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^ cela demeure le plan?

this is an excellent precedent: right across the street is/was the proposed Alcan project of the same height.

view along maisonneuve

so, they'll turn the old french restaurant into apartments?

C'est ce qui m'a toujours frappé quand on voyage à l'extérieur, Montréal manque tellement de couleur, elle est grise comme une pierre tombale. Elle devrait s'inspirer de Miami, Chicago, New York.

the mayor of tirana, albania tackled this with some success. here's spacing on it: A lesson we need to learn from Albania - Spacing Montreal

also: Painting the Town: Part 2 - Buildings | International Making Cities Livable

Why not just walk around the area? I don't know what concessions they might have won, but they entire block is now built out and their "views" are gone.

In Montreal, there's no provision, legally or by city code (which is also legal), that protects views.

If they demolished the older parts of the hospital, it's be totally heart-breaking to me, personally. Our generation's Van Horne mansion, this beloved monument that may seem ugly to some but to others seems synonymous with Montreal.

i wonder if this explains why le mas des oliviers recently closed?

except for the introduction of automobiles onto a street that should be pedestrianized.

^ except there, it wouldn't have the underground parking.

did they build interior parking here?

on the second building, here's something to think about.

55 units remaining in tower 1:

6 are available on floors 1-2.

6 are available on floors 3-16.

43 are available on floors 17-25.

only 7/32 on floors 21-25 have sold.

that's a lot to carry over.

if they're going ahead with the second tower, one imagines that the unit mix might be retouched slightly to offer smaller units at lower prices.

the presse article doesn't suggest that it's a plan, it only says that it would be a good addition.

also, did the MBAM build a potential underground connection in the new hornstein pavilion?

awesome photo!

i love the look of this building, it captures perfectly a certain era.

there was a plan about 10 years ago to build short structures on the parking and extend the mdd green space further south. i wonder if we might get something like that here...

ouf. karl fisher. looks like no parking? it's a bit of a shame to loose that neat green lot, but it's great to add 74 units in a part of town that certainly needs them. thanks for posting.

i give it a year.

still can't believe that they didn't do commercial ground floor, or at least build out to the lot line. it looks like something from the 1960s.

the convention center boom isn't clearly a good use of resources: Do We Really Need to Keep Building Convention Centers?

a city like montreal is sort of unique in its attractiveness, but it's also one of the pricier large cities for american conference goers to visit, compared with american cities. it's a niche market. the only possible way to defend a convention center expansion is demand.

if only they'd extend it to the sidewalk.

that's saint-noms-de-jesus? so the leclerc family sold it to this persian guy? or he's developing it for them?

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this photo really illustrates the contribution to the streetwall. hopefully, the new "unique" project is also built upon an ambitious podium such as this one.

wow, return to this? it's a shame, i loved the cross design.

This is what we saw as the original plan for the site. Now this is awesome,modern and a real showpiece. That new one reminds me of the Mt-stephen Hotel with the odd and uneven window sizes. Man oh man I hope somebody deepsixes this shitty project and gets inspired by the first proposal!!!

 

 

 

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Sorry, THAT'S the presentation for a $40 million project? Are you kidding me? One that's only supposed to last for a decade?

 

This 375th anniversary is becoming very typically Montreal: a case study in excess spending for minimal returns.

well, it's only being supported for a decade, i'm sure when it's over, it'll probably stay up. and almost all of that 40 million came from the feds, pretty much at harper's urging as he was trying to win montreal island seats. some part came from coderre, i think it was 7 million, but 7 million over 10 years is a great deal if we decide we want this. same with the jaume plensa piece. 500,000 is a great deal for a giant, iconic piece of art by a world class sculpture. the stumps is dumb, but logical - if you want a branded, permanent open seating area, they're not a bad way to go.

the connection to the reso be will minor, not a floor. just a connection on the south east corner.

mais dès que la tour "spectrum" soit construite...