| Posted by maZe |
9/4/2007 10:37 PM | remove |
I remember buying hot-dogs at "La Hot-doguerie" at this very spot. Hot-dogs in a "baguette" bread that was toasted.
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| Posted by Emperor Wang |
9/5/2007 12:08 AM | remove |
I believe the Scrappy Tire store used to occupy the bottom two levels here. Or was it a Miracle Mart? In either case, there were escalators inside the store during the 70s.
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| Posted by nostra-YOUPPI! |
9/5/2007 2:11 AM | remove |
miracle mart was the crappy tire, the upper level and the metro level, when it became M the store was cut to 2 levels, ikea inhabited briefly the top level of the old miracle mart store
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| Posted by Emperor Wang |
9/5/2007 3:08 AM | remove |
Thanks. My memory sucks, as you can see. Since Vieille Europe closed shop, I have little reason to step into this mall. Or any other, for that matter.
Still, I admire the audacity of the designers of this mall, putting the parking levels on top of the shopping. I don't know of anyone else who's pulled that trick off successfully.
For a down-market mall, this one's doing pretty damned well from what I can see. The morons who own the Faubourg could learn a lesson or 12 here.
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| Posted by nostra-YOUPPI! |
9/5/2007 3:19 AM | remove |
they really ruined the foubourg in recent years, it wasnt doing great but now its worse than ever. Alexis nihon has become a neighborhood mall, no where near upscale but serves all the needs of the neighborhood and does it well, and yeah putting parking on top and making even the basement feel bright and airy
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| Posted by Emperor Wang |
9/5/2007 3:47 AM | remove |
Don't get me started on the Faubourg, man. Those "fishbowls" (the mid-level seating areas, as I used to call them) used to be some of the best places in town for people watching. The deli, the sausage dude, the fruit and veg store, the bulk food place, the breakfast joint that was open until 3 in the afternoon... all gone. And a second rate Chinese Concordia student food court is all that remains.
To think that we had something on par with Boston's Faneuil Hall, and lost it... it's just pathetic.
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| Posted by nostra-YOUPPI! |
9/5/2007 4:13 AM | remove |
i used to work at F&N when we had a full walkin store the memories!
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| Posted by maZe |
9/5/2007 11:13 AM | remove |
... Faubourg : and a movie theatre (quite a big one) sleeping in the basement. tstt tstt tstt. There are so many abandoned and forgotten theatres downtown I could give tours and they would take the whole day!
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| Posted by nostra-YOUPPI! |
9/5/2007 1:49 PM | remove |
the foubourg movie theatres were gutted and turned into lecture halls for concordia, went to a class down there
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| Posted by nel58 |
9/5/2007 5:59 PM | remove |
Alexis Nihon : Didn't you remember that the first IKEA was there ? That was cool !
Faubourg : At least TIKKA and the bagel shop are still there..
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| Posted by nostra-YOUPPI! |
9/5/2007 6:37 PM | remove |
when i worked in the foubourg we all knew not to eat at Tikka, back then they were always getting written up for a nasty kitchen!
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| Posted by nel58 |
9/6/2007 12:21 AM | remove |
C'est les meilleurs "nan" en ville ! Quand ils les font devant toi ! Moi j'aime bien TIKKA en TÉKA !
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| Posted by Emperor Wang |
9/10/2007 3:26 AM | remove |
"était" is perhaps more appropriate, nel. Don't get me wrong... Tikka nans still rock, but the last time brown dude pulled one fresh out of the tandoor for me was over five years ago.
Ah well, their veg curry is still well worth stopping by for, nasty kitchen or not.
And does anyone here remember the Nutripasta joint upstairs? The veal cannelloni that little old lady produced... the thought of them still makes me weak in the knees.
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| Posted by nostra-YOUPPI! |
9/10/2007 11:55 AM | remove |
oh yeah nutripasta it had an attached pizza place. the old lady used to bring me slices saying i didnt eat enough
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| Posted by nel58 |
9/10/2007 4:05 PM | remove |
hmmm..You ask for freshly cooked nans with a smile and they'll do it right in your face...but yeah...I am a girl...
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| Posted by SPEK Photo |
9/12/2007 2:35 AM | remove |
There used to be an arcade video games place in those mall and about 8 on St-catherine, now there is only one downtown. :(
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| Posted by Charlie_Dunver |
9/12/2007 6:09 PM | remove |
As long as Shark's is there I can live with it. There has been a pool room on that block forever ( Leader pool and bowling used to be on top floor above Toe Blake's Tavern before it became the Faubourg).
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| Posted by maZe |
9/13/2007 1:51 AM | remove |
SPEK : " There used to be an arcade video games place in those mall and about 8 on St-catherine, now there is only one downtown. :( "
Yes I know! I worked there. One of my first real job and the job that enabled me to move into my first appartment when I was 16! Amusements LanJeu. The nights after the Forum activities were CRAZY. The same gang also owned the one on Ste-Cat next to the former Wendy's. Mr. Lacaille went bankrupt after being caught for tax fraud I believe...The arcade in PAN was so full of drugs we had both a police officer undercover AND a private security officer undercover (paid by the cie) on site at all time. This is where I first say a drug transaction - cocain. It gave me quite a shock...
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| Posted by maZe |
9/13/2007 1:52 AM | remove |
first SAW I mean. err, can't write.
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| Posted by SPEK Photo |
9/14/2007 5:55 AM | remove |
I used to go play there after high school, and sometimes... in the morning if I new I would be late anyway. I played Race driving simulator car game until 2002 at amusement 222 at Delson.... it was an 1986 game! Now there is only stupid "no life" games like playing guitar, dancing, playing drum.... zzZZzzz Where is Mortal Kombat!
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| Posted by nostra-YOUPPI! |
9/14/2007 3:19 PM | remove |
jeeze you went to 222 in delson too!
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| Posted by SPEK Photo |
9/15/2007 4:13 AM | remove |
and in Chateauguay!
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| Posted by nostra-YOUPPI! |
9/15/2007 6:16 AM | remove |
the chateauguay one is in the 2 story former backstore of a miracle mart
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| Posted by SPEK Photo |
9/16/2007 1:07 AM | remove |
There was a 222 in Lasalle and I think a very small one on St-Laurent near Mozart ( Bélanger) too. Laval maybe but my bicycle didn't get me there at the time.
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| Posted by nostra-YOUPPI! |
9/17/2007 1:00 AM | remove |
the laval one was named for its address, it was the first, the owner lives in a plain chateauguay neighborhood with 2 vipers in the drive and cigarette boat in the yard
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| Posted by maZe |
9/17/2007 1:50 AM | remove |
When I was working for LanJeu, we all knew 222 was owned by the Hells and other organized crime groups.
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| Posted by nostra-YOUPPI! |
9/17/2007 2:37 AM | remove |
well its owned by a single guy since 1995 , i remember the whole process when he had all his games seized in 96 because of no permits on them
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| Posted by swiftman007 |
10/16/2007 4:09 AM | remove |
Posted by nostra-YOUPPI! 9/17/2007 1:00 AM | remove
the laval one was named for its address, it was the first, the owner lives in a plain chateauguay neighborhood with 2 vipers in the drive and cigarette boat in the yard
..And I used to hang out with his son for a couple of years.... the basement was pack with big box full of candy , barbapapa and stuff...I think the house now belongs to his son.
Et lancien Miracle Mart n'est pas plutot le cinema Encore ? Jetais sur quils avait construit le videotron et 222 collé sur Cinema Encore ??
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| Posted by nostra-YOUPPI! |
10/25/2007 1:43 PM | remove |
le 222 est dans le backstore 2 etage du miracle mart, lentree arriere du CLSC cest le loading dock du miracle mart, le local du videotron etait un magasain 1$ pour un ti peu de temps apres que le cinema soit construit en 1994. En dedans cetait encore peinturer les couleurs du M. dans le backstore du yellow ils ont encore la tuile du miracle mart a terre!
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| Posted by Sarnia Boy |
3/30/2008 5:39 AM | remove |
ooh-whee!! look at the mutton chops on that guy!
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| Posted by Finder |
11/7/2008 3:28 AM | remove |
The red Cinema sign (left side above the blue "in my soup" banner) was there all along until it closed. About what year are these pics of the mall from? Obviously before 101..I'd say 1975?
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| Posted by Charlie_Dunver |
11/7/2008 6:10 AM | remove |
those sideburns look more like 69-71 lmao
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| Posted by Finder |
11/7/2008 12:32 PM | remove |
lol. Alright it's gotta be from late 1975. You see one floor up a green store sign for PJ's Pet Centre - it first appears in the 1976 edition of Lovell's "Criss-Cross" Guide. Above it along the ceiling you can see a sign indicating Ste Catherine in white text - obviously the exit leading that way. Notice the staircase wasn't yet built in that corner.
Lovell's Guides are so handy for dating things, they list who/what is at each address in the city. The BNQ has them archived from 1842-2000.
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| Posted by Emperor Wang |
11/7/2008 3:19 PM | remove |
According to IMDB "There's a Girl In My Soup", with Goldie Hawn and Peter Sellers, was released in 1970. Somehow, I don't think its theatrical run lasted 5 years :-P
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| Posted by Finder |
11/7/2008 7:38 PM | remove |
No, it certainly wouldn't have. :P My mistake, I missed the listing in the '75 directory (hard on the eyes to read :) ) I'll assume those are Christmas decorations below the railing and say Dec. 1970 :P
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| Posted by mewthree |
11/9/2008 7:59 AM | remove |
excellent detective work guys!
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| Posted by Charlie_Dunver |
11/13/2008 5:42 AM | remove |
the hats kind of had me wondering too - they sort of went out of style along with rubbers at some point in the 60's. I mean the customer guy looks out of date and the other guy looks like he is already doing some kind of retro thing lol.
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