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    Esplanade Cartier -Îlot 2 -Projet Mixte/Y des femmes 7, 14 étages

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    https://www.prevel.ca/fr/murale

    Prével lance un concours pour l’intégration d’une œuvre murale sur verre à Esplanade Cartier

    Montréal, le 2 novembre 2021 — Prével annonce aujourd’hui le lancement d’un concours pour l’intégration d’une sérigraphie sur verre permanente qui sera installée au sein du projet Esplanade Cartier, situé dans le quartier Sainte-Marie de l’arrondissement de Ville-Marie de Montréal. Ce projet s’inscrit dans la volonté de Prével d’incorporer l’art local et la culture au patrimoine urbain, ainsi que de souligner l’apport immense du Y des femmes au sein de la communauté montréalaise ; organisme qui occupera une partie importante de l’un des édifices du projet.

    Par son emplacement et son ampleur, l’œuvre bénéficiera d’une visibilité exceptionnelle depuis le tablier du pont Jacques-Cartier et de l’avenue De Lorimier. En effet, celle-ci occupera pas moins de cinq étages de haut sur quinze mètres de large, de quoi faire tourner les têtes ! De nature abstraite ou figurative, elle devra avoir une signature artistique forte, lui permettant ainsi de devenir un point de repère important dans le paysage du quartier et de la ville.

    Un processus de sélection dans les règles de l’art

    Un comité de sélection est mis sur pied spécifiquement pour ce concours. Le processus de sélection sera inspiré et suivra les meilleures pratiques reliées aux appels de candidatures établies par le Bureau d’art public de la ville de Montréal. Dans une première étape, le comité de sélection retiendra la candidature d’un maximum de quatre finalistes qui seront invités à proposer un concept global accompagné de spécifications techniques. Chacun d’eux recevra une allocation budgétaire pour élaborer et soumettre leur proposition d’œuvre. Le comité recommandera une seule des propositions et le lauréat bénéficiera d’une somme forfaitaire pour la conception finale et la production de l’œuvre en transcription imprimée, ainsi que les droits d’auteur.

    Quelques éléments importants pour les artistes et créateurs :

    La visibilité extérieure à l’échelle du paysage ainsi que la relation intime qu’elle entretiendra avec les usagers des lieux depuis l’intérieur seront à considérer dans l’élaboration de l’œuvre ;

    L’œuvre sera confectionnée et installée par Prével et ses partenaires ;

    L’œuvre devra représenter les valeurs suivantes : le respect, l’équité, l’intégrité, la non-violence, l’inclusion et la solidarité ;

    La date butoir de soumission des candidatures est le 2 décembre 2021, à midi ;

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    « Nous reconnaissons l’apport important de l’art public comme faisant partie intégrante de notre identité montréalaise et nous croyons qu’il permet de faire le pont entre la communauté, la culture et l’aménagement urbain. Le rendre accessible à tous, célébrer le talent d’ici, ce sont des valeurs et des gestes supplémentaires qui représentent bien l’ADN de l’Esplanade Cartier, le nôtre et celui de ceux et celles qui contribuent à façonner ce bout de quartier qui prend forme. »

    – Laurence Vincent, présidente, Prével.

    « Au Y des femmes de Montréal, nous croyons profondément que l’art fait du bien ; nous sommes donc très heureuses que Prével ait décidé d’intégrer une œuvre d’art urbaine à son projet. Nous sommes aussi honorées que cette initiative vienne souligner l’action de notre organisme auprès de femmes et des filles depuis un siècle et demi.  Nous nous réjouissons que nos valeurs servent de guide à cette création et qu’elles soient transposées sous la forme d’une œuvre d’art extérieure pour le plus grand plaisir de celles et ceux qui vivent ou qui visitent Montréal. Nous saluons l’élan créateur des artistes qui se répondront à l’appel de candidatures et nous leur souhaitons à toutes et tous, la meilleure des chances ! »

    –  Nadine Raymond, présidente-directrice générale, Y des femmes de Montréal.

    Le projet Esplanade Cartier

    Esplanade Cartier est un milieu de vie complet offrant une réelle mixité socio-économique. Faisant la part belle au transport actif, au transport en commun et aux espaces verts et communautaires, le projet favorisera les échanges entre les habitants, les travailleurs et les citoyens du quartier par le biais de sa placette publique, ses commerçants locaux, ses restaurants et ses terrasses, ses espaces d’agriculture urbaine, ses organismes communautaires, dont le Y des femmes, sa maison de projet — une première pour un développement privé au Québec — ainsi que son grand parc central composé d’espaces de détente et de contemplation, de zones dédiées aux enfants, de petits terrains de sport et de corridors polyvalents. Rappelons que ce parc central rejoindra au sud les berges du fleuve Saint-Laurent destinées à être aménagées sur plus de cinq kilomètres ainsi que le futur parc sous le pont Jacques-Cartier.

    À propos de Prével

    Fondée il y a plus de 40 ans et comptant une centaine d’employés, Prével est une entreprise reconnue pour son expertise dans le développement immobilier et réalise principalement des projets mixtes de grande envergure dans les quartiers centraux du Grand Montréal. Prével a pour mission de créer des milieux de vie où il fait bon vivre et qui contribuent positivement aux quartiers dans lesquels ils s’implantent. Partisan de l’accession à la propriété, du développement durable, dont l’agriculture urbaine et le transport actif, du commerce local, de l’innovation et du fait urbain, le développeur s’est aussi engagé dans la revitalisation de plusieurs quartiers, tout en y créant des environnements uniques, ouverts et inclusifs. Grâce à son travail de collaboration avec les différentes communautés, Prével a réalisé de nombreux projets qui ont eu un impact positif sur l’essor de la métropole et son patrimoine bâti.

    À propos du Y des femmes de Montréal

    Depuis 145 ans, le Y des femmes de Montréal génère des changements positifs et durables pour la prévention des violences faites aux femmes et aux filles ainsi que pour favoriser l’égalité et l’inclusion sociales et de genre. À l’écoute des besoins, l’organisme développe et offre des programmes et services novateurs, pertinents et adaptés à l’évolution des enjeux sociaux. Il contribue ainsi à bâtir un avenir meilleur pour les femmes, les filles et leurs familles dans la perspective d’une société égalitaire, inclusive et sans violences.

    Sources : Prével, Y des femmes de Montréal

    Renseignements :
    Sabrina Duguay
    T. 514-992-8898
    sduguay@national.ca

     

     

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    Quartier Sainte-Marie (Faubourgs Est): projets et nouvelles

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    Depuis des décennies, le pont Jacques-Cartier servait de barrière physique et psychologique entre l’est et ouest dans le secteur. Si on n’y demeurait pas là, on ne dépassait pas le pont (vers l’est) pour prendre une belle marche le dimanche. Le quartier Sainte-Marie était donc isolé entre le pont et la gare de triage du CP, et se trouvait être un genre d’orphelin, car il a passé dans les mains de l’arrondissement de Hochelaga, au Plateau pour atterrir dans Ville-Marie.

    À l’époque, le secteur sud-est du centre-ville était essentiellement industriel, puis avec l’ouverture de la voie Maritime en 1959 les usines ont perdu leur avantage logistique de se trouver en amont du canal Lachine, qui n’était plus utilisée par les navires. Le feu qui a détruit l’usine qui occupait le terrain de la Porte-Sainte-Marie a laissé un trou béant à la porte d’entrée de la métropole. Le secteur est devenu un ‘no mans’ land avec plusieurs terrains vacants et usines abandonnées.

    À part des bureaux des syndicats et les fonctionnaires, la transformation résidentielle du secteur a commencé à changer avec la construction de Square Cartier (160 condos) sur la rue Parthenais en 2007. Quelques projets ont suivi au fil des ans. Mais le projet de Prével est une espèce de baguette magique qui va métamorphoser le secteur à plusieurs égards. Entre autres sur l’animation de la rue Sainte-Catherine. L’ajout du Y des Femmes, de l’épicerie et plus d’une dizaine des commerces de proximité va être plus que bienvenues pour les résidents existants et futurs (dont moi!). C’est vraiment le fun vivre cette revitalisation de près!

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    Quartier chinois : revitalisation phase 1

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    https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/saving-chinatown/

    CHINATOWN

    The modern city is closing in on Montreal’s Chinatown and advocates fear the historic neighbourhood could disappear if more protections aren’t urgently implemented.

    By Melinda Dalton and Holly Cabrera

    October 26, 2021

    VIDEO: MELINDA DALTON/CBC; DESIGN: ANDREW MCMANUS/CBC

    A stone’s throw from Montreal’s famed Old Port neighbourhood, another landmark area of the city is struggling for survival.

    Bound by its four paifang gates, Chinatown has been a cultural hub for the city’s Chinese community for more than a century.

    Prominent gates mark the entrance to Chinatown from four points in the city. (Jean-Claude Taliana/CBC)

    But the neighbourhood has been losing its footprint in Montreal for decades, and many fear that without urgent intervention, the encroaching city could soon swallow the historic community.

    Community members warn Chinatown is at a precarious tipping point. Developers have bought up chunks of land and buildings, amassing significant swaths of property many fear could be destined for highrise condominiums.

    WALTER TOM

    Member of Montreal’s Chinatown Working Group

    (Dave St-Amant/CBC)

    “There’s a real chance that this Chinatown could [be] extinct soon,” said Walter Tom, a member of the community-driven Chinatown Working Group, which is fighting to preserve the neighbourhood. 

    Tom immigrated to Canada in the 1960s and grew up in Quebec City, where the small Chinatown that once served as a community gathering point in that city slowly dissolved and the community dispersed.

    Montreal’s Chinatown was a safe haven — a place where you would hear Cantonese in the streets and find familiarity and family tucked into the greater francophone metropolis.

    Montreal’s Chinatown is the last one in Quebec. While small, it has been the hub of the community for more than a century. (City of Montreal Archives, Charles Contant/CBC)

    He remembers being enchanted by the sights and sounds, and feeling welcome in a neighbourhood brimming with acknowledgment of his identity. 

    “Chinatown, for the many Chinese communities, is really our home — our sanctuary,” he said. 

    “This is where we can seek relief from xenophobia and other racism.… This is where we grew up. This is really chez nous.”

    This insurance plan map of the neighbourhood from 1909 shows the diverse businesses that coexisted in the area. (Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec)

    The neighbourhood’s origins are a road map to the early demographics of the city; the Jewish, French Canadian, Scottish and Irish communities all had shops, homes and places of worship in the bustling area.  

    At the turn of the century, immigrants from China set up small businesses of their own, primarily laundries and restaurants, to cater to the crowds catching the train at the nearby station. At one point, Montreal had the second highest Chinese population in Canada.

    As new immigrants arrived, Chinatown served as a gateway, helping many find work and pieces of home and community as they learned French and English and adapted to life in Canada. 

    But as the decades marched on, discriminatory immigration policies limited the incoming population. 

    Families were separated and those who remained in Montreal worked to send money home to China while building new communities in Chinatown. The neighbourhood compressed, but those who remained held tight to their community and a dense sliver of the city steeped in the traditions and legacy of its ancestors.

    De La Gauchetière Street remains the hub of Montreal’s Chinatown, but developers have recently purchased properties on the stretch and advocates worry rising rents may force out some long-term residents and tenants. (Melinda Dalton/CBC)

    It’s a legacy runs deeper than the import souvenir shops and bubble tea restaurants that have become associated with the narrow, bustling De la Gauchetière Street. 

    Tucked inside some of the neighbourhood’s historical buildings are art studios and bookstores, tearooms and cultural associations, temples and traditional medicine practitioners. 

    Some of the people who inhabit the small apartments above the bustle mark touchpoints in their lives by the landmarks that disappeared — the long-vanished pagoda, the grocery stores and restaurants that fell to time and the memories of a Chinatown that once was.

    AMELIA WONG-MERSEREAU

    Neighbourhood advocate and former Chinatown Working Group member

    (Eric Carbonneau/CBC)

    Amelia Wong-Mersereau grew up amid the loud cymbal crashes and back-dressing rooms of Montreal’s Cantonese opera. Her grandfather immigrated to Canada from Hong Kong in the 1960s, sponsored by Vancouver’s Jin Wah Sing Musical Association to teach the art form. 

    The family eventually moved to Montreal and her mother, a first-generation Canadian, found community in Chinatown as an artist establishing herself in the city. 

    “I was born into the backstage of Cantonese opera in Montreal…. I consider myself very privileged to have had this kind of access, especially as someone who is of mixed ethnic background,” she said.

    Amelia Wong-Mersereau is shown with her parents. (Submitted by Amelia Wong-Mersereau)

    While Wong-Mersereau struggled to find her identity straddling two cultures, she found home in the opera, housed in a restaurant in a nondescript commercial building along the main St-Laurent Boulevard strip. 

    “I went to Chinese school for a few years, but again, as a mixed person, I never really found my place. So I didn't really pursue learning the Chinese language, but always had access to the very rich world of Cantonese opera, which is alive and well today in the city.”

    She joined the working group that has pushed to save the soul of the neighbourhood and preserve what remains. And she deeply feels a sense of urgency that is pervasive in today’s Chinatown. 

    “I think when people want to know why Chinatown matters, why we shouldn’t take it for granted anymore; it’s because if we lose this historic neighbourhood, we lose a massive part of this city,” she said. 

    “So much gets invested in neighbourhoods like the Old Port. You know, Place des Arts is this beautiful, vibrant place. I think Chinatown needs to have the same treatment because it is essential to not just people of the Chinese or pan-Asian communities of the city — it’s important to many cultural groups.”

    For a century, Chinatown has also served as a hub for Montreal’s pan-Asian artistic communities. This photo from 1940 shows a theatre production staged in the neighbourhood. (Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec)

    For decades, Montreal’s Chinatown has existed in the middle of a city trying to find an equilibrium between new and old. That meant the physical size of the neighbourhood shrunk as bigger developments moved in and a modern city emerged around it. 

    The federal government expropriated land to build the massive Guy-Favreau office complex, boulevards were widened, highways added. Multi-unit buildings went up and the massive convention centre moved in. Displaced businesses relocated to set up shop in clusters in Brossard and along Ste-Catherine West.

    VICTOR HUM

    Former president of the Hum Family Association

    (Eric Carbonneau/CBC)

    Inside the Hum Family Association, the walls are adorned with black and white photographs of the immigrant founders of the community. 

    “People worked really hard just to chip in and buy these properties,” said Victor Hum, the association’s former president. 

    The founders paid a little more than $10,000 for building in 1922, an astonishing amount when you consider how difficult it would have been to earn and save that amount of money. They still own the building, but many neighbours and other long-term property owners have sold. 

    “We’re getting smaller and smaller as we go on,” said Hum.

    This postcard from the early 1900s shows the buildings on De La Gauchetière Street torn down to create the federal Guy-Favreau office complex. The project had a significant impact on the footprint of Chinatown. (Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec, Charles Contant/CBC)

    The family associations in Chinatown were one of the driving forces behind the building and preservation of the neighbourhood. Members raised funds and opened their businesses here. They established the Chinese youth centre, welcomed newcomers and served as gathering places.

    Now, after struggling through the pandemic, residents and businesses are facing eviction notices or the threat of looming development. People worry elders and family-owned shops and restaurants could be victims of that gentrification, with rising rents forcing them out of their apartments and commercial spaces. 

    Without the historical protections of its Old Port neighbour, many fear the Chinatown that served as a foundation for so many Chinese and pan-Asian Montrealers could dissolve into the developing city. 

    “It takes a lot more than just a few of us to speak — it takes a lot of Montrealers, Quebecois to realize what’s going on in Chinatown and to save Chinatown,” said Hum.

    De La Gauchetière Street hasn’t changed much in 40 years, but residents are worried that new development could threaten the western portion of Chinatown’s main artery. (City of Montreal Archives, Charles Contant/CBC)

    The city has a multiphase plan for the neighbourhood that includes addressing both the built and cultural heritage. But many say it doesn't go far enough — or move fast enough — to save the soul of Chinatown. 

    Valérie Plante, of Projet Montréal and the city’s sitting mayor, says the city can only do so much to protect the built environment in the neighbourhood. They’ve invested in a working committee and a plan to promote businesses and encourage more activity, but ultimately can’t tell developers what they can and cannot do with their properties. 

    Plante says they want to work with developers to ensure they respect best practices and the expectations of the community. 

    “On top of that, we need the province to help us to say, ‘OK, this building, for example, is a protected one. Nobody can demolish it … or nobody can alter this or that.’”

    Movement Montreal, the new municipal party fronted by Balarama Holness, is proposing a plan that includes beefed up zoning laws to prevent gentrification, mandatory consultation with businesses and stakeholders on development projects, and the establishment of a registry for Chinatown’s small businesses to offer rent and wage subsidies

    Ensemble Montreal, another municipal party led by Denis Coderre, did not return requests for comment on the future of Chinatown. Their platform does not specifically address development in the neighbourhood, but it does outline measures to strengthen the public consultation process in the city.

    JEAN-PHILIPPE RIOPEL

    Chinatown resident and neighbourhood advocate

    (Eric Carbonneau/CBC)

    Jean-Philippe Riopel has lived in Chinatown for more than 20 years. His father was one of the first beat cops in the neighbourhood, and while he’s of French-Canadian descent, he's become an advocate for the neighbourhood that has adopted him.

    “The people around me, the people from the community, they welcomed me,” he said. “I’ve been to 59 countries so far, but there is no place on earth that I could call home. My home is here.”

    Jean-Philippe Riopel’s father, at centre, was one of the first beat cops in Chinatown and introduced his son to the community. (Submitted by Jean-Philippe Riopel)

    He gives historical tours of the neighbourhood and lives in one of its oldest buildings. He’s literally dug up artifacts from the neighbourhood’s past with his hands from his backyard.

    In January of this year, he learned his building had been sold to a developer. 

    “There is absolutely no doubt that if these buildings are destroyed or if they keep only the facade or part of these buildings, it’s a community that will be destroyed,” he said. 

    “Do we want Montreal to be all facade and new concrete towers behind? I don’t think that’s what Montreal wants, and that’s certainly not what I want.... We will lose something that is amazing, that we’ll never have again.”

    The Wings factory, at the corner of Rue De La Gauchetière Ouest and Rue Côté, is the oldest continuously running business in Chinatown. Over the years, the neighbouring buildings have been razed for the Montreal Convention Centre and the Guy-Favreau complex. (City of Montreal Archives, Melinda Dalton/CBC)

    The same developer, Hillpark Capital, has acquired a number of historic buildings in the neighbourhood, including the one housing Wings, the oldest company in Chinatown. Founded in 1897, the family-owned business still makes noodles and fortune cookies out of the De la Gauchetière factory.

    In a statement, Jeremy Kornbluth, of Hillpark Capital, said there are “no official projects planned” for the properties since there’s currently a lease in place with the previous owners. He did not say whether he had been contacted by the city or province to discuss preserving the buildings’ heritage. 

    Riopel worries that without legal heritage protection, there is nothing to hold developers accountable. He and a friend started a petition addressed to the Quebec National Assembly, calling for legal heritage status to be bestowed upon the neighbourhood.

    Quebec’s heritage ministry says it’s participating in the city’s working committee, but has not announced plans for any heritage protection for the neighbourhood or its buildings.

    This 2015 mural, titled May an Old Song Open a New World, marks the northern entrance to Montreal’s Chinatown. (Charles Contant/CBC)

    Ultimately, advocates say, Montrealers need to understand there is more to Chinatown than dim sum and bubble tea; its loss would deeply scar the city and they need to up the pressure on those who have the power to preserve it. 

    Most acknowledge that doesn’t mean freezing the neighbourhood in time, but adapting the offering and attracting new businesses and investments — without the threat of writing over what has been long been.

    The risk of losing the cultural touchstone and the “threat on that identity” has attracted many young Asian Montrealers to fight for its preservation — even if they don’t speak the language or have much personal connection to the neighbourhood, said working group member Walter Tom. 

    Seeing the younger generation rally and bridge the gaps both with elders and the larger Montreal community has given them hope that the cry to save the neighbourhood hasn’t come too late, he said. 

    But time is running out.

    “For many Asian Quebecers, we are a minority within a minority,” said Tom. “We’re racialized communities, often speaking diverse languages — but we’re also within Quebec, a French-speaking province.”

    “And so this is why this Chinatown is so unique. Because there's a whole amalgamation of different joie de vivre.… It’s not just one community, but many different communities [and it] is really our home.”

    “I think when people want to know why Chinatown matters, why we shouldn’t take it for granted anymore; it’s because if we lose this historic neighbourhood, we lose a massive part of this city.”
    Amelia Wong-Mersereau

    (Eric Carbonneau/CBC)

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    27 minutes ago, Kevohn said:

    Has anyone had any update on when sales office that will be on site will be open ? Last update I got the sales rep told me it would be October. Going into November now and i believe its still not open ? Doesnt look open from iluvMTL latest picture. 

    I assume that it would be  open for the presale.

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