If there were an award for cities with the most bent utility poles, Montreal would surely be a finalist.
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Originally a community settled by Irish immigrants in the 19th century to service industry along the Lachine Canal, Griffintown got its first heavy dose of ‘renewal’ in the mid-20th century by way of warehouses, parking lots and thruway elevated transportation infrastructure. This renewal was so successful that the neighbourhood became an exemplary no man’s land [...] In the past few weeks, I’ve had the opportunity to pass through Victoria Square in Montreal on several occasions. Normally home to the Montreal Exchange and a metro entrance stolen from Paris, the square is now also host to Montreal’s very own incarnation of the Occupy Movement, Occupy Montreal. Given that Victoria Square is a [...] Parc Lafontaine, MontrĂ©al When your walk home from work goes through this place, life ain’t bad. Palais de Justice, MontrĂ©al It is one thing to look at architecture from bygone eras and wonder “What were they thinking?”. Hindsight is 20/20, and even brutalism must have been avant-garde in the beginning. It is another, slightly more discouraging thing, however, to look at projects now under construction and wonder “What are they thinking?”. This sentiment, unfortunately, is [...] The island of Montreal The escape route (via the one major south shore bridge not in the midst of falling apart) 90km away from the island of Montreal |
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