TomOfBoston
-
Compteur de contenus
168 -
Inscription
-
Dernière visite
Type de contenu
Profils
Forums
Calendrier
Galerie
Blogs
Tout ce qui a été posté par TomOfBoston
-
Drummond Court Building - 10 étages (1924-2000)
TomOfBoston a répondu à un sujet de mtlurb dans Immeubles détruits
That building is a good example that not all old buildings should be preserved. -
It is about time. When I entered McGill in 1969, I was shocked and embarrassed that my four years of US high school French gave me a better understanding of French and I was better able to communicate in French than most of my Montreal born and raised anglo classmates. I learned very quickly what the "two solitudes" meant. I also tired quickly of the anglo attitude of not wanting French "rammed down their throats". Hell, they were living in Montreal!!! When I asked why this attitude was common among Montreal anglos, the response was "You're American, you don't understand". Well, neither did they!
-
Will the cost be $29 million or $42 million?
-
With all this expansion funded by the city, the province and the Alouettes, will the stadium and all the improvements still be owned by McGill University? Or will it be controlled by some sort of "Regie du stade Molson"?
-
I stand corrected! I guess time and distance makes the past seem rosier. Still, in the 70's I never felt any sense of apprehension walking in the city or taking the metro late at night. From what I read in The Montreal Gazette and Cyberpresse on line, I get the impression that things have deteriorated since that time.
-
100 murders per year in the 70's?? Do you have a source for that figure? Back then there was a lot of "reglement de comptes" among organized crime groups but not much random violence.
-
Another area where Canada and the U.S. are becoming more similar is urban crime. First of all, I am American born of Newfoundland born parents. I attended university and grad school at McGill in the 70's but have lived in the U.S. since. So I am somewhat bi-national. I read on line about street gangs in Montreal and Toronto, a gang shootout in downtown Toronto that killed an innocent bystander, drive by shootings, race riots in Montreal North etc. etc. In the 70's, Canadian cities were models of law and order, no more. I know that the crime rates in Montreal and Toronto are still very, very low compared to big American cities but they are moving in a disturbing direction. Also, Montrealers should be the last to look down their noses at Columbine style school shootings: Ecole Polytechnique, Concordia, Dawson!
-
Consultation publique sur la protection du mont-royal
TomOfBoston a répondu à un sujet de MTLskyline dans L'actualité
Ah, evil capitalism! What we need are more of those beautiful communist style concrete building blocks that grace Russian and eastern European cities!!