nerdboy

Please re-read what you've said above. You're effectively saying to build whatever reasonable heights can be achieved on the reclaimed land. We agree on that point. Please also recall that the area is a dump because a certain Montreal mayor parking lotted half of it for Expo 67, zoned it industrial and built a highway through it. But now that it's finally recovering, reconnecting both sides of the highway is an important goal. I read back to some of Cataclaw's earlier posts so that he wouldn't have to repeat the same arguments. It seems that there is consensus that the LRT (light rail) would be the most effective transport solution in the Bonaventure corridor. We shouldn't even be discussing a bus solution at all here: the 42000 daily passengers should be riding on rails. I'm not sure how much time you spend in the area, but if you have some free time, I propose a rush-hour challenge: walk Ottawa Street from Ann to Prince walk William Street from Shannon to Prince walk Notre-Dame from Montfort to Duke Then let us know which option is the most pedestrian friendly. Let us know which route you'd rather take to get across the highway from Griffintown to Old Montreal or vice-versa.

Wow, you read those two PDFs quickly!

Il y a des efforts pour conserver l'ecurie et le transformer en musee fonctionnel : Fondation Griffintown Horse Palace C'est possiblement la derniere ecurie urbaine en amerique du nord. Les autres voisins sont capables de vivre avec l'odeur. Comme recompense ils ont le privilege d'entendre les pas des chevaux et vivre a cote d'un site patrimoniale.

The CSRG memoire and presentation to the OCPM sum it up: Memoire (PDF) Presentation (PDF) The Dalhousie Corridor element of the project epitomizes poor execution. And the rest of the project can be summarized as dropping an urban highway to ground level. I thank you for the credit you give myself and my neighbours who feel that they should be able to live in a neighbourhood with less diesel bus exhaust and fewer lanes of traffic to cross between Griffintown and Old Montreal. Most of us have felt rather powerless save for a few moments of glory at the OCPM (whose recommendations fell on deaf ears in the Comite Executif). Or, even better than that, they'd simply incorporate the changes that turn the project into a viable long-term solution, and THEN go ahead with popular support behind them (yes, even from the NIMBYs).

I would argue that it is a complete lack of leadership. As the people you love to refer to as NIMBYs made clear in all of their communication at the OCPM, the idea of transforming the Bonaventure is great. The execution is poor. Why is the execution poor? It's not because we don't have great talent in this city to design intelligent projects. It's because we don't have leaders who will allow that talent to shine and shield them from the corrupt influences. We could have a great project with popular support moving ahead right now. We don't because of poor leadership from the start.

Demolir l'autoroute Conserver la portion entre William et (juste avant) Wellington Construire le fameux SLR dans l'axe de l'autoroute Construire la Gare Multimedia SUR cette portion d'autoroute Utiliser des coquilles d'autobus Rive-Sud comme abris Restaurer le Haymarket Square entre William et St-Paul Extension possible de Duke et Nazareth pour traverser le canal et rejoindre Mill Amenager Duke et Nazareth comme RUES (et non boulevards) urbaines Projet immobilier signature sur Wellington entre Duke et Nazareth etc. See also Alternatives to the Dalhousie Corridor (griffintown.org) Et le plan du Comite pour le sain redeveloppement de Griffintown pour le quartier. The SLR (light rail) has been the real long-term solution for decades. While many will throw their hands up and say that there's no money, it can't cross a bridge or it's a silly idea, consider the following: an SLR link to the base of the Victoria or Champlain bridge is enough to let the buses transfer their passengers earlier without having to fight through an urban environment the infamous airport train could be headed for Bonaventure, and it has better chances of actually being funded. The SLR and airport train could share some right of way, infrastructure and rolling stock, saving costs. Bonaventure is a pendulum highway, and has been redundant since the completion of Ville-Marie. An SLR can render it obsolete! Imagine chaque jour descendre de ton SLR et marcher sur l'autoroute ou t'etais toujours pogne dans le traffic :

Voir http://griffintown.org/sites/newcitygas/ Je viens egalement de faire le lien de la vers ce thread. The complex is one of the largest surviving examples of its era in the world. The two buildings dating back to about 1860 are real treasures, inside and out. If the 1860s era buildings are preserved and are "mis en valeur", I wouldn't expect a huge NIMBY effect. However, if promoters choose to ignore the value of the site, then you can expect a huge backlash. Let's hope we get to see more of the former in Griffintown!

Ce sont des etudes/inventaires d'archeologie. Ils ont creuse plusieurs trous en fin d'automne de l'annee passee. Jusqu'a l'epoque d'Expo 67 il y avait le Diamond Court sur le site: Diamond Court (en jaune) : Il y a deja eu d'interessantes trouvailles pres du site :

Non, Entreposage Domestik est un business qui roule bien presentement. Par contre, les bureaux de Ross-Ellis/Transcontinental sont plus au moins vides depuis des mois. Le Comite pour le sain redeveloppement de Griffintown a une page dediee au Lowney Phases 8+. Puisque le projet sera a cote de 4 batiments patrimoniaux en tres bon etat de conservation : Garage Dow (1929) Brasserie Dow (circa 1929) Chocolaterie Lowney (1905) Usine Gault Bros. (1901) il est dommage que Prevel et Cardinal-Hardy n'ont pas mis d'effort que le projet s'integre mieux. Il est excellent que Griffintown recoit des projets residentiels et se transforme, mais le projet du Lowney Phase 8-11 pourrait etre fortement ameliore avec quelques changements. Malheureusement, le promoteur et la ville ont plus ou moins ignores ces bonifications potentiels qui ont ete presentes aux consultations avec Prevel et a l'arrondissement.