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The cold wind of fall is whisking through our apparel. The air is brisk. Soon it will be winter. The leaves will be gone and the
day light amber. There is one comfort though.To see the majestic Warm Chouette "Owl" lining our streets .
It gives our city a certain prestige and warmth on those cold winterly nights.
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Nice shot of Mont Royal
I get to Montreal about once a year. Usually in late November for a weekend. Beautiful city with alot of character, especially in winter. Some of the best restaurants of any place I've ever been.
Great town....just DON'T DRIVE...Montreal is now considered the car theft capital of North America. A good friend of ours daughter went to Montral to a big softball tournament during the week of the 4th of July. During the 5 day tournament there were something like 30 cars STOLEN from the parking lot. One was this FBI agent who's daughter was also playing the tournament. He was sitting in the stands as he watched his 2006 ****** drive out of the parking lot.
Maine refuses to send any more teams to the tournament because of the rash of thefts they had at LAST years tournament. NH is now considering the same.
I use to spend a few weeks in the summer at Hampton Beach . There was a big Victorian white house next to the ocean wall. Thats were I heard the Altecs for the first time . A place called the casino ballroom . After diner I would stand by the door and listen to the music.It was loud you could hear it right onto the veranda.
New Hampshire ? Hampton Beach ?Casino Ballroom
Ocean Boulevard, Hampton Beach, NH, United States(
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The Casino Ballroom started as just the Hampton Casino. It was built to give a place for the trolleys to go coming out of Exeter and Amesbury. The Opera House was added later, then Ocean House hotel, and finally the Ballroom.
The Opera house became a movie house. The entire complex was given a 1950's front, but was still 1850's on this inside. The Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom was still making money with movies in the Opera house and live performances in the Casino Ballroom.
A riot over a Jethro Tull concert where the NH National Guard was called up ended concerts at the ballroom and led to the Casino's downturn. By the 1970's the Ocean House had to be demolished .
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I remember it on the news. That and the increase in CND $ would account for that.We`ve been through a merger then demerger of a large quantity of municipalities in the past few years.Things will take time to reajust back to normal.
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One of the finest pieces of the metro's art collection, this graceful Art Nouveau portico was donated by the RATP, the Parisian transit authority, to the Montreal metro in 1967 to commemorate the RATP's collaboration in designing the metro. Its instantly recognizable green cast iron form, with its shield-shaped medallions, delicately curved sign holders, and "lily-of-the-valley" light standards with orange tear drop-shaped lamps are a centrepiece of square Victoria and the Quartier international.
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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">And the Dames strut there stuff pretty good as well. Good memories for sure.Quote:
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I get to Montreal about once a year. Usually in late November for a weekend. Beautiful city with alot of character, especially in winter. Some of the best restaurants of any place I've ever been.
Convergence:
The ballroom is still there. They have summer concerts and shows there...It's pretty run down though.
gearjammer
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">There's beautiful women in the states also.Quote:
And the Dames strut there stuff pretty good as well. Good memories for sure.
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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I passed through quickly in 89 for gas . To bad ;nice beach and close to shopping facilities in Peabody.Quote:
The ballroom is still there. They have summer concerts and shows there...It's pretty run down though.
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Indian summer is here . In a few weeks the cold breeze of the final days of fall will be at our door steps.
I found this song {Dans les yeux de Marie) "In Marie's eyes . It fits wright in with this thread.
I hope you like it.
Sung by Andrea LINDSAY of Ontario. This has no political innuendos just a song.
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Nice thread Convergence-good job working in Altecs via New Hampshire-chuckle, chuckle.
I'm from Nova Scotia, now in Ontario=I always thought the women (even men) of Montreal dressed with elan even when dressing down.
Agreed though there are beautiful women in the USA!
My eyes are inadvertently looking no matter where I go
Yes indeed especially now with summer around the corner.The streets will be full of nice things to look at.The city is pursuiing it's renovations . Here is Pine ave with it's original old style lamps .The parks use the Montreal park lamp post and the Washington lamp post and so does the residential areas.
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...in a related tangent, the lore is that if you get a ticket (in QC province) and don't pay it, they will not let you back across the border, or will impound your car (some such) when doing so. I don't recall the origins and authenticity of the story at this time, but I did make sure to pay mine from the (also beautiful) Ville de Qu?bec .Quote:
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How they managed to ticket my car in a cold, blinding, October downpour (when even I who parked it, could not find or see the appropriate meter!) is another point to take. That left me with the impression of extreme vigilance on the matter of parking violations. (Not faulting them for vigilance of course.)
Make sure your car has an anti theft device . These systems are all on our cars "federal regulation" . So the thieves will target US cars instead cause it's not obligatory in the US.
If you take the metro and take the escalator . Hold on to the hand rail cause you can be fined 150$ if you don't.
Don't feed the squirrels in the parcs you can be fined 75$.
Mow your lawn . If you don't fined 150$.
Jay walking in winter is more tolerated . In summer be careful.
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Those rules are insane........ I generally have good thoughts when I think of Canada..... trains, woods, animals, etc....... living there must be like trying to walk on eggshells with out breaking them, Though.Quote:
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I like what the city has done with the Pine&Park interchange, reminds me of the grand boulevards in Paris.
Plenty of dumb rules here, most police officers have enough sense not to enforce them.
Cheers
Yes same here . But on the Quartier des Spectacles I would recommend to take it easy on those modern lamp posts.I'll post pictures next year.
Nice job on the Nokia theater across the Staple center in LA.
There's one more complex that is important to mention. The VIGER CHATEAU in Montreal.
Declared historical monument built in the late 1890's and disaffected for the last 6 years or so.
It's structure is falling apart. It would be a shame not to preserve and restore this magnificent building.
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The leaves are turning red once more . The lazy dog days of summer is coming to an end.
Our new concert hall is underway and on track. In Nashville Tennessee they have a new concert hall called the Schermerhorn . It's Neo Classic architecture is very imposing.The second picture is a 3D sketch of our concert hall. This design is that of the shoe box. It's a 60's design incorporating concrete walls coper roof and glass windows.
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This picture is our museum of fine arts. Neo Classic . If you go to wikipedia you will find the article about the famous hoaks in 1972.
"On September 4, 1972, the museum was the site of the largest art theft in Canadian history, when armed thieves made off with jewellery, figurines and 18 paintings worth a total of $2 million at the time, including works by Delacroix, Gainsborough and a rare Rembrandt landscape. The works have never been recovered. In 2003, the Globe and Mail estimated that the Rembrandt alone would be worth $20 million"
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One of two old theaters has been purchased for renovations, The Rialto which still has original movie equipment including Altec A-5.
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From The Gazette
MONTREAL - Businessman Ezio Carosielli has purchased the Rialto Theatre on Park Ave. for $2.1 million. He and his wife, Luisa Sassano, plan to restore the heritage building and turn it into a hub of dance activity.
“The Rialto is a beautiful building,” Carosielli said. “We want to restore it, protect it and use it.”
Carosielli and Sassano also own Groupe Merveilles - a network of 10 daycares.
The Rialto’s first event, under the new ownership, is a workshop for pre-professional dancers with former So You Think You Can Dance U.S. choreographer and judge Mia Michaels on April 22.
The event is organized by Extravadanza Productions, a dance studio and dance-events organizer owned and operated by Sassano with the help of daughter Cara.
Carosielli and Sassano, both lawyers, are familiar with the dance-studio scene and the competitive dance circuit.
Cara and sister Andria have been dancing since they were preschoolers and travel the competitive-dance circuit with the 20-member Extravadanza dance team.
Carosielli has always loved old, beautiful buildings, and Sassano was looking for a way to expand Extravadanza’s reach.
“So we’re killing two birds with one stone,” Sassano said.
The theatre was built in 1924 and is considered to be an outstanding example of the Beaux Arts style. In 1945 the familiar marquee was added.
Carosielli will consult with architects recommended by the heritage ministry before deciding whether to restore the theatre to its 1924 or 1945 glory.
“I take the No. 80 bus along Park Ave. all the time and the Rialto marquee is a great part of the Park Ave. scene,” Heritage Montreal policy director Dinu Bumbaru said.
Bumbaru said the Rialto is one of only a few sites that has been given the heritage designation by all three levels of government.
“And the (1945) marquee was part of that designation,” he said.
The 40,000-square-foot building houses the 1,350-seat theatre, which still has a functioning film projector from its movie theatre days, and is home to a jewellery store, a restaurant and, on the second and third floors, the avant-garde dance troupe La La La Human Steps.
Carosielli said all the tenants will be staying put.
The theatre is a shadow of its former self, and Carosielli knows the restoration will cost a bundle.
“I imagine I will spend the same amount to restore it as I did to buy it,” he said.
“This isn’t a money-making venture for me. If I break even down the road, I will be happy.”
Mia Michaels teaches at Extravadanza, 2111C St. R?gis Blvd. in Dollard des Ormeaux, on April 21, and at the Rialto, 5723 Park Ave., on April 22. For details, 514-421-1010, 514-949-9346
The latest news about this city are bad. The busiest bridge in Canada is slated for demolition .Theres a sign that says to say a prayer before you cross it . Then the interchange highway leading to it is collapsing. What I have a hard time understanding is why 15 years to replace it all. while it took only 5 years to build it in the first place.
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Bonjour,
Merci pour cette visite, cela donne envie de voyager.
St?phane