Héritage Montréal, an organism dedicated to the protection of Montreal's heritage has placed this building in its category "emblematic sites threatened" in 2008.
In 2008, City of Montreal announced the upcoming construction of a new planetarium near the Olympic Stadium. The fate of this building is uncertain. Demolition or conversion? Opinions are divided.
Funded in part by the old brewery Dow, the Montreal Planetarium was inaugurated in 1966 by Mayor Jean Drapeau.
Montreal : the Unknown city
Kristian Gravenor, John David Gravenor, 2002
Architecture - public building
Building achieved the same year (1966)
DowntownSaint-Henri / Petite-BourgogneAhuntsic / CartiervilleCôte-Saint-LucNDGCentre-SudSaint-LéonardMontréal NordLa Petite-PatrieAnjouCôte-des-NeigesMercierOutremontPlateau Mont-RoyalRosemontVilleray / Saint-MichelHochelaga-Maisonneuve Historical Milestones about Montreal, What did append the same year (1966) See History of Montreal Section
Facts about Montreal
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