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 rooty
    
Location: Dorval, QC
Gender: Male
 |  | 3610 McTavish
< on 3/14/2008 2:39 PM >
|  | | | Discovered this empty 25-unit apartment building in the heart of Montreal. Purchased by McGill University in 1969 for $335,000, this gorgeous building was constructed in 1941, and remains largely unchanged today.
The building was vacated by all tenants in mid-to-late 2007, as the University intends to convert or demolish the building for academic use.
An old photo of the building pulled from the web (sorry, could find only thumbnails)
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#1: A wicked peephole that has a diameter of about 2"
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#2
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#3: The recent vacating of the building left recent signs of life everywhere...
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#6: The building is full of unique art-deco touches, with curved walls, funky sconces, doorknobs, peepholes, bathrooms, etc.
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[last edit 3/14/2008 2:52 PM by rooty - edited 1 times]
"Alcohol: the cause of, and solution to, most of life's problems." - H. Simpson |
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rooty
Location: Dorval, QC
Gender: Male
| | Re: 3610 McTavish
<Reply # 2 on 3/14/2008 3:43 PM >
| | | | Posted by sebastian
C'est tu moi ou ca l'air ennuyant c'te place la??
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No, the building is not boring at all - I'm sorry if the story I'm telling through my images is boring, perhaps I focus too much on architectural detail. The building is very interesting, with 25 apartments all accessible, a parking garage, a large mechanical room...
Does anyone else think my images are boring? I can take this as constructive criticism to post more exciting stuff....
"Alcohol: the cause of, and solution to, most of life's problems." - H. Simpson |
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controleman
   
Location: Montreal
Gender: Male
| |  | Re: 3610 McTavish
<Reply # 3 on 3/14/2008 3:46 PM >
| | | | Well that look good enough to me considering it's appartment.. Your pictures are fines, if you'd consider yourself a professionnal photographer I wouldn't say the same thing but hey...
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rooty
Location: Dorval, QC
Gender: Male
| | Re: 3610 McTavish
<Reply # 4 on 3/14/2008 3:51 PM >
| | | | Posted by controleman
Well that look good enough to me considering it's appartment.. Your pictures are fines, if you'd consider yourself a professionnal photographer I wouldn't say the same thing but hey...
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Thanks controleman, especially coming from you (your images are sublime). No, I am not a professional, just a very enthusiastic amateur, I learn something new every day.
"Alcohol: the cause of, and solution to, most of life's problems." - H. Simpson |
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sebastian
Location: muthafuckin'downtown 514
| | | Re: 3610 McTavish
<Reply # 5 on 3/14/2008 5:14 PM >
| | | | @rooty: no no I was not talking about your photos or the way you work (again as we often mention, this is not a photography critique forum), I was talking about place itself, it's.... well, an empty apartment building wich is to me, a bit boring.
[last edit 3/14/2008 5:15 PM by sebastian - edited 1 times]
FLICKR... http://www.flickr....-photography/sets/ |
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Sirber
Location: Québec, QC
Gender: Male
everything wasn't good
| | Re: 3610 McTavish
<Reply # 6 on 3/14/2008 5:26 PM >
| | | | Posted by sebastian
@rooty: no no I was not talking about your photos or the way you work (again as we often mention, this is not a photography critique forum), I was talking about place itself, it's.... well, an empty apartment building wich is to me, a bit boring.
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Better this than the abbey no? 
"Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god." — Sir Francis Bacon |
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Wiccan
Location: Hamilton Ontario
Gender: Female
| | Re: 3610 McTavish
<Reply # 8 on 3/14/2008 5:32 PM >
| | | | I hope they save the building,I love the woodwork and the staircase is wicked!
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rooty
Location: Dorval, QC
Gender: Male
| | Re: 3610 McTavish
<Reply # 9 on 3/14/2008 7:01 PM >
| | | | Posted by sebastian
@rooty: no no I was not talking about your photos or the way you work (again as we often mention, this is not a photography critique forum), I was talking about place itself, it's.... well, an empty apartment building wich is to me, a bit boring.
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@sebastian: ah, thanks for the clarification - my pride remains partially intact! =)
I screwed up again - I should have tried harder to "sell" this one. The building is empty of tenants - but full of character. There are signs of life everywhere, recent and not so recent. The sensation is very strange as you walk through this building, because it is in such good condition for its age, yet there is no one there? And if you Google the address, you can even find a small forum of former residents, who clearly were attached to their home. For me, this added context makes me feel as if I am walking through a site full of life - the atmosphere is tangible, almost as if I used to live there.
"Alcohol: the cause of, and solution to, most of life's problems." - H. Simpson |
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kopernicZX3
Location: St-Jérome, QC
Gender: Male
| | | Re: 3610 McTavish
<Reply # 10 on 3/14/2008 7:25 PM >
| | | | pretty..interesting..I like it!
Le polluage de topic est toujours apprécié. |
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felix
Gender: Male
| | | Re: 3610 McTavish
<Reply # 11 on 3/14/2008 8:39 PM >
| | | | Over 25 apartments, I hope there should be few interesting ones.
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Felix |
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cjb
Location: Sept-îles/Saint-John's/Corner Brooks/Montréal/Sydney
Gender: Male
| | | Re: 3610 McTavish
<Reply # 12 on 3/14/2008 8:45 PM >
| | | | Pretty nice place, you should have bring us some outside shots. Thanks for the inside still !
BTW, I doubt they can and want to demolish this building. Maybe they want to upgrade it, but this building is most certainly protected.
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http://www.magazin...dossiers/index.htm |
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rooty
Location: Dorval, QC
Gender: Male
| | Re: 3610 McTavish
<Reply # 13 on 3/14/2008 10:09 PM >
| | | | Posted by cjb
Pretty nice place, you should have bring us some outside shots. Thanks for the inside still !
BTW, I doubt they can and want to demolish this building. Maybe they want to upgrade it, but this building is most certainly protected.
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Thanks, cjb: I am a photo freak - I have many more photos of the building, and standard def videos as well. I have attached some exteriors for you.
Actually, one of the former tenants looked into it and to my surprise too, apparently the building is not protected. Someone would have to apply for the protection, and I doubt McGill will bother. They have knocked down historic buildings in the past, for example, the Donner building on the north part of campus (now replaced by the Genome bldg). But that was because they needed modern and cross-disciplinary labs.
"Alcohol: the cause of, and solution to, most of life's problems." - H. Simpson |
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[c]K
Location: Somewhere
Gender: Male
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| | Re: 3610 McTavish
<Reply # 14 on 3/14/2008 11:35 PM >
| | | | Wide open door... almost too easy 
Posted by winbeger: DÉSOLÈ J AI EU UN CONTRE TEMPS,TROP FUMÉ DE SALVIA
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rooty
Location: Dorval, QC
Gender: Male
| | Re: 3610 McTavish
<Reply # 15 on 3/15/2008 12:50 AM >
| | | | Posted by [c]K
Wide open door... almost too easy
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??? There are no open doors?
"Alcohol: the cause of, and solution to, most of life's problems." - H. Simpson |
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TaP
Location: Montreal, QC
Gender: Male
| | Re: 3610 McTavish
<Reply # 16 on 3/15/2008 12:56 AM >
| | | | nah that door on the corner, next to the garage door leads to another closed door. it looks wide open from far but its like a "portique"
we circled it around this morning and alas, found no point of entry
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nel58
Location: montreal (st-henri) Qc
Gender: Female
yep..something's under..let's check ! (RIP Joséphine ,april 1998-october 2010 )
| | Re: 3610 McTavish
<Reply # 17 on 3/15/2008 3:46 AM >
| | | | I love the stair case !
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[c]K
Location: Somewhere
Gender: Male
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| | Re: 3610 McTavish
<Reply # 18 on 3/15/2008 4:52 AM >
| | | | Posted by TaP
nah that door on the corner, next to the garage door leads to another closed door. it looks wide open from far but its like a "portique"
we circled it around this morning and alas, found no point of entry
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Ah! Thanks for the clarification!
Posted by winbeger: DÉSOLÈ J AI EU UN CONTRE TEMPS,TROP FUMÉ DE SALVIA
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Emperor Wang
Location: On an island, in a river
Fetish? What fetish?
| | Re: 3610 McTavish
<Reply # 19 on 3/15/2008 2:19 PM >
| | | | Love those architectural details. I would live there in a minute. Thanks for sharing.
It's great to be alive! |
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