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I arrived here in 94', I was just 5. We lived on Fielding street in NDG but I don't remember much of how it was back then, all I cared about was going to LAronde and riding my bike.
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I arrived here in 94', I was just 5. We lived on Fielding street in NDG but I don't remember much of how it was back then, all I cared about was going to LAronde and riding my bike.
Oh wow. We have very similar history - arriving at same age, same time, settling in the same areas.
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Oh wow. We have very similar history - arriving at same age, same time, settling in the same areas.
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Didn't Drapeau want to turn this into an expressway?
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Old Posted Oct 17, 2013, 3:25 PM
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I moved to Montreal in 2001.. lived there until 2006. Even in this small time frame I saw a lot of changes. For one, the f'n STCUM became STM, and it jumped like 20 bucks a month for a pass ( I don't know what it is now? 200 bucks? wouldn't surprise me...)

Is Chez Clo still open? This was my very first montreal culture shock. I moved from frickin' Regina the day before and ended up in this place for my first ever déjeuner. Smoky throat waitress called me "tit bonhomme de prairies".
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I moved to Montreal in 2001.. lived there until 2006. Even in this small time frame I saw a lot of changes. For one, the f'n STCUM became STM, and it jumped like 20 bucks a month for a pass ( I don't know what it is now? 200 bucks? wouldn't surprise me...)
Still one of the cheapest transit passes in the country at less than 80 dollars a month. Ottawa is close to 100 and Toronto is pushing 130!
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Didn't Drapeau want to turn this into an expressway?
He did. There were plans to destroy the Marché Bonsecours!

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As construction began on the Metropolitan Autoroute (A-40) across the spine of the island, the location of the "East-West Expressway" - as it was called originally in planning reports - remained mired in controversy. Under the original plan announced on March 24, 1960, the six-lane expressway was to be elevated along the CN right-of-way as it is today from the Turcot interchange (the junction of A-720, A-20, and A-15) to Guy Street. However, instead of tunneling under downtown as it does today, the expressway was to continue along a viaduct toward Rue de la Commune and the waterfront. One controversial part of the plan called for the demolition of historic Marche Bonsecours, creating a new urban marketplace instead underneath of the piers of the elevated roadway.

Preservation groups fought the proposed expressway out of fears that it would decimate the historic old city (Vieux-Montreal)--the plan would have eliminated 40% of the old city--while officials from the Port of Montreal expressed concern that the piers of the elevated highway would interfere with port operations. Despite Drapeau's desires, the waterfront route was rejected in favor of an inland route that was to be built below grade through downtown. On April 9, 1964, the city reached an agreement with the Ministère de la Voirie du Québec (MVQ) on the route of the expressway from the Turcot interchange (with the Decarie Expressway / A-15) to the Lafontaine Autoroute (A-25) at Souligny Avenue. It was conceived as an important link in Autoroute 20, the main east-west autoroute through Quebec.
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Nice

Did you go to les enfants du monde by chance?
Actually, we went to this private English School in NDG. Back then, 1 year of Private school in English and you can access public English school
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Still one of the cheapest transit passes in the country at less than 80 dollars a month. Ottawa is close to 100 and Toronto is pushing 130!
If you can believe it (and I know you can!) I lived in Toronto in 1999 and I think it was 80 bucks for a monthly pass. In 2001, when I moved to Montreal it was 60-something for sure.

Don't make me look for my ancient pass. It must be on the internet.
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Actually, we went to this private English School in NDG. Back then, 1 year of Private school in English and you can access public English school
Ahhh... English school in Quebec. The key to never-ending happiness! You can always see the sun. Day. Or Night.

(Just having a bit of fun with you guys...)
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If you can believe it (and I know you can!) I lived in Toronto in 1999 and I think it was 80 bucks for a monthly pass. In 2001, when I moved to Montreal it was 60-something for sure.

Don't make me look for my ancient pass. It must be on the internet.
The pass in Montreal was 59 dollars and change for the longest time I think...
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Old Posted Oct 17, 2013, 5:27 PM
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The pass in Montreal was 59 dollars and change for the longest time I think...
Sounds about right, mister Internet correctioner!
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For one, the f'n STCUM became STM, and it jumped like 20 bucks a month for a pass



ah, saint cum. i do recall.
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Sounds about right, mister Internet correctioner!
Scuse...
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ah, saint cum. i do recall.
OK, now I get it.
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