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  1. internationalx
    This is some really boring and dated-looking architecture. It looks like a it should be a government building on the side of the autoroute de Laurentides in Laval. I mean, with the new rules about blocking views from Mt Royal to the River, this is just about the one and only site left to build 50-55 floors and NOT block anything: PVM blocks already! It would be nice the have a cluster of tall buildings at that intersection, including Tour de la Bourse of course, to constitute a "financial district". Afterall, it is the end of famous St James street.
  2. internationalx
    the reason outside promoters hesitate to come to montreal. Not only is there very restrictive zoning but the bureaucracy and the special interests (activists) are a killer. This is a very reactionary result of the 1970's when developers tore down the Victorian city and left us with parking lots or ugly cement apartment buildings. Sadly, this state now effects the architecture and the quality of materials in 2008.
  3. internationalx
    the problem is the ste catherine street entrance, but the plans won't do anything to fix it. They are missing the boat completely. The main entrance should not be from the basement which is effectively where it is. They need to simply get rid of this entrance and the fountain as it and build a proper cohesive plaza entrance. Extend the grand staircase from the west side all the way to the east side and reconstitue fountains of some sort on top of the plaza. This is the one MAJOR flaw in the PDA design. The Ste Catherine street basement entrance is so anti-climactic and NON-glamourous for such a venue. This has been the complaint since it was built. Look at Lincoln Center. Entrance done right.
  4. internationalx
    hope it gets the green light AND that Wanda's get incorporated. This is a really good looking project well suited for the lot.
  5. internationalx
    There is Best Buy that just opened across the street from Lincoln Center on Columbus Avenue in NYC. A HUGE one.
  6. internationalx
    The curve in the east wall of the tower really adds some interest. This won't be so boring afterall.
  7. internationalx
    From the renderings, I love it. Hopefully, the tower placed north of the place de festivals gets built. The height of 30 floors adds a sense of grandeur to the streetscape.
  8. internationalx

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    internationalx a répondu à un sujet de mtlurb dans Complétés

    Like they don't understand the concept of re-inventing neighborhoods. This area, much like the area around Guy and R-L, looked like they're bombed out from war - there is almost nothing left (parking lots) or the old heritage buildings are so few that maintaining the current "equilibrium" doesn't even sound like it makes sense. I mean, what equilibrium?? Parking lots? REINVENTION. A totally foreign concept. Same thing around Maison Radio-Canada. I mean, why is this area zoned for 4 story buildings. What an opportunity to create an a showpiece of a district with audacious architecture and design. The fact that the Molson plant and the Jacques Cartier bridge are there demand taller condo towers.
  9. internationalx
    any developer or owner would be crazy to alter or tear the station down. This truly is a gorgeous piece of architecture. Enough of Montreal was torn down. Nothing we could build today would ever compare to Windsor. Even if a major architect proposed something. I'm hoping that perhaps 40 years from now when the Bell Centre is obsolete and old and needs to be replaced, Windor can be restored as a train station for light rail link to the airport etc... Only my pipe dream. But who knows. London just reinstated St Pancras station after it had been abandoned for 40 years.
  10. internationalx
    depending on the configuration of the tower... let's not forget that residential/hotel floors and closer together. A 70 storey hotel building can be equivalent to a 50 storey office building. It's be nice to see... I'd hope that they use an international architect for such a high profile project. Not to mention, a starchitect would be an easier sell to the city and the borough and the heritage watchdogs.
  11. internationalx
    does anyone know if the ceiling heights are 10 or 12 feet? They'd better not be 8 ft otherwise this cannot be considered a luxury building.
  12. internationalx
    Why is that that suburban neighborhoods get better architecture and materials than downtown? I was in St Laurent earlier and was amazed that some of the new condos have quality and character. These are beauties. Imagine them at 37 floors replacing Jardin/Terraces Windsor.
  13. internationalx
    This is a city. A city is for buildings and they should get over it. They should move to the suburbs if they don't want shade from high-rises!
  14. internationalx
    Better example : the boston bridge. http://www.oreillynet.com/ignite/blog/boston_skyline-2.jpg
  15. internationalx
    Why is this urban planning project not being open to an international competition?? This is as big at the WTC project in NY and I think it is worthy of seeing at least 5 proposals and different visions. It's like they come up with one proposal and that's it. I think this one leaves a lot to be desired. For one, why not build and architectural bridge over the Peel Bassin? For example, the Millenium bridge in London. http://www.havremontreal.qc.ca/imgCommunes/reamenagement_bonaventure/large/Reamenagement_Autoroute_Bonaventure_SECTEUR_INTERVENTION_300dpi.jpg And why seperate the boulevard in that way? I would much rather see a grand double boulevard with a median of trees and flowers in the middle.
  16. internationalx
    I gotta say, this project won't see the light of day for a while and by the time they are ready to build it, hopefully they will aim for better architecture. Not that this is such a terrible design. But... I mean, such a great opportunity, given the site, to do something really incredible, an opportunity to build a real monument. This is just not visionary at all. Really, really boring.
  17. internationalx
    Whole blocks west of de la Montagne between R-L and Ste. Catherine are also zoned for 4 stories. It makes more economic sense to leave them as parking lots. Eg: Bishop and Crescent. Some of the zoning limits on these outer edges of the CBD which date to the mid-1980's simply do not make much sense and should be reviewed.
  18. internationalx
    The land alone facing Central Park cost $400 million. They tore down an old hotel called the Mayfair. It was a rotting old thing that was more of an apart-hotel by the end. I heard they had to pay the last tenant $4 million to leave at the very end. Anyways, construction costs totaled $600 million. They net $1.1 billion in sales. CRAZY!
  19. internationalx
    btw... the penthouse sold for $43 million.
  20. internationalx
    I would like this at 1500 Sherbrooke West. You can have a lower "house" section on Sherbrooke and the taller tower portion behind. The quality of this design and the materials is hard to oppose. Plus, the architect is a historian and world-renown.
  21. internationalx
    Honestly, I don't think it's that bad. It just looks like a class B office building more than a hotel. Plus, when you consider that it is a cheaper price point hotel (Garden Inn) it's not bad. This block with all these tall buildings slammed next to each other is really reminiscent of the Times Square area around 42nd street and 8th Avenue in NYC. Same thing with all these lower end hotels brands next to one another. I guess it is appropriate given the QDS soon to be a reality just down the street. I still can't believe the height... I mean, no opposition from NIMBY's et compagnie....
  22. internationalx
    Totally agree with you about winter weather. I think if there were better quality stores on de Maisonneuve this could change. The retails spaces simply need to be repositioned effectively. I wonder if the effects of the old Drummond Court that used to cantilever over de Maisonneuve at 1200 still haven't been shaken yet?? That dark building hanging over the street made it very unwelcoming. It certainly felt like a dead end for a very long time.
  23. internationalx
    de Maisonneuve is an important boulevard irrespective of Ste Catherine. It has many high profile buildings that line it, including, KPMG, Place Montreal Trust, and 2000 Peel. The intersection of Peel and de Maisonneuve alone is one of the most high profile intersections downtown. With the addition of Le Roc Fleuri and 1200 dM, this will only reinforce the stature. In fact, there are retail locations at street level at a lot of the buildings that line the street. The problem in Montreal that I believe is the reason for the lack of street life is the underground city. It is an accepted vision that we continue developing the underground city, much to the detriment to street life. While I believe many of the connections make sense, overall, I am not a fan. In Particular, I am not a fan of the urban planners requiring all developments where possible to link up to the RESO just for the sake of it. Street life is has suffered as a result of this. I would much rather see people pour out of an office building into the street at 5pm than into a tunnel.
  24. internationalx
    I disagree... an independent Quebec will result in a decline in population and most certainly, many companies moving to Canada. Montreal in an independent Quebec will be la metropole du Quebec (as it is now) for 7-8 million people. In comparison, Toronto is the metropolis of Canada for 35-40 million people. Why can't Quebec and Montreal effectively compete with other major cities?? The Quebec nannny state that spoon feeds people jobs and security. It is an inherent culture of entitlement. Everything for nothing so-to-speak. High levels of unionization and unions who are in the back pocket of the government at all costs. The interventist and protectionist policies that keep rents and incomes low simply do not make Quebec an attrative place for real estate investment and the highly educated and highly skilled immigrants that are needed to grow. And soon, desperately needed. Moroever, this new concern about integrating immigrants... no major city in the world can be dynamic without them. All one has to do is look to New York, London, and closer to home, Toronto. Let's not forget that it's the waves of immigrants to Montreal in the late 19th century and in the mid 20th century that made Montreal, Montreal.
  25. internationalx
    5 don't think anyone is disputing height limits so as not to go higher than Mount Royal. That is absolutely fair and just. However, when you start putting restrictions in order to protect over 100 different views spell prservation activism going to extremes. Let's not confuse Montreal with Manhattan, Hong Kong, or Toronto - there will never be a demand for skyscrapers that developers are lining up to put them up. The comment about putting in place an interim plan to prohibit developers from destorying the mountain in the meantime is a joke - like their is a line of developer-vultures circling the mountain. When a developer proposes a 40 or 50 storey building which, at this point, we are averaging 1 every 30 years, we should be VERY open to it. You not only get the sense that Montreal is anti skyscraper, but anti-development period. What people seem to forget is that buildings can be beautiful architectural statements. They can be new monuments and moreover, they are the hallmark of our civilization. I agree that we have gotten over the last 40- 50 years some monstrosities of buildings and much of our Victorian city was torn down and replaced with parking lots, but that is no reason to be so reactionary and to oppose so much development. On the contrary, while Mount Royal is our monument, Montreal is also a commerical center defined by buildings. A city is a place for buildings. If people and groups don't like buildings I suggest they move out to the country.
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