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Comments about concordThere are 44 comments about "concord"
Allan: Concord Hotel building has been raized and a multi-billion $ hotel/casino is being built on that site. Property all around is/has been bought up, probably for associated functions or businesses.
Did you ever swim at...... EvilGentleman: An article from the {Montreal Gazette} last Saturday, October 11:
[[http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/story.html?id=f29d7a30-f182-4300-b85e-a8737693c7a8]]
A passage from the article answers many questions posed in here:
"In about two weeks we'll send in mechanical shovels with shears to tear down the building."...... hairsy: there was a group that sang there i dont remember the last names 2 john a bob antony afew guys i work with at at 2nd and girard and some i would go...... CE: That's too bad that you weren't able to go to Concordia. it's a good school and Montreal is a wonderful city.
Yeah, this really is too bad. the new building is supposed to be...... EvilGentleman: I kinda figured you might have that in your archives, what with it being surrounded by Concordia buildings and all...
hehe, you can still see the gum residue in my pic...... EvilGentleman: Terrible tragedy, amazing photos. Thank you for thinking of sharing this with us, it really helps us understand the need to fix the crumbling highway infrastructure across North America.
Here in Quebec, we are presently having...... EvilGentleman: We have both tended to focus on the area of downtown near Guy-Concordia metro, probably due to our being Concordia students. I also hang around with the native crowd in the west end of downtown,...... Rick: I have been to Belleville and have relatives still living there. I've read these posts and both sides have a point. To the people that are from there that really haven't been anywhere...... EvilGentleman: You know, this sounds pretty good. I'm thinking we can just go out for a drive on a decent day and cruise around until we see something of interest, and then we both take a...... EvilGentleman: The owners of the bar had considered launching a lawsuit against the Montreal Mirror for the slanderous lies in this article. [[http://www.montrealmirror.com/2007/022207/news2.html]]
The allegations about the rooms upstairs really caught all of us who frequent the...... EvilGentleman: The Hall Building of Concordia University's Sir George Williams Campus:
[[http://maps.google.ca/maps?ie=UTF8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&q=&t=k&om=1&ll=45.497128,-73.578948&spn=0.001831,0.003616&z=18]]... joey: the concord bart station. i'm revealing all my location secrets to you... joey: the concord bart parking lot... Stardreamer: looks like coming home to concord bart station. I feel like I'm going to fall face first & roll to the bottom.... EvilGentleman: I think it was a sponsored piece. Too many cops in that area at night (just a block away from Crescent, the heart of the clubbing district) for it to be possible to "sneak" this...... Rich T.O Kid: You guys obviously don't know Toronto's downtown is practically getting a facelift. Check out the future trump tower, future sapphire tower (taller than first canadian!!) future R.O.M on emporis. We're also getting a...... EvilGentleman: That's a natural feeling. I just discovered last night that a friend of mine who attends Concordia who I had lost contact with had gotten herself a job at Dawson. She was there when it...... EvilGentleman: I'm a political science major at Concordia who is currently taking a year off to take computer tech support training at Champlain College. I am also a former student of Dawson College.... Caroline: EvilGent, how do you know so much about Concordia and Montreal?
... anon (zurvan.Concordia.CA): Where did you make the folds?... joey: by the way. this is downtown concord. pacheco street between east street and the port chicago highway. kind of no mans land near the used car lots.... EvilGentleman: Well, I know the community association in the Shaughnessy Village area (Ville Marie in S to Sherbrooke in N, Atwater in W to Guy in E) has been successfully blocking constuction of Concordia's new John...... EvilGentleman: Actually, a lot of the "art" here is not done by children, but by adults. I actually recognize a few of the names here as people I know IRL. What keeps happening in this area...... EvilGentleman: Ah yes, this was put up this summer on Pierce Street, a little residential lane that runs between Sainte-Catherine and de Maisonneuve a half block west of Guy Street. I turn down this lane on...... Sirhcbre: I didn't think Westmount was that urban. I figured it was all large stone houses and such. Which metro stop is that?
I got stuck in VMR the other day. I jumped on...... EvilGentleman: Chris - Sainte-Catherine near Lambert-Closse, except picture 4, which is down the street at the corner of St-Marc.
anon - I am for the most part still experimenting with shooting people in an urban setting. I...... Chris Erb: I'm leaving for Montreal to go to Concordia. The only real reason i'm living in Fredericton is because I wanted to get out of Sussex after graduating highschool. I didn't want to go...... EvilGentleman: Yeah, I know how you feel. Five minutes ago, I just got off of chat with a friend who just moved back to the place in Nova Scotia where we spent a lot of our...... EvilGentleman: As far as I know, the block you are referring to (the north side of Sainte-Catherine between Lambert-Closse and de Chomedy) has closed down simply due to the fact that the Forum closed in 1996,...... EvilGentleman: A steam-powered Concorde, perhaps?... EvilGentleman: Hmmmm, interesting... I should look up Concordes online, but I have a personal vendetta with those crooks at eBay, and I have no idea who else would sell them. And I wonder how much it...... EvilGentleman: My day is getting better and better. Laughing always feels so good. Thanks, gang!
Um, except... are there still Concordes flying? I thought they were all in museums or scrapyards now.
I can hear you speaking with...... elaine: i will do it, you know. it just. takes. me. some. time. to get off my ass. if you had a concorde you could prolly get here quite quick. maybe quicker than me going alll...... Chris Erb: Political science to photography is quite a jump! I'm going to be doing a double major in Sociology and urban studies then hopefully to to grad school to do city planning. One of...... EvilGentleman: elaine, the pink Scotiabank building is not home to Barbie, but I think that Squirrel that hangs out with Spongebob Squarepants might frequent the place fairly often.
Chris, I am a political science major who is...... Chris Erb: I didn't realize that the "box" is no longer in use as the actual arts building. I didn't notice the graffiti but I'll check for it next time I'm in the city (should be...... EvilGentleman: Actually, you **did** get the new fine arts, or EVA (I have no idea what the acronym stands for) building. It is the one with the "hat" and the obtuse-angled facade on it's upper stories,...... Chris Erb: Thanks EG.
I checked on Emporis and pic #5 is indeed the tallest building in Montreal. it's called Le 1250 Boulevard René-Lévesque (why can't they give these buildings actual names?) and at 226 metres tall...... EvilGentleman: The first pic is on Rene Levesque Boulevard (Dorchester to **true** Montrealers) looking west past Place Ville Marie.
Second pic is Place Ville Marie, which was the tallest building in Montreal for 25 years starting in...... EvilGentleman: Oh, and elicar, awesome pics! I agree, it definitely hool-influenced, but yet I see something a little different, and not in a bad way. I see elicar edges on hool themes, and I like what...... EvilGentleman: Love these pictures, especially the frog, the Chrysler building (can that Buck Rogers spire ##ever## look bad?) and the water towers. And at least there are stains on the Concorde's toilet services panel, that would...... EvilGentleman: I just checked. Apparently, I accidentally lied. So here is some personal information about me.
My name is Sean, I am 36 years old, and have been married since 2001. I am presently attending Concordia University...... EvilGentleman: re: The Jury is STILL out on Evil Gentleman: 2nd Feb 2006 - 22:25 GMT
Thanks for taking the time to read my posts. First off, I use the same nick in chat, and it is...... joey: well. i live in oakland and work out east in concord so i don't ofter get to sf, san francisco....
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