Large park planned for east end of island

Having made moves toward the Grand parc de l’ouest, city hall is now looking eastward and making plans for a Grand Parc de l’Est. There are parklands toward the eastern tip of the island, on both riverfronts, but they’re in disjoint chunks. Acquiring the land to join them up wouldn’t be cheap.

Speaking of parks, the city wanted to create a park at Ste-Catherine and Mackay but the owner of the land fought the expropriation so hard that the city has given up, and a condo tower will go up on that corner.