Comments on: Making of a Square http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2009/11/23/making-of-a-square/ Exploring urban life through word and photography Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:47:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: William http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2009/11/23/making-of-a-square/comment-page-1/#comment-338675 William Wed, 28 Apr 2010 00:05:37 +0000 http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/?p=5515#comment-338675 Beautifully written article, and you're right, Mont-Royal metro station is at the heart of our beautiful borough. I like that it doesn't feel overdone or contrived. Beautifully written article, and you’re right, Mont-Royal metro station is at the heart of our beautiful borough. I like that it doesn’t feel overdone or contrived.

]]> By: Steve http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2009/11/23/making-of-a-square/comment-page-1/#comment-313692 Steve Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:23:58 +0000 http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/?p=5515#comment-313692 A metro car is turned into an ice cream shop and put on Ontario St. during the Just for Laughs festival. It's a bit surreal actually: http://blog.fagstein.com/2008/07/15/just-for-laughs-outdoors/ A metro car is turned into an ice cream shop and put on Ontario St. during the Just for Laughs festival. It’s a bit surreal actually: http://blog.fagstein.com/2008/07/15/just-for-laughs-outdoors/

]]> By: SMD http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2009/11/23/making-of-a-square/comment-page-1/#comment-313645 SMD Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:22:23 +0000 http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/?p=5515#comment-313645 Kyle, that is one of the best ideas I've heard all year. A classic railcar diner with a twist! So appropriate. I'll pitch in $20 to make it happen. Kyle, that is one of the best ideas I’ve heard all year. A classic railcar diner with a twist! So appropriate. I’ll pitch in $20 to make it happen.

]]> By: Christopher Szabla http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2009/11/23/making-of-a-square/comment-page-1/#comment-313640 Christopher Szabla Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:28:24 +0000 http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/?p=5515#comment-313640 I like Kyle's idea. I'm actually surprised I've never seen / heard of a subway car converted into a diner before, although I'm sure one has to exist, somewhere. Chris, do you know what the reaction was to the square's transformation? In a city like Boston there would be neighborhood activists screaming bloody murder over the destruction of a "park" for concrete paving and anger among amateur environmentalists who confuse preserving every scrap of grass with meaningful conservation. I like Kyle’s idea. I’m actually surprised I’ve never seen / heard of a subway car converted into a diner before, although I’m sure one has to exist, somewhere.

Chris, do you know what the reaction was to the square’s transformation? In a city like Boston there would be neighborhood activists screaming bloody murder over the destruction of a “park” for concrete paving and anger among amateur environmentalists who confuse preserving every scrap of grass with meaningful conservation.

]]> By: Kyle http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2009/11/23/making-of-a-square/comment-page-1/#comment-313625 Kyle Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:11:17 +0000 http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/?p=5515#comment-313625 I have an idea: Take a metro train car and turn it into a classic railcar-diner diner in the square, so people using metro Mont-Royal have a year round coffee shop, Metro style! The metro cars are going to be replaced soon, so there will be a great opportunity for this to happen in the near future! It'd be a fun way to recycle a metro train, and give the station even more cachet. The metro car could house historical metro pictures and be the home to Montreal's metro museum...something we need! I have an idea: Take a metro train car and turn it into a classic railcar-diner diner in the square, so people using metro Mont-Royal have a year round coffee shop, Metro style! The metro cars are going to be replaced soon, so there will be a great opportunity for this to happen in the near future! It’d be a fun way to recycle a metro train, and give the station even more cachet. The metro car could house historical metro pictures and be the home to Montreal’s metro museum…something we need!

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