The REM went down Saturday afternoon, finally resuming around 5.
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Kate
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Kate
La Presse’s Philippe Teisceira-Lessard considers how construction of 700 residential units facing a Hydro substation will change the Quartier Latin. But reading further, it becomes clear nobody is really happy with the idea of plunking a substation down on the library block.
Faiz Imam
as they say at the end, substations can de designed to look very interesting if needed. The previous one down the street is a brutalist nightmare only because its a product of its time, plenty of better ones out there.
Speaking of, im not seeing anything about how the current substation location will be repurposed.
Will hydro quebec still need it? or will it be for sale? or given back for public use?
steph
ugly today, beautiful tomorrow… why get rid of it?
DeWolf
Brutalism is very much in vogue right now. Personally, I think the existing substation is pretty appealing. If it could be converted into some kind of cultural venue that would be very cool.
Kate
That bit of Berri going sharply uphill beside the underpass is not a strolling street at all. On the one side, the substation, and on the other, a building I gather has something to do with metro operations, although it isn’t labelled on the map. Neither one of these buildings has any interaction with the street. I don’t know whether a cultural venue could thrive in that spot.
Faiz Imam
It would be wonderful if it once hydro is gone it could be re-graded and the underpass removed. It really feels terrible to walk / bike through.
carswell
@Faiz You’re right. It feels kind of like a chunk of the Décarie Expressway plunked down in the middle of the city. A makeover would definitely be welcome.
Kate
We had a few of those – the Park-Pine interchange, now gone, and a smaller highway‑style crossover at Remembrance Road and Côte-des-Neiges, also now gone. The automotive dreams of the post‑WWII era are finally vanishing!
Ian
Even on the highways they are opting for roundabouts more and more. Those flying buttress highway overpasses are just ridiculous to maintain and may as well be a wall in any neighbourhood stuck with one.
CE
There were supposed to be more of those interchanges all around and on the mountain. The plan for it was that it would be a sort of parkway where you can go for a nice drive up and down and all around with the family. Thankfully, the plan only partially came to fruition, and is now being reversed (demolition of the Pine/Park and Remembrance/Côte-des-Neiges interchanges, removal of Duluth between Parc and Esplanade, likely transformation of Camillien-Houde, and the removal of some of the huge parking lots near Smith House).
I wish the Pine/Park interchange had have been removed and reimagined a few years later. I can only imagine that we would have gotten a much more pedestrian-friendly intersection and Parc between Pine and Mont-Royal would likely have a fewer lanes.
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Kate
A young man was stabbed early Saturday in what’s described as a family squabble; the suspect is a teenage relative; the victim is not expected to die.
A man was found unresponsive in a parked car in Centre‑Sud on Saturday morning, but there’s nothing yet on whether homicide is suspected. Slight update: police are now mentioning “marks of violence” but nobody has given out a homicide number yet.
Update Sunday: Police have declared this the first homicide of the year. CBC radio reports that the man was shot. CTV adds that the victim had a criminal record.
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Kate
Mildly amused that it’s only the anglo media currently taking note of new language law provisions concerning signs and labels. The Gazette even got the relevant minister to claim that this will simplify things for businesses.
Larger type, but also two thirds of the sign. Graphic design by government ukase – I love it.
Ian
“It bothers me when I walk in front of a store and a person has to be able to speak several languages to understand what this store is about.”
So rather than try to justify this absurdity, Roberge is happy to play at being a grade A moron
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If the hat fits, wear it.Uatu
Just make sure all the signage in the ERs are complaint since that’s where most of us will be spending our time anyway.
mare
Can’t wait for the cans of BOISSON NON-ALCOHOLISÉE SANS SUCRE coke zero.
qatzelok
These French-language threads always attract a *inspired by Gazette commenters* scene here at the weblog.
*runs away carrying babies and pets*
carswell
“*runs away carrying babies and pets*”
Promises, promises…
Kate
qatzelok, we are allowed to have views on this. We are not obliged to bow our heads and admit that anglos are automatically in the wrong.
Kevin
Qatzelok
That’s because we are continually dealing with absurd laws formed by people who are divorced from reality.Language laws in Quebec are the equivalent of abortion laws in the USA.
Ian
It wasn’t that long ago qatzi was calling any anglo who dared complan about language laws “Westmount Rhodesians”.
walkerp
I’m with Qatzelok on this one. The smug superiority is getting awfully ripe and when you start comparing Quebec language laws with abortion laws in the US it’s actually kind of gross.
Ian
So you disagree with Kevin so hard you agree with Qatzi. Some real gymnastics required for that … disagreeing with both was always on the table.
Kevin
I do get uppity when people believe that there can only be one culture per language and vice versa.
I also get upset when people start imposing laws because they have difficulty dealing with people who don’t think like they do.
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Kate
CTV asked and answered the question why bike lanes are cleared so fast.
TVA also tackles what it calls a myth.
steph
Wasn’t this super obvious? I expect these would be the same people asking why does the snow make the air cold.
Ian
Apparently not since the story keeps getting picked up that people are kvetching about it. I thought it seemed obvious too, but hey – we live in a place where some people apparently have no idea what a store is for if everything isn’t clearly labelled in French.
I can only imagine what a horroshow it must be for them to make supper using fresh produce, not knowing what anythign in the kitchen is without a cler label. Is it a pot? A cleaver? Salad? Compost? Who knows!?
Of course these poor fools don’t understand why bike paths are easier to clean than streets. It’s a wonder they go on breathing without being reminded to do so.
Meezly
People are getting triggered because they see the bike paths being cleared first instead of the sidewalks. Instead of looking calmly at why, or saying, great at least I can walk on the cleared bike path until they clear the sidewalks, they’d rather get their panties in a knot
https://m.facebook.com/groups/montrealthenandnow/permalink/3580765132141336/?
Ian 16:42 on 2024-01-15 Permalink
Boy, good thing nobody relies on public trransit /s