What a shame.
Guy
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Monday, March 16, 2009
Historical Pavillon Demolished in 1954
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Guy. You are right. It is a shame. Secret deals again, maybe??? There was money invlved is my guess!!!!
Historical building demolished for a gas station? Did this require approval by the Provincial Government or was it strictly a local decision? Corruption was widespread in the Duplessis era, so who knows, maybe he had a "hand" in it...Swiss bank accounts as I seem to recall!...Diane
Many politicians destroyed historic type buildings,despite opinions to the contrary,.but Drapeau had the most devasdting affect on many of Montreal's neighbourhood's despite loud voices against,.
Usually when municpally owned land gets sold or rezoned .to accomodate a private venture,.it's because someone 'knew' someone (read paid them off) ....it's happening with Gerald Tremblay mayor of Montreal right now,where he sold or OK'd a deal to sell public lands valued in excess of 33million ,to a developer, for the princely sum of 4.4 million .........ahhhh Politics as usual:
Yea, it is the same ol same ol. Politicians are smart enough today as a rule to keep payola out of the books but with "in kind" contributions being popular they can get their palms greased forever and there is no way to trace it. The Griffintown project just had so much bullshit built right in.
Ken M
Ken,
I will be on duty tomorrow (Saturday 21st March) at the Société d'Histoire et de Généalogie de Verdun (SHGV) below the Verdun Cultural Centre (Verdun Library) corner Bannantyne and Brown Blvd. If you would like to drop by I will show you around.
Guy
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