http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=84EtAAAAIBAJ&sjid=V5kFAAAAIBAJ&dq=willibrord%20park&pg=4807%2C797212 the above article from the Dec. 4th ,1954 Montreal Gazette.
It seems that 3 years prior to this article a 10 story building was put forth & voted down,and so this article proposes the new City Hall to be 2 story's high, & centered by a 3 story tower ( What 3 stories is a Tower now............hahahahahah.if that's the case we all lived in High Rises,based on that logic.....yikes.So the preliminary plans to build the existing City Hall actually started around '54 - '55,& construction was completed by 1958,roughly a 2 year project to build it.
There are many Montreal Gazette's available to us all now through the latest acquisiton of Montreal Gazette archives by non-other than Google,who smartly makes them available to us all,through their storage capacity.....There's a lot of stuff to search thorugh, So if any of you have had your picture in the paper at some point then you can look it up,.Give it a try, there's a lot of dragging your mouse etc etc , and I suggest using the 'Full Page ' mode too.....
I'm glad they sawed off somewhere in Btwn: the original 10 story proposal & the prsent day structure, I think it's a smart looking building,.not too big & not too small....I guess it's a Goldie Locks style......"It's Just Right"----G. Locks
HF&RV
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I just found this old Verdun Photo & it seems to fit this City Hall theme (barely) but you can see the City Hall & Remember all the angle parking,....that was a rareity in Verdun too.
HF&RV
Les how do I go about for the Google search?
For example Jan 1 1949
Try this: http://www.google.com/archivesearch?q=verdun+1949
or if you click on the link I posted in the topic it will bring you to that article then just change whatever is in the Google search window,...... Try that,... Good Luck Just ask again if that didn't help,but I think you will get it no problem,. HF&RV
I was looking to get the full paper like you did.I guess it's not that simple.Thank you for trying very much appreciated.
http://news.google.com/archivesearch
Once there ,type your search question,but you may want to click on the 'advanced search' just to the right of the searck window,then go from there,.you'' figure it out.
If I can find a more simple way I will post it,I have only checked it out a few times for newspapers,I have been able to find complete books through this type of search by Google for years now, but they recently acquired the Montreal Gazette archives (for how many years back, I don't really know)
Goood Luck ..................HF&RV
probably the article I'm looking for was in the Montreal Star anyways. Thank you
I've tried for years to find Montreal Star archives, I think I could figure out where to find them if I lived in Montreal,or at least have fun looking.....but otherthan a few articles here & there,they are proving to be very illusive. BNQ archives can be enlightening at times,but not so much Montreal Star stuff .Although I would suggest you check them out in the Grand Biblioteque (sp?) because I'm sure you would have access to much more material if you joined that library & looked for yourself. Being on the other side of the country does slow me up a bit with finding stuff...... anyway I hope you find what your looking for.....(Bono & U2, never did you know) ...lol HF&RV
here's the Bono thing in case you were wondering,a good album the Joshua Tree, the song :
" I still haven't found ,what I'm looking for".....................Bono & U2 lol HF&RV
HF&RV
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