Renovated house on Bourassa & Turcot - Saint-Henri

part of the changing face of Saint-Henri

This small house on Bourassa and Turcot in Saint-Henri was abandoned and in ruins but was recently renovated into a three unit house. Very nice. One of the few renovations in the area which kept the Saint-Henri look.

It used to be a two-unit house but they squeezed in an extra condo/apartment, which is not so nice. Must be small units on the second floor. But I still like it. Cool stuff.

Building on St-Remi st - NDG

This building on St-Remi street, situated just at the edge of NDG and Saint-Henri, will be demolished, victim of the Turcot Interchange demolition project.

Condos on land of former St-Elizabeth church - Saint-Henri

part of the changing face of Saint-Henri

Big and oppressive new combo condo/HLM building where the Saint-Elizabeth church used to be on De Courcelle and St-Jacques. It was also known as the Sainte-Elisabeth du Portugal. You can view images of the church's demolition at this website. The church itself wasn't the most beautiful ever built but wow what a change. After the church was demolished, the land stood empty for a couple of years (as seen below in the google streetview image)  before this delicate thingy was built.

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(image above: google streetview)

Multiple condo projects on Philipe-Lalonde (part 1) - Saint-Henri

part of the changing face of Saint-Henri

Multiple condo projects completed (below) or still in construction (above) on a relatively new street, rue Philippe-Lalonde, in Saint-Henri. The entire St-Ambroise area near Chemin de la Côte-Saint-Paul is brand spanking new. Few of them are stellar looking. I imagine this is what developers would like Montreal to turn into.

Block-wide condo building on St-Ambroise (part 2) - Saint-Henri

part of the changing face of Saint-Henri

This block wide condo project on St-Ambroise in Saint-Henri, near Chemin de la Côte-Saint-Paul, is one of many going on in the same area. Not a very good looking building. Behind and around it are more condos being built. On the opposite side of the street are more condos with red bricks (see below).

The basement units have railings which seem totally superfluous and they make the whole structure look like some sort of prison. Image above: google streetview.

Block-wide condo building on St-Ambroise (part 3) - Saint-Henri

part of the changing face of Saint-Henri

This block wide condo project on St-Ambroise in Saint-Henri, near Chemin de la Côte-Saint-Paul, is one of many going on in the same area. I don't know what there was there before, houses, factory or an empty lot.

Abandoned business on St-Ambroise - Saint-Henri

part of the changing face of Saint-Henri

This business has been closed for some time. It's situated on St-Ambroise in Saint-Henri. As pictured in the google maps image below, it's just next to the empty garage I posted about a few weeks ago.

(image above: google streetview)

(image above: google maps)

New condo project on Butternut st - Saint-Henri

part of the changing face of Saint-Henri

On Butternut street (cool name) in Saint-Henri an empty lot that most likely used to have a house or apartments, and was an empty for some time before a snazzy new condo building was built on its lot. I'm trying to figure out how the condos are divided within the structure but I still can't be 100% certain.

Abandoned Canada Malt Plant - Saint-Henri

part of the changing face of Saint-Henri

Nothing much to say except this abandoned factory in Saint-Henri is either a blight to some or a thing of decayed beauty. I say both. I wonder when they'll ever demolish it but then again it's such part of the Montreal landscape and the entire rusty structure is so oppressively spooky/creepy than it's going to be a sad day when it's gone. It's a good reminder of the past, something most people don't want to deal with.

Vanishing small house on Delinelle and Ste-Emilie - Saint-Henri

part of the changing face of Saint-Henri

This new condo(?) building on the corner of Delinelle and Ste-Emilie replaced the old small house as seen in the two images from Google Streetview below. I like the new building. Red bricks, it's not overwhelming the corner and it's only two storeys. The back has terraces.

Those old small houses with siding are an endangered species.

New condo building on Delinelle st - Saint-Henri

part of the changing face of Saint-Henri

New condo building on Delinelle in Saint-Henri, next to Acorn. When I took the photos, half of the condos were still empty. An empty lot was there, as seen in the image from Google Streetview.

Half burned building on Therien - Saint-Henri

part of the changing face of Saint-Henri

This building on Therien in Saint-Henri, built just a few years ago, is an odd thing: half of it was burned and is empty will the other half is occupied.  I don't know if I would like to live in such a place.
The land next to it is still empty.

The Google streetview image above (from rue Delinelle) shows how it was just a few years ago from the back. They haven't fixed it since. The empty lot before it is now occupied with a new condo building, as seen in the post above.

The Changing Face of Saint-Henri

Red dots are new projects, in progress or completed or announced; orange dots are abandoned, condemned or burned down buildings

01 - Turcot Interchange - to be demolished
02 - Multiple new condo projects on Philippe-Lalonde (part 1) - partially completed; still constructing
03 - New block-wide condo project on St-Ambroise (part 2) - completed
04 - Block-wide condo project on St-Ambroise (part 3) - completed
05 - Condemned building on Chemin de la Côte-Saint-Paul and rue Sainte-Marie
06 - Condemned building on Chemin de la Côte-Saint-Paul and rue Sainte-Clotilde
07 - Abandoned/renovated house on Bourassa and Turcot - recently renovated
08 - Condemned building on Chemin de la Côte-Saint-Paul
09 - Rundown former Molson Bank; the interior is apparently used as a storage place but the exterior is rundown
10 - Abandoned small house on Turcot
11 - Abandoned small house on Turcot; to be demolished for new condos - announced
12 - Loft St-Remi - to be demolished this winter
13 - Building on Walnut street that's completely gone
14 - Empty garage-type building on Walnut street
15 - Building on St-Remi street, just at the edge of Saint-Henri - to be demolished
16 - Empty, abandoned business on St-Ambroise
17 - Empty, abandoned garage on St-Ambroise
18 - New condo project on Butternut - completed
19 - Abandoned Canada Malt factory
20 - Small house demolished for new condo project on Delinelle and Sainte-Emilie - completed
21 - New condo project on Delinelle where there used to be an empty lot - completed
22 - Building on Therien, partially gutted by fire - incomplete
23 - Former location of Sainte-Elizabeth church, now a huge condo/apartment complex - completed
24 - Building destroyed by fire; new condo project built there; corner of Beaudoin and  St-Ambroise - in construction
25 - New condo building on St-Philippe; a garage used to be there - completed
26 - Fairly big condo building on Ste-Marguerite that replaced a garage- completed
27 - New condo project on St-Philippe; a small house used to be there - completed
28 - New condo building on Ste-Marguerite, built on empty lot next to small house - completed
29 - Abandoned apartment on the corner of St-Philippe and Ste-Emilie
30 - Abandoned and crumbling small house on St-Philippe - currently being demolished
31 - Abandoned dilapidated building on Louis-Cyr - demolished
32 - New construction on Ste-Marguerite that's been going on for some time - incomplete
33 - Two buildings ; one was recently sold while the other one, empty, is on the market
34 - Pizza restaurant demolished, replaced with condo project - in construction
35 - New building, shops and condos, on the corner of Notre Dame and Aquin/Ste-Marguerite - completed
36 - New building on the corner of Notre-Dame and Aquin/St-Philippe - almost completed
37 - Former beauty shop on the corner of St-Ferdinand and N.D. - to be demolished
38 - Big empty lot next to St-Ferdinand - unknown
39 - Burned grey stone house on the corner of Lacasse and St-Jacques
40 - Garage demolished for new condo project on the corner of St-Jacques and Ste-Marguerite - in construction
41 - Theatre Cartier - unspecified renovations going on right now
42 - Massive condo project on Maria st. - in construction
43 - New condo building replacing burned down small apartments on St-Augustin - completed
44 - New condo project to be built on empty lot on Avenue Laporte - announced
45 - Abandoned building on rue de Richelieu
46 - Destruction of building on Bourget; might be renovation - in progress
47 - Abandoned, empty building on Rosa de Lima; has been empty for some time now
48 - New project announced on St-Jacques where former Simpson warehouse used to be - announced
49 - Les Jardins Westmount; officially a Westmount project but next to Saint-Henri - announced for some time now
50 - New condo project;

New condo building on Beaudoin & St-Ambroise - Saint-Henri

part of the changing face of Saint-Henri

This new condo project going on on the corner of Beaudoin and St-Ambroise is being built on the land where a fire gutted the house there. Google streetview captured the burned out shell which means the land has been empty all that time.

(image above and below: google streetview)