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Centre Préfontaine
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This location has been labeled as Demolished, and therefore can be viewed by anyone.
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3 floors of rooms, a kitchen downstairs.
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Type: Building
Status: Demolished
Accessibility: Difficult
Recommendation: check it out if you're nearby
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Address
3100, Rachel E (near Préfontaine, in front of Angus Shops)
Montreal, Quebec
Canada
Owner: Ville de Montréal
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rust
air quality
Electrical wires hanging from the ceiling
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Historical site for social housing activism in Montreal.
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fences
24 hour guard
welded doors
wooden boarding
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flashlight
gloves
long pants / sleeves
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This building was a rehabilitation center of some sort before 1997 when it was shut down. In the summer of 2001, social housing activists took over the Louis Hyppolyte Lafontaine mansion on Overdale in downtown Montreal in the middle of a housing crisis. The reason for the Louis H take over was because it was the only building left standing by a developper who kicked a group of people out to build condos on the site, the houses were torn down but nothing was ever built, there is a parking lot on the site to this day. The city of Montreal officials (the Bourque administration) negociated with squatters to give them another building to live in, for at least 6 months to 2 years, the Centre Préfontaine. The squatters/activists moved in Centre préfontaine with help of city workers loading buses of stuff that was brought to Overdale over the week. 2 months later the riot police kicked everyone out of centre Préfontaine. See Eve Lamonts Squat! movie for a good look into this story. 2 and a half years later, this working condition building is still boarded up and people still sleep on the streets of Montreal.
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Ctrlman roof shot's
Sat, May 13th, 2006
posted by controleman
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The moderator rating is a neutral rating of the content quality, photography, and coolness of this location.
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| Photography |
7 / 10 |
| Coolness |
7 / 10 |
| Content Quality |
7 / 10 |
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This location's validation is current. It was last validated by
Steed on 6/30/2014 8:43 AM.
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on Jun 30 14 at 8:43, Steed validated this location
on Jan 4 14 at 16:10, momorokoko changed the following: Status, Description
on Mar 5 13 at 14:02, Opheliaism validated this location
on Feb 13 13 at 3:40, guil changed the following: Status
on Aug 7 08 at 16:43, Steed validated this location
on Aug 7 08 at 15:38, desertchick changed the following: Street Address, Latitude, Longitude, Co-ordinate Accuracy
on May 28 06 at 1:26, Emperor Wang validated this location
on May 14 06 at 2:25, TaP updated gallery picture PV121312.JPG
on May 14 06 at 2:25, TaP updated gallery picture PV121291.JPG
on May 14 06 at 2:23, TaP updated gallery picture PV121292.JPG
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