February 9th, 2009
Montage du jour : Le couvent des soeurs de la providence
By Guillaume St-Jean // 4 Comments
Vers 1960-2009
Construit de 1841 à 1843 pour les soeurs de la Providence, cet édifice situé au coin des rues Sainte-Catherine et St-Hubert a abrité des vieillards et ses œuvres ont permis de servir des bols de soupes aux sans-abri pendant plus de 120 ans.
L'édifice fut démoli au cours des années 1960 lors de la construction du métro.
Au cours des 7 prochain jours, vous pourrez voir différents angles de vues des travaux effectués sur ce quadrilatère.
Source : Archives, ville de Montréal
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Why would anyone want to emulate a bus station? (Even if it were a Le Corbusier, which it's not.) Architects can be some of the most clueless people on the planet...
I have never understood the point of this ridiculously large metro entrance. Could they not have settled on an entrance more like Victoria Square? At least something more fitting for a public park/square.
I like this soaring metro entrance - it evokes the soaring ambitions of those who built the Métro and their reasons for doing so!
What a vast improvement :) Actually, this métro entrance (properly called an édicule in French, what a nice word) is bizarrely big and ugly. I remember the architect even tried to defend it saying it was tall to match the bus station north of the park. Such an architectural gem that one is, don't you know.
But I'm pleased to see that even if the Bibliothèque nationale is being uncooperative with questionable copyright that you've found other sources that are just as good, because I love these before-and-after shots.
Comment by Tristou
February 9, 2009 | 12:01 pm