{"id":84,"date":"2007-09-13T11:23:45","date_gmt":"2007-09-13T18:23:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingmontreal.ca\/?p=84"},"modified":"2013-01-21T11:45:16","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T16:45:16","slug":"what-do-you-want-at-the-pinepark-interchange","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2007\/09\/13\/what-do-you-want-at-the-pinepark-interchange\/","title":{"rendered":"What do you want at the Pine\/Park interchange?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/christopherdewolf\/522557841\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/198\/522557841_2a79e04c25.jpg?v=0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>By Montreal standards, it was a remarkably quick construction project. Perhaps that is because it mostly involved deconstruction: an entire interchange dismantled and replaced with a straightforward, easy-to-negotiate and pedestrian-friendly surface intersection. It has already been several months since the revamped Pine\/Park interchange was opened. Since then, I&#8217;ve come to appreciate its wide sidewalks and broad vista of Mount Royal, uncluttered by highway signage and crumbling concrete <i>bretelles<\/i>. I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;m alone, either, considering how much pedestrian traffic there seems to be at the new intersection.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, the roads, sidewalks and light fixtures might be installed, but the intersection is far from complete. Four parcels of land on each corner of the intersection remain vacant. Now, the Plateau Mont-Royal borough wants to know what you think should be done with this space. <a href=\"http:\/\/ville.montreal.qc.ca\/portal\/page?_pageid=98,9055927&#038;_dad=portal&#038;_schema=PORTAL\">Three stages of public consultation<\/a> will take place this fall, culminating in what will hopefully become Montreal&#8217;s greatest new public space. The first stage, which will last until October 9th, is an open call for ideas. The borough has set up <a href=\"http:\/\/ville.montreal.qc.ca\/pls\/portal\/url\/page\/ARR_PLA_FR\/REP_MAIRIE_ARR\/REP_CONSULTATIONS\/REP_ECHANGES_PARC_PINS\/ETAPE_1\">a form for you<\/a> to share your vision of the interchange, so make yourself heard! The best ideas will be compiled and presented on November 9th, followed by a &#8220;grand \u00e9change&#8221; on the 24th.<\/p>\n<p>Personally, I hope that the space at Pine and Park will be used for something dynamic and unconventional. I would love to see some sort of water feature &#8212; this city doesn&#8217;t have enough fountains &#8212; and a mix of uses that will ensure a constant level of activity year-round, perhaps including a bit of outdoor retail space for caf\u00e9s and street vendors. Over the summer, community activists in the McGill Ghetto made it clear that residential development would not be tolerated, and I agree that condos would be a rather poor use for what is, after all, a bridge between downtown and the mountain. But simple park space, like some have proposed, would be just as bland and unimaginative. <\/p>\n<p>But enough about me: what do <i>you<\/i> think? This is your space, Montreal. Tell us what you want!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Montreal standards, it was a remarkably quick construction project. Perhaps that is because it mostly involved deconstruction: an entire interchange dismantled and replaced with a straightforward, easy-to-negotiate and pedestrian-friendly surface intersection. It has already been several months since the revamped Pine\/Park interchange was opened. Since then, I&#8217;ve come to appreciate its wide sidewalks and<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2007\/09\/13\/what-do-you-want-at-the-pinepark-interchange\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;What do you want at the Pine\/Park interchange?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5008,"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":[11,7839,7842],"tags":[9,125,521,522,56,45,70],"class_list":["post-84","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","category-neighbourhoods","category-urban-design","tag-development","tag-montreal","tag-outdoor-retail-space","tag-pinepark-interchange","tag-plateau-mont-royal","tag-revitalisation","tag-the-mountain-la-montagne"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What do you want at the Pine\/Park interchange? - 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\/2007\/09\/13\/what-do-you-want-at-the-pinepark-interchange\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What do you want at the Pine\/Park interchange? - Spacing Montreal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By Montreal standards, it was a remarkably quick construction project. 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