Sunday, October 14, 2007

More Photos of Boardwalk including Crescendo Restaurant

By coincidence, I took the enclosed photos yesterday at the foot of Desmarchais Boulevard, including the Crescendo Restaurant. There is an Icecream restaurant on the left attached to the building.
Also a photo of the Guy Gagnon Arena.I am told that there is no more skating there and that it is now a Circus school to train circus acrobats. Unfortunately I have noticed ugly graffiti on the doors. The city apparently wanted to cut costs  since the Denis Savard and Auditorium arenas are sufficient for the declined population. 
Also, note that there are still some boats attached to the wharf and the cute little bridge over the  road to the Marina and wich is part of the boardwalk.
Unfortunately the weather did not cooperate as the sky was overcast and it started to rain. 
Guy
 
 
 
 
 

6 comments:

les__f MSN said...

Thanks Guy ,.nice pictures,Nice to see the changes after all these years,.there used to be a kids playground at Desmarchais & Lasalle Blvd btwn: the old boardwalk & Lasalle Blvd.  just east of the familiar Redtop I've seen pictures of this bridge before,it seems to be directly inline (roughly) with an old service road that the city used to keep landfilling along the river,there was at one time a little white shack (guard house type of thing),with a chain across the road way..... I have a photo of it somewhere,I'll try to find it.  This woulld have been around 1970??      Thanks for your input & time to share these pics..........     HF&RV

jmhachey MSN said...

Salut Guy ! Thanks for the nice pics ! Do you know when the small bridge was built ? JM

les__f MSN said...

JMH & Guy ,.here's the bridge prior to installation Pont de Verdun Verdun Bridge Construit en: 2002 État: en service Lieu: Montr챕al, Qu챕bec, Canada Cliquez sur l'image pour l'agrandir. Il y a 2 images en tout. Type de construction: Pont en poutre en treillis type Warren

les__f MSN said...

Sorry about that,I did mean to add these pics too,.......I hit the send message to quick.........Yikes!!!   ....There that's what I had intended: both shots for comparison:                                                                   ......have fun & Remember Verdun           now I have to go out and pick the rest of my grapes.......Yikes yard work.........................................hahahahahahaha

jmhachey MSN said...

Thank you Les ! Great research, great results JM

biking2006 MSN said...

Now that looks like an expensive bridge. I do know a bit about ship's aluminum gangways and they're just as costly.
Bioll