MONTRÉAL :: Les Projets - Page 62

Rico Rommheim · #**1221** Posted **Dec 23, 2011, 2:33 AM**

Great!!! It's about time somebody even suggested to "correct" the queue de cheval mistake. Why would anyone build a 2 storey building on R-L anyways?

ozzy · #**1222** Posted **Dec 24, 2011, 2:41 AM**

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Originally Posted by Rico Rommheim

Great!!! It's about time somebody even suggested to "correct" the queue de cheval mistake. Why would anyone build a 2 storey building on R-L anyways?

Effectivement, ça n'a pas de sens. En espérant qu'ils puissent faire quelque chose d'intéressant avec cet édifice.

MTLskyline · #**1223** Posted **Dec 24, 2011, 5:45 PM**

New project on a parking lot. I'm trying to figure out if this is a brand new building or they will be renovating the building currently there.:

Condos Le Parc - 10 floors
7930 Boul. Viau, Saint-Leonard (Streetview)

http://condosleparc.com/fr/index.php

ToxiK · #**1224** Posted **Dec 25, 2011, 12:20 AM**

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Originally Posted by MTLskyline

New project on a parking lot. I'm trying to figure out if this is a brand new building or they will be renovating the building currently there.:

Condos Le Parc - 10 floors
7930 Boul. Viau, Saint-Leonard (Streetview)

http://condosleparc.com/fr/index.php

I think it is a new building. Look at the right of the picture, it looks like the existing building. The new one will be perpendicular to the existing building.

MTLskyline · #**1225** Posted **Dec 26, 2011, 10:04 PM**

I happened to see Evolo from the Victoria Bridge today and it is getting quite big.

I drove downtown via Wellington and Peel and it is incredible how much development is going on in the area. There are a ton of cranes.

lake of the nations · #**1226** Posted **Dec 29, 2011, 11:23 PM**

Le Château Frontenac était déjà mentionné dans l'autre article, mais là, ça commence a devenir plus grave.

Mercredi 28 décembre 2011 | Mise en ligne à 6h00 | Commentaires (33)
Je dis Montréal, vous dites… chutes du Niagara?

François Cardinal

La Régie des installations olympiques est en plein remue-méninges sur l’avenir du Stade et de ses environs. Elle a ainsi commandé une étude sur la notoriété du bâtiment à l’étranger… qui en dit plus sur la méconnaissance de Montréal que sur le Stade comme tel.

La conclusion officielle: le Stade et la Tour forment l’icône qui représente le mieux Montréal.

La conclusion officieuse: les étrangers connaissent très mal Montréal.

Mené auprès de 5555 répondants internationaux (États-Unis, France, Grande-Bretagne et Allemagne) par la Chaire de tourisme de l’UQAM, ce sondage web tente de cerner l’idée que se font les touristes de la métropole québécoise.

On y apprend, par exemple, que Montréal est la destination préférée des touristes pour un futur voyage au pays.

Seules exceptions: les Français, qui préfèrent Québec, et les plus de 65 ans, qui rêvent à Vancouver.

Mais au-delà de cette grande bouffée d’amour, ce que l’enquête révèle, c’est une profonde méconnaissance de Montréal.

Quand on demande aux répondants de dire spontanément quel est «le lieu, l’attrait ou le monument qui symbolise le mieux Montréal», ils répondent le hockey.

C’est bien, mais le détail des réponses est moins flatteur.

Seulement 6 % des répondants nomment le hockey. Et pourtant, la réponse se retrouve au premier rang du palmarès…

Aussi, on s’aperçoit que plus on s’éloigne du Québec, moins notre sport national vient à l’esprit: 2,6% des Britanniques le nomment, 1,4% des Français et à peine… 0,4% des Allemands!

Dans l’ordre, les autres réponses sont le Stade (5,6%), la feuille et le sirop d’érable (5,4%), la nature (2,9%) et la neige (2,9%).

En 6e position? Les chutes du Niagara. Et en 14e place? La Tour du CN.

Eh oui.

Peut-être parce qu’ils imaginent que tout cela est regroupé que tant de touristes acceptent de se taper le circuit Montréal-Niagara-Toronto-Ottawa-Québec-Tadoussac-Montréal… en une toute petite semaine!

Bon, refaisons l’exercice, mais cette fois en présentant aux répondants des images. Quels sont «les symboles ou icônes» qui représentent le mieux Montréal «comme destination touristique internationale»?

Le Stade est premier, avec 38% de réponses. Pas mal. Puis vient… le Château Frontenac, pour 33% des répondants! Suivis de la Biosphère (31%), du Casino (26%) et de la Basilique Notre-Dame (25%).

Plus curieux, les Français, que l’on croyait mieux nous connaître que les Allemands, nomment en tout premier lieu… le Château Frontenac (38%), devant le Stade (31%) et le Plateau Mont-Royal (24%)!

Ces résultats vous surprennent? Ils vous consolent, ou ils vous désolent?

http://blogues.cyberpresse.ca/avenirmtl/

Rico Rommheim · #**1227** Posted **Dec 30, 2011, 12:09 AM**

Moi je ne suis pas surpris! Montreal devient de plus en plus obscure sur la scene international. On est bien en route de devenir seulement une "autre ville" nord americaine. Meme au Canada, quand les gens mentionne des grande villes ce sont presque toujours Toronto, Vancouver ou Calgary!

Ici a Vancouver, bien de monde ne connaissent absolument rien sur Montreal exception: on fait la fete, il fait froid, on parle seulement Francais et on a un stade qui sert a rien .

MolsonExport · #**1228** Posted **Dec 30, 2011, 1:43 AM**

Imagine what comes to mind when you mention Indiana. Or Kansas. Or Missouri.

for most, I imagine butt fuck all comes to mind. At least people have some thoughts of la belle ville.

Rico Rommheim · #**1229** Posted **Dec 30, 2011, 1:53 AM**

Ask any American what they think of Indiana and they'll tell you all about that Indy 500 race. Missouri or Kansas? I'm sure they'll be able to mention some sort of pro or semi pro or amateur or bowling league sports franchise before they can even think of something about the big old M.

Rnr_ss · #**1230** Posted **Dec 30, 2011, 5:53 PM**

Montréal est dedans

, C'est la 5em.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=305707796140439&set=vb.54971236771&type=2&theater

urbandreamer · #**1231** Posted **Dec 30, 2011, 6:53 PM**

My favourite project of 2011 is affordable, stylish and on the outskirts of Montreal--I could never imagine Oshawa Ontario building something this attractive, much less Toronto proper at this price point. RenderPornStar-of-the-Year lowrise is Faubourg Contrecoeur phase 3!

Rico Rommheim · #**1232** Posted **Dec 30, 2011, 7:22 PM**

Render porn star?? What in the hell is that?

mr.John · #**1233** Posted **Dec 30, 2011, 8:52 PM**

Qne thing I'm finding increasingly annoying about this site is the amount of western hillbillies going on about hick cities like Calgary as if it's a world class metropolis, oh fucking wow they have a few tall skyscrapers... for those billy-bobs I give you this show, watch it and then shut the fuck up

http://www.youtube.com/embed/pXki2s0E_HM

MTLskyline · #**1234** Posted **Dec 31, 2011, 3:18 AM**

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Originally Posted by mr.John

Qne thing I'm finding increasingly annoying about this site is the amount of western hillbillies going on about hick cities like Calgary as if it's a world class metropolis, oh fucking wow they have a few tall skyscrapers... for those billy-bobs I give you this show, watch it and then shut the fuck up

http://www.youtube.com/embed/pXki2s0E_HM

I find that a few of the Montreal forumers (especially Habfanman) on this website have a major chip on their shoulder. A lot of them have a hate on for Calgary (in Habfanman's case it is his hometown of Toronto) in particular (kind of a "How on earth can that redneck town be world class at anything"? Montreal is the only world class city in the country"...) I realize gloating Albertans can be annoying, but it is not like westerners have a monopoly on douchebaggery. Mtlurb is filled with our city's answer to the "hillbillies" as you call them.

Aside from demonstrating that we have some decent food, that video also proves that we are being overrun by hipsters.

Rico Rommheim · #**1235** Posted **Dec 31, 2011, 3:28 AM**

Hipsters? Fine by me! At least with them, you can smoke a joint, grab a pint, talk about quality shit (like urban planning, for example) and hang out at cool places without feeling like you're talking to some trailer park manager.

mbeaumont · #**1236** Posted **Dec 31, 2011, 3:38 AM**

I'm from Alberta, and whenever I go for my annual trip back home, I always have to find myself defending Quebec, some people there don't seem to understand that I choose to live here

MTLskyline · #**1237** Posted **Dec 31, 2011, 4:01 AM**

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Originally Posted by Rico Rommheim

Hipsters? Fine by me! At least with them, you can smoke a joint, grab a pint, talk about quality shit (like urban planning, for example) and hang out at cool places without feeling like you're talking to some trailer park manager.

It is true that a lot of them are certainly interesting (my brother is kind of a hipster, and knows of a lot of their hideouts).

I don't have anything against them, I just think it has been overdone... There are simply too many of them now. They were cool like two years ago, but now every other young person here is one. (Toronto is the same way)

That said, I live on the south shore, and I am even more sick of some of the tacky "450 types" than I am of the hipsters. At least most of the hipsters don't have the repugnant personalities of some of these nouveau riches (and nouveau riche wannabes)...

MTLskyline · #**1238** Posted **Dec 31, 2011, 4:03 AM**

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Originally Posted by mbeaumont

I'm from Alberta, and whenever I go for my annual trip back home, I always have to find myself defending Quebec, some people there don't seem to understand that I choose to live here

My family is from out east and I get the same thing to an extent there. However, I think I have converted a few of them to loving Montreal by giving them a good tour of the city. That's the best way to convince them. Now a few of them dream of living here.

I've never been to Calgary, but I am sure it has some redeeming qualities. I don't believe in bashing a place until I have visited.

MolsonExport · #**1239** Posted **Jan 2, 2012, 5:26 PM**

Any info on that tour Canadiens (proposed 61 stories)?

Rico Rommheim · #**1240** Posted **Jan 2, 2012, 9:18 PM**

Nope! No news yet, no word on sales or any other update! Word 'round the rumour mill is that the empty lot across the street (where that queue de cheval resto is) is gonna be subject of a large tower development.