Businesses closed & demolished on Queen Mary - N.D.G.

Several businesses were closed, some for good while others moved to new locations, on Queen Mary road in N.D.G. when their buildings were demolished for a new condo/business project. Unlike most demolitions, this one made the news at the time, including the Gazette, the Montreal Mirror and the CBC (link).

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Yard makes way for new building rue Centre - Pointe-St-Charles

New building on what used to be a parking space and a yard on rue Centre in Pointe-Saint-Charles. It's not surprising to see green spaces such as yards disappearing, certainly on a street like Centre.

Condos on Grand Trunk and De La Sucrerie - Pointe-St-Charles

The new condos on the corner of Grand Trunk and De La Sucrerie (formally Richmond) in Pointe-Saint-Charles are completed.The two-level apartments on the other side of Grand Trunk seem frail next to it.

Here's my previous post on this corner.

(image: google streetview)

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Before & After - Griffintown

(image above: google streetview)

Before & After of storage building on Ottawa and Shannon in Griffintown. One of the few not slated to be demolished.

The New Emerging Griffintown

I took the above image from a billboard showing how Griffintown will look like once all the condo projects will be completed. As the photos below show, the new Griffintown is emerging all around. The artist rendition of the new Griffintown is interesting. Notice how all the cluster of new 20-storeys tall buildings do not fit-in with the surrounding area. The whole thing looks odd.

The deep construction pit for the new building on the corner of Peel and Wellington with the old facade.

This new building is on the corner of De La Montagne and Ottawa. It stands next to the Horse Palace. On the left, the building where there used to be a garage and the galerie d'art Hovig is still standing.

Galerie d'art Hovig - Griffintown

The inside of the galerie d'art Hovig on Rioux street in Griffintown. The galerie closed as the building is set to be demolished for new condo project. The demolition/construction is currently going on as of this writing and the last time I was there, the building housing the galerie was still standing, as you can see in the fourth photo. The building is on the right.

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Gas station gone on Bannantyne - Verdun

The Petro-Canada station on the corner of Bannantyne and 5th avenue in Verdun is gone and a condo project is currently being built there. This was the last of 4 gas stations that used to be there, as I noted last year: vanishing garages

The second to last photo shows the demolition crew and the last photo shows the standard Petro-Canada station that used to be there.

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Ritz-Carlton expansion - Montréal

New addition being built in and around and on top of the old Ritz-Carlton hotel on Sherbrooke st..

Hmm...

(image: google streetview)

Le Château parking lot construction - Montréal

Massive construction site going on at the parking lot behind Le Château apartments on Sherbrooke and De La Montagne. I was actually in the neighborhood just for a haircut when I noticed the tall crane and wondered what kind of construction was going on in that area. Fortunately, I had my camera and saw this. At first I had no idea what was going on: are they building new condos? Once home I researched the interwebs and only found one link that mentioned that they're building an underground parking lot for the stunning apartment building. Just look at that rock. It's amazing if they didn't shatter any windows.

Old bus stop - Location?

I was lurking about taking photos for my blog when I came across this old bus stop. I haven't seen one like this in ages. The bench inside is relatively recent so the STM knows about this old bus stop but decided not to change it. It's cool. Try to guess the location.

MacDonald fire station to be demolished - Hampstead

The MacDonald fire station on the corner of MacDonald and Langhorne in Hampstead will be demolished for a huge luxury condo project, with price ranging from $575k to $2 million. The fire station has been vacant for some time as Google streetview, which passed by there in April of 2009, shows as being vacant back then. The 16-storey condominium building is touted as being one of the most luxurious condo projects yet.

The fire station is stretched out and takes a big piece of land which is perfect for redevelopment. It's also next to a park. I like it as it is but oh well...

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Corner of St-Jacques and Versailles - Montréal

This Couche-Tard on the corner of St-Jacques and Versailles in Montréal was demolished to make way for new condos.

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Démolition : Griffintown

6 addresses....it doesn't get more clear than this...

Verdun Community Church on Gordon st - Verdun

The old Verdun Community church on Gordon street between Bannantyne and Champlain blvd in Verdun. The church was demolished for new condos built in 2009 when the google streetview image (below) was taken

If you want to see more photos of the church, including the interior, click here .

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Interior of old Methodist/Prosvita church - Verdun

I recently posted photos of the destruction of the Methodist church on Gordon street (here), which was a Prosvita center for the Ukrainian community. Maurice Prokaziuk saw the photos at my Flickr account (link), where I host my photos for this blog, and commented:

"So sad to see it go. My Dad was a member of Prosvita and unfortunatly they had to sell due to a declining and aging membership. I had my wedding reception there in 1976."

I asked Maurice if he had any photos of the interior and he told me his brother Michael Prokaziuk took some photos before it was demolished and sent them to me. Thanks so much to Maurice and Michael. These photos are priceless.

The church was still in good condition and with some retouching and renovations it could have looked spiffy. My favorite photo is the last one, with the pool table, big map and the framed portrait.

All photos by Michael Prokaziuk.