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Spacing Montreal has been following plans to revitalize Lower Saint-Laurent within the Quartier des Spectacles. Here’s an overview of the story’s development over the past 2 years:<\/p>\n

January 2008 – First stirrings of changes in store for the Lower Main
\nhttps:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2008\/01\/29\/big-changes-in-store-for-the-lower-main\/<\/a><\/p>\n

January 2008 – Cultural space to be built on Saint-Laurent metro
\nhttps:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2008\/01\/27\/cultural-space-to-be-built-on-saint-laurent-metro\/<\/a><\/p>\n

May 2009 – Lower Main may be razed…again (history of the street and buildings facing redevelopment)
\nhttps:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2009\/05\/07\/lower-main-may-be-razedagain\/<\/a><\/p>\n

May 2009 – 2-22 Sainte-Catherine: a look at the plans for the QDS’ “vitrine culturelle”
\nhttps:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2009\/05\/27\/2-22-ste-catherine-a-whole-new-street\/<\/a><\/p>\n

May 2009 – SDA’s plans for the Quadrilat\u00e8re Saint-Laurent
\nhttps:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2009\/05\/29\/the-latest-on-the-lower-main\/<\/a><\/p>\n

August 2009 – Public Consultation Office recommends that the Quadrilat\u00e8re Saint-Laurent project “slow down”
\nhttps:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2009\/08\/09\/slow-down-quadrilatere-saint-laurent\/<\/a><\/p>\n

December 2009 – Video interview with Eric Paradis, organizer of Save the Main artists’ coalition
\nhttps:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2009\/12\/12\/save-the-main\/<\/a><\/p>\n

January 2010 – The Lower Main’s last stand – City orders expropriation of Caf\u00e9 Cleopatra after the SDA acquires most of the properties for the Quadrilat\u00e8re Saint-Laurent.
\nhttps:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2010\/01\/30\/the-lower-mains-last-stand\/<\/a><\/p>\n

January 2010 – Interview with Caf\u00e9 Cleopatra’s owner John Zoumboulakis
\nhttps:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2010\/02\/01\/addendum-cafe-cleos-john-zoumboulakis\/<\/a><\/p>\n

February 2010 – SDA Backpedals on Lower Main Redevelopment – the 3 projects are delayed and diminished in scale.
\nhttps:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2010\/02\/14\/SDA-backpedals-on-Lower-Main<\/a><\/p>\n

December 2011 – Sad End in Sight for the Lower Main – after 2 years of neglect, the Ville Marie borough orders demolition of five buildings
\nhttps:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2011\/12\/24\/sad-end-in-sight-for-the-lower-main\/<\/a><\/p>\n

This post will be updated with new links as we continue to follow this unfolding story.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Spacing Montreal has been following plans to revitalize Lower Saint-Laurent within the Quartier des Spectacles. Here’s an overview of the story’s development over the past 2 years: January 2008 – First stirrings of changes in store for the Lower Main https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2008\/01\/29\/big-changes-in-store-for-the-lower-main\/ January 2008 – Cultural space to be built on Saint-Laurent metro https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2008\/01\/27\/cultural-space-to-be-built-on-saint-laurent-metro\/ May 2009Continue reading “Lower Main”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7839,7842],"tags":[1836,9,125,4996,96,4060,74],"class_list":["post-6012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-neighbourhoods","category-urban-design","tag-cafe-cleopatra","tag-development","tag-montreal","tag-public-consultation-office","tag-quartier-des-spectacles","tag-sda","tag-the-main"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nLower Main - Spacing Montreal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2010\/02\/19\/lower-main\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lower Main - Spacing Montreal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Spacing Montreal has been following plans to revitalize Lower Saint-Laurent within the Quartier des Spectacles. 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