http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2008/06/14/mcgill-college-avenue/ Exploring urban life through word and photography Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:47:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2008/06/14/mcgill-college-avenue/comment-page-1/#comment-169587 Patrick Donovan Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:54:36 +0000 http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2008/06/15/mcgill-college-avenue/#comment-169587 And to think they almost blocked it up with their original plans for a mega Place Montreal Trust in the eighties. And to think they almost blocked it up with their original plans for a mega Place Montreal Trust in the eighties.

]]> http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2008/06/14/mcgill-college-avenue/comment-page-1/#comment-169100 Julie Sun, 15 Jun 2008 23:11:18 +0000 http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2008/06/15/mcgill-college-avenue/#comment-169100 The architecture may be lacking - but the view of some of the old McGill buildings partially compensates for that fact. It also doesn't have a shortage of public art for a street of its length: "La Foule illuminée", the people are the park bench on the West side near Pres. Kennedy, and the headless woman at the fountain at Place Ville Marie. In addition, it's home to may sidewalk artists that display some of Montreal's beautiful architecture from other areas of the city. None of these things, granted, make up for the fact that 2200 President Kennedy (the corner building that houses Second Cup) perhaps doesn't live up to its architectural potential as a corner building, but I feel that Donovan's suggestion of McGill College as a good boulevard is not amiss. It is perhaps one of my favourite places in Montreal... any season. The architecture may be lacking – but the view of some of the old McGill buildings partially compensates for that fact. It also doesn’t have a shortage of public art for a street of its length: “La Foule illuminée”, the people are the park bench on the West side near Pres. Kennedy, and the headless woman at the fountain at Place Ville Marie. In addition, it’s home to may sidewalk artists that display some of Montreal’s beautiful architecture from other areas of the city. None of these things, granted, make up for the fact that 2200 President Kennedy (the corner building that houses Second Cup) perhaps doesn’t live up to its architectural potential as a corner building, but I feel that Donovan’s suggestion of McGill College as a good boulevard is not amiss. It is perhaps one of my favourite places in Montreal… any season.

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