Crumbling buildings an eyesore in Old Montreal
A row of buildings on St-Antoine – where Steve’s Music used to be – is felt to be an eyesore on one of the approaches to Old Montreal. The owner of that row is the Palais des congrès, which has expressed intentions to enlarge in that direction, but – as this piece says – Quebec’s in no hurry to fund the project.
Uatu 23:28 on 2023-05-23 Permalink
Tell Quebec that the land is going to be bought by Chinese investors who plan to build the biggest mosque for English speaking Muslims. Maybe that’ll get their attention… hahaha
Blork 16:51 on 2023-05-24 Permalink
Also where Russell Books used to be a million years ago. I loved that place!
Kate 18:14 on 2023-05-24 Permalink
Russell Books wasn’t in that block, it was a bit further west, facing that blocky building that had been the Montreal Star, then the Gazette. It’s a Westin hotel now.
The same 1994 list where I found Bibliomanie in a comment above gives 275 St-Antoine West for Russell Books. There’s no such address any more, that whole block is just back doors for the Palais des congrès.
carswell 18:29 on 2023-05-24 Permalink
“felt to be an eyesore”
Dilapidated, sure, but if I were looking for a subject to sketch or paint — or probably even photograph — I’d definitely choose the row of buildings over huge, soulless, unwelcoming, wind-tunnelly monolith that is the St-Antoine side of the Palais and will probably be the fate of this block once the Palais has its way with it.