Public Building of Montreal


Before the invention of television, you could find theatres and music hall where everywhere in Montreal. The city was a major entertaining center. This page lists as possible all old theatres and cinemas which in some case, still in business today. Having often extravagant architecture, old theatres always are making an architectural statement. We have not identified all theatres here in activities in Montreal, but the buildings with an architectural interest. If possible we try to include those destroyed.





Picture Gallery : 1 to 85 of 23 public building found

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exCentris

Plateau Mont-Royal

3536, boulevard Saint-Laurent

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Rialto Theater

Mile-end

Since its last presentation ( around 1990) this building was seeking for a main use. Former owner had tried to turn it into a bar without success. The building inspired by neo-baroque buildings had 13...

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Outremont Theater

Outremont

Théâtre Outremont has been classified a historical monument by the Ministry of Culture and Communications June 28, 1994. Théâtre Outremont opens November 4, 1929 with Eugene Maynard as d...

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Rivoli Theater

La Petite-Patrie

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le Chateau Theater

La Petite-Patrie

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National Monument

Downtown

1182, boulevard Saint-Laurent

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The Plaza

La Petite-Patrie

The Plaza passes almost unnoticed behind the Plaza St-Hubert roof. Plaza Theatre is among the rare places open after all these years with the same name. The Plaza was inaugurated February 17, 1922, it...

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Cinéma Impérial

Downtown

1430, rue de Bleury

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Monkland Theater

NDG

This theater opened March 7, 1930. Like many others it was built after the plans of D. J. Crighton with an interior made by Emmanuel Briffa. The theater remained in business until 1981. It was then un...

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TNM

Downtown

84, rue Sainte-Catherine ouest

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Usine C

Centre-Sud

1345, rue Lalonde / Panet

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Former Cartier Theatre

Saint-Henri / Petite-Bourgogne

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Cinema V

NDG

5560, rue Sherbrooke Ouest

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Gaiety Theatrer

Downtown

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Snowdon Theatre Condos

Côte-des-Neiges

5225, boulevard Décarie

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Arcadia Theatre

Centre-Sud

1425, rue Alexandre de Sève

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Former Papineau Cinema

Plateau Mont-Royal

The original interior design was performed by Emanuel Briffa.

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La Tulipe

Plateau Mont-Royal

4530, avenue Papineau

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Beanfield Theatre

Saint-Henri / Petite-Bourgogne

The Corona Theater had major renovations which allowed it to reopen and become a cultural center of Montreal.

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Seville Theater

Downtown

2153, rue Sainte-Catherine Ouest

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Former Théatre de Quat Sous

Plateau Mont-Royal

100, Avenue Des Pins Est / Coloniale

Several buildings in the « Public Building » section are also classified according to their former use. For the same reason they may appear in two differents sections

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