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On 2023-10-12 at 10:07 AM, Rocco said:
Coudonc on peux-tu avoir un peu d'ambition à Montréal? 18 étages en plein centre-ville c'est inacceptable.
Right next to 200m zones.
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On 2023-09-27 at 4:41 PM, Rocco said:
Un seul édifice se démarque par son originalité. Le reste n'est que tours carrées sans saveur. Déjà 36 ans.
That middle section desperately wants to be 5-8 stories taller.
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43 minutes ago, KOOL said:
Le projet a été bloqué à cause de son architecture et non de sa hauteur car comme l'a dit Rocco, c'est du 200m de plein droit.
Pretty sure it was mainly about blocking views... of 1250 R-L and the river from Kondiaronk. They wanted them to chop down the height.
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1 hour ago, Rocco said:
⬆️ Par chance Valérie ne peut rien contre des 200m à cet endroit. Fiou.
Are you sure about that? They've already questioned and sunk a project with a by-right allowance of 200m for blocking views of the river.
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Gotta love that the only concern with new development is height. Griffintown (skyline) is largely ugly because of height restrictions which in turn impact design and in the end, it all looks the same (height, shape, volume). It would be nice if we heard about challenging developers (and their architects to be more audacious) in design.
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32 minutes ago, Rocco said:
Do we really expect something iconic in Montreal? We are still traumatized by the Big Owe after 45 years. Traumatized, poor, humble... you get that architecture.
Someone put together a side-by-side shot of the Expo site and Griffintown....
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Ayoye. Talk about unimaginative architecture. It's like a big blunt object standing there in the wide open space... to remain that way because of the constraints around it. This spot should have gotten something sculptural. Iconic. Oh, wait, Plante said this is iconic. 🙄 We're letting someone with that taste level run the city? 😜
...I keep thinking about Via 57 West in NYC and how something like that would have been perfect here.
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Isn't CCE also 128m? I find it interesting how this proposal is the exact, random height. And 1355 R-L is proposed to be 120 m? Definitely seems to be some sort of lowering of heights to match whatever is already built... it just makes for an oppressive streetscape, the opposite of the desired outcome.
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The problem is the shape and general architecture of the building. The art does give it "ooomf" as they say in the article but the silhouette of the building is still the same. You know, just an extention of Generictown, er, Griffintown.
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I guess they finally realized the building was hideous /boring / unimaginative and needed something.... 🙄
"Pour la mairesse Valérie Plante, l’emplacement stratégique du terrain, sur lequel se trouvait une cour de voirie, nécessitait une signature forte".
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Hmm. Obviously, very disappointed with the boring 120m height 🙄 but this is too little a teaser to tell if the design and materials are any consolation prize.... Provencher Roy being involved is a good sign - I suppose.
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Maybe they'll want to move into a new building for a fresh start.... any spec office towers on the drawing board? Quad Windsor I suppose.
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On 2023-09-13 at 9:31 PM, COB said:
Place banque nationale, it’s okay to be obese, inclusivity
No fat shaming. 😜
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Completion date July '25. 🤗
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I'm surprised Heritage Montreal didn't put up a fight for that little greystone; the second story still in its original condition after all.
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- C’est un message populaire.
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Camillien-Houde is a pretty steep climb; other than elite cyclists, will pleasure cyclists really use it? Also, walkers? I suppose it's a good hiking trail but again, for the more fit /athletic types. I preferred the idea of keeping it open to pleasure drivers with a greatly reduced speed limit.
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Oh. That looks interesting! More pronounced detailing than I was expecting.
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The city has been chasing families to inhabit the downtown core since the 1980's - so far as I can remember. It didn't work then and it can't work now given the cost of such condos. (That said, 3-bedroom condos in new towers shouldn't be unicorns either but of course, they will cost the buyer more as stated above.) Montreal isn't Manhattan and families like yards and such for their kids and the suburbs and exurbs of Montreal have that. Even many central / inner city neighborhoods have that.
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Compared to most of the other towers we've been getting, this project is among the best. The photos don't do it justice and in-person is much better. La bande blanche is odd no question about it.
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A project that doesn't excite me in the least. What a waste of an incredible piece of land in a spectacular location. 😖
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17 hours ago, Weka 29 said:
J'espère qu'un jour pas trop lointain (5 ans?) un projet remplacera le feu Icone 2 pour cacher complètement cette verrue qu'est l'édifice du CAA. Je me contenterais presque d'une coop d'habitation. Oups, non quand même, ça risque d'être une verrue encore plus grosse et plus visible.
The CAA lot / building should be incorporated with the Icone 2 site. Oh, wait... the zoning is different. 🙄
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Super dense.