City hall to hold open house Saturday
City hall is reopening after a long period of renovation. There’s an open house on Saturday with various attractions including, you guessed it – circus activities. It wouldn’t feel like home without clowns.
Some photos and details of the restoration from Radio‑Canada.
CBC also has a brief video report but it’s mostly talk‑talk about how the building is more accessible now. I’d like to have seen more details about the restoration, and about what they found out about the reconstruction in the 1920s after the devastating fire in 1922.
Radio-Canada’s radio segment delves a little into the history.
CE 14:29 on 2024-06-08 Permalink
I was just in Old Montreal and the line went through Place Vauquelin and wrapped around city hall on Notre-Dame nearly to Bonsecours Street. I’d like to see inside City Hall at some point, hopefully they do some more open houses in the future.
Kate 17:00 on 2024-06-08 Permalink
They used to always have one on Christmas Eve, unless I misremember. But that may have only been the big hall.