{"id":382,"date":"2007-12-17T01:19:52","date_gmt":"2007-12-17T05:19:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingmontreal.ca\/?p=382"},"modified":"2013-01-21T11:35:00","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T16:35:00","slug":"photo-du-jour-craig-street-terminus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2007\/12\/17\/photo-du-jour-craig-street-terminus\/","title":{"rendered":"Photo du jour: Craig Terminus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stm.info\/en-bref\/images\/fond_termcraig_1024.bmp\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urbanphoto.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/craig.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Until Montreal scrapped its streetcars in 1959, the Craig Terminus was one of the hubs of the city&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.urbanphoto.net\/blog\/2007\/05\/18\/riding-the-rails-in-1941\/\">sprawling tramway network<\/a>. Located near the corner of St. Urbain and Craig (now <strike>Viger<\/strike> St. Antoine), 14 different tram lines merged into this imposing stone building, built in 1925. It was demolished in 1970 when the Ville Marie Expressway tore through a huge swath of downtown Montreal. Everything you see above is gone.<\/p>\n<p><B>UPDATE<\/b>: Check out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/flowizm\/2118171746\/\">this 1925 photo<\/a> of the building&#8217;s construction, including a floor plan. There was a pharmacy, Royal Bank, tabagie, candy shop, newsstand and bulk food store inside the terminus. Thanks, Flow!<\/p>\n<p><i>Photo courtesy of the STM<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Until Montreal scrapped its streetcars in 1959, the Craig Terminus was one of the hubs of the city&#8217;s sprawling tramway network. 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