11/11/11

Abandoned business on St-Ambroise - Saint-Henri

part of the changing face of Saint-Henri

St-Ambroise 1

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.

St-Ambroise 2

St-Ambroise 3

St-Ambroise 4

(image above: google streetview)

(image above: google maps)

11/10/11

New condo project on Butternut st - Saint-Henri

part of the changing face of Saint-Henri

Butternut

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

Canada Malt Plant 1

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.

Canada Malt Plant 2

Canada Malt Plant 3

Canada Malt Plant 4

Canada Malt Plant 5

Canada Malt Plant 6

Canada Malt Plant 7

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

part of the changing face of Saint-Henri

Delinelle & Ste-Emilie

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

Delinelle condo 1

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.

Delinelle condo 2

Half burned building on Therien - Saint-Henri

part of the changing face of Saint-Henri

Therien 2

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.

Therien 1

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.

11/5/11

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

shbeaudoin2

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.

shbeaudoin1


(image above and below: google streetview)

Vanishing small house on St-Philippe - Saint-Henri

part of the changing face of Saint-Henri

St-Philippe condo 4

A small house on St-Philippe in Saint-Henri was demolished and a new condo project was built on its land. I've been following this one for some time and the photos were taken during a couple of years.

(image above: google streetview)

St-Philippe condo 3

St-Philippe condo 2

St-Philippe condo 1

(image above: google streetview)

Crumbling abandoned small house on St-Philippe - Saint-Henri

part of the changing face of Saint-Henri

St-Philippe small house 2

This small house on St-Philippe in Saint-Henri has been abandoned and crumbling for some time.  The place was being demolished just about 2 weeks ago. I'll post new photos once I get them. The photo above was taken last year and the photo below was taken this past summer.

St-Philippe  1

Abandoned apartment on St-Philippe & Ste-Emilie - Saint-Henri

part of the changing face of Saint-Henri

St-Philippe & Emilie

Nothing much to say except that this apartment, which is just a stone's throw away from the crumbling house above, is boarded up and has been for some time. Someone was living there back when the google streetview image below was taken. I sense a new condo project.

New condo building on Ste-Marguerite - Saint-Henri

part of the changing face of Saint-Henri

Ste-Marguerite condo 2

Completed condo building on Ste-Marguerite. It's built on an empty lot just next to a small house, one of those which are disappearing from Montreal neighborhoods and will probably be gone in a few years.

Ste-Marguerite condo 1

(image above: google streetview)

Delayed construction project on Ste-Marguerite - Saint-Henri

part of the changing face of Saint-Henri

Ste-Marguerite 2

This construction project on Ste-Marguerite in Saint-Henri has been ongoing since forever. If you look at the before image from Google Streetview below, it shows the construction has been ongoing since that image was captured.

Also, I've never seen such an odd construction. What the hell is going on there?

Ste-Marguerite 1

Ste-Marguerite hole

(image above: google streetview)

Two buildings on Notre-Dame - Saint-Henri

part of the changing face of Saint-Henri

Ste-Marguerite & N.D. 9

The fate of these two buildings on Notre-Dame ouest, between Ste-Marguerite and Beaudoin in Saint-Henri, is unknown. The vintage one with the tavern was sold last spring and the tavern was closed and was still closed when I was in the neighborhood. Nice building and hopefully it will remain as is.

The building next to it is also for sale and the last time I was there it was still on the market. The stores were empty and the apartments looked empty too. It wouldn't surprise me if it was eventually demolished.

Ste-Marguerite & N.D. 7

Ste-Marguerite & N.D. 8