Vers 1984-2008
Construit en 1926, le cinéma Rivoli ferma ses portes en 1982. Le somptueux décor intérieur fut alors démoli et remplacé par les étagères métallique d’une pharmacie.
Montage du jour : Le cinéma Rivoli
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Guillaume, très bien vos montages.
J’ai placé le lien de spacingmontréal sur mon blog.
Triste, cela, mais avant le Pharmaprix, l’édifice a hébergé un Jean-Coutu et une agence de voyages.
C’est vraiment dommage de ne pas avoir pu, ou su, protéger le décor intérieur pour en faire une salle communautaire pour le quartier.
Juste au nord, il y a un autre cinéma ancien qui appartient à une église intégriste – mais espérons qu’un jour il retrouvera la vocation artistique de ses origines!
Here’s a picture from 1989 when the Jean Coutu was there …
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y60/italiangerry/Theatres/RivoliMontrealQuebecCanada.jpg
I heard that the original ceiling is still there, under the lowered one for the retail space…
Also, a lighting scheme is in place to show the architectual details at night… a point I find rather well done.
The balcony on the second floor is still there, even if the owner don’t want to say anything about this !
At least the building is still standing and looks to be in good shape. It is a treasure for the streetscape.
I’m glad the façade has been maintained, but I really wish that these kinds of renos would leave the interior charm intact. Take for example: Runnymede Theatre in west-end Toronto — it was made into a Chapters/Indigo location, but the inside is magnificently preserved. The magazine section is on the stage, for example.
Pharmaprix actually has done a far better job of restoring the façade of the building than the Jean-Coutu there before it, and the colour scheme is tasteful. The Jean-Coutu has moved one block north, northeastern corner of Jean-Talon and St-Denis – ground floor of a new seniors’ housing bloc! Oddly, standing at the corner there, you can look down to see the Pharmaprix at the corner of St-Denis and Bélanger, and east to another huge Pharmaprix at the corner of Jean-Talon and Christophe-Colomb! A mega-pharmacy pile-on!
Actually, there are quite a few interesting buildings around that intersection and nearby. And the adorable little children’s park just behind the former Rivoli cinema, at the corner of Mozart (Bélanger becomes Mozart there) and Drolet. That used to be just an expanse of asphalt.
o.k., c’est le dernier commentaire pathétique que je fais, mais ÇA ME FAIT DE LA PEINE!!! merci.