ville-marie Maison Alcan (agrandissement) - 38 étages (2015)

[MtlMan]

Alors il n'y a vraiment pas de quoi fouetter un chat....

 

En effet, laissons le chat tranquille.

[internationalx]

… If you didn't know any better, looking at that diagram, you would think that the proposed project has nothing to do with Maison Alcan - other than being on a neighboring lot!

[UrbMtl]

Premier paragraphe.

Pas de quoi s'exciter le poil de jambe.

 

The third reading of a resolution giving the green light to the project has been postponed from Wednesday until Oct. 13 to give Montreal’s executive committee and city council time to approve an amendment to the city’s urban plan, which has to be adopted first, said Catherine Maurice, a spokesperson for Mayor Denis Coderre.

[MtlMan]

Délai jusqu'à Oct 13. Franchement, pas de quoi bad-tripper. Y'a des hystériques des deux bords....

[swansongtoo]

Well you'd think the city was aware this change to the urban plan was needed and would have announced a date based on this requirement. I have to echo the sentiment ... typical.

[IluvMTL]

http://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/controversial-maison-alcan-project-one-step-closer-to-adoption

 

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[Nameless_1]

Excellente nouvelle, j'aime le projet tel quel!

 

http://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/controversial-maison-alcan-project-one-step-closer-to-adoption

 

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Executive committee gives green light to controversial Maison Alcan project

 

MARIAN SCOTT, MONTREAL GAZETTE

 

Published on: September 16, 2015 | Last Updated: September 16, 2015 9:36 PM EDT

 

The controversial project for a 30-storey tower on the site of the Maison Alcan is one step closer to approval.

 

On Wednesday, Montreal’s executive committee passed an amendment to the city’s urban plan paving the way for final approval by the Ville-Marie borough on Oct. 13.

 

Opposition leader Luc Ferrandez said he was astounded the city is forcing through the project despite public opposition, noting the proposed redevelopment has been roundly condemned by such eminent critics as Canadian Centre for Architecture founder Phyllis Lambert and Liberal Senator Serge Joyal.

 

“There has been a chorus of opposition by the best-qualified people on this subject in the city, particularly the letters by Mr. Joyal and Mrs. Lambert, which demonstrates there is deep resistance,” said Ferrandez, the leader of Projet Montréal.

 

Critics say the 30-storey tower would ruin the 1983 Maison Alcan, which is considered an international architectural icon for sensitively integrating historic structures into a modern complex.

 

“To go ahead with the project is really to ignore the spirit of the law for an amendment of this magnitude,” said Ferrandez, who vowed to continue to fight the project and to write to Culture Minister Hélène David asking her to step in.

 

In July, the Montreal Gazette revealed the project had quietly passed the first two readings at the Ville-Marie borough council.

 

Citizens complained they had been kept in the dark after learning that a public consultation — which no one attended — had been held the day after the St-Jean-Baptiste civic holiday, and that the period to sign a register demanding a referendum on the issue expired July 20, during the summer vacation period.

 

The amendment approved Wednesday reclassifies the former Salvation Army Citadel on Drummond St., currently considered a place of worship, as a former place of worship. The amendment – to come before city council next week – must be passed before the Ville-Marie borough can give final approval to the project.

 

The 1906 Citadel, with its magnificent classical Greek façade, is to be integrated into the proposed project as a retail space or entertainment venue.

 

The project by the Cirque du Soleil and developer Yale Properties Ltd. calls for demolition of two buildings.

[SKYMTL]

It was only controversial becuase CTV and the Montreal Gazette made it that way.

[Rocco]

I say go just to shut the Ferrandez parrott. He can go back to enlarging sidewalks and planting trees in the Plateau.

[IluvMTL]

http://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/figure-skating-birthplace-faces-demolition

 

Figure skating birthplace in Montreal faces demolition as part of Maison Alcan project

 

 

How does a national historic site designed by two of Canada’s most famous architects become a no-name building facing demolition?

 

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