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Caterpillar stock (NYSE: CAT) has doubled since the start of the pandemic.

Honestly, this kind of raises my hopes for Sherbrooke and Guy.

So far so good.

“They ain’t f***in’ around!”

Ok but the limit has been 232 AMSL/200 max for decades, and yet we’ve only had two buildings at or near that limit in all this time. Just because the limit might get raised doesn’t mean there will be a sudden rush to build new towers to it. Rather, just like the current limits, applications for derogation would need to be made and any new designs would still need to be judged on their merits by the city before permits are granted. Also, I don’t think such a new limit would cover the same entire area that now encapsulates the “120+” limit; I would think it would be a tiny subset of lots within that area, perhaps concentrated around St-Antoine to Ste-Catherine and Peel to St-Alexandre. 895 and 800 DLG could be the epicentre.

You gotta love the Gazette using a very early artist’s impression, circa June 2016. Even the train is STM blue! https://montrealgazette.com/business/local-business/ottawa-quebec-to-announce-funding-for-rem-station-at-trudeau-airport Ottawa, Quebec to announce funding for REM station at Trudeau airport An investment of about $500M is expected, which will end the long-running saga of whether a light-rail station would be built at the airport. Frédéric Tomesco Apr 14, 2021 • Last Updated 2 hours ago • 1 minute read An artist's rendition of what the Réseau Express Métropolitain will look like. PHOTO BY CAISSE DE DÉPÔT ET PLACEMENT DU QUÉBEC It looks like a dénouement is finally within reach in the long-running saga of the proposed light-rail station at Montreal’s Trudeau International Airport. Ottawa and Quebec have called a virtual press conference for 11:30 a.m. Thursday to announce “a major investment” in infrastructure “to better connect” the airport to the city of Montreal, according to a joint press release issued Wednesday night. The governments will announce an investment of about $500 million in a new station of the Réseau Express Métropolitain at the airport, TVA Nouvelles reported. Federal transport minister Omar Alghabra, infrastructure minister Catherine McKenna and Quebec economy minister Pierre Fitzgibbon are among the dignitaries slated to take part in the event, as are Montreal mayor Valérie Plante, Aéroports de Montréal chief executive officer Philippe Rainville, and Canada Infrastructure Bank CEO Ehren Cory. ADM had initially committed to funding the station, which was initially estimated to cost about $600 million, but said last year it lacked the money to pay for it because of a massive decline in passenger traffic caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

I was thinking the same thing. A recipe for disappointment (or worse).

But it’s made from old wine bottles!

💯💯💯

Lol the telegraph/Hydro poles look like they’re the same in both pictures, taken 90 years apart!

Fortement d’accord. Nous avons nos icônes, mais pour les étrangers, boff, après une quinzaine de minutes en merveillant le Stade et le Basilique, ils s’en foutent de nos gratte-ciels.

I had honestly forgotten about Sydney’s new tallest building, the 272 m (890 ft) Crown Sydney at One Barangaroo, as it neared top-out in late 2019. It was completed in December 2020. It is eye-catching, to say the least!

That’s true. They don’t even shovel the steps of the Sq Victoria-OACI Guimard entrance. But the covered/enclosed sidewalk entrances in Europe look much simpler and easier to build and maintain than our “buildings.”

Well, the platforms are 500 feet long. Other cities have multiple exits per station, just not usually as grandiose as some of ours.

Like Alexis Nihon! 😜

That’s fantastic. Bravo!

If and when, that’ll likely be announced separately. In politics, every single entente, concord, compromise has to be paraded as a singular victory, even if part of a bigger idea. Note the Air Canada package is separate from any aviation aid plan. Now they can claim it as distinct achievements.

Oh, now I see why Humaniti couldn’t be 50m taller: it’d block the precious view of 1250RL from the Jacques-Cartier bridge! 😉

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I was standing on that exact corner a short while ago looking at that exact view, and remarked what a great combination TOM and Altitude make over the Square. Really nice shot, can’t wait to see that angle mid-summer with a finished square and mature greenery some day.

Hehe hehe hehe [commentaire enfantile obligatoire] Seriously, this Broccolini site has already changed so much since the last time I passed down R-B midwinter! Assuming the other two >150s on the drawing boards get the green light soon, with 900, REM, the airport, and other big projects moving forward, this decade will easily eclipse the 60s building boom in this city.

I’d like to keep discussing this proposal specifically on its merits and shortcomings, but right now we don’t have any clear idea about it. When does the lobbyist mandate end?

This. 👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻 So much this. Municipal politics is mostly about butthurt personal feelings.

I don’t see the “mountain.”