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  • Kate 14:31 on 2022-02-07 Permalink | Reply  

    Fare booth clerks in the metro no longer accept cash as of Monday, but you can still use cash in the machines.

     
    • Kate 10:29 on 2022-02-07 Permalink | Reply  

      A new building for the Holocaust museum is to be created at at 3535 St‑Laurent, to be constructed on an existing parking lot. There’s some stuff here about “helping revitalize downtown” which makes no sense, but it’s clearly a relevant historic location for the institution, which has run out of space in its spot on Côte Ste‑Catherine.

       
      • Howard 06:45 on 2022-02-08 Permalink

        So they are taking over the HQ of the Mural festival (ie contemporary art) to build a building commemorating the holocaust?

        What are they going to do with the space left vacant on Côte-Sainte-Catherine? Fill it with street art?

      • Kate 10:23 on 2022-02-08 Permalink

        The building on Côte Ste‑Catherine is an office building, it wasn’t purpose-built for a museum. It won’t be vacant for long.

        I don’t know what you mean by HQ. The new building will be constructed on an empty lot that’s been used for parking. It’s too bad we’ll lose some art on the adjoining walls, but that’s the risk you take putting art on buildings beside an empty lot.

    • Kate 10:24 on 2022-02-07 Permalink | Reply  

      So much of the news is taken up with Olympics stuff and occupation stuff Monday morning that the only bit of Montreal island news I’ve found is a brief report on a man who was caught after trying to steal a truck in Beaconsfield.

       
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