This hotel was built in the major development work undertaken by the Canadian National Railway to occupy the space around his Central Train Station which is located just behind.
The Queen Elizabeth Hotel is currently the largest hotel in Montreal with more than 1000 rooms and suites.
The prestigious hotel is now owned by the Fairmont hotel company. Hotel has been recognized as one of the top 500 hotel by the World Travel & Leisure. Building includes among others restaurants the Beaver Club, one of the best in Canada.
It is in this hotel that John Lennon and Yoko Ono made their famous bed-in in protest against the Viet-Nam war (suite 1742).
This building is located in the «Secteur de valeur patrimoniale exceptionnelle Gare Centrale, Place Ville-Marie» AKA : "Area of outstanding heritage value Gare Centrale, Place Ville-Marie".
This building is also visible on those pictures
Patrimoine en devenir: l'architecture moderne du Québec
France Vanlaethem, 2012
Le Groupe Arcop/The Arcop Group , 2008
Sur les traces du Montréal Moderne et du domaine de L’Estérel au Québec.
France Vanlaethem, Danielle Doucet, Sophie Mankowski, Conrad Gallant, 2008
Inventaire des bâtiments construits entre 1919 et 1959 dans le vieux Montréal et les quartiers Saint-Georges
Robert Lemire, Monique Trépanier, 1981
We have no relation with managers of this hotel thus we can’t answer to questions relative to room reservation of congress planning.
Architecture - hotels
Building achieved the same year (1958)
DowntownAhuntsic / CartiervilleNDGVerdunMontréal NordMount-RoyalCôte-des-NeigesOutremontRosemontVilleray / Saint-Michel Historical Milestones about Montreal, What did append the same year (1958) See History of Montreal Section
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