{"id":700,"date":"2008-03-10T23:20:37","date_gmt":"2008-03-11T04:20:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingmontreal.ca\/?p=700"},"modified":"2013-01-21T11:25:33","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T16:25:33","slug":"city-cut-corners-in-red-light-demolition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2008\/03\/10\/city-cut-corners-in-red-light-demolition\/","title":{"rendered":"City cut corners in “Red Light” demolition"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I’ve only been glancing at the Montreal headlines since I’ve been in Hong Kong, but this one caught my eye: it seems that the city was in such a rush to tear down the building at the corner of Ste. Catherine and St. Laurent that it forgot to apply for the necessary demolition permits from the provincial Minist\u00e8re de la culture, which maintains a 500-foot protected area around the Monument National.<\/p>\n

La Presse has more details<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\u00abC’est malheureux, mais dans le contexte d’expropriation, et parce qu’il y avait des risques d’effondrement, on a re\u00e7u l’ordre de d\u00e9molir de l’arrondissement de Ville-Marie et on a proc\u00e9d\u00e9 avec les entrepreneurs\u00bb, indique Mme Topp. Elle ajoute qu’apr\u00e8s coup, son service a envoy\u00e9 une lettre au Minist\u00e8re, en date du 25 f\u00e9vrier, donc une semaine apr\u00e8s la d\u00e9molition, pour expliquer la situation, et s’engager \u00e0 soumettre les plans de la future construction de remplacement.<\/p>\n

En clair, cela signifie que le projet de la Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 de d\u00e9veloppement Angus pour le 2.22 Sainte-Catherine ne devra pas porter ombrage au caract\u00e8re particulier du Monument-National. Selon les plans pr\u00e9sentement \u00e9tudi\u00e9s par la ville centre, Angus projette d’\u00e9riger un \u00e9difice de six \u00e9tages, conforme aux hauteurs d’urbanisme permises, avec vitrine culturelle au rez-de-chauss\u00e9e. Un projet de 15 millions, qui doit aussi obtenir l’approbation des \u00e9lus de Montr\u00e9al.<\/p>\n

De son c\u00f4t\u00e9, la direction de l’am\u00e9nagement urbain de Ville-Marie, pilot\u00e9e par Pierre Sainte-Marie, a expliqu\u00e9 que son r\u00f4le dans le dossier n’a consist\u00e9 qu’\u00e0 d\u00e9livrer un permis de d\u00e9molition, sans se pencher sur l’aspect patrimonial. Apr\u00e8s v\u00e9rifications, La Presse a constat\u00e9 que ni la Ville ni l’arrondissement n’ont cru bon de demander un avis au Conseil du patrimoine, instance consultative supr\u00eame de Montr\u00e9al en mati\u00e8re de b\u00e2ti.<\/p>\n

Dans la r\u00e9gion de Montr\u00e9al, il existe 42 aires de protection qui visent \u00e0 pr\u00e9server des monuments, pas toujours cit\u00e9s. Celle autour du Monument-National avait \u00e9t\u00e9 adopt\u00e9e par d\u00e9cret gouvernemental en 1978 et n’a pas \u00e9t\u00e9 modifi\u00e9e depuis. Elle vise \u00e0 pr\u00e9server le monument historique \u00e0 vocation socioculturelle, de style n\u00e9o-Renaissance, dont la fin de la construction remonte \u00e0 1894, un \u00e9difice phare \u00abde la survivance et des aspirations des Canadiens fran\u00e7ais dans la m\u00e9tropole\u00bb.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

A few interesting details are revealed about the much-vaunted cultural building that is supposed to serve as a focal point for the Quartier des spectacles. While previous reports pegged its planned height at 13 stories, this one seems to indicate that this has been reduced to just six, which is similar to the surrounding buildings but perhaps a bit too short to really have much of an impact as a beacon. Also, it seems to have been officially rebranded “2.22 Sainte-Catherine,” a bland and somewhat forgettable moniker that mysteriously arose after linguistic nationalists took issue with project’s original name, “Le Red Light.”<\/p>\n

On the whole, the fast-tracked demolition raises worrying questions about the care with which the city will take in redeveloping the lower Main. While the building at Ste. Catherine and the Main was in terrible shape—Guillaume St-Jean posted an interesting series of photos<\/a> last week that illustrated its demise—others nearby are worth saving. Will the city continue to cut corners as it did in this case?<\/p>\n

Photo: Patrick Sanfa\u00e7on, La Presse<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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