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Originally Posted by Nouvellecosse
Obviously he was referring to differences other than size.
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I'm not sure what he was referring to then. Economy ? Montreal was richer and bigger also. What else? Architecture and urban form? Montreal was also superior in every way, except the height of its tallest building. Even now, Cleveland still has higher tallest. It only demonstrates that Mtl has a height limit in its urban zoning. Industrial importance? Finance? Again, Montreal over Cleveland by a long shot. What else?
And for the sake of argument, it is debatable that Cleveland's buildings back then were more impressive than the Canadian's equivalent. Cleveland's jewell, the Terminal Tower, is indeed very tall, but not that big actually (a little under 600 000 s.f.) compare to the Sun Life building (one million s.f.), even though the later is not as tall. They were both build at the same time. Cleveland's other historic high rises are all shorter and less impressive than Montreal's other buildings of the same period (The Royal Bank building, the Bell Building, Aldred building). And then, there's the whole St.James financial district in Old Montreal, which doesn't have any equivalent in Cleveland. So what are we talking about then ?
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