Tag Archives: Downtown Montreal

City describes its own urban redevelopment project as ‘ambitious’

Posted on June 11, 2016 by Taylor C. Noakes

We may have come full-circle. The City of Montreal recently released what it is describing as an ‘ambitious’ plan to redevelop the urban core of the city – what we ambiguously, perhaps ambitiously, call Downtown (though it for the most … Continue reading →

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Covering Over Modernity

Posted on March 12, 2014 by Taylor C. Noakes

This here’s a photo of what Montreal looked like back in the early 1930s. To situate yourself, first you’re looking ‘Montreal east’ – that’s the Jacques-Cartier Bridge under construction, and by my guess I think the airplane was flying near … Continue reading →

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Skyline to Change, Condo Ghetto Unlikely

Posted on January 19, 2014 by Taylor C. Noakes

I’ve been meaning to talk about this for a while, but Bill 60 got in the way… Cadillac Fairview corporation (the real estate arm of the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, the single best performing pension plan in the entire world) … Continue reading →

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