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2020 Robert-Bourassa, currently branded as Tour Intact (Intact Tower), is a 104.0 m tall skyscraper located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was built in 1974 and hosts a number of tenants, including Home Trust, Income Access, Intact Financial , and Monster.ca .
Complexe Desjardins is a mixed-use office, hotel, and shopping mall complex located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in the Quartier des spectacles area of Saint Catherine Street. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The project was designed to develop the eastern end of downtown Montreal , it is located in the quadrilateral formed by Saint Catherine , Saint-Urbain ...
Place du Canada was the site of the Unity Rally, a massive political rally held on October 27, 1995, in downtown Montreal, where an estimated 100,000 Canadians from in and outside Quebec came to celebrate a united Canada, and plead with Quebecers to vote "No" in the 1995 Quebec independence referendum (three days before the vote). [1]
From the exterior it appears as a quintessential late-19th century Montreal business block with a diverse collection of buildings in different styles. Once inside the rear sections of those buildings have been oriented on to a vast open space, replete with reflecting pool, cafés, boutiques and other diverse services.
Montreal was the host of the 1976 Summer Olympic Games. The stadium cost $1.5 billion; [208] with interest that figure ballooned to nearly $3 billion, and was paid off in December 2006. [209] Montreal also hosted the first ever World Outgames in the summer of 2006, attracting over 16,000 participants engaged in 35 sporting activities.
The M Telus (formerly known as Métropolis) is a performing arts centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.It is located in the central part of the downtown core, on Saint Catherine Street East between Saint-Dominique and De Bullion Streets, in the Quartier des Spectacles.
500 Place d'Armes is an International style building on the historic Place d'Armes square in Old Montreal quarter of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Completed in 1968 as the Banque Canadienne Nationale tower, [ 3 ] it is Montreal's 17th tallest building , at 133 m (435 ft), 32 storeys.
The Hydro-Québec Building (French: Édifice Hydro-Québec) in Montreal, Quebec, Canada stands at 110 metres (360 ft) with 27 floors. Completed in 1962, it houses the headquarters for Hydro-Québec as well the Montreal offices of the Premier of Quebec. [1] The building was designed by Gaston Gagnier. [2]