Looks like your email is already registered. Verify your email so we know it’s you!
Please check your inbox. You will receive a confirmation email shortly to set a password for your account!
Subscribe to our Daily Digest and receive latest stories every day in your inbox.
Montreal's Old Royal Victoria Hospital Would Become Public Space Under A Proposal (VIDEO)
A video shows what it would look like.
Montreal's old Royal Victoria Hospital sits largely abandoned between the downtown and Mount Royal park.
As officials figure out what to do with much of the former hospital campus (some buildings will become part of McGill University), non-profit groups Héritage Montréal and Les amis de la montagne say the site presents an opportunity to reconnect the downtown core with the mountain and expand the public realm.
Pour une requalification exemplaire de l'ancien hôpital Royal Victoria www.youtube.com
The groups released a video in September calling for "visionary," "courageous," and "bold" planning for the site, including new public green and gathering spaces.
Under their proposal, the groups say the old Royal Victoria Hospital would become a "gateway to Mount Royal park from downtown [...] connected, open to all, and equipped with a reception area, local services, meeting places and community spaces."
Héritage Montréal and Les amis de la montage specifically call for:
- "the urgent restoration of the buildings in order to avoid any further deterioration due to the vacancy of the place;
- "landscaping and greening actions that allow better access to the mountain as an extension of Mount Royal park towards downtown;
- "the maintenance of public ownership of the land in order to avoid the fragmentation of the site and to ensure its coherence in the short, medium and long term, in a context of multiple occupants;"
- and the implementation of modern urban planning, governance and financing tools to preserve the integrity of the site, its heritage character and its civic and community vocation."
Keep reading
Show less
Montreal's Getting A New Asian Night Market In The City's 'Second Chinatown' This Weekend
Around 30 vendors will serve street eats on rue Ste-Catherine.
True Montrealers know the city is home to two Chinatowns: the official, traditional Chinatown around rue de la Gauchetière and the unofficial, more contemporary Chinatown in Shaughnessy Village. Now, after seeing the success of the annual Asian night market in Montreal's original Chinatown, Shaughnessy Village is finally getting one of its own: Shoni Market.
From September 10 to 12, rue Sainte-Catherine Ouest will close off between rue Lambert Closse and rue de Bleury as pedestrians sample delicious Asian street fare from around 30 different kiosks.
"We thought Shaughnessy is like a hidden pearl downtown [...] and we wanted to make people know [it] better," said Cristina D'Arienzo, director of operations for the Montréal centre-ville business development corporation (SDC). The SDC is organizing the event with help from Yatai MTL, which put on Montreal's Japan Week, and Pocha MTL, a local Korean event producer.
"This is like the second Chinatown," D'Arienzo told MTL Blog. "There's a lot of Japanese, Korean and Vietnamese [restaurant owners] especially. [...] Chinatown's like your original traditional neighbourhood, but on Sainte-Catherine is where we can find the new owners and new stores that opened their doors."
The name Shoni, D'Arienzo said, is an insider nickname for Shaughnessy Village and all the participating vendors for the event's inaugural year have restaurants located in the neighbourhood.
Here's a list of eateries you can expect to see:
- Hot Star Large Fried Chicken
- Mama Bangkok
- A Beverage Store
- Petit Poisson Dumpling
- Restaurant Subway
- Ichifuku & Kametsuru Shoten
- Delice Oriental
- Épicerie Du Bazaar
- La Fleuraison
- Nos Thés
- Café Desserts ETC.
- Don Taco
- Lakshana's Chettinad Indian Restaurant
- Boba Boba
- Capitaine Québec (comic books)
- Bar Ganadara
- Marché Oriental Jang Teu
- Mai Xiang Yuan Dumpling
- Chef Lee
- Sammi & Soupe Dumpling
- La Belle & La Boeuf
- Argo Bookshop
- 3 Amigos
- Yin ji Chang Fen (Rouleaux de riz)
- Le Coq Frit
- Gazo
In addition to tasting amazing food, D'Arienzo said there will be DJs, performances, a K-pop dance battle by 2KSQUAD, and a corgi party with more than 100 dogs.
Prices will be different at each stand, but you can budget about $5 to $25 for each dish.
Shoni Market
Price: Around $5 to $25 per dish
When: September 10 to 12 (Friday and Saturday from noon to 11 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 6 p.m.)
Address: Rue Sainte-Catherine Ouest (between rue Lambert Closse and rue de Bleury)
In Quebec, a vaccine passport is required to access many businesses and activities deemed non-essential, including restaurants and bars.
Keep reading
Show less
Downtown Montreal Is Getting A Huge New Ice Skating Rink (RENDERINGS)
Montreal's own Rockefeller Center?
The city has unveiled a new all-seasons public square in downtown Montreal that will have spots to hang out, an ice skating rink in the winter, and even an "urban chalet" with restaurants and "creative spaces," according to Mayor Valérie Plante.
In a statement, the mayor said the new Esplanade Tranquille will be the "new flagship destination" of the Quartier des Spectacles.
"This project allows us to transform a heat island into a place of relaxation and entertainment for the entire population, which will allow Montreal and its downtown area to shine throughout the year, thanks to mobile facilities that meet the needs of Montreal families," the mayor said.
Located west of rue Clark between rues Sainte-Catherine and de Montigny, the 5,000-square-metre public square will be "transformed according to the seasons."
It will feature a green space and hangout spots during the summer. In the winter, the Esplanade Tranquille will turn into a winter wonderland complete with a huge refrigerated skating rink.
"This new multi-purpose space is a perfect complement to our existing infrastructures and will make it possible to meet the multiple uses of festivals and events and to offer Montrealers a new place to gather," Monique Simard, Chair of the Board of Directors of the Partenariat du Quartier des spectacles, added.
Keep reading
Show less
There Were 2 Separate Stabbings In Downtown Montreal Last Night & 1 Was For Unknown Reasons
A 24-year-old woman was stabbed in a tunnel.
The Service de Police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM) is investigating two separate stabbings that took place downtown between Friday night and Saturday morning.
24-Year-Old Woman Stabbed In A Tunnel
SPVM media relations officer Véronique Comtois confirmed that police got a 911 call at around 11:59 p.m. on August 13 about a 24-year-old woman who had been stabbed in a Shaughnessy Village tunnel on rue Saint-Marc near rue Baile.
She had injuries to her upper and lower body and was transported to the hospital where there was no danger to her life, Comtois said.
"According to initial information, the woman was walking along rue Saint-Marc when she met the suspect. For a reason still unknown, the suspect attacked the woman with a sharp object before fleeing," said Comtois.
Comtois said the scene was secured and investigators analyzed it using forensic identification technicians in addition to searching the area with a dog handler "to better understand the causes and circumstances of this event."
38-Year-Old Man Stabbed In A Park Altercation
The second incident occurred around 2:30 a.m. on August 14 when a call was placed to 911 about a 38-year-old man who had been stabbed near rue Berri and boulevard de Maisonneuve Est in Ville-Marie.
The victim, who had been stabbed in the upper body, was injured during an altercation with a suspect near Émilie-Gamelin Park, Comtois said.
He was transported to the hospital, she said, and the SPVM has confirmed that he is expected to survive.
An investigation is underway.
This article’s cover image was used for illustrative purposes only.
Keep reading
Show less
Load More Articles