Garages and mechanics pushed out by gentrification
The small garage and mechanic businesses one used to see around seedier parts of town are being pushed out by gentrification.
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Steve Q 23:55 on 2019-04-24 Permalink
While I understand it may be hard for some small owners of such businesses, I think it is a good thing that they are being ”puched out” in order to make room for apparments or condos. I also wish it was the same thing for huge gas station such as the one corner St-Laurent and Sherbrooke or Du Parc and Mont-Royal, per example.
Roman 04:13 on 2019-04-25 Permalink
Ya more like are probably cashing out on all that land.
Kate 06:41 on 2019-04-25 Permalink
Roman, there’s no indication these folks owned the space they were using.
Steve Q, a city is more than just a dormitory.
Marc 08:32 on 2019-04-25 Permalink
I’ve been watching this happen in Verdun since I moved here 10 years ago. There are still quite a few small garages around, though.
JaneyB 08:43 on 2019-04-25 Permalink
I like seeing those little auto shops around (@Marc – that one on Bannantyne!). Very handy if your car breaks down. Reminds me of the time when neighbourhoods had everything. What’s the point of densification if there are no services other than restaurants and bars? That’s just a kind of congested suburb with a lot of deliveries. People meet their neighbours by doing chores nearby not by sitting in a café staring at their screens.
Kevin 09:13 on 2019-04-25 Permalink
Each neighbourhood should be semi-independent. Heading out of your neighbourhood in order to fulfill basic functions pretty much defeats the point.
CE 10:17 on 2019-04-25 Permalink
I’m typing this while waiting for the forklift to get out of the way of the entrance of the brewery where I work (in a « seedy » part of town). It’s moving all our equipment to Joliette. The owners of the building tripled our rent, probably the app developer that moved in next door a few years ago wants to expand.
People look at these ugly industrial areas around the city and think they all need to be « revitalized » but forget that people work in these places and that they actually produce stuff (like beer in our case). As more of this happens, anybody with an industrial job will be working and living in the suburbs which I guess some people might see as revitalization.
Mr.Chinaski 10:40 on 2019-04-25 Permalink
The Bannantyne garage is really good actually, one of Verdun’s hidden spot 🙂