These noble turreted greystones bathed in afternoon sun for generations on Mackay between Dorch and Overdale, east side, before Douglas Cohen and Robert Landau had them demolished and replaced with a parking lot. Thanks to Michael Fish for the photo. Read all the grisly details about this unforgiveable Dore-era scandal in the beefed-up Overdale wikipedia entry. More such photos to come. (Many thanks to Shawn for doing much cleanup on the wikipedia page.)
Saturday, December 06, 2008
Overdale, in loving memory
These noble turreted greystones bathed in afternoon sun for generations on Mackay between Dorch and Overdale, east side, before Douglas Cohen and Robert Landau had them demolished and replaced with a parking lot. Thanks to Michael Fish for the photo. Read all the grisly details about this unforgiveable Dore-era scandal in the beefed-up Overdale wikipedia entry. More such photos to come. (Many thanks to Shawn for doing much cleanup on the wikipedia page.)
Landau, Cohen, Azrieli...imagine how much more beautiful Montreal would be if they hadnt been permitted to destroy our landmarks. I curse Azrieli every time I walk where the VanHorne mansion used to stand and got replaced by his big concrete monstruosity.
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