Fitzgibbon has eye on Quartier Latin
Pierre Fitzgibbon, one of whose hats is the hat of the Minister Responsible for the Metropolis, says he wants to make a personal project of the Quartier Latin.
That’ll be fun.
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shawn 07:40 on 2023-05-05 Permalink
What is the issue with Théâtre Saint-Denis? It’s had hundreds of millions poured into it for renovations, I know that…
shawn 08:08 on 2023-05-05 Permalink
Ok I shouldn’t say that I “know” 100s of millions because that’s high. But this website (that I don’t know) has a history of all the work done right up to this month and the theatre has hardly been neglected? https://lanauweb.info/les-grandes-renovations-du-theatre-st-denis-son-adaptation-au-fil-du-temps/
shawn 09:51 on 2023-05-05 Permalink
BTW that website is from Lanaudière. Which only reinforces my view that the CAQ minister is just cherry-picking cultural/patrimonial-type projects that might matter to their base without any concern about the more pressing issues facing Montrealers.
DeWolf 11:15 on 2023-05-05 Permalink
I think he’s saying the Théâtre Saint-Denis has been revamped at great cost but the neighbourhood around it is a “disaster.” At least I think so. He’s not very articulate.
It will be good to have more investment in the Latin Quarter. Maybe we’ll finally have some movement on the old Saint-Sulpice library. But the big Quebecor media focus on the area, and now Fitzgibbon’s involvement, is definitely because it’s a neighbourhood with a lot of sentimental value for francophone bungalow boomers who used to live in Montreal but never come into town anymore (ie, CAQ voters and TVA viewers).
shawn 12:23 on 2023-05-05 Permalink
I see. In my lifetime the Latin Quarter’s always been a bit pleasantly seedy. And yes the old Saint-Sulpice is magnificent and in need of a new mission. But you’re saying more articulately what I tried to say. Yes, this is the old neighbourhood for a generation of francophone Quebecers now in the burbs who used to go downtown.