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It was another beautiful autumn Sunday in Montreal, a great day to get the camera out and wear down the soles of your shoes.
These pictures are mostly from Griffintown with a bit of Little Burgundy (the last few pictures, however, are from the Plateau, and offer quite the contrast!). Griffintown is an area of the city just south of the downtown core. First settled by Irish canal labourers way back when, it has been little more than a no man's land since the mid-20th century due to re-zoning and various urban "renewal" projects (hint: building elevated expressways through neighbourhoods are usually not good for their vitality).
The neighbourhood is now experiencing condo construction frenzy due to its central location and proximity to downtown office towers. As a result, it also exhibits the tell-tale signs of the post-industrial neighbourhood in transition so beloved in North America- condos everywhere, street life nowhere.
Strange place to walk around, but great for urban photographers: it offers some of the best angles of downtown Montreal, as it is slightly downhill from the skyscrapers and they loom quite a bit taller than they actually are.
Thank you very much for these fantastic pictures of Montreal!
I always like to see Montreal again. I´ve liked the pictures of Marriott Chateau Champlain, because that was our hotel when we went to Montreal first time in Fall 1995. We stayed there only two nights, but I remember perfectly the room with that large semicircular window looking to that beautiful square full of trees and squirrels.
My first stay in Montreal was unforgettable. Second time was great too, but we stayed in the suburbs.
I suppose it must be a pleasure to go out for a walk in the colorful Fall of Montreal. I´m wishing to go back there.
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So much opportunity in and around downtown to convert and create some killer spots.
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Nice shot!! This part of town should be full of crane. Empty lot everywhere. Any possiblity of seeing one day something higher than the 1000 De La Gauchetiere? Since this area is a little lower, any 205 meters+ towers could maybe come reality !!!
Nice shot!! This part of town should be full of crane. Empty lot everywhere. Any possiblity of seeing one day something higher than the 1000 De La Gauchetiere? Since this area is a little lower, any 205 meters+ towers could maybe come reality !!!
Well the city is revising its code for height cap on buildings in downtown. The lower you are from the mountain toward the river, the better chance you have at building taller skyscrapers. That is because developers are not allowed to have a building that supercedes Mount-Royal yet. I think south of Place Bonaventure alongside the Bonaventure Expressway that will become a boulevard soon is an area that will welcome taller structures in the next ten years.
The elevated expressway you see in some of the shots will be demolished soon and make way for a wide boulevard leading from Champlain Bridge into downtown. There is some prep work on Duke and Nazareth streets going on now and some archaeological digging before demolition begins. The elevated train lines for Viarail and Amtrak is owned by CN and needs some cleaning up. I am looking forward to some better looking infrastructure by CN in the next few years. The money-crazed tightfisted company needs to commit to the city.
So much opportunity in and around downtown to convert and create some killer spots.
Totally. Take a bike ride along the Lachine canal, the place is brimming with potential for re-adaptation and conversion. Hopefully there will be some really cool neighbourhoods in the next 20 years.
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