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1 hour ago, ScarletCoral said:

There are 2 projects
144, rue King (ex Genesport building)

And 265, rue Queen (154-164, rue King)

 

Thank you! 

Hi, does anyone know which project this is? Looks like it's between Rue king and rue queen in Cité Multimedia. I can't seem to attach pictures now. 

Love that project! It's really unique and beautiful. If it gets shelved, I hope they borrow alot of those ideas for parc Mary griffin. I shall say no more in case this page gets locked too but it's a shame we can't have diversity of views on here anymore... 

1 hour ago, acpnc said:

Décidément la rue Peel sera méconnaissable dans quelques mois et c'est bien heureux, puisqu'elle est l'épine dorsale du quartier GFT. Non seulement son réaménagement lui donnera une image beaucoup plus conviviale et nettement améliorée visuellement parlant. Mais aussi les nouvelles constructions qui la borderont commenceront bientôt à sortir de terre,  pendant que d'autres sont à différents stades de construction. Finalement les espaces publics compléteront le tableau en faisant de cette artère un incontournable pour les gens du quartier, comme des visiteurs.

Cette rue figure déjà dans ma liste prioritaire pour ma prochaine visite à Montréal en 2021, tout comme l'ensemble du quartier dont ma dernière tournée remonte à 2019.

Yes. And everyone will be talking about Rue Peel.. Except mtlurb lol. 

#bicyclesaga2020 #neverforget

Traffic is not great but it really becomes a danger zone when the cadets control the lights. 

55 minutes ago, lnykgz said:

The old ramp has been destroyed with the old Autoroute 10 highway in 2016, the new ramp should have been built with the Bonaventure Project. Please watch the video. The supporting pillows for the new Brennan ramp were kept and had been reinforced last year, but the new ramp did not come.

 

I'm no engineer but my rational was that they couldn't destroy that structure without compromising the integrity of the elevated highway. Perhaps they'll build a bridge over the basin so people cna get to the canal or future baseball stadium easily? Who knows. But there are pedestrian lights built into the elevated highway streetlights projecting onto this "future walkway". They've been projecting for ages now. At debris.. Dirt.. Gravel.. Stones.. Grass.. 

There used to be a ramp there. It was destroyed. 

9 hours ago, lnykgz said:

Is that a great way to waste money? Are there any collaboration between departments? 

They've started building the path now.  But definitely a great waste of green (both grass and money). I understand if they do it on reclaimed land for a few years to let it settle but 6 weeks? Just can't find a reason more than a typical screw up. 

Really not a fan of these brutal walls. Not harmonious at all. I know it's more for functionality but wish they all looked like the more natural one - which is also immune from the scourge of vandalism. 

What's the purpose of this new structure on Rue Brennan? I thought the structure was being widened over Smith? 

11 hours ago, FollowTheLeader said:

2020-09-29

 

This photo almost makes me wish the buildings had a facade design somewhat like the YOO (with less saturated blue glass but keeping the brown brick look of the surrounding buildings for the first 2 floors of course) . Might have even looked really nice from the highway but I'm still curious to see this "iconic mural" that will be visible from Pont Jacques-cartier.. Unless this design was already released somewhere.. 

Just kidding btw but I do have to disagree with you. While I think Montréal has some really beautiful old buildings and certain buildings from the brutalist era that are timeless (like certain metro ceilings/atrium), I don't think the generic boxes coming up everywhere these days are the best potential such a creative city can put out. Just my opinion anyway. To each his own. 

55 minutes ago, Rocco said:

Tous ces projets sont franchement hideux et disproportionnés. Finalement, je suis ben content d'habiter à Montréal. 

Was getting worried for you. The negativity was missing. Glad your still alive and kicking

16 hours ago, Mondo_Grosso said:

The problem is that the rules in place lack any flexibility unless you want to go the route of a demande for a derogation, which can be long and is not guaranteed to work.

We can not blame devs for building to max density, they are there to make money. We can blame the city though for not having provisions in place for concessions for increased hight (for example setbacks for more height, green space for more height.)

As Montreal continues to develop, the plateaus of the city zoning will become ever more apparent.

Merci énormément de m'avoir appris ceci. 

I was talking to a friend in Singapore. They also build relatively boxy buildings but they find ways to make it interesting. Just hope we can do the same with some lighting or perhaps a nice "crown" structure to beautify it. 

Probably gonna get a waterfall of down votes (personally I don't care lol) but I find this building just overly imposing on the boulevard. Two towers of different heights would've been better. Just a personal opinion. But I think it makes the area very *caged in*.. Hopefully they'll have some creative lighting at least.. (also, I think this city needs some standards imposed on new buildings. Right now it looks like a free for all resulting in max building to land ratio.. Fine, that's the look of Griffintown but now it's eating into the old port.. A girl can dream 🙄) 

Weren't some people in full blown "chiale" mode about the structures not integrating with the Costco roof not long ago? 😂😂😂

39 minutes ago, steve_36 said:

The picture was loading from the bottom to top and for a moment, I thought those A/C units was the skyline of Griffintown. 😬

6 weeks ago, they put down new grass and today it's all been dug out again. Guess the money needs to move somehow.. 

Does anyone Know what's happening to this spot where the Brennan on ramp used to be? Always found it odd that they didn't just continue the path to the canal. They put grass down instead but now they've blocked it off again. Just curious since it was a good place to let the dogs run a bit and now it's fenced off again. 

57 minutes ago, Rocco said:

Nothing seems to be happening? They have removed all tracks on the REM side, they have cleared the soil up till the structure, staircases have been installed for workers, multiple machinerie is on the site. Jesus, I wonder how fast some people want this to be built. Magic wand?

Magic? No. Coordination? Yes. I suppose delays and long extended breaks between phases may be something you're used to and perhaps I should to as I adopt this city. But it's been over a week and nothing has moved. I cannot tell you the amount of times they have dug up Peel, Ottawa, closed William, etc.. It just seems like they can coordinate work alot better. In a city with intense winters, making use of warmer weather as much as they can seems logical. They removed all the trees and closed off the street on Smith seasons ago and nothing happened there. My idea is that it would make sense if they coordinated all their work so that as one phase finished, the next started. Less road closures, less rental of equipment, less money on security - overall reduction of inconvenience to residents and costs to taxpayers. As I said, maybe I'm just not used to how they dig up a street and leave the site for months, or start an infrastructure project, close roads and leave it unworked for months.. And perhaps I should get used to it. As they say, when in Rome...

2 hours ago, Mtlarch said:

Je suggère une nouvelle appellation pour Griffintown. Ce quartier devrait se nommer:

Cubiktown ou Rubiktown en référence aux cubes que l’on pourrait interchanger de place et donner toujours le même effet d’ensemble 😉

The entire city builds cubes and boxes. Not just Griffintown. Sorry to break it to you. 

7 hours ago, Miska said:

Peel/ Smith/De la Commune! 😆

Peel/Smith/de la commune/Bernard Landry