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  1. Newbie
    Did anyone write the city about the missing/cheap nails? You're acting like there's no solution.
  2. Newbie
    Not that I want to make this thread into a pointless discussion but... (1) I'm sure everyone here knows that graffiti pieces like these ones are by definition art, whether they find them beautiful or not. (2) However, those tags you see everywhere from building façades to lamp posts are clearly not art, simply because they were not intended to be art. I can't imagine anybody who honestly disagrees with any of those two statements.
  3. Newbie
    One of my hobbies since I arrived to Montreal has been following construction work and urban development through this site. I don't think I really know why I enjoy it so much, as I have never studied anything remotely related to architecture or urban planning. I feel like I've lost something important now that so many important projects have been stopped. I have some questions for those of you who do know about these things. Maybe answering these questions will educate other readers too. Will Bill 33 necessarily pass? If so then when will it be in effect? How long after the bill passes do you expect projects to get back to their normal speed? Do construction sites, or the materials waiting to be used, get damaged (by weather or other factors) if workers walk out for a few weeks? What about months? How much money do you think will be lost by Quebec by the end of this ordeal? Which of the projects do you believe will end up being abandoned? (I hope none)
  4. Newbie

    Quartier Concordia

    Newbie a répondu à un sujet de mtlurb dans Complétés

    I'm beginning to think I'm crazy. I will take a couple of photos of what I see next time I'm there. It's the corner of Guy at Maisonneuve the one I occasionally find dirtier than other parts of Downtown. Don't get me wrong, I really like Concordia. It's the litter that bothers me sometimes.
  5. Newbie
    Thanks for this. Do you know where the poll is?
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  7. Newbie
    I just read Montréal Fred Metro's posts and WOW I can't even believe there exist people who think like that. I really hope he achieves nothing. It pleases me that he hasn't been able to give ONE good argument supporting his point of view, but what scares me the most is that one wacko who wants to stop development is often given more credibility than several qualified people who support it, mainly because wackos are louder. So what I wish in this situation is for smart, qualified people to be as loud as this guy, in the unlikely case that he does get someone important to hear his proposal (and by his proposal I mean to let every unused building decay until the whole city is a ghost town). I am hardly qualified to even write this paragraph, so this is just a suggestion and a plea for those who could make their voice heard in a serious discussion on urban development.
  8. Newbie
    Meanwhile, across the street: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/story/2011/10/13/concrete-falling-from-montreal-building.html
  9. Newbie

    Quartier Concordia

    Newbie a répondu à un sujet de mtlurb dans Complétés

    monctezuma, I think it's everyone, there are just too many people on that corner every day and I don't think there is any way to educate everyone, so I believe the only effective solution would be to spend enough money on it, or set up some volunteer program. The city is not allowed to hire volunteers for cleaning the streets, because cleaning crew unions do not allow this, and for the same reason I don't think Conocordia can do it either. Also I don't think donations to private organizations helping clean up city streets can be tax deductible, so basically what is needed is enough rich people who care about it. If I were rich, this place would be spotless vincenthewipet, I think the place changes a lot. Sometimes it's very clean. This morning, as well as many other times I've been there, it was too dirty for my taste. I guess I'd like it too be clean all the time, but I'm a bit ocd, so my opinion might sound a little exaggerated.
  10. Newbie

    Quartier Concordia

    Newbie a répondu à un sujet de mtlurb dans Complétés

    I hate writing about negative things, but... Concordia needs to do something urgently about the fact that their downtown campus is probably the dirtiest of all of North America. I don't think having some construction work is an excuse for this. It is certainly not an excuse anywhere else I've been to. I have been offered a great postdoctoral position at Concordia and the only reason I might reject it is because I get depressed one out of every two times I walk around campus (it does look ok for a few hours after it's cleaned by destination centre-ville) Most students don't seem to care, but the international students I've known for long enough do make comments about it once in a while. Local students don't seem to care as far as I'm concerned. The usual argument agains't caring is that there are other more important issues to spend money on. I believe the motivation of students and researchers and the attractiveness of the university to new people should be a top issue. I'd be a little ashamed to show the place to my family when they come to visit me, and I really hope this changes by then
  11. Newbie
    How is your post an answer to Malek's comment?
  12. Newbie
    I'm tired of seeing garbage on the ground inside virtually every bus shelter I pass by every day. Are there any plans to have garbage cans inside or outside the new bus shelters? Or at least any plans to start fining litterbugs? I haven't seen this problem at such a magnitude in any other city. I once wrote the city asking if I could help by cleaning them myself. They said they could not allow that as they already had people cleaning them.
  13. Newbie
    I will get dirty because that's a dense area in terms of cars and pedestrians. What you're observing happens in every large city (Vancouver's Granville street looked old in less than one year, but you still notice the quality difference when compared to other streets) unless the renovated area is relatively empty. It still looks pretty nice to me, as long as it's kept litter-free. This type of pavement has survived several winters in some parts of Quebec city. I'm sure it will survive here too with only minor damage. It will never look spotless again though, but at least it's a lot better than it was before.
  14. Newbie
    There are ads everywhere inside Complexe Desjardins that say they offer free Wi-Fi. As someone who goes there almost every day I can say that this Wi-Fi only works some days and only for a couple of hours in the morning. It never works after 11am. They also offer the eye-in wireless paid service which is always working. I wonder if this advertisement is an strategy to get more money, as many people expecting free Wi-Fi are forced to pay for it once sitting inside. Is this legal in Quebec? I couldn't find any information on this. I'll try sending them an email and then a formal complaint if I don't get an answer. Update: I just sent them an email and they fixed it in less than 10 minutes. Update: And it's down again 40 minutes later... I can't understand how they could take the time to hire a designer for all that advertisement and then never anticipate their Wi-Fi would be used by more than a couple of people...
  15. Newbie
    I went today with some friends. I don't know much about concert halls but here are some of my comments on its aesthetics, comparing to other halls I've seen: - I don't know if this is a fair comparison but as my friends noted, the interior is in some ways (mostly in size) less impressive than my undergrad university UCV's "Aula Magna" in Caracas: Image 1, Image 2 (built in 1953). On the other hand, Montreal's hall looks a lot more beautiful, modern, and carefully designed. Also Montreal's hall is much more densely packed, which I really like. It might even be that it has a higher capacity than that of Aula Magna. - I visited Disney Hall in LA last week and to me it looks cheap and small (or at least does not seem to take advantage of the whole space) compared to Montreal's hall. I am obviously talking about the interior. The outside of Disney Hall looks more expensive and impressive than Montreal's, but aesthetically I still prefer Montreal's by far. Here is the only one of my pictures of the OSM hall that actually adds something to the set posted by vincethewipet. It's the view of the back seats from the front of the second floor. I really liked it.
  16. Newbie
    I don't know much about anything but I am kind of obsessed with the aesthetics of sidewalks and this seems like a good idea to me. It also looks fine in the pictures. But in most parts of Montreal I know, filling up holes and cracks on sidewalks is not a priority, and when it's done, they mostly use cheap asphalt, so I'm guessing it would take really long for this to become profitable. Also this would need to be cleaned very frequently, because rubber gets sticky when you spill soda on it.
  17. Newbie
    My bed was shaken a lot by a 4.something earthquake a few months ago. No structure was damaged in the city. Don't be so pessimistic. Lots of people read this forum and phrases like "All we need is a small earthquake and this whole city going to go bye-bye" may be taken seriously by a good percentage of them.
  18. Newbie
    In my humble opinion, the UQAM building is not nearly as bad as you guys are implying . Most people from outside Montreal tell me it's really cool (not one has noticed it in a bad way). Most of them find the logo on top and the shape specially nice. I think almost any building looks fine in a place with enough density as long as it is kept relatively clean, in good shape, and in use (like some brutalist buildings in Vancouver and San Francisco). On the other hand. that flat wall was already grey, and the yellow brick facade will be kept yellow as far as I know.
  19. Newbie
    Let's organize a protest against hooligans! Am I the only person in this city who cares enough to propose something like that?
  20. Newbie

    Death threats at McGill

    Newbie a répondu à un sujet de jesseps dans L'actualité

    I don't think he was serious. I do agree he should be disciplined in some way though. Scary death threats should not be tolerated in any context. From: http://www.mcgilltribune.com/opinion/an-apology-1.2117696 The McGill Tribune An apology By Haaris Khan
  21. Newbie
    I just saw a bunch of pieces of paper advertising the protest spread accross the floor on the platform of Place des Arts metro (on both sides). Paper on flat surfaces is very dangerous, specially in front of a train track, so I picked them all up, put them in the recycling bin and washed my hands. I will be happy to do this every day until the protest you're welcome.
  22. Newbie
    I'm kind of optimistic because during the latest Montreal protest against police brutality (following Toronto's event), there were no incidents (it might be because the idiots were still in Toronto). The good thing about Montreal is that it's COLD, so broken glass is repaired or at least covered up very quickly. The bad thing is that graffiti remains in very visible spots in the middle of downtown for years (I have no explanation for this, for example the huge tags made two years ago on Place des Arts' Starbucks' entrance and neighbour stores have never been cleaned up. This is the ENTRANCE to Starbucks, in front of Place des festivals...). Anyway, I have to admit I sometimes understand (not necessarily support) police "brutality" when it is a result of civil idiocy.
  23. Newbie
    No. I am not sure. I actually meant to say that most of them (if not all of them) are not from Downtown. Anyway, I hope they don't break anything this time.
  24. Newbie
    I'm not sure if this is relevant here. According to some stickers I saw on the metro trains, there is a protest against police brutality scheduled for March 15th at 5pm on the corner of Maisonneuve and Jeanne-Mance. I celebrate their right to protest but I am disgusted at the need of some people to destroy public and private property. I am writing to encourage you to take photos of the protest and of any destructive action against street furniture and buildings, and then send them to the police (there are anonymous ways like infocrime). Photos and tips have gotten many vandals charged in past events, so it DOES work. I apologize for taking these things too seriously, but as someone who lives and works Downtown, I get really sad when these mostly suburban kids think protesting means breaking stuff.
  25. Newbie
    Their website does not say anything about homeless people: I guess this area is only cleaned up once a year in spring and that's it, which is horrible for such a dense part of town. Am I the only one who finds this crazy?
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