One old photo I like
Very struck by this one Flickr photo of a row of houses that no longer exists, on the south side of Saint-Norbert; it was an empty lot for years afterwards, shading down into a parking lot for the police station on Ontario Street, and now it’s a row of identical condo buildings:
Charles 11:27 on 2012/09/03 Permalink
Does anyone have any information on that nice house at the end of St-Norbert on the corner of Hôtel de ville, it seems out of place now…
Kate 14:49 on 2012/09/03 Permalink
I know the one you mean, it’s a kind of elegant small mansion in a style at odds with what’s around it. No, I don’t know its history, but there are a couple of folks on flickr who might. I’ll ask.
cheese 12:39 on 2012/09/04 Permalink
That whole Flikr set is amazing. Too bad about that row of buildings on St. Norbert. I also know the house @Charles mentions and have wondered about it too. Seems very out of place but also very well kept.
Michel 07:23 on 2012/09/05 Permalink
Strange, but using IE, when your page opens, it scrolls immediately down to the Google map. It’s a strange default.
Kate 22:16 on 2012/09/05 Permalink
Annoying! Might be something to do with how IE handles javascript.
My only advice would be: don’t use IE.
C_Erb 23:07 on 2012/09/09 Permalink
I went through some newspaper archives and wrote a short piece on the demolition of St-Norbert for Spacing Montreal a few years ago. http://spacingmontreal.ca/2009/05/30/what-happened-to-rue-st-norbert/
Kate 09:03 on 2012/09/10 Permalink
Very cool, C_Erb, and lots of good info in the comments, too.