Verdun Metro Station

While in the area I took this photo of the metro station at the corner of Ross and Church. Notice the Bixi bykes. Only a couple spaces out of about 20. Does not seem to be very popular at that station.

Guy

Be Carefull,Some Scumbag Low-Life is trying to send trojan virus in the way of a PM. If you do not recognize the person contacting you then don't bother opening it,Just delete it.

         Warning Be Carefull everyone , Someone tried to send me a Virus (via a personal message here on Multiply,in the form of a video. They claim to know you and want to send you a personal video.......  My Computer security & anti-virus worked perfectly , but I wanted to Alert all of our members to be aware of some Low-Life's trying to infect your PC or Laptops...........  

I also informed Multiply of the ID : of the person or persons trying the stupidity,here is a copy of my message to Multiply..I'll keep you all informed of any feedback.

I do my best to keep scumbag;s off this site ,so I advise you all to just be aware.

                                ......Cheers !! HF&RV......................................

I am reporting from the group verdunconnections2 because ...
someone with the Multiply ID:  sarathyth3387   Tried to send me a Virus,via a video...My anti virus & security protected me ,However maybe they are trying to infect others at Multiply. Can you look into this for us.As I would like to protect our members from abuse.         Thanks

           the ID: that tried sending me the virus is   sarathyth3387  a Multiply ID:

Ps: the Virus Warning picture is for Illustration purposes only & not the Threat that appeared............    I wonder if when the Multiply site was down the other day,that someone hacked in?????  I'll wait to hear from Multiply.............  

                                   ---------Cheers , HF&RV...............................................

YMCA

Les,

The top photo shows the corner of LaSalle and Senecal where the YMCA was supposedly situated after leaving Gordon street. The address in the Lovell directory specifies 7501 LaSalle, however the build on the corner is 7505. It is a fairly new building and no doubt the Y was demolished. The house to the right has no. 7497 and I spoke to the owner who was outside but he lives there since 2005 so he could not help me. If you can get hold of a photo of the Y at that corner this would help me in my research.

The next 4 photos shows where the Y was situated around 1928 just before moving to their new building on Gordon street. I included an old photo wich confirms that it is the same building showing the second floor local of the Y. As you requested, I took a photo of the address, While I was there, I took a photo of the series of buildings across the street where you lived.

Guy 

 

 

Floods in Verdun Early 1900s

Another old photo (middle) I found in our archives yesterday of the original dike wich dates back around the 1900s. The original dike was built in 1896 as shown on the map and wich started at Pte St Charles, went along the river and turned north between Willibrord and 1st avenue where the present city hall is situated. The dike had to be heighthened at various stages as it was not high enough to hold back the river during the spring floods. There was a disastrous flood in 1904.

Guy

Artificial Rink Willibrord Park

I was in Verdun today and took several pictures including these 2 photos of the artificial rink under construction. As you can see, there is still a lot of work to do including the landscaping and there is plenty of construction equipment surrounding the grounds. However, the cement over the refrigeration plumbing is completed so hopefully the rink will be ready for the coming winter season. A reminder that the Canadiens hockey team is financing the project wich includes 4 other artificial rinks in the Montreal area, a toal of 5 rinks, a generous corporate move on their part.

Guy

Remembrance Day Novemebr 11th-----Lest We Forget

                     

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3 Billion,a super deal at half that price......Turcot enema 2b rammed through.

            MONTREAL - The Quebec government unveiled its long-awaited new plan for the Turcot Interchange on Tuesday morning.

The new plan is to cost $3 billion, double the price tag of Transport Quebec's original project, unveiled in 2007.

That plan was widely criticized. Opponents complained it would increase capacity to 320,000 cars, encourage urban sprawl and do nothing to cut car use.

Under the new plan announced Tuesday, car capacity will remain at about 300,000 and a reserved bus lane will be added between Ville St. Pierre and the Ville Marie Autoroute.

New corridors will be added for potential future public transit projects, including an airport train shuttle and a Lachine-downtown tramway.

There will be fewer residential expropriations than originally anticipated; 106 residents will have to find new apartments.

Construction on the new turcot is to be completed in 2018. Officials said they will build the new structures parallel to and under current structures to minimize the impact on traffic .

Built in the mid-1960s, the Turcot - a tangle of highways and access ramps west of downtown Montreal - is where Highways 15 and 20 and the Ville Marie Expressway converge.

In April, Montreal mayor Gerald Tremblay said the the original plan was not good enough.

He wanted a "new vision" that would have included a circular interchange that would take up less space; a tramway linking downtown to Lachine and LaSalle; two lanes for cars, instead of three, dedicated lanes for buses, taxis and carpoolers and a housing development next to a major new green space.

Tremblay was to react to the new plan on Tuesday morning.

                                       ..........HF&RV