A “château” for a porno king
QMI, who didn’t seem perturbed about Pornhub in our midst – it wasn’t a secret – till the recent New York Times piece put the cat among the pigeons, now shows us the newly constructed castle of the porno king near the Bois de Saraguay. QMI goes on to note that the house was built after the destruction of a bit of forest that the borough was unable to protect – the very forest that gave cover to the assassin of Vito Rizzuto Sr. in 2010. Quite a storied corner of town, then.
Update: La Presse says 220 trees were sacrificed to build that house.
walkerp 11:36 on 2020-12-11 Permalink
That little tidbit about the forest that I never would have discovered on my own is one of the many reasons this is the best Montreal website. Nice one, Kate.
Man, that forest should have been protected for environmental and heritage reasons.
And yuck what hideous taste.
Kate 12:13 on 2020-12-11 Permalink
walkerp, I thought the house wasn’t too much of an eyesore.
Blork 12:26 on 2020-12-11 Permalink
What gets me about that kind of house is the lack of imagination. They toss in all these curly things and Louis-Quatorze embellishments that do nothing other than say “oooo, fancy!” to people who don’t know much about architecture. It could have been much worse, but I’m so tired of seeing all this faux French chateau stuff whenever someone wants a building to look classy.
Kate 12:28 on 2020-12-11 Permalink
I suppose if it’s either this chateau stuff or a stark box, I might opt for the chateau. I mean, either way, you’re gonna get a breakfast bar.
Blork 12:45 on 2020-12-11 Permalink
I’ll take the stark box, which is all about light and space and modernism, over the phoney fancy any day.
And the breakfast bar. OMG how I covet the breakfast bar! (More specifically, how I covet the gigantic kitchen workspace that might as well have a few seats thrown in…)
Kate 12:54 on 2020-12-11 Permalink
I was amused by this, which a friend showed me online. I don’t know the source:
Blork 13:01 on 2020-12-11 Permalink
That’s just silly BUT LOOK AT ALL THAT COUNTER SPACE!!!!
Kate 13:25 on 2020-12-11 Permalink
You can get kitchen islands at Ikea for a couple of hundred bucks, Blork. Of course, you need space for one.
Jebediah Pallendrome 14:58 on 2020-12-11 Permalink
How long before he’s making a considerable donation to Con-U to clean up his image?
Kate 15:40 on 2020-12-11 Permalink
Would Concordia be able to countenance accepting it, though?
Orr 22:49 on 2020-12-11 Permalink
First, you make a charitable foundation,
Then the foundation makes the donation.
Easy peasy.