Doctor D

Good point, thanks!

Why can't they put real widows on the floors above the Enticy? Is there a rule against that?

Toronto style urban planning (actually starting to show up in Ottawa as well).

All good points. Can anyone explain how they deal with these problems in Europe? The have many really well kept lanes, so where exactly does their garbage go?

It is not an accident; Atwater (as well as Berri in the east) were designated as "poles" back in the 1960's, so that's why there is a cluster of higher density and taller buildings in that area (see map http://ville.montreal.qc.ca/pls/portal/docs/page/plan_urbanisme_en/media/documents/150921_hauteurs_25_en.pdf). That idea was reviewed again several times and the "pole" now includes Lionel-Groulx, but without the density. https://ville.montreal.qc.ca/portal/page?_pageid=7757,142473152&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL. Perhaps a new, more eastward pole could be created in the Papineau area? Yes, there are several low rise projects in the area, but why not increase the hight levels to thirty floors? (l'Entrée Maritime, Quartier des Lumières, Molson Project)?

Beautiful picture! And from a rarely used perspective - thanks!

Why not both?

Horizontal high rise?

Too bad! Second one looks better.

Quite a bit

A "garden" is defined in the Oxford English Dictionary as an "enclosed piece of ground devoted to the cultivation of flowers, fruit or vegetables". Park: "a large public garden or area of land used for recreation".

Costs are the biggest element in deciding to build tunnels but there are other problems associated with constructing tunnels fo university settings. Back in the seventies, the University of New Brunswick built a huge complex of tunnels between buildings and dorms, but they were eventually closed to the public (https://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/calls-for-underground-tunnels-to-re-open-in-fredericton-1.716917). I had a friend who went there before and after they were closed and she told me that the official reason was an unusual number of cases of rickets (a skeletal disorder that's caused by a lack of vitamin D) since they have long winters and many students never went outside for months at a time. But she also reported that since many of the tunnels were quite isolated, the real reason was due to the high number of sexual assaults that took place (http://www.uer.ca/forum_showthread.asp?fid=1&threadid=22359). In the Montreal underground, most tunnels have high traffic, from one mall of high rise office to another but in the case of universities, you are literally talking about kilometres of isolated, little used tunnels (https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/tunnels-skywalks-campus_n_6547918?ri18n=true). In either case, it's always good to get a bit of fresh air, even if just to cross the street.

Lucky for you there are several more of the same design side by side so no great loss.

Great pix! I agree about the similarities of the sterile look of La Défense, and it looks desolate now but has great potential to become a 21st century university campus. We cannot compare the two because MIL simply does does not have the scale or size (3.9 hectares versus 160 of La Défense). Furthermore, it is not nearly as isolated so I think the communities of Parc Ex and Outremont will spill over and make it more human.

Does this project connect to underground network?

Amen!

Glad to see that hole close up (even just for five years).

Où est-ce? il n'y a pas d'espaces vides près de Concordia

That little house looks like the hero of a children's book. Where is Robert Munch when you need him?

Dore administration, 1991-2. No building should be higher than Mount Royal/block view.

It's called "bait and switch" in English; what's that trick called in French?