Posted May 1, 2007, 8:09 PM
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Dreaming in Colour
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Join Date: Dec 2002
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Originally Posted by MolsonExport
Another one for Montreal:
Place Bonaventure
Once there was a mall in that monstrosity. Beginning in the late 80s, it started a severe decline with the development of several other downtown malls to the north (Eaton's Centre, Place Montreal Trust, Place Mont-Royale, etc.)
The monster under construction (1965-1967); at the time, the world's largest single building in square footage:
Here is a snapshot of the former retail area:
Today, there is less than 22K of retail, versus 197K before the renovations.
Today:
Other dead downtown malls in Montreal include Place du Canada, and Place Victoria. |
I've been told that there's a whole book on the Place Bonaventure development debacle... might anyone know anything about that?
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