tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6464100720604662734.post7360776071795343289..comments2024-03-23T08:13:12.713-07:00Comments on Growing Up in Verdun ,Montreal & Information: Wrecking Ball Active on 'The Main'Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6464100720604662734.post-30198938473839390402012-06-06T08:35:58.000-07:002012-06-06T08:35:58.000-07:00Here look at this, instead of allowing the wild pa...Here look at this, instead of allowing the wild paint scheme on the bottom floor,which looks pretty tacky & gives the building a look of disrepair,with paint as a bandaid solution to brighten it up,it (IMO) would look better to fix up the whole front of the building & allow the old archiecture like at the top of these buildings to be better represented.<br /><a href="http://lesf.multiply.com/photos/album/130/Mixture_of_Pictures#42" rel="nofollow"></a>Les Fhttp://lesf.multiply.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6464100720604662734.post-45572494476402503162012-06-06T08:21:28.000-07:002012-06-06T08:21:28.000-07:00I wonder why they don't just designate that wh...I wonder why they don't just designate that when redevelopment goes on,that they have to incorporate the 'facade' into the new building. They do that a lot in many other cities,here in Victoria bC they saved a lot of frontage of buildings to keep that old look,but inside the structures are newer .......simple to do,but a little more costly.<br />Montreal it seems has no plan,nor do they want to preserve anything .Unless an outcry from the public & even then some of city's planners just allow demos to take place. A lot of property owners also,just allow their own buildings to rot & fall into disrepair,to a point where demolition is the only final answer.I know you cannot save everything,but you can at least try to maintain the theme that a city had .If we didn't protect things at all,we would all be looking at glass & concrete structures with really 'no character' & that is what Montreal & many other city's have that makes them unique.....(jmho) - LesLes Fhttp://lesf.multiply.comnoreply@blogger.com