Drummond Court Building - 10 étages (1924-2000)

[MTLskyline]

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Remember that Tunnel building on De Maisonneuve? This picture is from 1992. Any idea when this building was torn down?

What's there now? The Lépine towers?

[Habsfan]

Remember that Tunnel building on De Maisonneuve? This picture is from 1992. Any idea when this building was torn down?


WOW, incredible. I had already forgotten about this building. I remember driving under this thing everytime I went to concordia!

I think it was torn down in 2001?? Yes, the Lépines Towers stand there now!

[Gilbert]

Je ne me souviens absolument pas de ce building... mais mon dieu que ça l'air...bizarre?

J'ai trouvé une autre photo:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/38144164@N00/218022789

[MTLskyline]

Here's one from 1970. As we can see, there is a different building on the land the Roc Fleuri has been built on as well. The white building has a different facade on the front, but the same one facing westward.

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Click on the image for full-size.

A similar angle today: (from wikipedia)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/De_Maisonneuve_Ouest.jpg/800px-De_Maisonneuve_Ouest.jpg

[Malek]

Yes i remember that, when I was a kid, I was fascinated how we could drive right under a building lol...

I may have pics of the demolition in my archives.

[TomOfBoston]

That building is a good example that not all old buildings should be preserved.

[Habsfan]

That building is a good example that not all old buildings should be preserved.

that is so true!

[MTLskyline]

What happened to this building? Even in the photos from 1992 and 1970, there is a awful looking white/grey paneling on the wall facing De Maisonneuve. I've had class in there before. It's quite nice inside.

I'm guessing that it was a side affect of the creation of De Maisonneuve Boulevard? They must have widened the street and sliced part of that building off to make room.

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[begratto]

Le Drummond Court building, dont une partie abritait l'ancien YMCA, a été démoli à l'automne 2000.

C'est mentionné sur le site de Pomerleau (http://www.pomerleau.ca/construction-entrepreneur/Batiment/Projets/Institutionnels/Culturel-et-sportif/42/230/YMCA-Centre-Ville-et-demolition-de-la-tour-Drummond.aspx).

Le Mirror en avait aussi parlé (http://www.montrealmirror.com/ARCHIVES/1999/102899/news5.html) en 1999.

But the Drummond Court passageway was something of an accident. The 75-year-old building's main floor originally took up the entire space now claimed by de Maisonneuve. In the 1960s, when the metro was under construction and de Maisonneuve was being widened, the city tried--and failed--to expropriate the building. A compromise was reached: the building would give up half its ground floor, but would remain standing above the boulevard.

[identifiant]

What happened to this building? Even in the photos from 1992 and 1970, there is a awful looking white/grey paneling on the wall facing De Maisonneuve. I've had class in there before. It's quite nice inside.

I'm guessing that it was a side affect of the creation of De Maisonneuve Boulevard? They must have widened the street and sliced part of that building off to make room.


Exactly, the building was disfigured when de Maisonneuve was enlarged.
It's a shame because the Eastern and Western facades are really nice looking.

[MTLskyline]

Le Drummond Court building, dont une partie abritait l'ancien YMCA, a été démoli à l'automne 2000.

C'est mentionné sur le site de Pomerleau (http://www.pomerleau.ca/construction-entrepreneur/Batiment/Projets/Institutionnels/Culturel-et-sportif/42/230/YMCA-Centre-Ville-et-demolition-de-la-tour-Drummond.aspx).

Le Mirror en avait aussi parlé (http://www.montrealmirror.com/ARCHIVES/1999/102899/news5.html) en 1999.

Merci pour le lien!

Here's something from the Montreal Gazette from 1928:
(Look under Real Estate Bond Issue Offered)
http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1946&dat=19280529&id=AnEtAAAAIBAJ&sjid=OIwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5996,5063227

Apparently the building on the north side of De Maisonneuve was built in 1920, and the Drummond Court Building was built in 1924. A private roadway used to exist between them linking Drummond and Stanley.

[internationalx]

From that article in the Gazette, sounds like the building (with the grey aluminum siding) used to be an apartment building. Should be converted back to residential... God knows Montreal doesn't need so much C class office space; but we do need more residents living downtown.

[ToxiK]

From that article in the Gazette, sounds like the building (with the grey aluminum siding) used to be an apartment building. Should be converted back to residential... God knows Montreal doesn't need so much C class office space; but we do need more residents living downtown.

C class office? Is that a real thing or do you just dislike that building very much? I heard of A class and B class, not C.

[MartinMtl]

Here's one from 1970. As we can see, there is a different building on the land the Roc Fleuri has been built on as well. The white building has a different facade on the front, but the same one facing westward.



No. The Roc Fleuri was build on a surface parking lot that was there for ages. The brown building that you see on the pic is still there, but it's been totaly transformed.

[internationalx]

Are you kidding? I love that building. The facade and it's size/height are classic Montreal.

Yes, C class exists.

[Habsfan]

The building with the beige facade on De Maisonneuve used to have classrooms for Concordia. I had a few classes in the building (back in 1999-2000).

As far as class "C" buildings are concerned, yes they do exist! 1450 City-Councillors, 505 René-Lévesque O, 1410 Stanley and 980 Ste-Catherine O. are all examples of class "C" buildings!

In fact, there are 4 categories of buildings in Montreal.

1- AAA class (1250 R-L, CCE 1)
2- A class (PVM, CIBC Tower)
3- B class (555 R-L, 1200 Mcgill College Avenue)
4- C class (505 R-L, 1410 Stanley)

[ToxiK]

Thank you for that information!