ARTH 298 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Carignan, Joseph Godin, Art Nouveau
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Arth 298 montreal: evolution through architecture and urbanism. And transform them into a contemporary place. 1957, thinking of making a new place for. Cbc, original they were housed in the old fort hotel, beside the visual art building of. Trouble with them severs so federal gov. decided to make cbc and radio canada work together on a new premise. They used a huge lot between ville marie express way and viger to papineau, originally very densely populated area at the time. Completely removed, nothing survived, except one stone house built i french regime, saved bc it was (in the 60"s) concern to preserve it. Dismantled and moved to village of jade de chambly, near carignan, still there now. This area was leveled, the population was scattered throughout the city, bc no houses. Tower surrounded by an oval of studios almost invisible surrounded by a huge parking lot. State of the art, very modern, huge building still there.