Suburban mayors, what can you do
Oh those suburban mayors. Some want to pay less to the agglomeration. Some want to turn Dorval into another Quartier des Spectacles.
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Ghost of Ginger Baker 12:36 on 2019-10-09 Permalink
And when they flood next Spring they’ll be bitching and moaning about how the city never prepared them for it.
Beaconsfield is one of the wealthiest suburbs in the city: law enforcement exists primarily to protect their citizens and their investments. They absolutely should pay the most for things like police.
If the people of Beaconsfield want a greater say in municipal and metropolitan affairs, by all means, join the city.
Filp 13:53 on 2019-10-09 Permalink
I always have reservations when the goal of a revitalized area is to become a regional destination. Regional destinations are subject to the ebb and flow of trends, and when you focus on outsiders to come to your neighborhood and make business function, there may eventually be a point where this stops working. It could be for a number of reasons. Like a new big mall somewhere else, or traffic works on some highway somewhere. The point is that areas should be self sustaining for the most part. Diversification of store fronts that cater to local needs so that the neighborhood will always be supplied by a population who has reasons to go there. Even st-Denis has learnt this lesson. It will never be a st-catherine street, so I think at this point it should stop trying, and find it’s success in catering mostly to the Plateau.
qatzelok 09:24 on 2019-10-10 Permalink
I wonder how many film-makers are now regretting their upcoming move to the Quartier des Spectacles, now that Dorval Village will be getting similar paving stones.
mare 13:11 on 2019-10-10 Permalink
I know the National Film Board regrets it, since their state-of-the-art sound mixing and recording studio is right on top of the metro. And despite sound insulation the rumble when a metro passes makes it unusable. So the sound people are still using the sound facilities in the now deserted giant old building on cremazie, without much support staff.
Oops.