Doctor D

It is a conversion of an existing building

It's funny how most renderings for both buildings ignore the other. 

The Reno is pretty much exactly where the old Cineplex was. 

I worked in the area for twenty years and I've gone running in those woods for years, in every season, at different times of the day and I never run into anyone else. It seems that most West Islander want all construction to stop the day they move in and most rarely use the forests, they just want to know they are there, just in case they ever want to walk in them. 

Merci. It has a utilitarian look to it and makes the street feel more like a back alley than a residential street. 

I lived there for many years and although the brutalist high rise apartments are grey and dingy, Lincoln itself has many gems like more of the Victorian townhouses seen in the project, and interesting six to eight story apartments from the 1920's, all the way to Atwater where it opens onto the Dawson campus. At the intersection of St Marc, there is another a cluster of Victorian buildings housing cafes and markets right across from the brutalist apartments. It is truly Concordia's ghetto and has its own unique vibe, which is quite unique in Montreal. 

Just now, Rocco said:

Indeed, as well as the nuclear power plant!

Why? Are they planning to cover it?

Is it possible to build three unit is that small space? How wide does a residential unit have to be in Montreal?

As a wise graffiti artist once wrote on a wall on Laurier street back in the 90's: "Name graffiti = ego trip". Graffiti can be art but signing your name with squiggly font is not art.

The 1990's project was west of the tracks (and even farther north). I was just trying to clarify for a non-Montrealer, but your aerial shot doesn't include the area in question. Too bad because if the aerial showed de la montagne just a little more north (like two blocks) we could have indicate where the original ballpark was supposed to be to make it clearer. 

This is a old rendering when the idea was to place the stadium in the remnants of an abandoned train yard between Mountain and Peel streets, far west of the land being discussed here (that is why it seems on the wrong side of the tracks). That project was supported by the Brofman's but the land has since been sold. It was a great idea that never got off the ground.

Great news! Thanks!

It looks like cooper: does that mean it will turn green like many of the church roofs in Montreal or is it just copper coloured cladding?

Do we know if either project will be connected to the underground city?

I find the rendering has a 70's vibe to it. Reminds me of the prefab structures of McGill library with a touch of the brutalist apartments on De Maisonneuve between Guy and Fort.

3 hours ago, Mtlarch said:

The land is quietly emerging ... those who will be on the upper floors will really have a beautiful view of the CV!

It's a really good idea: there is a "dead zone" in that area (unpleasant for pedestrians) and it would connect it to the eastern section of Griffintown.

Only on one side, while two sides look over the highway, and imagine the noise!

On 11/4/2020 at 6:25 AM, M.A.D said:

 

The architect Gilles Saucier imagines a new entrance to Montreal.

 30 floors

https://www.lapresse.ca/affaires/2020-11-04/ancienne-savonnerie-barsalou/l-architecte-gilles-saucier-imagine-une-nouvelle-entree-a-montreal.php

Is it just me or does it seem ridiculous to put balconies overlooking the bridge so you can have a Bar-B-Q and watch heavy traffic go by? Some kind of an up scale trailer park?

Where is that?

Thank you for the clarification.

Great for the Art de vivre hotel, shame about not connecting îlot Balmoral.

On the STM site it states "A new real estate project by a private developer will integrate the De Bleury North entrance building into the new building. We will therefore take advantage of the closure of the entrance to begin work on accessibility, in order to equip the station with elevators".  http://www.stm.info/fr/infos/etat-du-service/travaux/place-des-arts#id_premiere 

Are they talking about Îlot balmoral or Art de vivre?

Just found this on Rakotta website apartments section

https://www.rakotta.com/residential/gramercy-residence-phase-1-fall-2021

What's wrong with following the example of 201 Laurier E which dwarfs local buildings yet respects the textures and colours of the existing buildings?

Merci!

Ah, yes, now I see it clearly in the pictures you put up last week. It's on the Viger side, correct? Is the building specifically designated for commercial use?

2 hours ago, MontréalMartin said:

No1 The Daudelin sector of Square Viger is built directly above two metro lines. 

No2 The glazed building should accommodate a café, with a terrace overlooking the park. 

Which one is the glazed building? I thought the structures were open air monuments, a pastiche to the old Greek agoras. Am I mistaken?