Place-Saint-Henri: an edicule to come
Found on the STM site: major reconstruction at Place-Saint-Henri station, one of the few with open entrances, which have to be closed off to create an edicule with an elevator (there’s a link to a series of images on the page). (OK, I like the word “edicule”…)
PO 12:12 on 2020-12-02 Permalink
Not gonna lie, I’m a bit sad they’ll be doing away with the below-ground entrances… Despite the fact that in very snowy winters, the stairs were less than safe and maintained. Gave a unique charm to the station. I also hope they make the elevators blend in with the stations architecture (it’s my favorite station).
Kate 12:15 on 2020-12-02 Permalink
I know – they were unwieldy in the winter, but they worked, and had a more spacious feel than the little edicule a step west of there, which I always found cramped. The STM has a couple of stations like this with stairs that go around angles of 60° and I don’t know why but I never like those, they don’t feel like they work well with how human bodies use stairs. De Castelnau is another.
Max 13:54 on 2020-12-02 Permalink
Three years to put in a few elevators! I guess this speaks to the technical difficulties of putting them in after the fact. Not to mention being architecturally respectful about it.
dhomas 14:30 on 2020-12-02 Permalink
Not to sound insensitive to the disabled, but there is an edicule for this station across the street. Could they not put in an elevator there and leave the old one as-is?
I ask because there are a few metro entrances that are not accessible that I would hate to see disappear. For example, Square Victoria :
https://voyage-montreal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/m%C3%A9tro-Square-Victoria-OACI-5.jpg
There are many other entrances to this metro station, so I hope they don’t decide to replace this one for the sake of accessibility.
CE 18:02 on 2020-12-02 Permalink
That Parisian entrance at Square Victoria is definitely definitely not going anywhere.