Tag Archives: Montréal Urban

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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Historic Perspectives on the City – Place Bonaventure & Place du Canada

Posted on November 29, 2011 by Taylor C. Noakes

So this is a sight we’ll never see again. Place Bonaventure, prior to its renovation, with the Métro tunnel being constructed in the foreground, adjacent to the (then) recently completed Chateau Champlain and Place du Canada building, from the Laurentian … Continue reading →

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