The cultural flourishes planned by Devimco, who are planning to turn Griffintown into a ville dans la ville, and the rather high-handed preservations in their plans, which include plunking a different building down on the square where Saint Ann's church used to be, give background to this heartfelt statement by two residents of the area, who propose that what the city should do is reverse its damaging zoning decision of 40 years ago that doomed Griffintown to industrial development only, and allow multiple and independent owners and developers to improve it in a more varied and organic manner.

rorlan of Exploring Southwest Montreal also reminds us that the redevelopment of the fairly massive Canada Post lands will also have an impact on the area and on the city as a whole.

Chris Erb of Spacing has a good overview of recent articles on Griffintown.
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