg du 375ème" mais purement des travaux de réfections avec un petit re-design qui est tout au plus discutable. On as enlevé le petit belvédère duquel on pouvoit se poser pour voir le centre ville avec ses deux plaques explicatives (elles avaient besoin d'être remplacées).

On as enlevé les grands drapeaux qui selon moi accordaient un aspect diplomatique à l'hôtel de ville, ce qui est très correct et même voulu. Finalement je crois que la place à perdu son petit côté Européen. Dans le film X-Men on film la place Vauquelin et l'hôtel de ville en la faisant passer pour une section de Paris dans les années 60. Aujourd'hui ce serait impossible.

ils ont fait pareil aux escaliers rue McTavish.

En français: on propose de construire ces deux tours--style île des soeurs il faut absolument le souligner--contre/à la place d'une rénovation d'un des immeubles les plus îcone et connu de Montréal (au moins chez les Montréalais), voire du Québec. Comme si on n'a rien appris de toute notre histoire d'avoir fait la même chose dans le passé. Encore et encore, démolir le patrimoine pour qu'un maire ou les gens investis dans un quartier puissent bénéficier.  La surprise chez moi c'est qu'il n'y a pas de movement contre, ni sur un tel forum, ni chez les Bumbarus, que personne ne dit rien là-dessus.  Divimco/Poirier, ce n'est pas un gars de chez nous.  

English: Generic garbage.  Replacing one of Montreal's iconic buildings (the deco children's hospital building) with suburban/nun's island-style towers.  It's a true shame and people should be angry/active.

Political forces mobilized to kill the wonderful Alcan redevelopment but they're silent as this complex faces destruction. It's appalling.  Suburban developers coming in to kill one of our most unique shared buildings. 

4 hours ago, UrbMtl said:

 

this will really cut quite the figure in the faubourg des récollets.  hopefully it sells well and sets further development into action along saint jacques.  little by little...