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  1. TomOfBoston
    That's what I thought when I clicked on the thread.
  2. TomOfBoston
    I have heard from sometimes reliable sources that Quebec will transfer the entire Royal Victoria Hospital complex, at no cost, to McGill and the Neuro. All McGill will have to do is come up with $350 million to restore and renovate it---piece of cake. I also heard that some of the bland 1950's additions to the RVH will be demolished as a gesture to the mountain NIMBY's, to be replaced eventually with new low rise buildings that will not be visible when looking at the mountain.
  3. TomOfBoston
    The former Bank of Toronto building would be an asset to the quartier if the exterior were cleaned and restored. Does anyone know how much of the Faubourg office building is occupied by Concordia?
  4. TomOfBoston
    Guy-Concordia was always one of the plainest metro stations and looked drab even in the 1970's. It was also plagued with ground water seepage even back then.
  5. TomOfBoston
    In an ideal world maybe. But given that Quebec is already living beyond its means (a multibillion dollar deficit) where is the funding to come from to allow free tuition? Oh yes, tax the rich and the corporations! Even if this could be done without chasing away the rich and the corporations, why should this revenue be used to allow students a free BA in history or communications etc.? Why not use the extra revenue to boost elementary and secondary education so as to reduce Quebec's embarrasingly high drop out rate. Or maybe use the revenue to better fund health care or day care? But of course to university students, they see themselves as the first priority.
  6. TomOfBoston
    Hopefully the graffiti "artists" will leave this alone.
  7. TomOfBoston
    A suggestion should be made to the architects that they incorporate stylized versons of the cranes on the roof of the finished building. It would certainly be an eyecatcher.
  8. TomOfBoston
    If the US Constitution had a "notwithstanding" clause, the South would still be segregated. Last year, after that creepy blond American (Ann Coulter?) conservative was prevented from speaking at the University of Ottawa, a U of O official was questioned by a reporter as to whether Coulter had been denied freedom of speech. The U of O official replied that freedom of speech was an American value.
  9. TomOfBoston
    This house would make a great centerpiece for some complex. The rest of the site is vacant, I believe.
  10. TomOfBoston
    Montreal and Boston (and the other cities you mention) have some commonalities. There are reasons why middle and upper income people choose to live in the city: professional jobs, colleges and universities, hospitals, culture, museums, entertainment etc. Detroit has few, if any, of these assets. Even suburban Detroit has little to offer compared to the vibrant cities. Cyrus: By the way, the textile industry was based in Lowell, MA, not Boston!
  11. TomOfBoston
    ToxiK: I don't think that you have ever been to Detroit.
  12. TomOfBoston
    Wayne State University and University of Detroit Mercy. That's it. Both mediocre schools. Wayne State University has a medical center that specializes in treating gunshot wounds.
  13. TomOfBoston
    Boston in the 1950's was a desolate and depressed city. And I need not remind anyone about the racial and tribal divides that existed in the city. What saved Boston was its institutions: colleges and universities, hospitals and medical centers, museums and its history. Detroit had few of these. Whenever there are complaints about all the tax exempt institutions in Boston today, the response is that if you took away all these institutions, what you would have left would be Detroit. While Detroit was building cars, Boston was building a knowledge economy and all the companies that are spawned by research done at these institutions. Montreal seems to be following Boston's example. Manufacturing will never come back. The future of Montreal is more tied to McGill, UdeM, Concordia, UQAM, the MUHC and CHUM than to the industrial wastelands in the Southwest Borough. That's why it bothers me when people complain about the cost of the two new superhospitals. Also, Quebec needs to stop penny pinching when it comes to funding the universities.
  14. TomOfBoston
    I thought that this would be a thread about Disney World!
  15. TomOfBoston
    The new Shriner's section looks like the best part of the complex.
  16. TomOfBoston
    McPizza AARRGGHH!!! McDonald's never sold it in the States. I tried it once in Montréal: AARRGGHH!!!
  17. TomOfBoston
    The UdeS building is beautiful but the rest of the 1960's era highrises in the area are gawdawful ugly.
  18. TomOfBoston
    Ditto with Google Chrome! So maybe you get 20 free article views per browser per month: Explorer, Safari, Chrome and Firefox??
  19. TomOfBoston
    I opened The Gazette in Safari and I can view articles even though I used up my free allotmemt while viewing The Gazette in Explorer!
  20. TomOfBoston

    Rapture

    TomOfBoston a répondu à un sujet de Cyrus dans Hors Sujet

    No, the prophet said it would be 6:45 PM Eastern time. So we all have about 90 minutes left. Maybe it will be the NIMBY's who are taken up so those of us left behind can start building.
  21. TomOfBoston
    Another option for tramways is the "subway-surface" system. This is used in Boston, Philadelphia and San Francisco. The tram runs on the surface in outlying areas and in a tunnel through downtown. The surface portion could be street running or separate right of way depending on the community served.
  22. TomOfBoston
    When the new MUHC was first announced, back in the Paleolithic Age, the McGill Faculties of Medicine and Dentistry were supposed to relocate to the new campus. That idea was dropped even before the Glen site was chosen. Maybe that high cost included those academic buildings.
  23. TomOfBoston
    Hopefully they will be repairing/replacing the pock marked western facade. McGill had hoped to have renovations complete and occupancy August, 2011. That has now been postponed to August, 2012.
  24. TomOfBoston
    From CTV: http://montreal.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20110518/mtl_cranes_110518/20110518/?hub=MontrealHome Updated: Wed May. 18 2011 10:34:55 AM ctvmontreal.ca MONTREAL — In many parts of Asia cranes are a symbol of good fortune. The same can be said in Montreal, where construction cranes are a welcome return to a city that has seen its share of tough economic times. After years, if not decades, of "A Louer" signs filling office windows throughout the city, cranes are popping up all over Montreal to build new hotels, skyscrapers, and hospitals. Right now nine tower cranes are in operation at the Glen Yards campus of the MUHC superhospital, and more are on the way. SNC Lavalin is heading up the construction, and even project managers are in awe of the sight. "I come in from the West Island and I can see the cranes for quite a ways," said Guy Bernard Daigle. "To me this is quite impressive." Nine cranes and counting Setting up a tower crane is a job in itself. A mobile crane lifts all the parts into place while workers assemble the tower like a giant erector set. Crane nine at the MUHC superhospital was set up earlier this month, while the tenth crane will be installed in June. Once in place, the cranes haul everything needed. "They move all kinds of materials whether it's two by fours, electrical cables, anything and everything. Even portable toilets," said Daigle. The last construction project of a similar size in Montreal was the Olympic stadium. Now, two hospitals are being built simultaneously, but Daigle doubts the University of Montreal hospital project will match the scope of the MUHC. "They're very urban, very dense so I'm not sure that they will ever get to nine cranes like we have here." A typical day for a crane operator begins with a very long walk up to the cabin. The irony is that a crane operator has to be in tip-top shape so that they can sit down all day long. Once in place the operator has to stay focused. With 350 workers currently on the site, the crane operator has to watch where material is being moved. Each crane is also equipped with a proximity detector so the operator knows when another crane is nearby. The MUHC project is expected to take many more years to complete, with the first building opening up in three years. More work on Decarie Blvd. Meanwhile the construction project will continue to interfere with traffic on Decarie Blvd. between St. Jacques St. and de Maisonneuve Blvd. Starting Tuesday May 24, workers will begin installing sewer drains along Decarie Blvd., a project that is expected to last until the middle of August. While work is taking place Decarie Blvd. will be closed to all vehicles except for local traffic, and drivers going to Crowley Avenue will have to detour via Upper Lachine Road and Prud'homme Ave. The sewer installation along St. Jacques St. has been delayed because of heavy rain in the past weeks, and is only expected to be completed in July.
  25. TomOfBoston
    Is anyone surprised that the Neuro is staying on University Street??? They have been building there for the past 15 years and there is currently a new building under construction there.
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