[MTLskyline]

^ That's true. The guy who said that actually prefers the airy 4-storey (and rampant empty lot) vibe that was there before.

It's only natural that a city of Montreal's size has new constructions in its downtown almost exclusively over 4 stories.

Even most cities in Europe that are comparable in size to Montreal, the standard building height is 5-10 floors in their historic cores, but definitely not 3 or 4.

If it were up to me, I would never have authorized the 1960s and 70s bulldozing of many older central neighbourhoods. The Golden Square Mile, Shaughnessy Village and Milton Park should have remained largely as they were pre-WW2. Instead, I would have preferred the central business district relocate somewhere new (with no height limits), or at the very least, replacing areas with limited heritage appeal. Could you imagine if Montreal's skyline was centered around the Griffintown/Peel Basin/Goose Village/Technoparc areas starting in the 1960s? But what's done is done..