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<Reply # 340 on 9/25/2009 5:38 PM >
|  | | | Sorry for my ignorance, but what is the brown building in the last picture?
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PTECLAIRE
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<Reply # 341 on 9/25/2009 10:47 PM >
| | | | Posted by maZe
Le stade a été désigné pour réaliser le fantasme de Drapeau d'avoir la Tour Eiffel à Montréal et le charme de la tour de pise.
Ça a passé hyper, super proche qu'on accueille la tour Eiffel à Montréal pour l'Expo, ça a chié parce que la compagnie propriétaire de la Tour avait peur que De Gaule crève pendant l'Expo et que le nouveau chef d'état de la France refuse de réinstaller la Tour à Paris, parce qu'à l'époque, les gens la trouvait très laide.
Drapeau n'en est jamais revenu. Il voulait sa tour. Ça a donné le stade olympique. Si vous regardez la tour de face, elle a un peu la même forme (large à la base, qui est mois large vers le haut, même courbes) que si vous regardez la tour Eiffel de face... Et elle est 40 degrés plus inclinée que la tour de Pise, juste pour bien démontrer à quel point Montréal est mieux que les autres villes...
J'ai réussi à mettre la main sur la bio de Drapeau qui sortira le 1er octobre. Je vais dévorer ça pendant le week-end 
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À mon souvenir, il s'agissait plutôt d'un fantasme de Mr Drapeau. Personne ne l'a appuyé et lui-même a enterré l'idée rapidement. Les scandales commencaient à le titiller.
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<Reply # 342 on 9/25/2009 11:11 PM >
| | | | Posted by PTECLAIRE
À mon souvenir, il s'agissait plutôt d'un fantasme de Mr Drapeau. Personne ne l'a appuyé et lui-même a enterré l'idée rapidement. Les scandales commencaient à le titiller.
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Humm. En fait, non, tout était beau sauf pour la compagnie propriétaire de la tour. Tiens, clip explicatif.
Ça vaut la peine d'écouter le clip juste pour les "modèles" de la fameuse tour, toujours ressemblante à la tour Eiffel et à Pise!
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<Reply # 344 on 9/26/2009 5:48 AM >
| | | | Posted by swiftman007
Sorry for my ignorance, but what is the brown building in the last picture?
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The comment on the flickr picture reads: Netherlands in the back and Belgium on the right. The body of water would be Lac des Cygnes before it was filled in.
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brubru
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<Reply # 345 on 9/26/2009 7:23 PM >
| | | | La Ronde accueillera en 2010 de nouvelles montagnes russes renversantes et à moitié suspendues au-dessus du lac des Dauphins, lesquelles seront installées d’ici mai prochain grâce à un investissement majeur par Six Flags.
Le nouveau manège de La Ronde, c’est :
•Une structure haute de 33 mètres
•Cinq inversions hallucinantes
•Deux trains de 20 passagers
•Un parcours de 689 mètres
•La moitié du trajet au dessus de l’eau!
Le fabricant du manège, Vekoma, est bien connu à Montréal, ayant conçu trois des populaires manèges de La Ronde que sont le Super Manège, le Boomerang et la Grande Roue.
Citation de Gilbert sur le forum de MTLURB.
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maZe
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<Reply # 346 on 9/30/2009 11:16 PM >
| | | | Y'a du monde vraiment débile. 240$. Franchement.
J'en ai un petit savon qui vient du Motel Bel-Air dans ma collection. Il m'a coûté 5$.
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<Reply # 347 on 10/1/2009 12:13 AM >
| | | | merde tu devrais alors le vendre 300 $ et t'enrichir  hihi
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brubru
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Gender: Male
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<Reply # 348 on 10/1/2009 2:54 AM >
| | | | Kijiji c'est le royaume du gars qui essaye de faire un cout d'argent.
J'ai vu une anonnce qui annoncait le vinyle de MJ Thriller à 250$ quand il est mort...
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Emperor Wang
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<Reply # 349 on 10/2/2009 5:10 AM >
| | | | Parking, Expo-style...
Victoria lot diagram, taken from here. Too bad the brochure's not quite legible.
An impressive aerial shot. Taken prior to 1967, but after the millions of litres of diesel and tons of PCBs were dumped here.
A couple of random Expo-era photos found on the web:
A set of prototype parking lot pictograms, designed by Paul Arthur:
A quote regarding the parking that made me laugh:
A big success among Mr. Arthur's designs have been animals which overlook the large Expo parking lots. Overseeing separate sections are beasts like a horse, a moose, an elephant, a hippopotamus or a bear.
The theory is that it is easier to remember that you parked under a bear than to recall that you parked in area A-1 or C-6. And if you can't remember, chances are your children will.
A Montréal taxi driver beamed his approval on the signs last week. "I always park under the hippo," he told the reporter. "My mother-in-law reminds me of the hippo, and I never can forget her, so I always can remember where I've put my car."
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Emperor Wang
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<Reply # 350 on 10/3/2009 2:48 AM >
| | | | Expo Letraset. What could be cooler than that?
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<Reply # 351 on 10/3/2009 1:32 PM >
|  | | | Je me souvient avoir lu dans le livre de la petite histoire de l'expo qu'un dame anglaise avais demandé a un chauffeur comment on apellais l'animal représentais la ou elle avais mis son véhicule et le chauffeur de réponde "phoque" (fuck). Il a recu une claque en pleine face lol
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brubru
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<Reply # 352 on 10/7/2009 6:53 PM >
| | | | Bonjour
Avec google street view on peut voir plusieurs pavillons et se promener sur la rue Pierre Dupuy ! et on voit les fisures des rails de l'expo-express et le pont.
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brubru
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<Reply # 353 on 10/9/2009 1:00 AM >
| | | | Voici ce qui reste de la place d'acceuil
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=montreal&sll=46.817345,-71.208955&sspn=0. 004317,0.013711&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Montreal,+Communaut%C3%A9-Urbaine-de-Montr%C3%A9al,+Quebec,+Canada& ll=45.489631,-73.545122&spn=0.000553,0.001714&t=h&z=19&layer=c&cbll=45.489657,-73.545241&panoid=dl62d bKGTUCWHsK2i0k46g&cbp=12,86.47,,0,7.89
Edit: Made link clickable ~Wang
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Emperor Wang
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<Reply # 355 on 10/10/2009 8:42 PM >
| | | | More on my favourite garbage dump by the river...
From Pistard:
Le 13 mai 1971, Ottawa annonce la construction d'un aéroport pour avion à décollage et atterissage courts (ADAC) assurant la liaison entre Montréal et Ottawa. L'inauguration de la navette aérienne a eu lieu le 23 juillet 1974. Le ministre des Transports Jean Marchand prononce un discours à cette occasion. Ces aéroports accueillaient surtout des avions de type Twin Otter fabriqué par le constructeur torontois De Havilland.
Aéroport destiné aux avions à décollage et atterrissage courts (ADAC) situé sur l'autoroute Bonaventure à Montréal / Henri Rémillard . - Septembre 1974
From the November 1974 issue of FlightGlobal magazine:
In May 1971 the Federal Government of Canada directed its Ministry of Transport to plan, develop and evaluate a Stol commuter air system. The Ottawa-Montreal corridor was chosen as the site for the trial, as competition from every other mode of transportation exists along the route, with more than 2.2 million persons travelling between the two cities every year. Dense air traffic, to test the system's compatibility with conventional air traffic, was a requirement, as was the presence of a wide range of weather conditions. The routeing had to lead to city-core areas where "Stolports" could be built.
From the outset it was decided that the trial operation had to test the complete Stol rapid-transit system from city-centre to city-centre with minimum inconvenience and maximum speed. Most of the passengers would be business people on day-return trips.
Criteria for both sites were space, convenience and easy access to the centre as well as minimal noise disturbance to surrounding communities. The Twin Otter requires only a 2,000ft runway and it was found possible to construct the whole Stolport in only 44.2 acres. Of all the sites considered in Ottawa the ex-RCAF base at Rockcliffe was judged the most suitable. In Montreal the Victoria car park from the Expo 67 site was chosen and the Stolport was constructed in less than a year.
Airtransit Canada, a wholly owned subsidiary of Air Canada, was incorporated on June 19, 1973, to operate the services for two years using six de Havilland Canada Twin Otter Series 300s. The pilots were chosen in late 1973 and underwent extensive ground and simulator air training courses. Several weeks of test flying demonstrated to the residents that the Stolports would be less of a noise nuisance at 500ft distance than a bus at 100ft.
The Twin Otters have been modified to improve safety and Stol capability. Changes include high-capacity disc brakes, anti-skid braking system, wing spoilers, propeller de-icing, electrical and hydraulic system improvements, emergency brakes, propeller auto-feather delay and improved powerplant fire protection. Eleven larger seats replace the original 20 and toilet facilities, a coat rack and air-conditioning have been added.
The cruising altitude is between 3,000ft and 8,000ft and as this is the height band of light aircraft and piston engined commercial aircraft the Twin Otters are fitted with an area-navigation (RNav) system to allow them to fly pre-selected routes off the airways to avoid congestion. The RNav system selected allows certain routes to be flown on autopilot by the insertion of a programmed card into the system before the flight. Air traffic controllers and pilots choose a flight plan that does not conflict with other air traffic, and the requisite card is then fed into the RNav computer.
Approaches are made at 6°-9° and the aircraft and Stolports are fitted with Co-Scan MLS equipment. To allow normal airways operation the aircraft are equipped with full IFR instruments including flight recorder, electric servo altimeter, radio altimeter, and an air data acquisition system.
The trial started early in July and the Twin Otters fly hourly from each of the two cities. The $20 fare covers only the direct operating costs; there is a $24 million annual Government subsidy.
Because of the size of the aircraft and the short flights there are no cabin attendants. Baggage space on the aircraft is limited, but suitcases can be carried.
The system was designed to transport passengers city-centre to city-centre, and ground transport to and from the city cores is included in the fare. "Stolmobile" services leave the Hotel Bonaventure, Montreal, 15min before flight time and the Holiday Inn, Ottawa, 30min before flight time. All seats have to be reserved.
Initial indications are that the Stol service is catching on amongst the business community. The present petrol problems are making the Stol service more popular; more and more commuters prefer to travel city-centre to city-centre at Airtransit's expense and to leave their own cars at home.
Here's an overview of the whole STOL concept from the April 1976 issue of Popular Mechanics, written by a reporter who actually flew the Montreal-Ottawa route:
http://books.googl...onepage&q=&f=false
If comments I found on the internet are to be believed, the operation was shut down after only 2 years because the runway was buckling and the federal grant money had ran out.
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brubru
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<Reply # 356 on 10/10/2009 9:30 PM >
| | | | Nice find !
There's no remains of that ? the victoria autoparc is covered by grass, i dont see where it was.
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Emperor Wang
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<Reply # 357 on 10/11/2009 9:15 PM >
| | | | Just the paved-over areas visible in Google Maps, as far as I know, except for the lot right next to the bridge which is all that's left of the Expo-era gas station.
Check out this document for a detailed history of the area. Especially Chapter 8 and Appendix 10. The files are pretty huge [~5 MB] so you might want to save locally before viewing.
E: http://www.cec.org...CCE_25_english.pdf
F: http://www.cec.org.../CCE_25_french.pdf
The place is a major environmental disaster and our governments are doing precious little about it. The Bonaventure Autoroute itself sits on solid fill, but everything between there and the CN lands is 100+ years worth of toxic garbage. Yuck.
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<Reply # 358 on 10/13/2009 2:13 AM >
| | | | Posted by maZe
Ça, à mon avis, c'est une pub pour "J'ai la mémoire qui tourne", et c'est une image tirée d'un vieux film super 8.
Mais dans le fond, j'en ai aucune idée. Sauf que comme ils sont en campagne de pub et que leurs autres pubs sur panneaux ressemblent à celle-là, avec le bleu dans des carrés, ça aurait beaucoup d'allure que ça soit ça.
Faudras que tu repasses pour voir 
... Ou c'est une campagne de pub pour la bio sur Drapeau qui sortira le 1er octobre et que je suis en train de lire mais me semble qu'ils auraient mis une photo de drapeau, pas du dôme de Buckminster Fuller. Anyway, c'est quand la dernière fois qu'on a annoncé une bio sur des panneaux routiers???
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cest bel et bien une affiche publicitaire pour la societe alzheimer.
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