geraldshaw

The Old Port is for walking - maybe a vintage looking street car a la San Francisco would fit in a loop around the Old Port but it would never be economic.

With outside lighting and people living inside, I think the look will be terrific. The question is how can we get the Old Forum torn down - now an 1960s "Ontario Place" painted black -- it is better but still awful.

Yes and Boards of Directors of each entity have the ultimate decision making power to proceed or ordera start over which is already happening, beginning with the architects. This whole REM-Est project has been a public relations disaster since it was announced in December -- timing was a smoke screen for REM-Ouest cost overruns and top management re-organization at Caisse-i

Mad as in crazy or mad as in cross? Governments pass laws and courts adjudicate them. All I am saying (not as a madman but as an observer of due process in real estate is that if the Fairmont wants to go to court, or some citizens' coalition for that matter, they can delay any government expropriation for years. Is that mad or common knowledge?

I think the Fairmont Queen Elizabeth would not only reject their R-L entrance being stolen by a concreted over expropriation - they would sue the city for maga bucks in damages to their hotel's value and in so doing would tie up the whole REM-Est project on R-L for years in the courts.

It's not Venice but we should be proud of the fact that condos being built along the Lachine canal are low rise and designed nicely. If this were Toronto, like their harbour front on the lake, 50 storey buildings are considered low in height.

I think the Fairmont Queen Elizabeth would not only reject their R-L entrance being stolen by a concreted over expropriation - they would sue the city for maga bucks in damages to their hotel's value and in so doing would tie up the whole REM-Est project on R-L for years in the courts.

A Pie-IX bus model for R-L from Atwater to P aux T built by Caisee-infra makes much more sense on a cost, rate of return, ridership basis and time to build -- and should have the most important benefit - widespread citizens' support Why has this model not been considered?

The fact that the February 2021 Caisse-Infra report on REM-est does not have a single drawing or photo of an elevated guideway speaks volumes.

Big problems with this NYC tower, sound of squeaking when it is windy, cracks and elevator fails with frightened owners who paid many millions to live there.

The "benefit" would be one of much improved urban esthetics through the erasure of an ugly blank and crumbling concrete monster shaft, as one enters the downtown core via one of its most used access points - from Cote des Neiges into Guy and Sherbrooke. The view hardly makes sense if it can be improved. This ugly face is visible through much of the Golden Square Mile.

2250 Guy is owned by CAPREIT, is a huge REIT - stock market capitalization on the stock exchange is over $ 8 billion. Several buildings in Montreal. https://www.caprent.com/apartments-for-rent/montreal-qc/ I wrote them with the idea of a mural competition for the north face of 2250 Guy just now.

The building on Guy with the ugly north facing concrete face is 2250 Guy Street - called "The Guy Apartments". Someone on this site who knows the owner of 2250 Guy should write /call them with the idea of a mural. The owners could increase the value of their property greatly, if the mural idea goes viral, with a competition for submissions. This is a good example of how this site can create conditions that make the city look more attractive and even more of a "go-to city".

The federal Liberals after nationalizing several oil companies to create PetroCanada built a new red head office for PetroCanda in Calgary - it is still called Red Square Red Square in Calgary now owned by SunCor.

Miami

Too political for Quebec's metropolis. Blue yes, but not red.

Excellent news. That settles it. The whole REM Est project announcement was a smoke screen by La Caisse-Infra to divert attention away from their internal management power struggles, resignations, the airport/Dorval station link messes, delays and cost overruns for REM-Ouest. REM-Est was never a serious project but its announcement solved the objective of diverting public attention.

I don't remember that - I went green and have not driven a car since 1997.

That's awful. I had thought the building was renovated a few years ago - a client of mine - a long term resident had to move due to the renovation, he said. The architecture is a beauty. I would think is protected on its face.

Blvd de Maisonneuve is just metres from the Guy St concrete face.

I was referring to the full side mural of Leonard Cohen on a high rise on Crescent Street. The building on Guy is 40 storreys is over 50 years old and its windowless cracking ugly concrete side is facing north has to the biggest eyesore as one enters that part in the downtown as the Golden Square Mile ends. It sure does end. We have so much art talent in Montreal, I am thinking that this building could benefit in its rental rates, should its owners propose a competition for a mural that has the same kind of positive reactions as the Leonard Cohen type full length mural enjoys on Crescent Street. There is a long list to consider: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_from_Montreal

Terrific. I am thinking of a new thread to discuss a Leonard Cohen type mural on the ugly concrete cracking Sherbrooke facing tower on Guy / Lincoln corner. It would open the sector coming down from Cote des Neiges. Any ideas?

La Caisse has a long history before Mr. Saba of making costly politically motivated investment decisions that cost Quebec pensioners billions of dollars. To say that la Caisse is an entirely independent entity is a stretch. Its board of directors are appointed by the Government of Quebec. Public transportation is run by urban transportation bureaucrats. The REM is a new model for Quebec at 72 cents per ride per km to make a hurdle rate of return, guaranteed by governments and fares that are set by government. There is no independent model in the REM/QC and Is. of Montreal levels of governments model -- that make the rules.

R-L may not be grand or prestigious but its dozens of modern high-rise developments since 1962 has no parallel in our city. Riding along from Atwater to Place Radio Canada in an open car, motor bike and for some on bicycle, takes one's breath away as if one is on some cannion in New York City - not 5th Ave or Park I agree, but more like Madison Avenue.