| Posted by nostra-YOUPPI! |
8/30/2007 12:41 AM | remove |
funny to think esso was in one of the low buildings meanwhile belgian lightweight in the canadian market FINA had its offices on PVM 1-17
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| Posted by Emperor Wang |
8/30/2007 1:07 AM | remove |
It's kinda sad how the PVM esplanade remains windblown and bleak no matter what they do with it. One of the original designs had it connect it to Ste-Catherine with a pedestrian ramp. That might've worked out better? Or an extra ped tunnel from the foreground direct to Central Station?
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| Posted by nostra-YOUPPI! |
8/30/2007 1:31 AM | remove |
i dont know but i always preferred the old treatment of the 4 entrances to the mall. these whole esplanade things in montreal are always ill conceived. at olympic stadium the entrance from the esplanade is spectacular but the entrance from the metro is like comming in via the basement, the re configuring of the parking garages in the 90s didnt help. same goes for place des arts in the winter
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| Posted by Emperor Wang |
8/30/2007 2:35 AM | remove |
In the 70s, the at least one store in PVM (WH Smith? I can't remember) used to be two-level, with a "back" entrance on the esplanade. More commerce at this level sure couldn't hurt, but who would want to rent space in the middle of such a concrete wasteland?
I say we give Pierre Bourque a million bucks and a year in charge of this place. Then we'd have something people would go out of their way to visit!
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| Posted by nostra-YOUPPI! |
8/30/2007 3:42 AM | remove |
i agree as wishy washy pierre was in city affairs he was a great guy for beautifing the city. there also used to be a computerland store in the lobby of 1 pvm, it looked out on the esplanade but had no access
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| Posted by maZe |
8/30/2007 11:02 PM | remove |
Bourque is good at planting trees, which wouldn`t help much PVM. But Dore was good as readapting urbain lanscapes (such as digging back up the Lachine Canal).
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| Posted by nostra-YOUPPI! |
8/31/2007 1:13 AM | remove |
i second that one about the canal maze! and sadly bourque gets the credit for it
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| Posted by Emperor Wang |
8/31/2007 1:15 AM | remove |
Aw c'mon, maZe. Never heard of planters? Just imagine this space all green and leafy, full of pathways and benches scattered about... it would be sooooo sweet.
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| Posted by nostra-YOUPPI! |
8/31/2007 1:17 AM | remove |
well the old stair pits are covered with squares of grass today, the biggest problem is that this esplanade doesnt really go anywhere, its not a convienient path of conveyance to other parts of the city
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| Posted by Emperor Wang |
8/31/2007 1:18 AM | remove |
WTF is with the canal, anyway? I'm as happy as the next guy that they opened it to boaters, but I can't remember the last time I saw more than three boats on it in one day. No way is that project paying for itself.
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| Posted by nostra-YOUPPI! |
8/31/2007 1:28 AM | remove |
well last summer every time i went biking on a saturday i counted 4 boats at a time in every lock as well as loads of boats, i dont know when you are looking, it does close at 5 pm.
i know its getting traffic because the seaway people are thrilled with the reduced pleasure boat traffic, they get in the way of the ships
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| Posted by snowman323 |
9/5/2007 8:11 PM | remove |
Anyone notice the flags were at half mast?
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| Posted by maZe |
9/5/2007 10:00 PM | remove |
Anyone notice Canada didn't had a flag and it's the old Dominion of Canada flag? :P
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| Posted by nel58 |
9/6/2007 12:25 AM | remove |
Il me semble voir la feuille d'érable...et c'est en 63 qu'il a changé non ? Et cette photo date de 69 !
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| Posted by maZe |
9/6/2007 12:30 AM | remove |
Le plus à droite, c'est le drapeau du Dominion, non?
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| Posted by nel58 |
9/6/2007 1:00 AM | remove |
Dur à dire !
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| Posted by nostra-YOUPPI! |
9/6/2007 1:48 AM | remove |
tres dur a dire, hmm, jai une photo de cest poles avec le drapeau de nos amours!
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| Posted by Emperor Wang |
9/6/2007 2:08 AM | remove |
Is it just me, or are those stairwells strangely reminiscant of those of the old vespasiennes?
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| Posted by nostra-YOUPPI! |
9/6/2007 3:05 AM | remove |
i agree, i figure they were covered in the 80s because they were a bitch, they used to fill up with snow
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| Posted by Blawkowski |
9/6/2007 3:09 AM | remove |
Le Canada à son drapeau actuel depuis 1965.
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| Posted by Blawkowski |
9/6/2007 3:10 AM | remove |
Quelle personnalité publique est décédée en 1969?
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| Posted by maZe |
9/7/2007 2:27 AM | remove |
ouais mais le Canada n'était pas un pays légalement jusqu'en 1982, ce qui expliquait l'usage toujours du Dominion of Canada comme drapeau.
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| Posted by Blawkowski |
9/7/2007 3:12 AM | remove |
Faut pas charrier. Le Canada est essentiellement indépendant depuis la statut de Westminster en 1931. Restait juste les modifications à la constitution qui nécessitait l'approbation de Londres jusqu'au rapatriement en 1982, ce qui n'était pas une si grosse affaire puisque je ne crois pas qu'il y ait eu de modifications à la constitution de toute façon entre 1931 et 1982. Et le Red Ensign n'est plus utilisé depuis 1965. Il y a eu tellement de débats sur l'adoption du nouveau drapeau en 1964 qu'une fois la design final choisi, on s'est empressé à l'utiliser!
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