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1 2   UER Forum > Archived Canada: Quebec > About that mysterious orphanage... (Viewed 1132 times) Cinematic  Location: South Shore, Montreal Gender: Female  |  About that mysterious orphanage... < on 6/20/2007 5:44 AM >   This is driving me crazy, no one I know can even guess at what I'm talking about. Growing up in the West Island, I vaguely remember this massive, creepy abandoned orphanage on the 40, heading in towards Montreal. It was there in the mid-to-late 80's, then demolished as some architecturally similar building was built right next to it. I can remember gluing my face to the car window every time we drove downtown, in hopes of catching a glimpse of that mysterious building. Anyone know what I'm talking about? I'd be happy to hear I didn't imagine it. cjb  Location: Sept-îles/Saint-John's/Corner Brooks/Montréal/Sydney Gender: Male  |  |  Re: About that mysterious orphanage... <Reply # 1 on 6/20/2007 8:57 AM >   You are talking about the building on Cote-de-Liesse. It wasn't demolished, but it was heavily transformed. The place is still empty today. It's actually pretty easy to enter inside, but the place is alarmed. About a year ago, We managed somewhow to enter inside. The place is totally empty and not so interesting. The alarm went on after about 1 min of walking inside. There used to be dogs inside. http://www.magazin...dossiers/index.htm nostra-YOUPPI!  Umpire Location: Shahre:'on Kaybec Bonsoir et cest partie  |  Re: About that mysterious orphanage... <Reply # 2 on 6/20/2007 11:57 AM >   at one point it was owned by steinbergs and was to be thier head office Montreal Expos 1969-2004 Forever Proud Lets Keep The Dream Alive maZe  Location: Montreal/Moncton/Ottawa Gender: Female "All the world's a stage and most of us are desperately unrehearsed" - Sean O'Casey  |  |  |  Re: About that mysterious orphanage... <Reply # 3 on 6/20/2007 12:44 PM >   It was never occupied though since the conversion. If you look at the building from the back, you'll see the familiar shape of an older, religious-like building. Still for sale/lease I believe. It's been for like 15 years now. I remember coming face to face with the doggies a few years ago... Mechfreak57 in the UER chat : "George W. Bush is not perfect. He fucked up the borders and Irak is a shit storm but he's the best we've got. " Save the world - adopt an American! GAROULELOUP  Location: Qc Gender: Male  |  Re: About that mysterious orphanage... <Reply # 4 on 6/20/2007 1:07 PM >   click to view click to view de vielle coupure de journal Garou The Wolf! sebastian  Location: muthafuckin'downtown 514  |  |  Re: About that mysterious orphanage... <Reply # 5 on 6/20/2007 2:50 PM >   Boring place. It's not worth the pain and the risk. FLICKR... http://www.flickr....-photography/sets/ swiftman007  Location: MTL Area Gender: Male  |  Re: About that mysterious orphanage... <Reply # 6 on 6/20/2007 7:50 PM >   There was a thread about that a couple of years ago on MontrealRacing.com Its funny that they demolish the old building and they construct another one very similar to the previous one.. at one time , you could see both of these building, the new one and the old one next to each other. Heres the link http://forums.mont...ghlight=abandonned swiftman007  Location: MTL Area Gender: Male  |  Re: About that mysterious orphanage... <Reply # 7 on 6/20/2007 7:56 PM >   ok more pictures : 2004 In this thread, there is a couple of scary story about people who went inside some supposely "Haunted house".. [last edit 6/20/2007 7:57 PM by swiftman007 - edited 1 times] Tupsumato  Location: Finland Gender: Male How close can you go?  |  Re: About that mysterious orphanage... <Reply # 8 on 6/20/2007 8:02 PM >   Posted by swiftman007 Its funny that they demolish the old building and they construct another one very similar to the previous one. If I had to guess, I'd say that they wanted to save the old building, but it was beyond repair and renovation, so they decided to build a replica. Or maybe the old one was protected or something, and they were only allowed to replace it with a identical one. All information and details given in good faith but not guaranteed! nostra-YOUPPI!  Umpire Location: Shahre:'on Kaybec Bonsoir et cest partie  |  Re: About that mysterious orphanage... <Reply # 9 on 6/20/2007 9:57 PM >   this is the old building, i remember in the 80s when it was being renovated, they didnt "tear down and rebuild identical" they just renovated it. Montreal Expos 1969-2004 Forever Proud Lets Keep The Dream Alive swiftman007  Location: MTL Area Gender: Male  |  Re: About that mysterious orphanage... <Reply # 10 on 6/20/2007 11:28 PM >   are you sure ?? well maybe im wrong. All those times I thought that this was the new building , and the other was torned down a couple of years ago.. SPEK Photo  Location: Where you were not. "Chere cachère!"  |  |  Re: About that mysterious orphanage... <Reply # 11 on 6/21/2007 12:24 AM >   http://services.vi.../rat/acc_ratf.asp: Crèche d'Youville 5915-5935, chemin de la Côte-de-Liesse Saint-Laurent 1912 par Alphonse Piché there was two similar building on the site. [last edit 6/21/2007 12:25 AM by SPEK Photo - edited 1 times] Pour fins d'archives. WWW.EXPLORATIONURBAINE.CA nostra-YOUPPI!  Umpire Location: Shahre:'on Kaybec Bonsoir et cest partie  |  Re: About that mysterious orphanage... <Reply # 12 on 6/21/2007 1:25 AM >   speks photo shows, the building is still there, i can remember seeing it under reno back in the day, oddly i cant find it on the role fonciere website. [last edit 6/21/2007 1:31 AM by nostra-YOUPPI! - edited 1 times] Montreal Expos 1969-2004 Forever Proud Lets Keep The Dream Alive nostra-YOUPPI!  Umpire Location: Shahre:'on Kaybec Bonsoir et cest partie  |  Re: About that mysterious orphanage... <Reply # 13 on 6/21/2007 1:33 AM >   Posted by swiftman007 are you sure ?? well maybe im wrong. All those times I thought that this was the new building , and the other was torned down a couple of years ago.. the second building was leveled years ago but this one if you get up close and look through some windows you can see how old it actually is Montreal Expos 1969-2004 Forever Proud Lets Keep The Dream Alive swiftman007  Location: MTL Area Gender: Male  |  Re: About that mysterious orphanage... <Reply # 14 on 6/21/2007 2:42 AM >   here http://www.mcc.gou...a/index.php?id=805 maZe  Location: Montreal/Moncton/Ottawa Gender: Female "All the world's a stage and most of us are desperately unrehearsed" - Sean O'Casey  |  |  |  Re: About that mysterious orphanage... <Reply # 15 on 6/21/2007 2:52 AM >   Posted by swiftman007 here http://www.mcc.gou...a/index.php?id=805 This thing is not what we were talking about. Not the same place at all. Mechfreak57 in the UER chat : "George W. Bush is not perfect. He fucked up the borders and Irak is a shit storm but he's the best we've got. " Save the world - adopt an American! swiftman007  Location: MTL Area Gender: Male  |  Re: About that mysterious orphanage... <Reply # 16 on 6/21/2007 3:00 AM >   oups desolé je meloigne un peu alors... and @ Nostra - youppi , is it this one ? http://evalweb.cum...?id_uef=%204133631 [last edit 6/21/2007 3:13 AM by swiftman007 - edited 1 times] maZe  Location: Montreal/Moncton/Ottawa Gender: Female "All the world's a stage and most of us are desperately unrehearsed" - Sean O'Casey  |  |  |  Re: About that mysterious orphanage... <Reply # 17 on 6/21/2007 3:25 AM >   Je peux me tromper Swiftman mais sur ta photo de crèche, c'est la Crèche de la Miséricorde (qui n'existe plus aujourd'hui), c'était pas très loin de la rue St-Jacques. Du moins, je crois que cette crèche n'existe plus, j'ai quelqu'un dans ma famille qui est né là et c'est l'enfer retrouver de l'info...Je crois qu'il y a eu la Maison des Soeurs de la miséricorde près de St-Hubert mais ce n'est pas la même chose... En tk. [last edit 6/21/2007 3:32 AM by maZe - edited 1 times] Mechfreak57 in the UER chat : "George W. Bush is not perfect. He fucked up the borders and Irak is a shit storm but he's the best we've got. " Save the world - adopt an American! Cinematic  Location: South Shore, Montreal Gender: Female  |  Re: About that mysterious orphanage... <Reply # 18 on 6/21/2007 4:14 AM >   This is exactly what I was talking about, thanks to all. I remember it looking decrepit, not pink-green-white a la early 90's...still curious as to why they converted it, historical reasons? What's the background on that orphelinat? Wonder what the asking price is for a beast like that. It must be reeeally haunted to sit empty for this long. Charlie_Dunver  Location: Montreal Gender: Male  |  |  Re: About that mysterious orphanage... <Reply # 19 on 6/21/2007 5:37 AM >   I seem to recall that the other building went down around 94-95. At the time someone suggested that the buildings could be used to supply housing for homeless people. Of course that was totally laughable because everyone knew that the developers were going to turn it all into an economic boom town. Right. CD http://neath.wordpress.com UER Forum > Archived Canada: Quebec > About that mysterious orphanage... (Viewed 1132 times) 1 2   All content and images copyright © 2002-2024 UER.CA and respective creators. Graphical Design by Crossfire. To contact webmaster, or click to email with problems or other questions about this site: UER CONTACT View Terms of Service | View Privacy Policy | Server colocation provided by Beanfield This page was generated for you in 156 milliseconds. Since June 23, 2002, a total of 741618739 pages have been generated.