{"id":287,"date":"2007-11-26T00:05:22","date_gmt":"2007-11-26T04:05:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingmontreal.ca\/?p=287"},"modified":"2013-01-21T11:35:06","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T16:35:06","slug":"photo-du-jour-squat-prefontaine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2007\/11\/26\/photo-du-jour-squat-prefontaine\/","title":{"rendered":"Photo du jour: Squat Pr\u00e9fontaine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mtlweblog\/2059217189\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2020\/2059217189_e0f8faf16b.jpg?v=0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kate McDonnell took this photo of the old Pr\u00e9fontaine squat. She provides a bit of background: &#8220;This was originally built in 1886 as a smallpox hospital, used for isolating people during epidemics. By 1911 it was falling apart and was rescued from demolition by being renovated. Another renovation in 1979 would be responsible for the mismatched bricks and ugly little windows in the middle section.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;After the mid-1950s it became a shelter for the homeless and in the late 1970s and early 1980s was used to temporarily shelter an influx of boat people. After being officially sanctioned as a squat by the city, it was rather notoriously shut down in 2001.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kate McDonnell took this photo of the old Pr\u00e9fontaine squat. She provides a bit of background: &#8220;This was originally built in 1886 as a smallpox hospital, used for isolating people during epidemics. By 1911 it was falling apart and was rescued from demolition by being renovated. 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