{"id":818,"date":"2008-04-21T18:48:47","date_gmt":"2008-04-21T23:48:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingmontreal.ca\/2008\/04\/21\/batiment-disparu-7-le-club-st-james\/"},"modified":"2013-01-21T11:37:03","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T16:37:03","slug":"batiment-disparu-7-le-club-st-james","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2008\/04\/21\/batiment-disparu-7-le-club-st-james\/","title":{"rendered":"B\u00e2timent disparu #7 : Le club st-James"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/guil3433\/288267136\/in\/set-72157594359553229\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/103\/288267136_5dc8e613e9.jpg?v=0\" alt=\"L'image \u201chttp:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/103\/288267136_5dc8e613e9.jpg?v=0\u201d ne peut \u00eatre affich\u00e9e car elle contient des erreurs.\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\" align=\"left\"><em>Vers 1870<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\" align=\"left\">Il est difficile de s&#8217;imaginer aujourd&#8217;hui que se trouvait autrefois en plein quartier des affaires, un club priv\u00e9 de style victorien.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\" align=\"left\">Construit en 1864 au coin des rues Ren\u00e9-L\u00e9vesque et University, cet \u00e9difice fut pendant pr\u00e8s d&#8217;un si\u00e8cle  un endroit prestigieux  o\u00f9 se r\u00e9unissaient alors l&#8217;\u00e9lite Montr\u00e9alaise.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\" align=\"left\">L&#8217;immeuble \u00e9tait d\u00f4t\u00e9 d&#8217;un imposant escalier central,  de plafonds de 17 pieds, de grandes baies vitr\u00e9es et de somptueuses boiseries.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\" align=\"right\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/guil3433\/2431717119\/?editedcomment=1#comment72157604662216270\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2170\/2431717119_7dd09598dc.jpg?v=0\" alt=\"L'image \u201chttp:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2170\/2431717119_7dd09598dc.jpg?v=0\u201d ne peut \u00eatre affich\u00e9e car elle contient des erreurs.\" align=\"right\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"> En 1958, la ville de Montr\u00e9al fit parvenir un avis d&#8217;expropriation aux administrateurs du club afin d&#8217;\u00e9largir les rues University et Ren\u00e9-L\u00e9vesque et de proc\u00e9der \u00e0 la construction de la Place Ville-Marie. C&#8217;est apr\u00e8s avoir trouv\u00e9 un nouvel emplacement, soit de l&#8217;autre c\u00f4t\u00e9 de la rue, et avoir tenu un souper officiel pour souligner la fermeture de ses locaux que le club fut d\u00e9molit, soit le 10 juin 1961.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Suite au d\u00e9m\u00e9nagement, le club gagna en popularit\u00e9 et les demandes d&#8217;adh\u00e9sion augment\u00e8rent de 40 %.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Avec du recul, on constate aujourd&#8217;hui  qu&#8217;un \u00e9difice comme celui-ci aurait apport\u00e9 un certain attrait visuel \u00e0 cette portion de rue.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Aujourd&#8217;hui am\u00e9nag\u00e9e en  boulevard o\u00f9 se dressent de chaque c\u00f4t\u00e9,  des tours de verres et de b\u00e9ton cette rue a d\u00e9sormais perdu son charme d&#8217;autrefois. L&#8217;\u00e9poque o\u00f9 celle-ci \u00e9tait alors bord\u00e9e d&#8217;arbres et de constructions \u00e0 l&#8217;\u00e9chelle humaine est malheureusement bien loin derri\u00e8re !<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vers 1870 Il est difficile de s&#8217;imaginer aujourd&#8217;hui que se trouvait autrefois en plein quartier des affaires, un club priv\u00e9 de style victorien. Construit en 1864 au coin des rues Ren\u00e9-L\u00e9vesque et University, cet \u00e9difice fut pendant pr\u00e8s d&#8217;un si\u00e8cle un endroit prestigieux o\u00f9 se r\u00e9unissaient alors l&#8217;\u00e9lite Montr\u00e9alaise. 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