More on the St-Michel shooting Monday
The Journal has more details on the young man who was shot at in St‑Michel early Monday and ended up 100 feet down in the Francon quarry, having fled from his attackers by scaling a fence. He was recovered by firefighter rescue specialists and is in bad shape, but cops don’t even know yet whether any bullets hit him. This is the old quarry the city uses as a snow dump in season.
Jonathan 10:35 on 2021-10-26 Permalink
And this is the quarry that Quartiers Montréal wants to transform into a milieu de vie.
Kate 11:00 on 2021-10-26 Permalink
Back in the Tremblay era, there was even a plan floated to put a mall in there.
walkerp 11:25 on 2021-10-26 Permalink
It was to have been a floating mall? 🙂
Kate 11:31 on 2021-10-26 Permalink
Only in springtime.
SMD 13:23 on 2021-10-26 Permalink
There is so much potential in that former quarry! The site is huge. The local community roundtable has been developing idea for it for a while now: https://www.vivre-saint-michel.org/projets/francon-c%C5%93ur-de-notre-quartier/. It is like the Namur/Hippodrome of Saint-Michel.
dhomas 16:41 on 2021-10-26 Permalink
If they could turn the nearby Miron quarry into a pretty decent park (Frédéric-Back Park), then why not do something with this quarry. My aunts lived nearby the Miron chimneys, back in the day. I remember when they brought down the twin chimneys, after multiple attempts. I saw one of them fall, but not the other.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHX7rEG2Jh4
Cadichon 17:30 on 2021-10-26 Permalink
Kate, there’s water there in summer too, the quarry was dug down to the water table.