Place Ville-Marie





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On a clear day, a light beam passes through the sky of Montreal at regular intervals. This light comes from the rotating huge light at the top of the Place Ville Marie.

Place Ville Marie has been built above the CN railroad tunnel. see this old image. The tunnel was a real scar in the urban face of Montreal because a long part was simply trench .

Underground shopping mall connected to the central station gave birth to the Montreal underground city. It is interesting to point out that interior mall was not foreseen in the original plans of the project. This is the face of the increasing popularity of suburbs malls that forced designers to react. The project designers were surely ignoring then the magnitude that took pedestrian network connecting various buildings of downtown Montreal.

With the CIBC Tower, those skyscrapers were responsible of the downtown and business district to move from Old Montreal to St. Catherine Street. Place Ville Marie is still among the largest office space in Canada. The building has:

  • 32 elevators
  • 900 indoor parking spaces
  • floor area of 1612141 square

    This building is owned by the SITQ (Caisse de dépôt et placement) to 50%

    Webb & Company Knap, which finance and manage the project. In 1958 they signed the lease that would ensure the viability of the project: A 99-year lease for the rental of 20% of the building will be signed by James Muir, chairman of the Royal Bank of Canada.

    Companies who finance this project had several requests for Montreal. One was the widening of surrounding streets. The necessary expropriations cost $ 8 million and lead to the disappearance of several historic buildings including the famous St James Club.

    In 1959 estimated construction costs to $ 45 million. Now Montreal city Tax department evaluate Place Ville-Marie complex to 616,000,000

Positionnement de cet édifice sur une carte ancienne 1912


Centre-Ville avant la Place Ville-Marie - 1912 plate 15
Carte complète - réference & source

Positionnement de cet édifice sur une carte ancienne 1880


1880 plaque 15
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Positionnement de cet édifice sur une carte ancienne 1949


Centre-Ville de Montréal - carte aérienne 1947-1949 VM97-3_7P8-29
Carte complète - réference & source

Positionnement de cet édifice sur une carte ancienne 1949


Vue satellite de Montréal - 1959
Carte complète - réference & source

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Architect

Pei Cobb Freed & Partners,Affleck and Associates

Constructor and other companies involved in construction:
Webb & Knapp




   Architecture - skyscrapers

5 images
Downtown

1200 Maisonneuve Ouest

1200, boulevard de Maisonneuve Ouest

2005 26 Floors
4 images
Saint-Léonard

Manoire St-Léonard

7650, rue Lespinay

2005 18 Floors
5 images
Downtown

Le Phénix Notre-Dame condominium

650, rue Notre-Dame Ouest / rue Saint-Henri / de Longueuil

2005 20 Floors
3 images
Downtown

Hôtel Faubourg Montréal

155, Boulevard René-lévesque Est

2005 13 Floors

Building achieved the same year (1962)

    Downtown

  • 620, boulevard René-Lévesque Ouest / 1145, rue Union Building »»
  • 2-3 Place Ville-Marie »»
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   Historical Milestones about Montreal, What did append the same year (1962)
    See History of Montreal Section
  • Opening of the Champlain bridge
  • Montreal's first underground tunnel between Place Ville-Marie and the Central Station
  Facts about Montreal

  • Montreal population: 1 812 723 in city and 3 426 350 with suburbs
  • There are four world class universities in Montreal
  • Montreal is receiving more snow falls than any other big city in the world
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