It is, of course, just north of Ogilvy's.
It was turned into offices and burned down in early 1979.
The stripper at the parking lot suggests that it maintained some of its roots.
Friday, February 14, 2014
Lost gem on Mountain twist St. Cat and De Maisonneuve
It is, of course, just north of Ogilvy's.
It was turned into offices and burned down in early 1979.
The stripper at the parking lot suggests that it maintained some of its roots.
"Before" looks like Drummond or Mountain above de Maisonneuve but "Now" looks very flat, like the parking lots of lower Bishop, McKay, and Drummond. There are very similar parking kiosks in a lot opposite 1168 Bishop and at the corner of Cypress and Stanley. But I know there was a big church at the latter site so I'd guess the old houses were on lower Bishop on the east side. Not convinced because I think they were all uniform row houses when they were demolished.
ReplyDeleteThe light brick bldg on the right reminds me of those on St. Denis Street.
ReplyDeleteAccording to William Weintraub in his book "City Unique", one of Montreal's most notorious bordellos: 312 Ontario Street.
ReplyDeletehttps://maps.google.ca/?ll=45.514971,-73.565558&spn=0.000015,0.009645&t=m&z=17&layer=c&cbll=45.515071,-73.565526&panoid=xEG_MlT2nTeOE8gjwYkHjw&cbp=12,150.91,,0,-3.88
Not sure which of the two buildings in the Google Map photo is the one with the "legendary door" described in the book, however, since there is a slight discrepancy between the Lovell's directories of that era and today.
It is probable that at some point the address numbers were deliberately reshuffled to discourage "tourists", similar to the cynical ploy initiated when infamous Cadieux Street was renamed de Bullion back in the mid-1920s.
Also discussed in aforementioned book is 150 Milton, a "disreputable house" (long since demolished) where politicians and police officers of the day would indulge ;-).
I thought it was on Bishop too.
ReplyDeleteShort article about Cadieux Street (since renamed de Bullion)
ReplyDeleteSee Gazette, Aug. 18. 1984, page 70:
http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1946&dat=19840818&id=QokxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=naUFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3304,2403810