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Lol there’s already trash on them

Lol we already can’t see the “mountain” from almost anywhere south of Sherbrooke at any angle.

Right. So why are we reinventing the wheel and ending up with Griffintown (or Laval or Kirkland or…)?

The 6-8 storey blocks in Paris or Barcelona are all very similar to each other, and yet also beautiful and pleasing to the eye. We just suck at mid-rise. And transit. And roads.

The centre segment is red because it’s a heat island. 😜

Good angle to keep checking. Thanks again for all your interesting contributions and terrific photos! 👍🏼

Very good point, but the big difference is in the relative lack of developable space in and around Central (Sheung Wan, Wan Chai). Here, we have plenty of space, even in the developed core and downtown.

Commentaire complètement inutile, juvénile et grossier.🤦🏻‍♂️

I don’t think comparing skylines is off-topic, as long as the focus is Montreal. 😉 J’avoue une certaine prédisposition vers la symmetrie, une concentration de tours autour d’un point central culminant avec un sommet d’une ou deux tours dominants. C’est ça qui m’énerve le plus de la clôture à piquets sur R-L! Par contre, une de mes villes preferées à visiter est Brisbane, population 2,5 millions. Elle compte à c’t’heure 16 gratte-ciels (>150m), plus quatre en construction, dont sept ont plus de 200 m. La limite dure à Brisbane est 274 m (900 pieds), et encore 16 gratte-ciels de plus sont proposées ou en planification, dont encore sept au dessus de 200 m. Mais même si les edifices sont concentrées dans le centre d’affaires, elles sont éparpillées un peu partout, sans sommet définissable. I like that too.

Voussoirs started arriving on site last night, otherwise technically Anne hasn’t started up yet (so, not last Friday). Pictures from Friday afternoon: This morning, we can see that she has advanced to the next column: Construction will resume this evening.

Les voussoirs-chevêtre pésent 52t et donc dépassent la limite durant la période de dégel; plusieurs de ceux-ci ont été apportés près des collonnes voisines de la poutre de lancement durant l’hiver. Les voussoirs de mi-portée pésent 48t et donc me dépassent pas la limite.

The “Gherkin” and The Shard were my first thought! 😁 London is certainly not defined by these two imposing skyscrapers, any more than Santiago is defined by the 300 metre Costanera Center.

I like to be “épaté” by tall structures, but make no mistake, ce n'est pas la hauteur des bâtiments qui définit une ville. Ok except maybe Dubai. Mais le reste des grandes villes du monde qui ont également de grands immeubles ne les présentent généralement pas comme leur élément déterminant, mais seulement comme une facette du caractère de ces villes.

😂😂 perfection!

Slotting a 150+ right there is a perfect idea, filling what might be an obvious hole in the grouping between CD South, Le V, 1SqP and Maestria.

Tangential to this discussion, but run-of-the-mill modern suburban/regional rail lines in Europe and Oceania commonly run at speeds comparable to (or higher than) our current VIA corridor trains at their highest speeds, and some even run at “higher-speed rail” speeds (up to 200 km/h).

Nope. No movement yet, no new voussoirs on site.

I think pointing out signature skyscrapers in other cities is germane to a discussion of our skyline, but you’re perfectly correct that discussing sprawl and comparing population growth is outside the scope here. Thanks for that.

The last-mile (or last-10-miles?) advantage is one of the points made by those pushing for a $10-50 Billion investment in rail, but I also think that’s nonsense. Few casual users live “within 10 minutes” of Union or Centrale, and with sprawling cities, I reckon only a slightly greater percentage of those travelling for work are better served by the two termini’s locations than YUL or Bishop.

Comme je dis depuis… Les 80s? 👍🏼

exo1 Vaudreuil-Hudson, as well-situated as it is, is a terrible suburban rail line. With just 14k passengers per day, it barely even qualifies as “mass transit.” It needs about $400 million in upgrades and $250 million in new (electric) rolling stock just to bring it to early-21st-century standards.

Le contremaître avec le front row seat!

Good catch. Thanks!

As do we. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

City population of 5.4 million, the statistical metro area over 6.6 million. But in some ways similar to us, yes! 😊 There is even a suburb named Canada Bay, after a settlement of 60 convicts from the Lower Canada rebellion of 1837.